Prado Regional Park
Prado Regional Park
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7:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Monday
7:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday
7:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday
7:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday
7:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday
7:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday
7:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Sunday
7:30 AM - 5:00 PM
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You could call this park “Recreation Central” because of the tremendous range of activities on offer, from disc golf and mountain bike trails, to soccer and baseball fields, two 18-hole golf courses, an Olympic shooting range and archery field, a dog training center and radio-controlled model plane airport -- something for everyone.Prado is also renowned for its bird-watching opportunities, and is a seasonal home for the endangered Least Bell’s Vireo. The park plays host to an annual Civil War reenactment and the Lake Matthews Dog Show.Prado Park is part of the Prado Basin, with rolling hills and grasslands dotted with stands of black willow trees. Chino and Mill creeks border the park’s western and eastern boundaries creating a riparian, or river bank, habitat before the creeks merge with the Santa Ana River.What’s more, the park is conveniently located with nearby freeway access and the convergence of four counties: San Bernardino, Riverside, Orange and Los Angeles.
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Jacob P
Sacramento, CA1 contribution
Dec 2021 • Family
Gated. Felt secure leaving trailer. Responsive staff (given winter time / and Xmas eve!). Had reservations, they called checking if I'd make it before closing /gate code communication (much appreciated). Hot showers (bring quarters!).
This was just what we were looking for during a 3 day in/out of LA trip for Disneyland.
This was just what we were looking for during a 3 day in/out of LA trip for Disneyland.
Written January 8, 2022
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Evelyn S
25 contributions
May 2023 • Couples
Best day ever!!! Weather was beautiful. Staff at front entrance very nice and knowledgeable. Clean place and easy to navigate. Our greatest day on this trip thus far. Plenty of shade! Clean areas!!
Written May 21, 2023
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Noelle K
Los Angeles, CA115 contributions
Jul 2013 • Family
We intentionally chose this campground for two reasons: it was close to our grandchildren's home should they become homesick or ill and the property is developed with many amenities geared toward families. My husband and I usually camp in national forest campgrounds which offer a great wilderness experience, but probably not the best choice for a first camping experience for two toddlers who have never been camping and live in the suburbs and spend weekends with us in Los Angeles. The wilderness camping experience will come later, maybe in a year or two.
Prado provides an amazing variety of activities for campers of all ages, but I will focus on what is available for the toddler set, our young ones being 2 1/2 and 4 1/2.
The nature trails are wonderful and easy for little ones to navigate. The equestrian trail ran behind our campsite to the delight of the children. Our grandson told his mother he saw lots of 'cowboys' on his camping trip. The model airplane field was behind our campsite as well, and if you don't mind the whining noise of model aircraft, it is fun to watch the planes roll and spin and even the occasional dog fight between two aircraft; the kids loved it.The playground is fantastic and designed to be accessible to children of all abilities and ages and there is a great water playground as well. Fishing with adult supervision was fun, as was playing games in the many grassy green spaces - throwing a football, water torpedoes, etc. The property also serves as a perfect place for a safe scavenger hunt for little ones. In addition to fishing, the lake has a designated area for motorized model water craft as well as paddle boat rentals. The paddle boats hold 3 adults or teens or 2 adults and 2 children.
On our first night we had a visitor - a skunk, but he/she didn't stay long as all of our food was packed away. The campground was busy as it was 4th of July weekend, with the typical noise of families camping around us. Fellow campers were respectful of the 10 pm to 7 am quiet hours as well as driving under the 10 mph speed limit through the campsite area of the park.
All of the campsites have hook ups for RVs, but not all campsites are available for tent camping (we are tent campers). The hook ups for electricity includ both 220 and 120, so if you need to recharge your cell phone or even want to bring along an electric skillet, you'll have two outlets you can use. The top of the electrical box is wide enough to accommodate a cell phone, but I recommend bringing along a heavy duty extension cord (not the kind used inside a house) as the picnic table isn't close enough to the outlet to use a standard cord that comes with the appliance. There are two water faucets at each campsite, as well as a cement fire ring and cement picnic table and benches.
The restrooms are along the line of older roadside rest stop bathrooms and I felt for the premium price campers have to pay to camp on holiday weekends, the park should have had staff resupply and clean the bathrooms more often to keep up with the heavy bathroom traffic. Showers are available; coin operated (quarters) at $1 for 1 minute.
Overall, we had a great weekend and most important, the grandchildren had a blast.
Prado provides an amazing variety of activities for campers of all ages, but I will focus on what is available for the toddler set, our young ones being 2 1/2 and 4 1/2.
