Mirabel RV Park & Campground

Forestville, United States

2.7

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20 reviews

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www.mirabelpark.com
Address:
8400 River Rd, Forestville, CA, 95436
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Today

Today 10:00 am – 8:00 pm
Closed now
Local time (Forestville) 02:42 Wednesday, 25 June 2025

Business hours

Monday 10:00 am – 8:00 pm
Tuesday 10:00 am – 8:00 pm
Wednesday 10:00 am – 8:00 pm
Thursday 10:00 am – 8:00 pm
Friday 8:00 am – 11:00 pm
Saturday 8:00 am – 11:00 pm
Sunday –

Description

Specialties

Mirabel Park is a family friendly campground and RV park at the Russian River for people who wish to get away from everyday stresses. It is located on the Russian River and Mark West Creek, and offers individual campsites and the «Club» area down by the creek for large groups.

Sonoma County is a popular destination for hikers, bicyclists and those who treasure the peace and tranquility to be found in nature. Mirabel Park offers a place where families can bond over campfires or out on the water in canoes & kayaks, and by making day trips to nearby attractions like Armstrong Woods & Safari West, or visiting the abundant wineries, the great restaurants, farmer’s markets and the coast.

Speer’s Market, a fully-​stocked market with a deli, is just two blocks away. Burke’s Canoes is right next door. The little village of Forestville is less than two miles from Mirabel Park, and features a coffee shop, a bakery, wine-​tasting, several excellent restaurants and a drive-​in burger joint.

History

Established in 1960.

Back in the late 1830’s Mirabel Park was the site of Cooper’s Sawmill, the first water-​powered sawmill in the state of California.

In the 1930’s & 40’s Mirabel Park had a dance floor built over the water which hosted legendary bandleaders like Benny Goodman and Lionel Hampton. Family-​owned for over 50 years, the park has been a popular summer weekend and vacation spot for five generations. We also have families who rent for the entire season just for their weekend getaway! They come to Mirabel Park to relax and leave the hustle & bustle behind.

Family reunions, weddings, concerts, company hosted functions, various types of ceremonies and memorial services have been held on the lovely grounds of Mirabel Park.

The Russian River area of northern California offers a variety of relaxing activities to do such as, hiking, swimming, canoeing, kayaking, wine tasting, picnicing, fishing, biking, or just hanging out with the family!

Meet the Manager

Lora T.

Manager

Lora & Jeff are the new Camp Hosts at Mirabel Park.

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20 reviews of Mirabel RV Park & Campground

