Valley of the Rogue State Park

This is a great park that is right off the interstate. We had a site that backed up to the Rogue River. Grants Pass & surrounding areas have a lot to do. Good cell and satellite service here. We find this park quiet, which is surprising be so close to the interstate.

Very nice campground. Big sites, clean and Dog-Friendly. Nice fire pit, full hookups. The road inside the loops is a bit small. All in All 5star

Valley of the Rogue State Park probably isn’t a place we’d plan to stay a week, but it is extremely convenient for a stop over when traveling the I-5 corridor. We’ve stayed here multiple times, and will no doubt do so again in the future. The park is large, with several loops. Loops B/C where we usually stay are FHU-50 amp and arranged with an inner circle (C loop) – all smaller back-in sites and an outer circle (B loop) – larger sites with back-in along the outside and pull-throughs on the inside. The pull through sites are long enough to accommodate even the largest rigs.

Each site has a picnic table and firepit. Bathrooms and showers are in the center of the loop. Not much in the way of vegetation between sites or privacy. There are large, mature trees to provide shade for some sites. Nice nature trail along the river and a paved trail accessible from F loop, also along the river, goes all the way into town. There is a dump station, garbage cans are conveniently located around the loop.

Note: in the fall the goat’s heads were horrible in B/C loop – puppy couldn’t walk in our site or around the campground without getting nasty stickers in his pads and they got tracked into the coach on our shoes too. In March, they weren’t a problem.

We had 4 bars of Verizon 4G.

We were planning to boondock in this area, but since the temperatures were approaching 100F, we decided we had better find a place with electric hookups rather than using the generator for many hours a day to power the air conditioner. As a result, we made reservations via the online system just before we arrived, and were happy to find sites available, even though we needed them on the weekend.

The sites were good - there are many pull throughs and most of them have long enough straight areas to allow big motorhomes like ours to actually pull through. The electric and water services were reliable. Verizon service was good; AT&T was marginal; both were good with cellular booster.

The park is used by a lot of folks who are relatively local - it appeared to be a good park for those with children - there were activities for kids to do.

The only reason I did not give the park 5* was due to the reservation system. As mentioned above, we had to book 2 different sites for our 2 night planned stay. The online reservation system (Reserve America) requires an $8 fee per reservation, and since we could not book 2 nights in the same site, we had to not only move during our stay (understandable because we were late booking), but we also had to pay a total of $16 to book the two one-night stays. Other public campground booking services (e.g. national parks in Canada) will allow users to book a stay "night-by-night" and combine multiple nights in the same park into a single booking fee.
On a positive note, we decided to stay an additional night, and the folks at the gatehouse were able to "extend" our stay (even though we again had to change sites) and avoid the additional reservation fee. I think if you are willing to risk a site being unavailable, and just show up, you will not need to pay the additional $8.
The site fees were $31 for FHU, $28 for electric+water. The rate that I listed ($36) was the average for our 3 night stay (2 FHU, 1 E+W, reservation fees).
It is really nice to be able to have the option of FHU sites at state parks. I was told that all of the Oregon state parks have FHU sites.

Even though the park is right along I-5, we did not find that the road noise was disruptive.

Additional note: we did not know this when we came, but if it is *hot* in the central valley (where I-5 runs through Oregon), it is probably cool/cold on the coast. We may have tried heading to the coast for boondocking weather if we had known this!
Additional note #2: We had come to this area to get some suspension work done at Henderson's Line-Up in Grants Pass. If you have any issues with handling or suspension, brakes, etc., we *highly* recommend Henderson's!

We stayed here the weekend preceding Fourth of July weekend, so it was not a particularly quiet stay .... Lots of families, especially being to close to many urban areas. Many good waking areas for the dog so she got lots of exercise. Conveniently located to Medford, Grants Pass, Ashland, Jacksonville, Rogue River and others so I visited them all. Bathrooms were heavily used so needed more frequent cleaning than they received, used my own shower so don't know what that area looked like. A few dogs running loose without benefit of leash or master, so I told camp host and it was handled promptly. Nothing I could do about the kids running amok ... it was a summer weekend ... what can I say? Noise from the freeway was minimal, less distracting than the other campers noise.

Great space with plenty of space between sites. Yes, you can see your neighbors but it’s not like your awnings are gonna hot them. The outer loop has some good river view sites I’ll shoot for next time. Note - tv reception is almost nonexistent with standard booster.

This is a huge campground, but it's divided into several sections, so it doesn't appear big. The price was $29 for water/electric and $31 for full hookups, plus an $8 reservation fee. The location is right by an I-5 exit, and most of the campers in the full hookup section were overnighters, so there was a lot of traffic through the loop all day with people departing and arriving. The full hookup section filled up each night, but the water/electric loop looked like it was never more than half full.

It was a beautiful location, and the campground was very well maintained. I enjoyed my 3 nights there, but it was crowded and busy, and there was constant noise from I-5, so I would not have wanted to stay longer.

Many sites for rigs over 40', full or partial hook-ups. Max length of back-in sites is 85', 100' pull through. We stay here whenever we are in So. OR to visit family in Medford. Beautiful state park along the Rogue River, although views of river limited. Great bike/walking trail.

Watch out for the goat head stickers, tho...plenty of them!

Enjoyed a longer than planned stay here. Well maintained and quiet... good place to get away and just chill (although it is difficult to chill in 103° temps). Sites are reasonably spaced, not a remote forest campground, but not stuffed together either. Some long sites but pull throughs can go fast, especially for multiple nights or weekends. Overall a great experience at a reasonable price.

Conveniently located right off the highway, but minimal highway noise from our spot. The loops are set up with an inner and outer circle, we stayed on a outer loop and this would be our preference if we stayed again. There is a great paved bike path that goes on for a few miles accessible from the campground. This made for a great daily dog walk spot! Grocery shopping and laundry is only about 10-15 minutes away, and everything you could possibly need is just a bit farther in Medford, OR (20-25 minutes).

Great AT&T and Verizon!

AT&T- 60.7mbps download, 13.2mbps upload. Verizon- 17mbps download, 16.9mbps upload. We do have a cell booster, but speeds were good even before putting it up.