Crook County RV Park

We stopped over for the night on our way to the Painted Hills and John Day Fossil Beds. The little town of Prineville is actually quite nice, and we were pleased with the customer service at the RV Park. All the RV sites are full-hook up, and have a nice grass strip and picnic table to separate the sites. Not a lot of privacy, but it was cold and we didn't spend much time outside.

The campground wi-fi was actually fantastic. We got quite a bit of uploading done in a short period of time!

After our Jeep caught on fire in John Day Fossil Beds we needed a location to regrouop. Crook County RV park definately fit the bill. All services at site. Although I listed the rate as $34 dollars a night that does not include the AAA discount we recieved. Staff were very friendly and allowed us to extend our stay by "penciling"" us in for two extra nights but not charging us for them until we needed them. Can't say enough about the support and help we got from High Desert RV (especially Daryln. Not only did they buy the jeep from us (the engine was a total loss) but help connect us with someone who was selling a GeoTracker, an option for obtaining another two vehicle to continue on our journeys. We took care of all of that in the first two days. High Desert RV was then able to order the parts needed to use our current towing system and installed them. Becasue we were then into Friday, and temps for the weekend were to be in the high 90's, we decided to stay through Saturday. WiFi was iffy - not as good as the previous reviewer indicated but with patience was able to actually work remotely. We were not disturbed by noise but the fairgrounds are right next door so depending on what is going on noise at night might be an issue.

THANKS to all the great citizens of Prineville!!

I made a reservation (with a $100 deposit) to stay here for 1 month from 3/31/19-4/30/19 for $450 total on 10/30/18. Now, 3 months later, they contacted me to say that the new total is going to be $1200 (a 266% increase) despite the already agreed upon price. After pleading with the manager about the drastic increase, she refused to honor my confirmed (with confirmation code) reservation and now says that she has no record of my deposit left... which I do (10/30/18 at 2:43pm via my Visa Card). I believe this is a bait and switch, for whatever reasons, and now I'm not only out my $100 deposit, but am also without an affordable place to live during that closely approaching month. This is no way to treat returning customers, or customers of any kind (especially confirmed/deposited ones), and these actions should be illegal. Potential future customers, please be aware of this scamming behavior so something similar doesn't happen to you. Needless to say, I'll never be staying here again, which is a real shame because I enjoyed my previous stay and would have came back anytime I was in the area.

I didn’t stay here but it looks like a great place to stay if you want to visit downtown.
I was dry camping in the mountains so I needed a dump station. It costs $10 and has a bill acceptor and a card swipe.
Easy pull in and well maintained

We were having an issue with our Tab trailer battery so we snagged a site here for the night. It is a good place to stay to be close to anything Prineville. We fixed our problem and enjoyed our short stay here. The staff was very nice and helpful. And the bathhouse was large, clean, and well kept. There were numerous people who appeared to live here and all were tidy. The walk across the road was a wildlife preserve with walking paths which we enjoyed a lot. There was actually an exciting bull riding event going on while we were here ,but all was quiet by 9:30 pm.

When we stayed here we were lucky enough to have empty spaces next to us which gave us a little more elbow room. If not, it would have felt tight.

We stayed here so we could hook up, wash laundry, and clean our trailer so we could head back out to boondock. The RV park was full service at a reasonable price.

The gal who checked us in was nice and the camp host was very accommodating and welcoming.

Easy pull-through sites and a little green grass. Remodeled bathrooms were nice and clean. Thumbs Up!

Poor AT&T cell service and the Park wifi wasn't very good.

Across the street were disc golf, a kids fishing pond, and some easy walking trails.