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Place rating: 5
Alameda, CA
good location, less driving, hot shower, boat reantal, next to water and shaded. what more can you ask for classic summer camping.
Place rating: 3
Daly City, CA
The price was most def worth it for what it was! The camp grounds seemed more like a trailer park, and the camp sites were extremely small. However, staff was really nice. Each site have running water, make shift fire pit and electric sockets.
It does seem to have a lot of parties, drinking and enjoying themselves until all hours of the night. They have a 5 mph speed limit for the road, which is good for the kiddos. They have a lighted bathroom /​shower for the guest. The whole grounds is covered in tons ash and dirt, large trees give a comfortable shade, and what was the Russian river is one side while the other side is the main road. The rent out canoes but not kayaks currently.
Place rating: 3
Sausalito, CA
After readying others reviews I was a little hesitant to stay here However they were one of the only camp sites to answer my calls. Upon arrival we were greeted by a very friendly lady she checked us in and gave us her favorite spot «A» this site is the only site I would stay in its secluded and tucked away from everyone else .YES all the other site are super close together great for big family’s or parties and YES everyone seems to be partying and loud ! we enjoyed our one night but don’t think we would stay here again
Place rating: 5
Oakland, CA
Wonderful friendly staff who made me and my kids feel like part of the family especially Lora and Mary. We came up on Memorial Day Weekend and had a great time. My kids are still learning the basics of camping so this was perfect, easy to reach and well kept facilities and well kept grounds to wander and play on. We will be back and thanks again for the great hospitality! Jackie
Place rating: 4
San Francisco, CA
I have stayed her several times this past summer will be camping there this weekend as well. The Staff is always friendly and respectful. The showers have spiders big whoop it’s camping. The campsites are kinda close but we have had great neighbors each time. Although the «club» sites were way way to small. Couldn’t be happier at the conviniance of being right next to Burkes canoe. Not a fan of camping with electronics (it’s not really camping) but they do have electricity available. But buy your ice and firewood in town as there’s is way way overpriced. All and all I would definitely recommend this place for real campers.
Place rating: 1
Daly City, CA
My first impression was pretty good because the owner let us squeeze one extra person in our 6 person tent site for 7 people.
My overall experience immediately changed the following day by the extremely rude customer service by her employee. My friend did not know how to pay for renting a canoe so he simply asked me if he should just hand her the money. The overly sensitive employee overheard us and interpreted that as disrespect. She asked us if that was how we should do business and then kicked us out. We had to apologize and beg her to let us rent the canoes after still insisting we were at fault.
I had no intention to be rude. I did not cuss. I did not break rules. We were nice and polite. Her actions towards a customer were completely out of line. I would not recommend this place to anyone; the energy used to try to purchase a service ruined the experience. Zero stars!
Place rating: 4
Emeryville, CA
The customer service is great. All of the employees were super helpful. Our mattress pumper broke and they had an extra on hand for us! We rented a kayak and a canoe. They don’t have many right now, because someone damaged them, which is a bummer. I hope they replace them so more people can boat. The shuffleboard courts were run down, but perfectly serviceable. The campsites are pretty close together, but it did not bother us. The bathrooms were what you expect. All in all, I would camp there again.
Place rating: 2
Greenwood, CA
I’m still here and counting down the minutes before we leave. If you have a trailer… don’t bother. The sites are so close that it took half and hour to park. We can’t leave until all the campsites around us leave, we’re likely to crush some tents. I have a commercial Class A license, and this place is a nightmare even for me!
Oh, and unless you enjoy loud music and drunks cussing till 2am, find another place.
Place rating: 3
San Ramon, CA
The person who answered the phone was very rude… however this place was very convenient for my needs of the trip and gathering. If you are looking for ruffing it in the outdoors, or clean bathrooms, this isn’t the place… but If those are low on the priority list then it’s good place. I had a blast… and everyone was nice staying at the campsite. Oh yeah. And it’s not quiet, but then either was i…
Place rating: 1
Independence, OR
I came to mirabel for my first camping trip ever as a birthday celebration with my sister. Started out fine but shortly into the trip the manager and security staff made it clear this place was managed by unprofessional, rude, disrespectful people. When my sister and i went to rent canoes and my sister was just told then and there she needed to leave her id as collateral for a boat, we told the lady we needed to go back to the site to grab the id and the employee sighed loudly and rolled her eyes, clearly at our being so unprepared. The younger blue eyed manager chick with the black eye liner had a fat attitude, and was extremely disrespectful, and descending on numerous occasions. The spaces were on top of each other and security asked us to sort out the spacing issue ourselves when we asked him for help (everyone was overlapping onto our campsite and got mad at us for saying so so we tried to get security to help us — apparently they are not there to help us). Horrible customer service, rude employees, horrible service in general. Cheap, yes, but at the end of the day, you get what you pay for. I definitely wont be returning.
