Best Cabin Camping near Mesquite, NV

We stayed at this KOA in our motor home over a Memorial day weekend in 2019.  We had 50A power, city water and sewer.  Power stayed on even during a windy down pour one night.   We arrived at about 9PM and a very friendly man guided us to our site pull-through site and helped us set up.  I appreciated the help.

A lady at the front desk told me that this campsite had become pretty beat up a few years ago and she and her husband were investing a lot of time to improve it.  Even if it is a work in progress, the campsite was well maintained.  Wide roads, gravel pull-through RV spots, picnic tables, grassy areas for kids and pets, a new playground, and a serviceable pool (clean but smallish - good for kids) and lots of bathrooms and showers (all private stalls).

There's a great-room down by the entrance (it has additional bathrooms btw) that is very spacious.  There are 8 or so dinging tables (with chairs) and an area with a TV and couch (I don't think it had a DVD/Blu-Ray player so bring your own).  Mini-golf was a fun activity for my kids one evening even though it was pretty worn.

This site is about 5 minutes from Quail lake and about 20 minutes from Sand Hollow.

Overall, great place to stay for 3 nights with kids.  We would stay again without hesitation.

The weather here is extremely hot over 100! The paces is located off the highway so you can hear the traffic. Also the bathrooms were hot no ac. The ladies in the office were extremely kind and very accommodating. They went above and beyond to help me find a shade spot. Most spots have only one small tree or none unless outside or some inside but far from the bathrooms. The pool says closes at 10pm but we were told at dusk. The closest restaurants or stores are about 30 mins away. It does include free miniature golf horseshoes and a pickleball but way to hot to do them. Also only the end sites have a fire pit and no grills that I saw except tent sites.

I typically rate campgrounds as they fit into 1 of 5 categories. This campground will be rated as a Basecamp — grounds that offer a comfortable home base that you’re happy to return to after a day of exploring the surrounding area. Ratings for this category are based on: Value to cost: 3 Overall grounds: 4 Utility of sites (hookups, layout, accessibility): 3 Local Attraction Proximity: 4 Reservation Process/Ease of Getting a Site: 5 Amenities: 4 Customer Service: 5 Cleanliness: 4

Price seems a bit high for what you get. We were in a back-in site which was $75/night after all taxes and fees (included a 10% Good Sam discount). There are limited options in the area and with Zion so close by and half the nation vacationing in RVs right now, our hands were a bit tied. We have some other favorite spots in this area but they were all booked up in late September.

These sites are CLOSE together. The one thing I liked about the layout was that they have you park on the other side of your concrete pad, so your face isn’t right at your neighbors sewer hose or slide out when you step out your door. However, your neighbor behind you is right at your bumper. Luckily, all our neighbors were friendly and pleasant. There is a picnic table and concrete area for chairs. Our table was not cleaned and seemed to have something dripped all over it (looked like blood, unconfirmed).

They have free wifi boosters they rent out during your stay so it makes the wifi not awful... good enough for browsing and checking emails with some patience.

We didn’t use the pool but it looked nice and was quiet while we were there. We actually didn’t use any facilities but the office was clean! Also, while the staff wore masks, they were virtually the only people in town wearing them. Almost all of St. George was mask-free.

Very very close to downtown St George (1.5 miles) and tons of good restaurants. Good proximity to nearby parks and Zion is less than an hour away. Staff was very friendly.

It’s a find place to stay but with cost factored in, we would only return if we were in a bind... or really wanted full hookups.

Cramped slots out in the blistering sun. No picnic tables unless you request one and they happen to have one available. But don’t bother, there’s hardly room to squeeze between your front door and your neighbors vehicle. The lot slopes, say 4-6 inches in 8 feet so leveling up is a chore. The advertised available wi-fi in their advertisement is described as “limited” when you finally check in, and that is a gross overstatement. It sucks when it is available at all. The sewer connection is nearly 30 feet from the typical travel trailer connection. And the heat is unrelenting am to pm since shade trees are apparently a premium they decided not to invest in. We’re stuck here for 3 nights hating every minute.

We by no means had an outstanding experience here, nor was it horrible. We were on spring break visiting Zion National Park, which was about an hour away (it was the closest campground that was open at the time.)

Pros: nice showerhouse and bathrooms, good view of red cliffs recreation area, free mini golf and pool, electric and water at the tent site, laundry facilities, right off the interstate.

Cons: right off the interstate. Nothing but vehicle traffic all night long. Zero privacy- tent sites are so close you can literally hop from one tent pad to the next. Also, there aren't enough picnic tables for each site. It is also extremely windy, with nothing to break that wind. We came back to the site one evening to find both tents down and our things scattered across the tent site area.

Ooverall, I would likely not go back. I think this site is better suited for RVers than renters. There are some state parks right behind the hill that have better location than this. In a pinch, it worked for us, but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.