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This RV park was super convenient for us on our drive from Kansas to New Mexico. Office staff was super helpful -- gave us a pull-through site as we were only staying one night. The RV park really did used to be a drive-in theatre. There is a playground in front of the still-standing screen and the park has a couple of old classic cars around to add to the atmosphere. Great to have water, electricity, and dump right at our flat (no leveling needed, didn't unhook for overnight) site. Internet worked fine; can't quite recall (shame on us for waiting so long to review!), but think there was wifi that worked pretty well. Definitely would return as an overnight stop! Guymon itself wasn't very clean or inviting, but we only got gas there before heading to our campsite, then left early the next morning.

Stayed just one night. Really appreciated water, electricity (soooo hot in July!), and level pull-through site. Enjoyed getting back to wi-fi, though it was slow. Was exactly what we were wanting. Park filled up by 6p or so the night we were there.

We stayed here as an overnight since it was very convenient to I-22 as we passed by. Beautiful campground! There was a nice bike/hike paved trail very near the campsite, but we didn't have time to take advantage of it. Campsite was plenty level and we were able to keep our truck attached overnight -- always so convenient to be able to do that!

The site had water and electricity and a dump station on the way out of the campground. Our $15 per night rate was due to having the Senior America the Beautiful Pass, otherwise the regular rate is $30 per night.

The Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway was beautiful, particularly with the setting sun. We really enjoyed seeing the waterway traffic, including barges and tugs. We don't live near enough to something like that to get to see it very often.

Absolutely one of the best COE campgrounds we've stayed at!

We enjoyed camping at this lake/campground, but sites were expensive, particularly with no water supplied at individual campsites for most sites -- electricity only. There was potable water available from spigots to fill your fresh water tank, though. Sites were clean and looked level -- ours was. We were able to use the camp dump facility before leaving. My husband used the shower facility and reported the showers are both strong and hot. This is a nice close-to-Kansas City campground and because of that we were able to have family and friends "visit" us -- part of our reason for choosing to camp here. We asked the camp host and no discount is available even for county residents, for veterans, or for any other affiliation.

We stayed here two nights in July, so the weather was really hot. We were thankful to be able to hook up to electricity and use our ac!

Pros:
We had a pull-through site.
We were escorted to our site and given helpful information for setting up.
Great location for visiting the area -- especially check out Legend Rock State Petroglyph Site and Wyoming Dinosaur Center.
Beautiful surroundings.
Thermal pool was very relaxing to head to in the evenings.
Water, electricity, and in-site dump worked great.
Small laundry facility, though we didn't use it.

Cons:
Air stank mildly-to-somewhat of sulphur, but that's to be expected with such a large thermal pool within the campground.
Thermal pool bottom was pretty dirty and slimy. Surface of water wasn't great either.
Sites were very close together.
Our site was red dirt, so if it had rained, it might have become pretty gummy, clumpy, or slick.

I'd read prior reviews before we reserved at this campground, so we brought lake shoes for use in the thermal pool. The trains either didn't come through very often or we were sleeping or we were off-site -- they weren't a bother to us. My husband had insisted he wanted to try this campground because of the thermal pool; I'm glad we did. We'd go back.

We loved our stay at Grayton Beach State Park back in April/May. Weather was perfect day after day, beach was amazingly beautiful. The beach was about 3/4 mile from our campsite, so we either rode our bikes or drove there every day. The water was chilly, but not awful at that time of year. As mentioned by others, there are great bike paths all around the area.

We stayed in the newer loop and didn't have any issues with it not feeling private enough. The folks around us were considerate and there were a fair amount of trees and bushes around us. We used the washer and dryer in our loop a couple times, which was super-convenient. Our site was level and easy to get set up in.

The area surrounding the park could get quite congested with traffic and people -- I can't imagine 30A in the summer! We mainly just enjoyed hanging out at the gorgeous beach and riding our bikes.

It's really difficult to get reservations, but go for it. So worth it! Watch the site lengths, particularly in the older loop. The sites there look much more private and are lovely, but some of them didn't look nearly large enough to accommodate a large 5th wheel or a Class A unit. Most would have been fine for our 26-ft camper, but that would have been the limit for several of them.

We loved our stay at Grayton Beach State Park back in April/May. Weather was perfect day after day, beach was amazingly beautiful. The beach was about 3/4 mile from our campsite, so we either rode our bikes or drove there every day. The water was chilly, but not awful at that time of year. As mentioned by others, there are great bike paths all around the area.

