The Paradise Cove mobile home park was established as a vacation RV camp with 71 spaces. It remained a rather rustic, sparsely developed area until it was sold to Kissel family in 1964, who continue to operate it as the Paradise Cove Land Company. In the early 1970s the mobile home park was expanded, with the addition of 200 more residences on the higher elevations of the park, bringing the total' number of homes up to the current level of 271. Residential mobile home spaces in the park range in size from 1,000 to 7,000 square feet. The mobile home park contains two laundry facilities that are open on an alternating basis, a small club house, a small RV storage area, a children's swing area, a weathered handball/basketball court, and a lovely tennis court that is maintained by a group of residents.


There is only one open access road into the park which is Paradise Cove Road, from its intersection with Pacific Coast Highway. There is another entry-exit location on Pacific Coast Highway, but it is locked and used only in emergency situations. Travel within the park is by means of small, paved roadways. For emergency vehicle access, there are two unpaved fire roads that are used mainly by residents as footpaths to the beach. There are no sidewalks. The commercial area serving the public has street lights, but the residential section contains few street lights, which enhances viewing of the star-filled evening sky. Even with the added homes, the large expanse of open space, sandy beach, numerous trees and abundant vegetation and wildlife, the rural feeling and rustic character of the park has been maintained.