Southern Oregon RV Park

This park is nice, new and well manicured. Large pull through sites with picnic table, fire pit, laundry, fenced dog area. It's right off the highway which makes it easy to get to/from but the noise was pretty loud at night that we weren't able to sleep the with windows open. One other thing to note is there nightly rate is very misleading - the rates range from $38 - $40 however IF you make reservation either via internet or phone they will charge you a service fee. The woman over the phone called it a "deposit" but it's not that - it's an extra charge. I was told if you just show up and they have a spot available then you are not charged the extra fee. Just something to be aware of since it's not explicitly stated. Otherwise it was a nice, large park..

This park is right next door to the Jackson Expo Park. It is only minutes away from all types of shopping and activities. The park is well maintained with excellent, friendly park staff. The park is broken into two sections; one being adjacent to I-5. Our site was a handicapped spot that was closest to the freeway and it was not bad as far as noise goes. After awhile it just becomes white noise. The other section is further from the freeway with less noise. All the sites are paved, level and big rig friendly. The park is relatively new, so the trees are small, so not too much shade. The office staff did mention that it is a good idea to lock everything up since there is a transient population in the area. We had no problems though.

The staff was super friendly & helpful. Campground was well maintained and very quiet. We would definitely come back and spend more time there.

We loved the park and how close it was to so many things in Medford and central point. There was some good hiking nearby at table rock. The park is very clean and has great landscaping and fishing ponds within walking distance.

Callled ahead time let them know we’d be late. Showed up late (11:30 pm) and was able to pull right into our spot.

As we pulled in we saw what could have been a powler (someone on a skateboard trying doors on units) and they took off as soon as we pulled in. Camp host was disturbed by the report but said it’s a chronic problem.

Site was clean, level and utilities all worked well. Will stay again for an overnight but certainly plan to show up earlier.

Walked around and looked at the ponds,

Bad news / good news. Arrived around 10pm. I had called around 2 to tell them we would be late. They confirmed my reservation and gave us the site # and codes. When we arrived one of the camp hosts came over. He told me he didn’t know I had a reservation and had given our spot away, and the camp was full. That was the bad news. It took most of an hour, but he and another camp host worked hard to find a solution. They eventually placed us on the apron of the shower building and ran a 20 amp extension cord to my trailer. Otherwise the campground seemed well-appointed and clean.

We stayed in spite of the smoke. Very quiet on the I and J loops. Big rig friendly and mostly pull through sites.

There are folks staying here through FEMA after last year’s fire that burned so much of the cities of Phoenix and Talent. Sites are available and it’s a wonderful park!

Every one is working through this temporary challenging time and look forward to returning to normal very soon.

We will return. We were able to stream TV. And the there are some wild kittens to watch. Plus the fishing is very popular with the locals.

Southern Oregon RV Park has been an evacuation area for people displaced by the fires last year, but they've opened it up for travelers. The place is nice, things seem relatively new, things are clean. There are still a good number of people who are still staying there after the fires, so it will be pretty busy and you should book early.

One thing of note: there are a TON of cats. I assume stray, but I don't know for sure. They are everywhere.

We chose this campground because we needed a big rig friendly campground with solid cell service within day trip range of Crater Lake. Given the park size and cell service I saw as we drove by other campgrounds closer to Crater Lake, I think we made the right choice despite the 90 minute drive between the campground and the national park entrance.

The campground is just off of I-5, so there is some road noise. It is technically a county park because it’s associated with the county expo, but it looks and feels like a private campground. As you enter the campground, you’ll pass two rows of sites (one back-in, one pull-through) before reaching the office on the left. There are long RV parking spaces to pull into on either side of the office while you check in. The office building contains a lounge area with a small library, a convenience store-style fridge of sodas, and a freezer with ice cream selections. Behind the office is a covered porch with picnic tables. There is a separate small laundry room within the building as well (2 or 3 washers and dryers).

Our site was in the section of sites beyond the office, site H5. With the exception of the five sites that back up to the dog park, all of the sites in the section are pull-throughs, with asphalt pads, grass lawns, and small concrete patios with picnic tables. The front corner of the patio furthest from the pad was cut away to serve as the fire “square”, which was not something I’d seen before. Rows of shrubs and flowers separate the sites, which was nice. In-ground sprinkler systems keep the plant life watered, but that means you might get wet if you’re outside your camper before 6am…as we discovered the hard way. Another thing that isn’t mentioned in the campground literature is that you can put trash bags outside the front of your site for pickup in the late morning: there are trash cans located throughout the park, and one receptacle for recycling plastic bottles and aluminum cans, but no dumpsters.

The park has three campground bathhouses (one in the front section, two in the back section), which seem to be individual stalls with bathrooms and showers secured by a door code (we didn’t use them). The dog park is a decent size, with a wedge shape and a dirt surface, but we weren’t fans of the multiple gates when one would have sufficed.

The main recreational features of the park are its proximity to the 27-mile Bear Creek Greenway paved trail and the fishing ponds along the edges of the park. The grassy areas adjacent to the ponds and the trails along and between the ponds gave us plenty of options for walking the dogs. Our hounds were also entertained by the flocks of Canadian geese that roamed the campground, and the several stray cats that hang out in the foliage around the ponds. Of course the negative with the geese was all of the geese dropping in the grass and on the streets, and warm evenings brought out the mosquitos around the ponds.

In terms of cell service, the best speed I got on my Verizon Jetpack with MIMO antenna was 66Mbps down and 27Mbps up, so we had no trouble streaming video during our stay. The best speed I got on my AT&T smartphone was 68Mbps down and 25 up. The night before we left, I tried to connect to the campground WiFi with my phone just to try it out, but while I could connect I couldn’t get any internet service.

We would stay here again if we were in the area.

Sections H and I are farthest from the access road and the interstate, so the noise is much quieter. I have stayed in both rows and couldn’t hear the traffic from inside my rig at all.

This is a very well run park with access to everything in and around the Rogue Valley. It’s the only one I consider when in the area.

If you’re noise-sensitive, check the Fairgrounds schedule before booking to make sure there’s no concert during your stay. It’s adjacent to the park.