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This park is part of the ND Bureau of Reclamation. The fee per night was $27 but with senior pass, we paid $12.50 for full hookups.
PROs:
* The CG is approximately 30 miles from Jamestown, ND;
* The check in was okay for this older marine/dam campground along the James River dam;
* Has playgrounds for kiddos if applicable and large beach area to the water.

CONs:
* older campground and the sites are close together and not level - okay for a one night stay;
* we were able to back our 40+ plus rig into a site but I would recommend smaller rigs for this campground. There are a couple of sites you will be okay if you are large but not recommending;
* very poor connectivity, the CG is down low to the river so poor line of sight for anything;
* only two over the air TV stations.

This campground is painless to navigate. The cost was $25 with $5 on line reservation fee. It was easy to get to from I40 and the campground is paved in a figure 8 shape. All sites are paved but not all the pull-throughs and there are non-electric, 30A or 50A sites, with drinkable water. The dump is on the way out of the park, along with the trash disposal.

Campground has bathrooms and showers and looked clean and was reported to have hot water (we didn't use them).

There are no lights at the campground other than by the bathrooms which makes for nice night sky viewing. You can see I-40 from the campground in the distance but could not hear it.

The ranger station had nice exhibits about the ruins. The rangers were very friendly and gave us information about Winslow activities and Winslow is close enough for supplies. Nice proximity to Petrified Forest National Park.

This is a good spot to stay to access activities in the area. We went to La Posado Hotel, Homolovi 1, 2, 3 and 4 Archaeological Site ruins and drove to Petrified Forest National Park and lots of local Winslow, AZ Route 66 sites.

PROS
* super easy to access off I40;
* The Park Rangers and Camp Hosts are super nice and welcoming;
* The showers are 'old' but they were clean and plenty of hot water;
* The sites are fairly spread out with picnic table, charcoal grills and at least one shade tree per site;
* Very quiet at night!
* Can walk and/or ride bicycle to Homolovi Archaeological Site 1 and 2 from the campground;
* Visitor Center was nice and several trail heads originate from VC;
* the town of Winslow only 4-6 miles from the campground. Has Walmart and lots of other stores/services.

CONS
* the roads need some TCL, cracks up to 1/2 wide made the bicycling 'interesting';
* Verizon had 4 bars but the download and upload speeds were not good. AT&T had 3 bars but the download and upload speeds were good.

We stayed 7 nights, 8 days over the Thanksgiving holiday and this state park was busy. Overall, we really enjoyed our stay here and would come back.

PROS:
* with senior 62PLUS that Louisana was offering, the site with E and W was $13 per night. The pads are okay and not much problem getting level;
* The staff were very nice and the park was a plantation in its prior life. The visitor/history center was awesome and very knowledgable person inside. The highlight for us was 'the alley of oaks' with the largest and oldest oaks I've ever seen;
* Good biking available (Tammany Trace Trail) was approx 34 miles and would take you into Mandeville if wanted. Good hiking trails too, we really enjoyed those with the story boards;
* Free laundry facilities with state of the art new machines - loved it! The shower rooms were clean but no where to put your stuff (one hook) but plenty of hot water;
* Close to New Orleans so enjoyed a day in Naw Lens on a tour bus;

CONS:
* none to speak of other than how busy the park was. The sites are close to each other;
* Connectivity good in early morning and slower in the afternoon. Over the air TV was okay but again, in the afternoon and evenings would get spotty.

Not bad as I thought it was going to be. Not many folks in the approximately 400 'sites'.
Super clean bathrooms and areas to wash dishes.
Dump available at one location.
We used this affordable location (1/2 off $14 charge for interagency senior pass) to explore Death Valley.
No over the air TV, radio stations or cell coverage.
Super easy to get to and level parking for the most part.

We would come back here.

If you are looking for a quick stop, this is an option but it does have its issues. It has a few full hookups and then the rest are primitive sites. This is a small county campground so space is limited for big rigs.
The plus is that it is directly across from the road to St Marks Wildlife Refuge and lighthouse.

We stayed from 9/30/19 - 10/5/19 and we have nothing to note as a con for this State Park. We loved our large site for our large rig, plenty of elbow room in the loop we were in (loop 2).
* easy access from I75;
* wonderful showers as they were clean and plenty of hot water;
* the staff were super friendly;
* washer and driers available;
* plenty of biking and walking paths available;
* We loved exploring the 'on site' Stephen Foster museum, gift shops and the Carillon Tower;
* good connectivity.

We could go on and on about our stay at this awesome State Park - Arizona hit it out of the park with this facility! This stop will be a yearly stop for us now!
PROs:
* The epic views of the Santa Catalina mountains are awe inspiring every day;
* The time of year afforded so much color in the desert trails with spring blooming;
* So many trails to walk right out of the campground affords a new experience every day;
* Plenty of area to ride the bikes and the bird watching is incredible;
* The shower facilities are super nice - we didn't use at all due to the corona virus 19 outbreak but the facilities appear to be top notch;
* The sites are paved and level and spaced apart nicely, good job on the loop set up!
* Shopping is close by and near by National Park to explore in better times;

CONs:
* Hard to get reservations, our 8 day stay was booked a year in advance.

This COE is approximately 10 miles north of I70 so NO traffice noise at night. We snagged a site during off-season for $5 for FHUs (electric and water at site, dump on the way out) and the shade in the trees was fabulous to beat the heat. Would definitely recommend this COE (downstream of Wilson Dam)! Super level gravel site that was long and spacious!

Another great Army Corp of Engineers park in Arkansas!
PROs:
* Nice beach area on the lake;
* Most sites on most loops had mature pine trees which really helped during the hot, muggy summer heat;
* our loop had electric (30A) and water and dump available at park entrance;
* Russellville largest town which was approximately 15 miles away;
* could walk the loops or bicycle the loops for exercise, otherwise nothing available in immediate area;
* showers were clean and plenty of hot water.
* staff was WONDERFUL, Marilyn was a volunteer and let us move sites (to a shadier spot) with no problem or issues.

CONs:
* Connectivity was sparse;
* Remote and steep entrance for approximately quarter of a mile but is paved