The nature trails are wonderful and easy for little ones to navigate. The equestrian trail ran behind our campsite to the delight of the children. Our grandson told his mother he saw lots of 'cowboys' on his camping trip. The model airplane field was behind our campsite as well, and if you don't mind the whining noise of model aircraft, it is fun to watch the planes roll and spin and even the occasional dog fight between two aircraft; the kids loved it.The playground is fantastic and designed to be accessible to children of all abilities and ages and there is a great water playground as well. Fishing with adult supervision was fun, as was playing games in the many grassy green spaces - throwing a football, water torpedoes, etc. The property also serves as a perfect place for a safe scavenger hunt for little ones. In addition to fishing, the lake has a designated area for motorized model water craft as well as paddle boat rentals. The paddle boats hold 3 adults or teens or 2 adults and 2 children.
On our first night we had a visitor - a skunk, but he/she didn't stay long as all of our food was packed away. The campground was busy as it was 4th of July weekend, with the typical noise of families camping around us. Fellow campers were respectful of the 10 pm to 7 am quiet hours as well as driving under the 10 mph speed limit through the campsite area of the park.
All of the campsites have hook ups for RVs, but not all campsites are available for tent camping (we are tent campers). The hook ups for electricity includ both 220 and 120, so if you need to recharge your cell phone or even want to bring along an electric skillet, you'll have two outlets you can use. The top of the electrical box is wide enough to accommodate a cell phone, but I recommend bringing along a heavy duty extension cord (not the kind used inside a house) as the picnic table isn't close enough to the outlet to use a standard cord that comes with the appliance. There are two water faucets at each campsite, as well as a cement fire ring and cement picnic table and benches.
The restrooms are along the line of older roadside rest stop bathrooms and I felt for the premium price campers have to pay to camp on holiday weekends, the park should have had staff resupply and clean the bathrooms more often to keep up with the heavy bathroom traffic. Showers are available; coin operated (quarters) at $1 for 1 minute.
Overall, we had a great weekend and most important, the grandchildren had a blast.
Written July 8, 2013
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Robert F
Albion12 contributions
Jan 2015
Would avoid staying here! The ants are in the millions. We lost lots of food. They charge extra for everything! Kids, dogs, showers, fishing-all ages plus you still have to have a Ca fishing license! The playground is a mile or more from the campgrounds! There is nothing for the kids in the campgrounds even though there is plenty of space to put one. Also no military discount which the county should be ashamed of! I will never come here again! Too pricey to live with ants!
Written January 29, 2015
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I am sorry to hear about your bad experience camping with us. I am happy to let you know that we now have a local exterminator company that comes out every other week to ensure the campground is under control with ants. We also have a veterans pass that will let you visit all of the parks in the county free of charge. We hope you will give us another try. Thank you for the review!
Written September 20, 2016
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half-Brit
Oregon Coast49,686 contributions
Mar 2013 • Couples
This was my 2nd visit to Prado Park. The first time was just a day-use visit and I felt it was overpriced. This time, my husband and I camped here in our RV and had a good experience during our one week stay.
The RV park / campground is very well laid out and the spaces are large and well apart from each other. There is plenty of room for big rigs! Many of the RV spaces do not allow tents, which is great! This keeps the noisy tenters away from the RVs, which we particularly liked :-)
Most of the RV spaces have some sort of large tree. We had to swing out around some low branches to get into our site, but then had enough clearance. Most of the RV sites are pull-thrus. We had a view of the lake which was nice; some have a nice view across open fields.
The RV spaces are 50 amps, which is great! The cost in March was $35 per night. If you book a week's stay you get one night free.
There is a prison nearby and we did occasionally hear some "school bell" type of noise from there, but honestly not much. We did hear shooting from the range that is about a mile away, but once we realized that we were not getting invaded by overzealous commandos (LOL!), the noise was not bothersome at all. I can't remember any noise at night and it was very peaceful.
This park has a stable on one side of it as well as the pretty lake, baseball diamonds, soccer fields - there are all kinds of activities/attractions for families. The roads are all paved with low speed limits so biking is fun and safe.
This is a rural area that still has some dairy farms nearby. In days gone by, there were hundreds of farms, but many have been replaced by housing. We had no fly problem and there was only a faint manure smell from time to time which wasn't any problem for us.
We were there in March and during the week the RV park was not too busy, although it filled up over the weekend.
When camping, you do not have to pay an entry fee each day. You are given a code to the gate which is changed every few days or so.
As far as overall location, the park is close enough to visit Orange county, Temecula wine country, the mountains, Palm Springs -- there are lots of attractions within about an hours' drive. Chino has two airplane museums that are just a few minutes away.
For RVers, there is a nice modern Stater Bros supermarket about 3-4 miles from the RV park as well as dozens of restaurants within a 15 minute drive.
If we ever are in this area again, we'll be sure to stay here :-)
The RV park / campground is very well laid out and the spaces are large and well apart from each other. There is plenty of room for big rigs! Many of the RV spaces do not allow tents, which is great! This keeps the noisy tenters away from the RVs, which we particularly liked :-)
Most of the RV spaces have some sort of large tree. We had to swing out around some low branches to get into our site, but then had enough clearance. Most of the RV sites are pull-thrus. We had a view of the lake which was nice; some have a nice view across open fields.
