I  picked a horrible day to stay here: it was at the peak of the wind pollution from the Canadian wild fires. The sky was  filled with eye-burning smoke, it was totally overcast, cold and very  windy.

I STILL HAD A WONDERFUL TIME!

Even though it hadn't rained for awhile, the hiking along the waterfalls trail was wonderful. I also saw several people kayaking at the campsite next to mine (our campsites were directly at the shore)and others were biking.

The park is well maintained and very clean and pretty.

This a small campground, around 33 sites. The pads are all gravel except for the handicapped pad, which is paved. This campground is alcohol free and upon checking on you are asked if you have any alcohol. The sites are fairly spaced apart and many are shaded by large pine trees.

The park visitor's center has many participatory A/V camping and wildlife exhibits. The law enforcement/ranger was exceptionally helpful and friendly and he provided me with the locations of current elk sightings.

I had no verizon cell service in the park.

This is a very typical KOA and, with one exception, it provides the services one expects from a KOA. However, it is rather small and it has some sites that are not level but can be leveled with some effort by the camper.

The office staff was very professional while still being country-friendly and helpful. Also, the KOA is just a few miles from Natural Bridge State Park. I found it to be worth the $9 admission fee.

I had excellent cell service on Verizon. Although the KOA offers WiFi, I was never able to get a strong enough signal to connect to the internet even though I tried several times during the afternoon, early evening, and late at night.

My biggest disappointment was that although the showers, sinks and toilets were very clean and well maintained, they did not meet my ADA expectations.

I was there on Tuesday, May2, 2023.

This is a very well managed and maintained campground.  I arrived after the check-in station was closed. But in the rack was an envelope for me that contained my parking pass, a campground map, a state park map, and a flyer giving instructions for avoiding black bear incidents. There was also a placard fixed to the picnic table at my campsite with bear precautions. I did not see any bears!

The bathrooms are very clean and well maintained. My campsite was roomy and level. The views of the river are magnificent.There are numerous hiking trails that vary in difficulty and distance.

There is no Wi-Fi and I had no cell service with Verizon.

All in all this campground was a good choice but not a great experience . One of it’s positives is also one of it’s negatives. Being a downtown campground it’s easy to walk to. However, it is in a residential neighborhood so nature is NOT in the house. The campsites are very close together and the roads are packed dirt so it can get dusty.

I read some reviews about how “bossy” one of the managers can be with customers. I had a few conversations with “her” and she was easy to work with and friendly.

My biggest concern is a lack of presence of a staff member during the night and the early morning. I went to shower about 7:30 and I was horrified to see that the toilet had backed up and came out of the drain on the shower floor. It was almost an hour until the store opened and I could report it.

I stayed here for two nights in October of 2021. Even mid-week the campground was crowded. However, even without reservations, I got a very good campsite. The parking spots are generally level and the sites all have tables and fire rings. I did not use electric or water.

The bathrooms/showers are showing some age but they are well maintained and clean.

One of the things that gave me a lot of fun was watching the white tail deer stroll through the campsites at sunset! And, Blackwater Falls are a short drive or a long walk away.

I stayed here for three days last summer. I had just picked up my newly built out camper van in Durango and was doing a four day “shake down trip” to check out all the systems before driving back to Maryland.

Everything at Echo Basin was top notch, the staff, the camp site, the bathrooms and showers and the location. The campground is so well done and maintained. My only regret is that the restaurant was not open the days I was there.

It is not in the city but Durango is a short drive away.

I stayed here for one night in very early August. I had a site right on the banks of the New River. The staff was very helpful and went out of the way to assist this senior citizen.

Even though COVID restrictions were relaxed everywhere, the campground only opened the bathrooms and showers to campers who did not have a bathroom in their rig. I told them I did not have these capabilities in my rig and they gave me sole access to the handicapped shower. I thanked them and told them that if a handicapped person arrived I would give up the shower.

A disadvantage is that the big rigs are very close together and the highway is directly behind the back row of campsites. After dark the traffic dropped off and for me, the highway noise was not noticeable.

I stayed here twice in August going to and returning from New River Gorge National Park in West Virginia. The first stay I had a reservation but since it was mid- week there were plenty of empty sites.

On the return trip I just showed up at 5:00 PM and the loop I stayed on had only one other camper. I stayed in the same campsite each time.

I The campsite did not have electric or water but the other loops were full service. The camp host was friendly and helpful. The parking pad was gravel but fairly level. The site had a good table and fire ring. All of these sites were spaced far apart and are wooded.

I stayed here one night on my way to Medora. It is very pretty and it has a nice playground for the kids. It is not large and there was no on-site host or attendant at the entrance so it is best to make your reservations on-line so you know which campsite is yours and you don’t occupy a reserved site. When I was there reserved sites were not marked as being reserved. It has a very good bathroom and the campground is a short drive from Salem Sue, a huge statue of a cow that is high on a hill and can be seen from the intertate.

I really enjoyed this campground. The roads and parking pads are paved! The bathroom was recently built and it is clean and well maintained with running water and flush toilets. Also, the camp hosts were very friendly and helpful with tips on what to see and to do in and around the park.

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I stayed here for three nights in early November, 2022. The camp sites are mostly level, well maintained and have tent pads, tables and fire rings. I chose a site that had water and electric hook-ups. The bathrooms were heated, clean and the men’ bathroom had two showers.

I stayed there in mid-September for 2 nights. This is first come-first served. You can not reserve a site. With this in mind, I made the trip from Medora on a Tuesday morning and I arrived around noon. I gambled that the people who came in for the week-end would be gone and the ones who were coming for the next week-end would not be there for another day or two.

The 10 sites are spacious: it’s hard to see any other campers from your site. There are no amenities here except for very clean pit toilets. No water, no electricity, no dump stations and no dumpsters for trash. Every site has a cooking style fire ring, picnic table and ample room to park more than one vehicle.

But there is an abundance of solitude, beauty and a deer and elk. As they say in Texas . . . “The stars shine bright at night”.

I visited in September on the last two days before the campground closed for the season. The campground is in a spectacular location and this site backs up to the creek and the surrounding mountain meadow. I saw elk grazing in the meadow and wading in the creek, both evenings, just before dark.

The site and the entire campground were very clean and well maintained. The pit toilet was also very clean and stocked with extra toilet paper and hand sanitizer.

If you depend upon solar power, the sites are wooded. The camp host was friendly and very helpful! Firewood was available and sold on the honor system.

It is one of the BEST KOA’s that I have visited. It is well kept, the sites are roomy and I have a great view of Devil’s Tower.

The bathroom and showers are roomy and clean. The laundry is a bit small but all of the machines were working.