49Er R V Ranch

We spent 2 nights here in our RV. I was impressed with the staff they were all friendly, considerate and helpful. The restrooms were kept perfectly clean and the shower was probably the best I have encountered while traveling in my RV. The floor out side the shower stayed dry and clean the water adjusted easily and it was plenty warm. With plenty of room to dress without getting your belongings all wet like at most other places. We met Bill the owner and his son. They were very warm and always smiling. The location is ideal if you are visiting Columbia, Moaning Cavern, Natural Bridge and Angels Camp. The only one down side I could find was some dogs that barked in the morning. I think the dogs were owned by one of the staff. They have a store and laundry a place to play ping pong, darts, horse shoes and a hospitality center. It is a historic location with historic buildings.

We went to the 49er RV Ranch for our first trip in a new travel trailer. This is the first time we stayed and it won’t be the last. We arrived later in the evening than I had originally hoped. I called and was told it wouldn’t be a problem. When we did arrive, folks were waiting to assist us to our site. Check in was super fast and very friendly. I was handed off to Dustin to get my trailer situated. Dustin and another gentleman assisted in getting me maneuvered just right. Yes, as others have said, this is a smaller RV park and it was full, so space is tight, but doable.
After I parked the trailer, Dustin spent some time giving me the low down on not only the site, but what the park had to offer. He ended it with an open invitation to call on him for assistance at any time during our stay.
We set up and I found the site was not perfectly level, but close. despite the rustic look, all of the amenities for my trailer were updated and appeared to be well maintained. It was close to 100 degrees when we arrived, so the first thing I did was plug in to get the A/​C running. A quick test of the post showed that despite all the other sites running A/​Cs, etc, I still had 120 volts on the 30 amp side. I don’t think it dropped much the entire weekend, and it was hot. Water pressure was no problem as was the cable signal and decent wifi.
Quite time is enforced and it was dead quite by 10:05 PM each night. There were campfire get togethers and free coffee each morning. Lloyd the Miner gave my 11 year old son lessons in gold panning. He was an outstanding instructor!
The bathroom and shower facilities are in an old barn, modern, but on the small side. We didn’t use them much. They have laundry facilities also, again, small to fit into the overall theme of the park.
Everyone I ran into was great and it was a wonderful weekend to figure out all of the stuff on our new trailer. Very relaxing atmosphere that we will visit again!

Forget being able to sleep in and enjoy a weekend vacation, people up at the crack of dawn arguing and talking very loud, allowing their dogs to bark constantly. Besides that the staff was nice, they had a bluegrass night. The camp store closes way too early to be useful and not much at all to choose from, very bare bones

Stayed 3÷27−3÷29−15. Extremely friendly and helpful staff. We enjoyed our complimentary polish sausage (with all the trimmings) dinner on Friday night. Beautiful place with cute themed structures appropriate for this area. Very clean sites and bathrooms, etc. Very dog friendly. Our site didn’t have a fire pit when we arrived, but the staff was quick to get us one. Park is quiet. Extremely close to Columbia. We also drove to Natural Bridges — 15 minute drive; and went to Calaveras Big Trees State Park — 45 minute drive. Both were beautiful! We enjoyed it here so much that we will be booking a family stay here for my mother’s 75^th birthday in June. Staff said in order to accommodate some of my family who has tents, they will reserve a bigger site for the tents and our motorhome.

great place when we pulled in the host called me by my name i asked how did he know it was me he said i was the last guest to arrive. he knew my name– thats the point. it was completely filled up. the staff memebers helped me into my spot made sure i was familiar with all the hook ups and told when ‘im done go in and check in (most places wont let you do athing before you check in). that was nice after a 7 hour drive. hook ups were easliy accesable and in good location all my connections fit with out needing extentions. staff super helpful and freindly. my spot was not that wide but its okay enough to put out awning and table. we spent the days touring so we did not spend much time here at camp. other spots looked good size. staff is constantly check the groups so you hear the carts but the grounds are realy nice. the old buildings and mining stufff is really cool. at night at the campfire pit we talked to some of the empolyees and they gave us some great history and facts about the place and the area.
great place come visit plus huel howser was here

This was our first time to 49er RV Ranch and we were impressed! The staff was the nicest, friendliest and most helpful we have ever encountered at any campground we have been to. Yes, the sites are a bit crowded and there are limited ammenities but overall, it’s a nice, clean and quiet park with alot to do and see nearby.

It was everything I was hoping for. Very charming and well maintained. In a very beautiful location, but mostly its the people… from registration, to helping me back in!!. And the interesting characters throughout. Everyone was very friendly and helpful. And the nightly entertainment was lots of fun. Marshmallows around the campfire. And Cricket entertained us all with old time song, stories! I only stayed one night, but I’ll plan on staying longer next time. don’t tell anyone else. It can be our little hide away!

Friendly park. Spaces were tight though and we only have a small rig,
We’d stay there again though. There were large numbers of wasps, presumably there was a nest nearby.

I love this little RV park. As the name implies, it is an RV park and not a campground and this is accurate. The park is clean and charming with free gold panning lessons and a hospitality center where you can get a snack or have the central campfire lit (they will even supply the wood and marshmellows!!).
A group of RVer’s came in for a meetup (the park has a cool old building for groups) but everyone was friendly and courteous… not creepy old people. And while Italian Bar Rd is close to the sites it really has light traffic… sure you can hear the cars drive by but in all reality it was maybe a dozen cars the entire day, and I heard NO cars at night… not one single problem sleeping in til 9 am (and my husband slept in til 11am).
Columbia is an old gold mining town and fun to visit. There were kids on a field trip having a blast riding in the stage coach and sampling rock candy. The hubby and I road our bikes to town, grabbed an old fashioned breakfast at the Columbia House and then walked down the old streets sight-​seeing. We also hiked at Natural Bridges (about 30 minutes drive from the RV park) which I highly recommend. Murphy’s and Moaning Cavern are also close by… and a must see!
We stayed in a 32′ RV for 3 nights… and would definitely come back.

Friendliest RV staff ever. Small spaces but very clean. 49er Gold mining atmosphere is excellent. Quiet park, reasonable prices. I will stay here again. Great place to kick back and just relax. Very peaceful.

This place sucks, it’s small, the camp sites are really tiny, no place to hike, this place is not kid friendly. The store smells like butt, (farts) no camp fires, this place is loud (traffic) the employees wake up early and make a lot of noise (7:00 a.m.), I couldn’t sleep, 49Er RV Ranch feels like the movie «Hills have eyes» creepy, the old people who live there stare at you, they watch everything you do, save your money go somewhere else or stay in a hotel, the RV managers are nice and helpful.

Stayed here 2 nights. Small place with maybe 10 spots. The staff were real friendly. The bathrooms clean.
I only gave 3 stars because there isn’t much to do in the park. This is more a RV park than campground. A good place to stop if you are visiting surrounding tourist attractions like Columbia state park, but not somewhere you would want to camp for more than a day or two.
Overall, not bad.