Spanish Trails RV Park

Spanish Trails Rv Park has a very Friendly staff, is clean, has a small pool, decent internet, and reliable electric. It is close to town and trails. The cites are extremely unlevel, but have a patch of grass are and a small tree at each site. We started at Horsethief State Park campground which was awesome, but an early heatwave of temps over a 100 sent us scurrying for plug in and the ability to run all 3 acs in our 43 foot toy hauler. We used the roll on blocks to level side to side without issue. The pull through are a little tight, so we will be backing out. The Class A’s have had to stop short of level due to slope and ground clearance, but we did not hear of any complaints, and everyone is friendly and happy. It is Moab, after all. The biggest improvement that the park could make would be some shade and a different surface in the pet relief area. The gravel gets very hot, and it’s not fun sweeping up the red dust from the Rv. At the state campground they have a lot of bushes that seed in tiny stickers (we call them beggars fleas in NM—not actual bugs but tiny stickers) that imbed themselves in animals passing by. The labs had no problems, but tough on long eared dogs with soft fur like our Cavapoos, so bring a hair brush.

We chose this campground because of availability of sites and the fact that they have a pool. We had a very nice stay here. We had our adult son with us and found the new shower facility to be a plus for our family. A lot of families are in this campground, and although the laundry facility is modern, it requires timing and teamwork to get your laundry done. We had to wait for washers and coordinated with other campers to get the timing right to dry. The pool is well maintained and refreshing. The bathroom and shower facility is renovated, so it’s very nice; however when the park is busy there could be a wait for a shower to come open. I’m sure in the off season, the shower and laundry facility is adequate, but when we were there they were both very busy. Parking in the sites is a little bit tight because the spots are close to each other, but there’s plenty of room to maneuver a large RV around the park. Camping sites and roads are gravel with grass between the individual spots. There are large, mature trees in the park that provide plenty of shade. All staff members that we had contact with were friendly and helpful. We got a call from them on arrival day to confirm our arrival would be before the office closed so they could leave a packet at check in if we were going to be late. The park is convenient to shopping, restaurants, Arches National park, and several other hiking trails and activities. Water pressure is high here, so they advised using a regulator for the RV hookup, they have them for sale if you don’t have your own.

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: 3 Utility of sites (hookups, layout, accessibility): 3 Local Attraction Proximity: 4 Reservation Process/Ease of Getting a Site: 4 Amenities: 4 Customer Service: 5 Cleanliness: 4

I feel like I need to start off by saying that Spanish Trails RV resort was the most expensive RV Park we’ve stayed at... and we’ve been to very nice and central campgrounds. In this case, cost doesn’t necessarily equate to value. They had full hookups, pull thru sites and a nice looking pool. I think the price mostly centers on the popularity of the Moab area and the demand during a time when people are exploring by RV. At over $90/night (with taxes), this felt more like we were being charged for proximity to Moab.

There are a ton to RV parks and even more campgrounds and BLM land around this area. When we were looking to book, we were having very little luck and didn’t want to sit in the summer heat for 5 days without hookups, so we were happy to have found an availability here and swallowed the price.