Place rating: 1
Newark, CA
I have not seen my family in awhile, and we decided to go camping & canoeing for my GF birthday. Our first choice was Burkes, but unfortunately we had to settle for Mirabel. The campgrounds being mediocre at best was not the biggest issue. The service was by far the worst I’ve experienced. When the ‘owner’ of the camp ground came to tell everyone it was time to keep it quiet, she had a beer and a cigarette in her hand. She was done with her cigarette when she came to our campground, so she flicked it towards our fire (but missed). The next morning we had an extra family member come meet us for canoeing. When we went to rent canoes, the same ‘owner’ screamed at us thinking we had one extra spend the night. She immediately yelled saying ‘we were not getting anything until we paid for another person’. I stated I would pay for the additionally person, but wanted to explain that that additional person did not spend the night. She stated ‘she did not care’, then called us liars. I told her I did not appreciate her smoking cigarettes and drinking when trying to relay the ‘lights out’ call, she simply stated ‘I’m over 21, I can drink where I want’. I immediately thought that this campground was ran by people with very little education and zero professionalism. My family and I decided to switch campgrounds, even without a refund, and I’m sure we will not go back.
Place rating: 1
San Ramon, CA
I never comment on Unilocal,but in this case I’ll make an exception. The customer service here is the worst I’ve experienced in my whole life. This must be why the prices are dirt cheap. There are plenty of better campsites in the area. Do yourself a favor and stay away from this one.
Place rating: 5
Berkeley, CA
Growing up, my parents were not the outdoorsy type at all. Their view was that they worked so hard to put a roof over our head at night, so why would we ever sleep outside on the ground if we don’t have to? This summer though, I finally went camping for the first time ever with my girlfriend and six of our friends. We decided to stay at the Mirabel Camp Ground.
My first thoughts on being here were, «Well, camping isn’t nearly as rough as I thought it would be.» This place had electricity at every site as well as water. We also had a fire pit. There were four port-​a-​potties close, but not too close, to our camp site, and there were actual bathrooms with showers (with warm water) a short walk away. The staff at Mirabel were also good about keeping all of the facilities clean. Someone had vomited in one the port-​a-​potties, and they cleaned it up within the hour. Also, in case you forget anything, they sell supplies at the main office.
The location of this place is great! It’s right next to Burke’s Canoe Rentals, and their is a convenience store that is a very short drive or a short walk away.
The other camp sites were a bit loud, but we were so worn out from canoeing that we fell asleep quickly anyway. I can see how this could be annoying for others though.
I may not be the best person to review this place, as it was my first camping experience, but I really enjoyed my time at Mirabel and can’t wait to go camping again.
Place rating: 1
Santa Clara, CA
Checked in, drove to my campsite. First thought was I’ve never been to a campground where the campsites were separated by spray painted lines. Backed into campsite near fire pit. Saw fire pits for other campsites about four feet from our fire pit. Thought this should be interesting. Walked around site to see how level ground was and noticed a pile of puke on the ground and puke spray on a tree.
Long story short. This is a party campground. They tell you about quiet hours but nobody enforces them. Our neighbors drank tequila, played amplified music, sang along and partied until almost 5 AM. A woman vomited aka puked about three feet from my tent on the first night. Someone’s dogs were tied to a tree and barked all night long.
Not good for kids or families.
The Bad:
Don’t plan on sleeping if you get loud neighbors.
Campsite was dirty with puke and some trash on arrival.
Campsites are very close together.
Bathrooms were closed for long periods due to overflows.
Bathrooms were nasty. Floor was covered in mud by dinner time.
Water faucets are between campsites. If you get a campsite on the downhill side, water will run into your campsite and make it difficult to find a dry place for your tent.
There is a road very close by and semis pass by on the way to/​from a quarry every 15 mins. This didn’t bother me much because I was too tired to care.
The Good:
Next to Burke’s Canoe Trips.
Lady at check-​in was friendly.
Bottom line: I won’t be returning.
Place rating: 1
Berkeley, CA
The one star is for the fact that there are no «nature nazis» here. And the fact that it retains that sweet, dusty, sunshine redwood smell. You can be loud until 11pm (and even that seems flexible). I would recommend it for a big group that likes to get noisy in the woods. But I have to qualify that statement by saying: if you’re a big group looking to get noisy in the woods, don’t come here, because these aren’t woods.
This place is a parking lot. I live in Oakland, I know what a parking lot looks like, and this is it. Albeit, it’s a parking lot with a lot of trees. But, a spade is a spade, and a parking lot is a parking lot.
