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Great water views, sites right on the water, FREE and reasonable cell signal; a great fulltimer's combo.

We arrived on a Tuesday evening and there were still a few spots available, include one right on the water. By the looks of things, folks who are here are setup her for the long haul.

Here's a tip... if you have a long rig (ours is 31' feet) DON'T GO all the way to the end off the paved road onto the dirt area. The turn around is not really big enough to turn around without doing a multiple point turn and here's the kicker... there's a cliff, sans gaurdrail, that you'll have to avoid falling off of. So yeah, wouldn't recommend going all the way to the end dirt turn around with a big rig.

Nothing to add to other reviews aside from The fact that the park must’ve recently upgraded their connectivity infrastructure, because both AT&T and Verizon have full LTE signal at the Chisos Basin visitor Center, which is incredible considering you have almost no service anywhere else in the park, those places that do are only 1 or 2 bars of 3G. Seeing about 10mbps down and 8mbps up on AT&T with iPhone X.

If you want to stay somewhere smack-dab in the middle of some authentic Georgia Spanish Moss-laden woods, Skidaway Island State Park is the spot for you. Really beautiful wooded scenery all around you. Only complaints were that our campsite was pretty uneven, so much so leveling blocks couldn't compensate, and the nats were pretty bad at the end of March when we came. Other than that, the amenities were clean and well taken care of, the ranges were helpful and friendly, and every RV'ers expect to work and be available did indeed work and was available.

Unboosted: 1-2 bars (AT&T)
Boosted: 3-4 bars (AT&T)

These kinda of places are far and few between... Free Lakeside Camping with hookups is almost unheard of, but that's exactly what you get here.

I don't have much to add to what the other reviewers noted except a few negatives... We noticed quite a bit of trash around. At first I thought it was just that the place wasn't well maintained, but after seeing a city truck come by and the incredible winds in guessing the trash is just stuff that blown in from elsewhere or out of the garbage.

At the time of our visit they were constructing a new bathroom facility; thank God for that because the existing vault toilets smelled so bad it was almost over powering.

There are water hookups but you'll have to hunt a little bit for them. They are about 30 feet back from the spots toward the lake under circular metal covers labeled "water". The 30 and 50 amp pedestals installed look brand-new to boot!

A note on availability... We came in the afternoon on a Monday and there were two (our of five) open spots. The remaining spots filled up by about 4 or 5pm, and we did notice one camper come in at night looking for a spot to no avail. Since these spots are available on a first come first served basis with a 4 day limit, the chances of you getting a spot are pretty good if you come in the afternoon during a week day.

The lake water isn't clear, but that's to be expected in this area. The bottom of the lake was sandy, so if you wanted to swim you wouldn't get mucked out. There is a boat launch and a separate fishing dock as well.

Strong Verizon and AT&T cell service as well (16mbps up/down on Verizon with MIMO antenna).

The park itself has a frisbee golf course and lots of open space run the dog around. Watch out though, the grass has little spherical prickers which can stick to bare feet.

There were a couple ponies at the farm directly next to the park that were very friendly; the kids loved 'em.

Folks, if you're looking for free Lakeside Camping with partial hookups in an area close to civilization but not noisy, this is the place for you. What a gem, so glad Campendium turned us on to this place!

We stopped here for the night on our way East toward Nashville with our 31' Airstream. Due to the time of year reservations were not required, though in peak seasons you can make reservations through ReserveAmerica (max 14 days).

What a beautiful, peaceful spot, right along the Arkansas river. The "A" loop was closed for the winter so we were on the B loop. Many of spots had views of the river while the rest were tucked further back in the woods.

Spots are large asphalt pads and each site has a metal picnic table on a cement pad, a fire ring with cooking grate and some sort of concrete bartop table thing. Some of the sites had 8 foot poles with a hook on the end of it, presumably for hanging things (fish caught from the river)?

The spot we stayed in, B6, was pretty uneven, both front to back and side to side. I should have known there was something "off" with the site as it was pretty much the only one available in the area by the river. Even with 4 inches of leveling blocks we were still un-even side-to-side.

Electric (30 and 50 amp) worked fine, water too. There was a port hold that looked like a sewer connection, but I didn't think this place had sewer hook ups so I'm not sure what that was.

The best thing about this park is the price: $10 a night! Can't beat that, especially for a site with hook ups AND on the water!