Crook County is an older CG with mostly pull-through sites (one row of back-ins/back-to-back sites) with FHU and some mature greenery. Unfortunately most of the spots are narrow (about 8’ of pavement with room for slides over the grass) and un-level. Our 55’ site should have been long enough for our truck and trailer, but the front end of our 5th wheel was about as low as it could go, so we parked in the overflow spots up front. Sites are quite close together, and there isn’t much privacy. Our utilities worked fine, and I appreciated that there was plenty of space to walk our dog. Bathroom, laundry, and common indoor/outdoor areas are available, but we didn’t use them. There is WiFi (which worked pretty poorly), but our Verizon service worked well without the booster. This was one of the few times in our 3+ years of travel that we needed early check-in, and they were totally fine with that (our site was empty, we could move in). The camp-hosts were ever present, very nice, and showed us to our site.
We stayed here as we were rounding out a long trip through the area, and it’s convenient for reaching Prineville and the nearby Crook County River valley. It’s a bit of a hike to visit Bend or Redmond (45 minutes), but Prineville has all the basics plus a couple tap houses. After spending multiple months in Bend and Redmond, this place was calm respite for us. It’s relatively quiet and has all the beautiful scenery we’ve enjoyed in the area. $40 a night is more than we’d normally pay for this type of accommodation, but it’s a nice spot in a good location.

We were visiting family in the area, so we weren’t in the campground much. But upon our arrival we were met by a friendly camp host who directed us to our spot. Gave us a tip on how to maneuver into our site. He helped us pull forward just a bit for the utility pole, but then I realized that our slide would hit a tree when opened. He went and grabbed the landscaper, who trimmed the tree. They then both came back with racks and cleaned it all up for us. They were both very accommodating.
Very nice restrooms with showers. Very clean and well maintained park.

Although these paved sites are close together, they are fairly level. Grass between each unit. Tables at all sites. Pull thru sites have grills. All sites have full hookups. The facilities are new and kept very clean. There is a community firepit and grill area. We did laundry and took nice hot showers. We were there during Crooked Creek Rodeo, so we walked over and enjoyed the rodeo. The people were very friendly. The community was very hospitable.

I got a good feeling about the campground the moment we entered and pulled up next to the kiosk that currently serves as the office. The whiteboard on the outside of the office listed the reservations coming in that day and which site they were in, and then beneath that a list of available sites for anyone coming in after hours. The office was still open when we arrived, but a sign in the window provides both an after-hours phone number to call and the site numbers of the managers.

The campground has RV 81 sites divided into 4 rows (plus 2 cabins and several tent sites). The first (southern) row has a mix of back-ins and pull-throughs, while the rest of the sites are pull-throughs. The roads are paved and fairly wide. The sites has asphalt pads bordered by thin strips of gravel, but the rest of the site lawn is grass. Our site (66) was not very wide - we parked on the left side of the pad and with our slides out we were pretty close to our neighbor’s picnic table - but lengthwise our 37-foot fifth wheel and 21-foot truck easily fit in the space. Each site in our row had an engraved picnic table on a circular concrete slab and a chest-high BBQ grill at the front of the site. The site was level and all of the hookups were in standard locations.

Most of the amenities are located at the front of the campground. The clubhouse building is located across the entrance road from the office, and it contains a pool table, a soda and a snack vending machine, a laundry room with several machines, and a private bathroom. The covered porch of the clubhouse has a touchscreen system for late arrivals to use to register. There is a large pavilion located between the entrance and exit roads where you can pay for firewood (there’s a number to call) or make use of the grills and sink to host a group cookout: there are a few picnic tables for seating. On one side of the exit road is a dump station that is available to non-campers for a $10 fee, and has a payment station that takes cash or credit cards. On the other side is the trash and recycling area. The only amenity not in the front of the campground is an additional bathhouse in the middle of the park that includes shower facilities.

The northern and southern sides of the campground have dirt and grass areas for walking dogs with dog waste stations, and there is an additional small grassy pet area next to the trash and recycling area. There is no enclosed dog park inside the campground, but there is one attached to the little public park right across the street from the campground.

From within the campground you have nice view of some of the basalt buttes to the south and east of town. Hiking and rock-climbing enthusiasts can visit beautiful Smith Rock State Park by driving 30 minutes west, while the Painted Hills unit of John Day Fossil Beds National Monument is an hour to the east.

In terms of cell service, the best speed I got on my Verizon Jetpack with MIMO antenna was 30Mbps down and 13 up. There were times when it seemed like the bandwidth was congested, but that could have been my hotspot acting up (I was able to correct performance issues by rebooting the hotspot). The best speed I got on my AT&T smartphone was 36Mbps down and 15 up.

We ended up leaving a day early. I went to the office to let them know they could release our site a day early, and they gave us a refund for that night, which I didn’t ask for or expect, which was very nice of them.

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