We stayed in the newer loop and didn't have any issues with it not feeling private enough. The folks around us were considerate and there were a fair amount of trees and bushes around us. We used the washer and dryer in our loop a couple times, which was super-convenient. Our site was level and easy to get set up in.

The area surrounding the park could get quite congested with traffic and people -- I can't imagine 30A in the summer! We mainly just enjoyed hanging out at the gorgeous beach and riding our bikes.

It's really difficult to get reservations, but go for it. So worth it! Watch the site lengths, particularly in the older loop. The sites there look much more private and are lovely, but some of them didn't look nearly large enough to accommodate a large 5th wheel or a Class A unit. Most would have been fine for our 26-ft camper, but that would have been the limit for several of them.

We enjoyed our stay in this COE campground. The signage within the campground was poor, but we asked some kind campers for help to find our site, and they gave us their campground map because they were leaving the next day. Lesson learned -- next time we'll have to be sure to ask for a map when checking in somewhere if we're not given one. Finding the available water spigots was also difficult, but again, other campers to the rescue. Turned out it was very convenient, but without the help of a fellow camper, we'd have ended up driving in circles trying to find it or heading back to check with the camp host.

Once we were settled in, we quite enjoyed our stay. The campground has some extremely flooded areas, but our loop wasn't affected -- sites in the 80's. Our site was level and had an electric hookup. We enjoyed having 1-2 bars LTE on our T-Mobile and Sprint phones. Our $11 rate was half the usual cost due to our Golden Age pass.

If you are interested in the tourist-y type Arkansas things, you might prefer to stay nearer to Eureka Springs, which is about an hour's drive from Horseshoe Bend Campground, according to Google Maps. Even some of the more popular Beaver Lake hikes are closer to Eureka Springs than to Horseshoe Bend Campground. We did go to War Eagle Cavern and enjoyed a tour shared with us by Lance. The tours at that cave allow dogs on leashes, so that worked out well for us and our pupster, Hugo. It's only about a 15-minute drive into Rogers, AR, from the campground. We met friends there at a restaurant and enjoyed walking around downtown and getting coffee there, too. Nice area -- brick streets and lots of rehab going on without too much "modernizing" of the facades and the area.

We left on a Friday late morning and encountered a line at the one dump station. Things were REALLY picking up at the campground by Thursday evening, so I can't speak to how loud it would likely be on weekends. I'm sure, given their proximity to Rogers, the campground and Beaver Lake get really busy during the warm months.

We've stayed at this campground two times and are thankful to be aware of it. Very convenient off Hwy 54 outside Wichita. Very inexpensive; nothing fancy; nice pull-throughs so no need to unhook tow vehicle; water and electricity. Dump station on site. The payment is by self-serve envelope at the park. Nice path around a small lake on site. A road does run right by the front row of campsites, but it didn't bother us much. Our first stay it was hot and we had our air conditioning on. Our second stay we were in a blasting thunderstorm. Windows were all closed in our camper both times, then we took off again first thing in the morning(s).

We stayed at this campground twice for two nights in April '21. (We live just over an hour away.) The campground is about 25 minutes west of I-35 from Ottawa, KS. The regular rate is $20 per night, but we were able to get the $10 Golden Age Passport rate. Each of the sites in this campground includes water and electricity. In early and mid-April this park was very quiet; we were nearly the only campers there. It was fully open, though. I believe the season at this campground runs from April 1 - October 31 -- somewhat longer than some of the other COE campgrounds at Pomona.There's a nice playground if you have little kids. Plenty of fishing is available, and of course, boating on Pomona Lake. There is no view of the lake from this campground since it's below the dam. Each of the sites has a fire ring, a metal post to hang a lantern, and a picnic table. Our campsite unfortunately had toilet paper on the ground at a couple of spots near it. Ugh. We left the campsite cleaner than we first found it. There are a few pull-through sites. Sites appeared to be mostly level (ours was -- don't remember which site it was). There are showers and toilets available, but we didn't use either, so can't speak to their quality. There was no cell service available for either T-Mobile or Sprint down in the campground area. As soon as drove up out of the campground, we had both phone and data available. As this was prior to the busy season, we really enjoyed our two brief stays in the quiet campground. We had an unusual-for-Kansas April snowstorm and enjoyed the beautiful campsite in the snow. We were able to use the free-to-campers dump facility before leaving.