Additionally (and this is what makes me angry), the beautiful photos do not reveal a very critical fact: you are literally RIGHT off the main road. ‘Bout 5 car spaces, tops, from where you will be sleeping. I hear less traffic out of my inner city apartment window at night. And considering the fact that the campsites are so close you’re practically camping on top of each other, and everyone is running lights and generators all night, it’s very hard to maintain the illusion that you are off in nature, bonding with mother gaia.
There is no hiking whatsoever. The river is bleak and left worms on my friends skirt.
I hate to sound so negative, but frankly, I feel cheated out of my camping weekend. This place is as much of a «campground» as me puling over my car on the I-​5, pitching a tent, and calling it «Golden Meadows» would be a campground.
Now I must go, as I just realized my marketing plan for my future millions…
Place rating: 2
San Bruno, CA
Stayed here a few weeks ago. Wasn’t too impressed and probably won’t come back.
The only perk is the sites have water and power.
I think when we stayed they were doing construction and the big rigs started at 5am.
Definitely locals staying in the park, which made it a little interesting at times. It was also a little scary that the port-o-potty’s were cleaner than the running water toilets.
Only perk is the river front spots, which is nice to wake up to.
Place rating: 5
San Jose, CA
This pace is definitely for people in groups of 4 or more and camp close to the Russian river.
It’s the perfect place if you want to hang with a group of people without worrying too much about noise We’ve been here twice. The crowd was night and day… first time (June 2012) was very quiet and second time it was very loud (July 2012) for no particular reason. I’m not saying they aren’t strict about noise, their camping rules are 2 pages long.
It does seem like there are a lot of people that live here seasonally. One of the rules says that people can’t say longer than 7 – 10 days in a season, but I doubt that’s being observed. So if that puts you off, then there are better parks.
Overall the park is well maintained, bathrooms work. There is a noisy freeway, and it’s not as secluded as some other camp sites I’ve been to. But I like it enough that I’ll come back a 3rd time if the opportunity presents itself.
I suggest for camping choose spots that are 75+, the 100’s are the largest spots. And they are all close to the river entrance.
I also liked that all campsites had water and electricity.
Place rating: 4
Santa Rosa, CA
All of the less than pleasant reviews have made this campground more a ghost town then campsite… this was a HUGE boon in our favor! We ended up here after being ask to leave our last site because we were too loud (actually they were nervous about all of the 30 somethings and all the alcohol, and the noise it might bring to other campers). We took two campsites for our 11 campers and various cars and we stayed up late being social (though we were not all that loud, and no violence at all) and bothered not a soul. We made nice with the «locals» right off the bat and had no issues with them at all. The managers made a few loops around the park, but left us alone.
I did not burn, thanks to all the beautiful trees. We had a beautiful view of the water AND a great fire pit. The bathrooms were WAY better then porta-​potties and we drowned out the sounds from the road.
All in all we enjoyed ourselves!
Place rating: 1
Hayward, CA
After having a canoe trip down the Russian River planned, the decision was to find a place nearby to campout so we can wake up early and be able to break down camp and be there at a decent hour. Little did we know that choosing this camp ground (the «trailer park» aspect was unfortunately overlooked, even though it is the more fitting modifier) would mean putting up with a night of drunken rowdiness and obnoxiously loud, terrible music. Not even once did I hear a check in from the camp management or ranger or whoever telling people to quiet down after the 11pm noise curfew.
The set up itself was not unlike a tent city or post apocalyptic gypsy camp complete with shady characters straight from Deliverance. Our campsite in particular barely accommodated 2 4-​person tents and 2 sedan cars; because of that we couldn’t use the firepit without risking setting the tents on fire. The bathrooms were full of wacky surprises, like cigarette butts on the toilet paper dispenser and food scraps in the urinal — credit both the clientele and management for that.
Oh! And after somehow managing to doze off among the cacophony, I was woken up at 3:30am with a Jerry Springer domestic dispute happening right outside our tent consisting of drunken shouting matches peppered with audible physical violence.
Do yourself a favor and avoid this hellhole at all costs, especially if you have to get up in the morning hours, have young children, and/​or value your life at all as a human being.
Place rating: 1
Santa Clara, CA
The most densely populated section of earth outside of Calcutta India but I only wish this campground was populated with Indians. Rather its full of trashy drunk people who yell from 1 to 4:30 in the morning about tweekers and puttin a cap in someone. The bathrooms look worse than any setting in a horror movie replete with swastikas, large and small pieces of filth, rotting wood, and an indescribable inhuman stench.
The campsite itself was very small but our neighbors with their eight cars and 11 tents (I wish I was exaggerating) also managed take over part of our site. The best part about the site is the rentable kayaks– so you can temporarily escape the campsite. Go here if you are looking to be close to a major roadway, ghetto people, and noise all hours of the night.