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Easy access from I-15. Sites are well kept and nicely spaced. Short walk to the lake and day use area. Showers and bathrooms looked fine. Bugs are a problem though and proximity to the freeway made it a little noisy. Camp host is very friendly and helpful. We'd stay again as a stop over.

Easy access from I-15. Sites are well kept and nicely spaced. Short walk to the lake and day use area. Showers and bathrooms looked fine. Bugs are a problem though and proximity to the freeway made it a little noisy. Camp host is very friendly and helpful. We'd stay again as a stop over. According to the camp hosts, about half of the Cottonwood hookup sites are closed so they can put Christmas lights and other decorations up. I am not sure for how long.

I don't want to be too negative with this review. But from the git go, I had kind of a bad impression. We'd never stayed here, opting for the nice state park on the other (south side of I-90) instead. But one of the group we were with didn't have an rv and this place also has cabins so we booked here to accommodate them.

When making the reservation, what ever you send them up front, either the $15 or the full amount, it's non-refundable... no matter how far in advance you book or cancel. I'm not sure how many other campgrounds do this type of thing, but it's the first time I can remember it being the case. If you cancel on short notice, you typically lose one night at worst, but here if you were foolish enough to pay for the whole stay in advance (like we normally do), you would lose the whole amount.

We arrived at 1p. Our sites were empty and ready for us, but they insisted that we needed to either sit in the parking lot till 3p (the official check in time) or pay them an additional $15 per site for "early" check in? We've never had any campground do this in the past. And I know it's sometimes part of their rules that they can, but none have, certainly not when you are just a couple hours early. And again, I know it's tough with the Gorge closed down for the summer, but wouldn't you want to be flexible with the customers you do have? rather than enforcing every rule and sort of gouging?

And finally, the cabin that one of our group booked was in pretty poor condition and probably shouldn't have been offered up for rent. They told us that the had three rental houses and that 2 had been recently remodeled, that this one was the last to be done, but there were wires sticking up through the floor capped with masking tape, exposed yellow expando-foam to thwart rodents and dead bugs in at least one of the beds (we didn't check the others), torn and loose carpet. The campground did agree to refund the amount paid in this case.

I simply wanted to relay our experience with this campground and I realize yours may be different. The spots are fine, a little close together but we've seen worse. Seems like the spots on the lower, north end of the campground, which included the pull throughs are the more attractive and more sheltered from the wind.

Sort of an odd arrangement to allow longer motorhome/car rigs to fit in the shortish pull thru's. The nice lady in the office gave me 2 side by side spots... in my case 49/50 so that you can pull in diagonally and not have to unhook.
Sites are level concrete with paved roads. Place was clean but I agree with a previous review, the security lights were right between sites and really bright.
Ok for an overnight stop, not as noisy as a truck stop or rest area. Close to I-5, fuel and fast food, but Santa Nella isn't a recreation destination.

It was a stop over to visit family for a night and the camp is fine for that. Sits right on the Portneuf River with some access to the water. Trains running through the canyon on the other side of the road were noisy, but seemed to stop by 11p.
The side of the park we were in had large Willow trees and lots of room between some of the sites. Easily accommodate a big group with rv and tents. A little further up the hill from us were a number of new sites that looked really nice and across the entrance road, the same.
The odd part is that the Willow trees under which we were camped (we were in site 90) were oozing some sort of sticky substance that coated everything below... your motor home, trailer, chairs, bikes, tow cars, bbq, everything (including your dogs paws and the bottoms of you shoes). And not just a little bit. Google tells me that it's not unusual during the summer months for Willows that are infested with aphids to have this problem. Just wish we knew this when we booked the sites earlier this year. Kind of a mess to clean up.
The best feature of the campground might be the Lava Hot Springs Pools and water park nearby. Grand kids loved that.

Arizona has some very nice, scenic camps and we've so far been able to enjoy everything from the cool of the mountains and high desert to hot scrub of the low land desert to stellar camps along the Colorado. Can't think of any to which we wouldn't happily return. The sites in Coopers Hawk loop where we were are paved and nicely spaced. Some trees and bushes provide not so much shade as a bit of screening and privacy.
A little confusion on checking in at Dead Horse. We were told that at 2p Wednesday (we checked in around 4p), that Az would not be taking any new reservations or extending existing ones. All state campgrounds would be effectively closing until the beginning of May. We wanted to stay in the area so booked a week at Distant Drums in Camp Verde for after our reservations here ran out. This am I noticed the park ranger removing the plastic bags and placards on the self registration stations and she told me that the order closing the state parks had been rescinded at 8p last night, 6 hours after it had been issued. So the last info is that state campgrounds in Az remain open, at least for now.

Staying in a parking lot isn't high on our desirability list, but after having some car problems up at Silver Island Mountains Dry Lake (BLM), the Shell Truck stop next door to the Nugget turned out to be a fine for the night. Only a few trucks in the lot and the lot itself is gigantic. The Wendover Nugget RV Park is right behind the lot if you'd rather have hookups.

Agree with previous reviews, this is an older well worn RV Park. Nice that the transient spots are right up front but as noted, utilities are kinda sketchy looking although functional. Rain makes mud throughout the sites and roads. Noise from the highway, occasional train and the AM/PM and Pilot Truck Center just over the side fence may be an issue for some. I guess overall, it serves the purpose when you just need a place for an overnight, but I do think $47 is a bit steep for what it is.

Nice well kept and spaced sites. Pecos has the hook up sites and Mesquite is dry camping. That said, check before booking as it seemed like a few of the sites in Pecos might not. The Eastside camp loop wasn't open, but that might have just been a seasonal thing. Kind of a longish drive (6 miles) from Hwy 84 on good road. Very quiet, milky way visible night sky, and a short 1/4 mile walk down to the lake. No camp wifi, but good cell service.

Nice state park. Way too hot on the eastside for me n the dogs, so I had hoped to find a place on the cooler coast and was lucky enough to get one for 3 consecutive nights, in the otherwise full state park. Nice park, 180(?) spots in 4 loops with only one of the loops having hookups (maybe 20 fhu spots total?). The spots were all well spaced and big, most were in the trees and well screened from each other.
There is plenty of pond water nearby and as a result, the mosquitos were a minor nuisance in the morning and evening. Bring the bug spray, citronella candles, bug house and you'll be fine. Or just head to the beach. Depending on which loop you camp in, the beach is walkable, maybe a 1/4 to 1/2 mile, but driving into Ocean Shores and accessing the drivable beach there with your car is a kick too.
Older reviews have noted a lack of cell service, but maybe that has changed. I had TMobile connect with partial 5G and about 3 bars of 4G on 2 different devices. Better than I expected and more than enough for me.