Mad River Rapids Rv Park

Worst place ever, will never go back! Closest experience to living in a run down trailer park! Worst than trailer park boys!

Where do I start?
1^st, not a veteran friendly environment!
2^nd, you are judged by your trailer.
3^rd, you will not be reimbursed for any fees you prepay for if there are any problems.
Here it is Veterans, a drunk deadbeat dry fired his gun and than loaded a round into the chamber, threatened to kill three family’s, one family with a 4 year old son that was outside at the time. Drunk was arrested that night after we had to call the cops with his grand display on his lawn. Management did nothing, we choice to move for a safer environment because the management would not do anything even after he said he would with a police report and even after other family’s including drunks wife asked to be moved. We left. Management said we do not refund and I said for safety it is best to leave. Next day my spot had new quest and drunk was still at it. I do not recommend this place…

Clean, quiet, large pull in spaces. Pool too cold to swim in. Nice restaurant close by. Great location to visit area attractions. Don’t allow campfires which I like. Who wants to sleep in a bunch of smoke. Poor WiFi.

I’ve been a resident here for over 5 years now. Moved from Riverside county to go to HSU and RV living seemed to be the best for your buck! It really has been. There have been two sets of managers that have worked here; current ones have been here since Oct 2010, and they are friendly, kind, and honest.
I’ve personally never had a problem with the RV spaces I’ve been placed at over the years here. There are some with no tree in the front, so if you want a tree, maybe you can request. Crows are SUCH a nuisance in the summer though, so maybe you might want to not have a tree in your space.
The bathrooms are cleaner than most RV parks, and there are two buildings for them with showers. I use the showers often, and have rarely, if ever, had an issue with pressure or temperature. I’m thankful for a hot clean shower. Sometimes transients or someone gets into the bathrooms due code accessibility, but if there is ever a mess, it is cleaned up in a reasonable amount of time. I enjoy having an affordable laundry facility so close; there are two laundry buildings in the park.
Rent had gone up several times since I’ve lived here; apparently it goes up every year, and it’s just as much as renting a room. You have amenities like a spa and pool though. I’ve never used them because they share with the Quality Inn next door, and I have never really felt comfortable enough to go enjoy; I’m a private person more or less when it comes to leisure.
There has been little drama, and people who live here keep an eye out for funny business. I’ve been happy overall. I have enjoyed living here as a student (campus is only 3.3 miles from the park), and have enjoyed living here as a self-​employed community member.

This is one of our better experiences on our Northern California /​Oregon Coast 3 week trip in August. It is very clean and neat, with good showers and restrooms. Very friendly, helpful staff with recommendations on where to eat (fairly good Mexican restaurant right next door — not as great as the staff said, but pretty good and certainly convenient. Margaritas good but not great.)
Wi-​Fi worked great, good hookups, a bit short on trees but give them a few years.. . just out of town from Arcata and not far from Eureka, so it was a good base of operations for a few days.

This is a clean park with a good central location to many activities. It has really helpful friendly staff in the office and grounds. It is right off Highway 101 but noise was very minimal vs several other parks I saw in the area. There was decent grass areas between spots so you aren’t looking right into someone else’s rig. There were some previous reviews about power issues but we stayed there (with 30 amps) and had no problems at all. We stayed for 5 nights in August in a 5^th wheel.

We stayed here for a week in July. It was our second choice as we wanted to stay at the Riverwalk RV Park in Fortuna, but it was booked. Turns out the Mad River park was a pleasant surprise. The place was QUIET and the facilities were nice. Staff was helpful and quickly addressed a small problem with our water spigot. Laundry room was clean, hot tub and pool were just right. We didn’t use the restrooms, so no comment on that.
I rate this park 4.5 stars, with a half a point taken off because they do not permit campfires. We will definitely stay here again, since it was such a nice surprise.

Wifi never worked even after calling their teck 2. Pool and spa nice but office closes and nearby local all come to use. Mexican restaurant next door is great dinnner spot.

We found this place online. Needed a central place to stay to visit the Trees of Mystery and other attractions while on vacation! Nice, quiet, clean park. Big sites and very friendly, helpful staff. Pool, bathrooms and laundry room well kept.
We would stay here again!

Stayed here two nights. Park is spacious and well laid out. Large spaces with plenty of room for our motorhome with slides. Bathrooms were clean and showers very nice and hot. Did not use the pool but told it was heated along with the hot tub and open late.
Best part was the price with AAA discount.
Although close to freeway it was very quiet.
We will be back!

Great place, friendly staff, lots of space, close to downtown Arcata. 5 stars!

This place is really nice! Bathrooms are very clean, showers are big and well maintained. The sites are paved & very level with nice grassy areas. people are friendly. Its close to a lot of great attractions, shopping and restaurants. We have been on the road from NJ for a month now & Mad River Rapids RV park is one of the nicest that we have stayed at so far — only bad thing about it — no fires allowed: o (

Surprised how nice the employees were. They went out of their way to answer any questions and ensure that our stay was as pleasant as possible. The pool and spa were a bonus to the place. Clean and well taken care of. The full hookups included water, cable, WiFi, sewage, and electricity. Cannot wait to make a return to this place.

Very nice place to spend the night. The bathrooms were very clean, as was the laundry room. Grounds were very well tended, and the staff was very friendly. We wanted to be more in the redwoods so we left after one night, but would absolutely stay there again. Good space between spots. We stayed in a motorhome.

Great RV Park, long spaces with a lot of space between each RV. Really laid out well. The staff is ultra-​friendly and the grounds are well-​maintained.
The office closes early, but they will leave your reservation at the front for you.
There is a pool, hot tub and playground onsite. The Mexican restaurant out front is actually pretty good. We were expecting it to be sort of crappy, but it turned out to be yummy, with good service.
We camped here in a motorhome and will definitely be back.

VERY UPSET! Arrive at 7:30 with a reservation and the place closed early due to illness (understandable), but what was not understandable was that my reservation was not in the reservation box and now I had to find a spot when I should not have had to! They advertise 58 cable channels, I get maybe 10. They advertise a Denny’s onsite… I see a dumpy greasy spoon place instead.
I am royally pissed
Ok, so we find out some jerk STOLE our spot last night and left before the place opened. There are so many horrible people in this world who think they deserve something for nothing. The owners were very amenable, say this happens all the time and spotted us one free night. Redemption.

Looks clean and friendly enough on the outside.
There is a minimart right there on the grounds, open until 7pm, which is convenient. There is also a laundry open until 9pm.
Free Wifi and Cable Hookups.
The bathrooms are sticky, the showers are moldy. One would think that kind of a detail would be something better taken care of in a place like this.
The pool is kind of wierd, the children of (very rude) people who actually live in the park have taken over the jacuzzi, and the whole pool situation is shared with the Quality Inn behind it.
They made a big deal about not letting campers leave towells outside to dry, but the park residents have all kinds of clothing and toys littered around thier spaces.
Rates are about $ 50 a night, 10% off with AAA/​Good Sam.
There are worse places, I’d stay here again if I had to, but I’d bring a spray bottle of bleach before using the showers.