RATING: ♦♦♦♦♦
- Dates: Feb 10, 2019 – Feb 15, 2019
- Length of stay: 5 nights
- Cost per night: Included in caravan cost.
- Discount: SKP caravan group rate
- Hookups: Water and 50 amp electric, with dump station
- Site number/quality: #28. Asphalt pad with extra asphalt pad for toad vehicle, plus a spacious sitting area with picnic table. Unfortunately, the pad was not very level and leaned significantly to the rear. We have leveling blocks for the front, but nothing large enough for the rear. Leveling with only our jacks would have required us to raise the rear wheels off the ground, which we are unwilling to do because of safety concerns, so we lived with the rearward list.
- Park Quality: This is a beautiful park in the mountainous southeast corner of San Diego County. It’s wonderful that the county still maintains remote and unspoiled camping areas relatively close to its population centers. Less than an hour east of downtown San Diego, the park sits in a broad mountain valley surrounded by a grassy meadow and rocky hillsides dotted with wonderful old oak trees. We spotted numerous red tail hawks who live in the area.
- Access: The campground is just off CA-94, about 10 miles south of I-8 via Buckman Springs Rd. CA-94 is narrow, hilly, and curvy, so the drive in was a little challenging for our 40 foot rig and toad, but doable.
- Connectivity: AT&T is OK. T-Mobile is non-existent.
- Return yes/no?: Yes, if in the area again.
- UPDATE: When we returned from Baja, we crossed at Mexicali instead of Tecate. So we did not return to Potrero, though we would like to explore this area again in the future.
- Notes: Potrero is only a few miles from the Tecate, Mexico border crossing, which makes it a perfect staging area for RV caravans traveling to Mexico. Our travel group spent a day going across the border to Tecate to get our tourist permits. We’re part of the Mexican Connection Chapter 8 group from Escapees, which is caravaning with 55 rigs for an 18 day trip in Baja.
- Website: Potrero County Park
