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We chose to stay at the Bauers Canyon Ranch as a campground nearby Zion National Park. This was our 3rd ever campground with our trailer, and my favorite of our trip. It was calm and peaceful, As there are not many RV spots in this campground, that helps to keep a quiet feel to this vacation stop.
The staff was courteous and hospitable. There are several pull thru sites available. We found the sites to be very level. Pads are compact dirt. Internet was fairly reliable though some disconnects occurred randomly. On site bathrooms were available with showers. We did use the showers nightly. Unfortunately, some prior guests bashed several holes in each of the doors that you close for privacy in the shower - not to the point where anyone can see through, but just so disrespectful of people who do such damage. Don't be that person! There are also trees in the park for a certain amount of shade.
The campground also has several sites available for tent campers.
As for the town of Glendale where Bauers is located, there is literally nothing to do in this town. You'll drive just over four miles to get to a grocery store.
As campgrounds go, this one is very pleasant and we would stay here again.

We booked a two-night stay here as one of our last chance getaway opportunities this summer. Super location, right on the doorstep of the Pacific Dunes.
If you use Waze for your navigation, be aware it will try it divert you on a dirt road maybe 200 feet or so before the actual entrance - don't go down the dirt road.
Check-in was mostly completed on the computer before our arrival, including site number assignment. When we pulled up, I did hop out of the truck to pop my head in the office. You couldn’t really get in as there was a table blocking entrance for social distance protocol. The lady in the office greeted our arrival and advised our personal map and info was taped onto the front window of the office. So I walked over, pulled down our info sheet, and off we drove to our site.
We walked the dunes to arrive at the beach - an enjoyable afternoon. If you are adventurous, bring a boogie board, long piece of cardboard, or other item that might allow you to ride the dune hills (we plan to do so on a future visit). You literally step out to the dunes from the corner of the property and then you can spend a little bit of time to a lot of time, exploring and enjoying. This is also a great place for photography. There is horseback riding available from an outfit just before you enter the property.
Proximity is close enough to downtown Pismo and some of the fun things to experience there.
While there are a good number of sites available at this RV Resort, we were pleased to find it generally extremely quiet. A good mix of vacationers along with full-timers here. Our site was a pull through (we are still RV newbies), full hookups (electric, water, sewer). Sites were a wee bit closer to each other than we would have preferred (e.g., our patio table almost next to the next trailer's sewer hose). Our rig was 30 feet end to end, no slides - fit just fine. Lots of very large rigs here too.
There are additional bathrooms on the property - including showers, which we took advantage of versus using the RV shower. Clean and large enough sized.
Our trip in the summer was met with great vacation weather (only about 80 degrees here, while it neared 100 in our hometown of Simi Valley). Also, being summer, no wind - so not sure what the experience is like here in fall and winter or anytime the winds pickup given that you are so close to the dunes. We had no issue with sand, but this might be something to keep an eye on depending on when you travel here.
Glad to have found this location. We really enjoyed the nearby areas and plan to return in the future - a probably annual stop for us moving forward.

We booked a two-night stay here as one of our last chance getaway opportunities this summer. Super location, right on the doorstep of the Pacific Dunes.
If you use Waze for your navigation, be aware it will try it divert you on a dirt road maybe 200 feet or so before the actual entrance - don't go down the dirt road.
Check-in was mostly completed on the computer before our arrival, including site number assignment. When we pulled up, I did hop out of the truck to pop my head in the office. You couldn’t really get in as there was a table blocking entrance for social distance protocol. The lady in the office greeted our arrival and advised our personal map and info was taped onto the front window of the office. So I walked over, pulled down our info sheet, and off we drove to our site.
We walked the dunes to arrive at the beach - an enjoyable afternoon. If you are adventurous, bring a boogie board, long piece of cardboard, or other item that might allow you to ride the dune hills (we plan to do so on a future visit). You literally step out to the dunes from the corner of the property and then you can spend a little bit of time to a lot of time, exploring and enjoying. This is also a great place for photography. There is horseback riding available from an outfit just before you enter the property.
Proximity is close enough to downtown Pismo and some of the fun things to experience there.
While there are a good number of sites available at this RV Resort, we were pleased to find it generally extremely quiet. A good mix of vacationers along with full-timers here. Our site was a pull through (we are still RV newbies), full hookups (electric, water, sewer). Sites were a wee bit closer to each other than we would have preferred (e.g., our patio table almost next to the next trailer's sewer hose). Our rig was 30 feet end to end, no slides - fit just fine. Lots of very large rigs here too.
There are additional bathrooms on the property - including showers, which we took advantage of versus using the RV shower. Clean and large enough sized.
Our trip in the summer was met with great vacation weather (only about 80 degrees here, while it neared 100 in our hometown of Simi Valley). Also, being summer, no wind - so not sure what the experience is like here in fall and winter or anytime the winds pickup given that you are so close to the dunes. We had no issue with sand, but this might be something to keep an eye on depending on when you travel here.
Glad to have found this location. We really enjoyed the nearby areas and plan to return in the future - a probably annual stop for us moving forward.

We selected the KOA Cannonville for its proximity to Bryce Canyon National Park. This would be our first ever full hook up (with sewer) experience as newbie travel trailer owners.

This location is roughly 20 minutes from the Bryce Canyon entrance. It also is conveniently located to Kodachrome Basin State Park, which we also took advantage of visiting during our stay in the area.

Pulling into the KOA, we stopped first at the lobby area to check in. We were then escorted to our campsite. This was very helpful in navigating to the correct site and we appreciated the offer from the staff.