Lots of wide open space at this park, with lots of little unique features great for entertaining the kids (ponds, playgrounds, fields, sport courts, even a life size "Thomas the Train"!). We came in the winter and no one else was here, so we didn't have to pay (regular fee is $12/night). Despite us being the only ones here and not having to pay, the water and electricity taps were still on and working, so we just plugged in for the night. AT&T has about 2-3 bars of LTE service here. Garbage dumpsters available to get rid of refuse. Concrete picnic table and stone fire pits at some sites. Not all sites had working water and electric, and some sites had 30 and 50amp hook ups. No sewer connection at sites, but there is a dump station. Not all sites are perfectly level, so we drove to one or two to find the perfect spot. Pull through sites available. All in all this is an excellent spot to stay for the night, even a couple days.

Coming from CA where you dry camp near water for $50/night, this place was pretty incredible. $14/night, barely anyone else here, and beautiful views of the Ute Reservoir lake.

We were looking for a place to stay the night once we passed Albuquerque heading East. Ute State Park is about 25 minutes from the highway and cell coverage maps indicated this would be a good place to do some remote work.

The North Camground is made up of several subdivided camping areas, including Yucca. Yucca is definitely the best one of them if you have a camper or RV. Each site has water and electric hookups, and I saw at least two sites with sewer as well (though I think those were reserved for the camp hosts).

Proximity to the lake was nice, but no real “beach” per se. If you want wanted to launch a kayak or something were at least two places to easily do that.

The Verizon cell signal was 1 bar of 3G, but the ATT signal was about 2-3 bars of LTE. Unboosted with my iPhone X I got about 90 Mbps down (yes, 90, not a typo). My 5 year old ATT hotspot didn’t do as well but still pulled in a respectable 15 Mbps with the Netgear MIMO antenna. The campground itself also had WiFi, which is pretty rare for a state park, and it was just OK... about 3 Mbps down.

It was also very windy when we were here, not sure if that’s a regular occurrence or not.

We didn't expect it to be this good, but it was, hands down, the best COE Campground we've been to so far. Frankly, it was the second choice, and even a last resort for us given that there were no previous reviews on Campendium. However, once we got here and saw what the campground had to offer all of our worries were quickly dissolved.

Nearly every site was either right on the water or had views of the water. This Army Corps of Engineers campground was really well thought-out and integrated into the landscape. There were a few sites, including site 31, which was our first reservation, that were too steep to get into with our 31 foot airstream, but that was no problem; there were plenty of others to choose from that had just as great of a view.

Everything about this place seemed pretty new. The railroad ties that outlined each campsite looked new, the cement slabs and gravel for each campsite looked relatively unused and still in good shape, The barbecues still had the manufacturer stickers on them, the playground equipment was clean and new, and the bathroom and laundry facilities were in great shape. It looks like someone even grooms the beach!

Great cell phone coverage for both AT&T and Verizon.

The woodring campground was really a hidden gem. We wish we could've stayed longer.

If you need a spot to pull off of I-40 for the night, this is a great spot to do so. When we went in early November there were only 3 other campers there (including the host). Peaceful, and access to OHV trails directly from the park.

The whole place is in need of some TLC... The electric hookups at the site were at didn't work so we connected to the neighbors pedestal instead. Water hookup was a bit leaky as well. The bathrooms (which did have showers) had rust over much of the metal parts, and the swing set was missing 2 of the 4 swings. Nothing a few hours with the proper tools, parts and paint can't fix but looks like the maintenance of the park had been neglected for a while.

Best part about the park was the quiet. My wife is a musician and needed to record some music and there was almost no noise aside from our little ones running around outside.

We came in at night not knowing where the campsites were in this very large county fair and community complex. We saw about 10 campers along the side of one of the roads where there were 12 spots, so we pulled in there and camped for the night. In the morning after walking around we realized there were many, many other campsites that were spread out throughout the park. They are basically power pedestals and water Spicket‘s everywhere throughout the park, so you don’t necessarily have to just park where you see other RVs if you’re looking for some privacy.

It looks like the camp spots next to the Rusty wheel’s building are the only ones that have full hook ups, but the sewer connections are difficult to find, some of them actually being buried in dirt, which may have been due to the recent heavy rain that they’ve had here.

The park itself is totally fine, there are two playgrounds for kids, basketball courts, disc golf course, baseball field picnic shelters, and many buildings for Countyfair type activities (indoor arenas for horse shows, sheep pens, and auxiliary buildings).

There are dumpsters on the side of the livestock building toward the center of the park.

There is a dump station near the administrative building toward the back of the park, adjacent to a stage.

Cell signal was totally adequate on both AT&T and Verizon, with between 20 and 30 Mb down and between eight and 18 Mb up for both carriers.