The RV spaces are 50 amps, which is great! The cost in March was $35 per night. If you book a week's stay you get one night free.
There is a prison nearby and we did occasionally hear some "school bell" type of noise from there, but honestly not much. We did hear shooting from the range that is about a mile away, but once we realized that we were not getting invaded by overzealous commandos (LOL!), the noise was not bothersome at all. I can't remember any noise at night and it was very peaceful.
This park has a stable on one side of it as well as the pretty lake, baseball diamonds, soccer fields - there are all kinds of activities/attractions for families. The roads are all paved with low speed limits so biking is fun and safe.
This is a rural area that still has some dairy farms nearby. In days gone by, there were hundreds of farms, but many have been replaced by housing. We had no fly problem and there was only a faint manure smell from time to time which wasn't any problem for us.
We were there in March and during the week the RV park was not too busy, although it filled up over the weekend.
When camping, you do not have to pay an entry fee each day. You are given a code to the gate which is changed every few days or so.
As far as overall location, the park is close enough to visit Orange county, Temecula wine country, the mountains, Palm Springs -- there are lots of attractions within about an hours' drive. Chino has two airplane museums that are just a few minutes away.
For RVers, there is a nice modern Stater Bros supermarket about 3-4 miles from the RV park as well as dozens of restaurants within a 15 minute drive.
If we ever are in this area again, we'll be sure to stay here :-)
Written April 4, 2013
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tinamarielitchfield
Ontario, CA9 contributions
Aug 2017 • Couples
Lovely campground. Great showers, but the toilet side of the bathroom needs work/cleaning. A bike would be a great thing to have as the camp is huge. The lake was closed, look foreward to going back once it is open.
Written August 9, 2017
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Darlene P
Payson, AZ32 contributions
Sep 2014 • Couples
We just got here yesterday to camp for 2 nights. At first we thought that this place was a nice green oasis but soon discovered skunks and tiny ants like it here too. We encountered more than 1 skunk last night when we were out walking the dog. Later we discovered tiny ants making their way into our camper. It was dark already so we couldn't find the source under the concrete picnic table until this morning. A park employee has since admitted that this has been an ongoing problem for at least a year. Apparently they spray for bugs but it's obvious that no one cleans up what's left under the picnic table that attracts them in the first place. No one warned us that the sprinklers come on at night so my husband & our chair got soaked last night. This "oasis" has turned into a nightmare!
Written September 12, 2014
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We are sorry to hear this about your stay. We now have our ant problem under control with the addition of a bi-weekly service from a local exterminator company. We hope you will give us another try in the near future. Thank you for the review!
Written September 20, 2016
This response is the subjective opinion of the management representative and not of Tripadvisor LLC.
Ricardo D
Hesperia, CA40 contributions
Mar 2013 • Family
We went to this place a while ago and keep talking about it. The little water park that they had was fun enough for my daughter to have a blast. the park is clean with some fantastic views.
Written July 31, 2013
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kathie g
Chino, CA7 contributions
Mar 2017 • Friends
I like Prado because it is near where I live. I gave it a three because the lake is empty this year, they are repairing it. The trailer sites are roomy and some sites are larger. Full hookups at each site and grass area. Some sites have trees and some sites do not. The showers are private and they have a washer and dryer site. I come here often with family. Daily entry fee is $10 and campsite fees are $35.
Written March 25, 2017
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lrcInlandEmpire_CA
Inland Empire, CA60 contributions
Aug 2012 • Family
Great regional park, with a lake, horses, trails, camping, fishing, playground. Not far from nearby cities, its an oasis and getaway that has many acres to enjoy.
Written December 16, 2012
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Nancy B
12 contributions
I see Prado as listed for bike riding in the county website. Are escooters allowed on the bike trails?
Do you have long term rv parking?
If there is a long term rv parking, what is the rent of space per month?
GrandTour30179388526
Carson, CA
Do they have 14day rate available for rv w/ hookups ? Cant stay full month
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GrandTour30179388526
Carson, CA
Do they have 14 day package deal rate for rv space w/ hookups ?????
worldprofitalfaa
Chino, CA
Can you go campaign there and if so what all is needed
desending
Eastvale, CA428 contributions
Yes you can go camping there tent or travel trailer or mobile home.
Bajiamir
Moreno Valley, CA83 contributions
Are there first come first serve picnic tables for a family picnic? What is the best time to arrive to secure a picnic table with a shady tree or just shady tree? Thanks, Sheila
desending
Eastvale, CA428 contributions
Yes! Just call the Rangers and check out the day and time you wish to arrive.
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