The paths for vehicles including the sites at this KOA are gravel. We drove slow for our travels in and out. We had a pull thru site which fit our 27 foot trailer well. The site had a picnic table and fire pit. We didn’t use the latter however as during our stay, the winds were fairly robust – too much so to enjoy behind outside for an extended period of time.

The main building at the front of the facility has a smallish store which offers a good variety of numerous camping supplies. There is also a modest selection of food products available. We frequented the store for milk to spill into our morning coffees and some of the 5% ABV Utah beer. The lobby area also offers numerous pamphlets with ideas for things to do in the area during your stay.

Behind the store area in the same building, are showers and bathrooms. I believe these showers are open 24x7. We used these showers nightly versus the shower in our RV (which has still to be used for the first time). The shower stalls are a bit tight, but this is a good option as an alternative for showers.

We did find the wifi connectivity barely usable. It seemed better in the early morning (perhaps when fewer people were vying for connectivity). By evening time, I would be barely able to access emails. Beyond that – websites, newspapers, etc., forget it.

Staff was courteous and helpful. Location was convenient to several things to do in the area. We enjoyed our stay.

We camped here over the weekend in our Airstream – first time boondocking. The D loop is quite nice. We were within a minute walk to an overlook view of the Pacific Ocean. Several walking paths provide access to the ocean floor. Our pad was fairly level (#121) and on concrete. The surrounding part of the campsite was dirt and included a not quite level table that has seen better days, and a fire pit.

Activities include your typical beach relaxation as well as fishing. For the latter, there is a good abundance of seaweed along the shoreline so your line may be more successful brining in seaweed than fish. However, looking at the ocean from the high overlooks, we spied many large fish in these waters, so they are out there for fishing folk. There are nice walking paths around the campground. An overall very relaxing environment.

This our second ever back-in site. We were positioned and in place within 10 minutes.

This is also a no hookup campground and there is no dumping option. As we were only here from a Friday evening to Sunday morning, the short trip did allow us to experience and learn about preparedness for boondocking (which we apparently were not). Our RV battery ran dead by Saturday evening. So this type of camping will bode far better with access to a generator. We had to re-attach our truck to bring our electric awning back into the Airstream.

The campground provides several restroom facilities – and at least some of these have showers.

A few notes of interest:

Picnic table was not level – so having shims for an extra camping stove would be handy

There is some noise from cars on the adjacent 101 freeway – but I found this more like white noise which was easy to disregard

Ants – they are ever present at this campground, so bring some borax or other eco friendly ant deterrent. If camping in an RV, place around every tire, jack and anything that touches the ground which is connected to your rig.

Navigation: Be careful on your GPS. We typed in El Capitan into Waze for directions. However, the app instructed us to get off about 3 exits too early. You will want to get off at Exit 117.

We booked this site mid summer for Labor Day weekend. Little did we know this would end up being the hottest day of the summer season, peaking at 115 degrees.

We camped at campsite #1. And this was the first back in site us relatively new RVers have ever negotiated. Hearing horror stories of several hour attempts by some, I was surprised when our 27 foot Airstream was in position within 10 minutes.

The campsite offered 30 amp power and water, though no sewer connection.

Pros:
Plenty of mature trees for shade
Decently clean bathrooms
Grassy area is available for baseball, lawn games etc. However, the kid slides and such were marked as off limits due to Covid.

Cons:
There really isn't anything to do nearby
Grocery store run is about a 2 mile trip
Some sites are a real challenge from a level perspective, so scoping out a specific site would be helpful.

In non Covid times there are a couple of things one might do in Fillmore, but the places I looked into were indefinitely closed due to Covid.
Night number one was super quiet. Though on our second night, the party noise didn't stop until nearly 2am. That was frustrating.

Would I stay here again? Been here, done that, somewhere else in the future.

We stayed here twice recently en route and back on a trip to a couple of Utah National Parks.

Pros:
Pull thru sites are plenty
Full hooksups available including cable TV option
Price for a full hook up site is reasonable
Amenities - bathrooms, showers, store and cafe, which allowed for a non truck trailer disconnect and electricity only connection
Showers - clean and spacious

Cons:
Customer service attitude didn’t leave us with warm and fuzzies;
No shade trees (at least in our area) and it gets hot in Las Vegas so prepare to run your AC
Not walkable to anyplace you’re likely wanting to visit
Shuttle option would be a great addition

Those items mentioned, it is likely we’ll stay again when passing through Las Vegas.

If you want to visit Death Valley and are unable to camp in California, this location right over the border in Nevada is a good choice.

We chose this location as a plan B when our Furnace Creek reservations were cancelled due to state conditions. Since Death Valley National Park was still open for exploration during the day, the Longstreet Casino offered decent proximity (about a 50 minute drive),
as well as access to the Rhyolite Ghost Town and several other attractions we planned for our itinerary.

RV sites are mostly pull thru on a gravel and dirt combo lot. There are also a few back in sites. Full hook ups are offered here. The only thing that wasn’t working for us was the cable TV, which was just as well since we don’t travel with the intention of watching TV. The landscape surrounding the campground is a large barren patch of land, quite beautiful actually if you appreciate southwest topography. We found the campground to be very quiet during our stay.

Inside the casino is a modest mini market with mostly snack type foods, sodas and assortment of several other items for purchase. A modest casino, bar and restaurant round out the indoor offerings.

Outside, there is a 24 hour fuel station and access to propane. And the kiddies will like the small petting zoo with a bovine, goats, sheep and a few donkeys. We grabbed a handful of hay to offer the friendly animals some munchies.

We almost selected a location in Beatty but were immensely thankful we did not as that area received a smacking of snow during our stay while the Longstreet Casino area just had a bit of rain. Nice not to worry about freezing RV pipes.