If you're in an RV, be prepared for some SERIOUS white knuckle driving if you cross the Hood River bridge. It's two lane, NINE FEET WIDE. Most RVs will have inches to spare. I had to slow to a crawl and was trying my best not to rip the side of my rig open.
Now, regarding the campground. The host, Shirlene, who runs the office, has the poorest customer skills I've ever encountered. She never could remember what she discussed with me, and was very rude and short over email. I had a two month reservation which I actually cancelled because she scared me away with her terrible people skills.
I'm sure the campground is well maintained, but the management sucks. Too many other places in the area who are happy to have your business. Avoid this turkey at all costs.
P.S. Be aware that this outfit expects you to pay IN FULL for the reservation at the time you make it. This might be OK for a day or even a week, but I was planning to stay for 2 months. No damn way am I paying a grand for the place a year in advance. They should learn how to TAKE A DEPOSIT like every other campground in the United States.
This place is about half full-time residents in the back and the rest short term overnighters. Everything is gravel and dirt. This place is very dusty and it's easy to see no gravel has been laid down for years. It rained the first night I was there, and the roads ( and my site) were a muddy mess. I had the windows open the next day and within an hour, my counters were covered with a fine layer of dust from the Yahoo's driving by at 30 miles an hour. The full-time portion of the park is very trashy. You can tell no maintenance has been done on this place for years. But the prices are reasonable. I only stayed two nights, and it was okay for a stopover.
I've been a full-timer for several years now and have stayed in many parks. This is by far the cleanest, nicest park I have ever seen. The sites are wide, spacious and clean. Lush green grass and shady mature trees at every site. All concrete pads. Private bathrooms with showers! The dog park is stunning. The roads are paved and there's not a single piece of gravel in sight! You really have to see this place to believe it. It's like a little neighborhood!
Like most (it seems) campgrounds, this place is badly in need of maintenance. When it rains, the "roads" (term used loosely) are mud puddles. Your site is too, unfortunately. Most of the park is long-term scum campers, junk all over the sites, loud trucks, loud music.
To top it off, many of these hobos take pleasure in putting dog food bowls of duck food out, so you can count on duck crap all over the place, on your rig, on your vehicle. The constant quacking makes you think you're on an island in the river. It will drive your dog nuts too.
The Greenbelt:
Pretty, but VERY overcrowded. If you're looking for some peace walking by the river, forget it. Spandex wearing cycle maggots, too self-important to even bother to say "on your left" or ring a bell, come ripping up behind you, inches away, as if they despise you "being in the way". Most are wearing mirror shades so they don't have to smile at anyone.
All in all, there are much better places to spend time in Idaho. Try Idaho Falls, or Twin Falls. Stanley and Coeur d'Alene are both gorgeous. Boise is basically California, including the the corresponding batch of jerks just like you find in California.
Originally planned to stay here three months, left after a few weeks. Obviously, won't be returning.
Nice quiet park just outside Ely. As usual with KOA, it was bit on the pricey side. They could have used some dust control on the gravel roads as well.
Overall, the place was clean and quiet, sites were level, and the front desk lady was so friendly! I only stopped here for one night, but would stop again if I was in the area.
If they get the dust under control, I would have left 5 stars.
**Stopped here for just one night on the way to Boise. They have the BEST DOG RUNS I've ever seen, and I've been a full timer for 3 years now. The sites are clean, level, and newly landscaped.
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It is on a busy road, but the noise wasn't too bad. Additionally, they give over 62 a 10% discount. Very nice.
I plan to stay in Twin Falls next summer. I will CERTAINLY use this park as my base camp.
Showed up here in February 24th, they no longer offer RV parking. Do not waste your time.
This is a pleasant, out of the way campground. There is water on site, but you are NOT ALLOWED to fill your RV from it, as water has to be trucked in. There is no dump station either. You have to travel a good 10 miles into Grand Canyon National Park to dump your load.
The sites are gravel, and they have a mix of pull through and back in sites. A good number of them are first-come, first-served. The roads are dirt and are VERY DUSTY. Don't be surprised to see a film of brown dust inside your rig if you leave the windows open.
The hosts in the Black Bear Loop were very friendly and helpful, but not nosy like some hosts can be.
I should also mention that, during my September stay at least, the place was absolutely SWARMED with yellow jackets. I never got stung (they aren't very aggressive) but they constantly buzz you and land on you. Gets annoying.
Overall, this is a decent campground but I would probably not stay here again due to the extreme hassle of having to drive 20 miles to get to water and a dump station.
This is a very nice well run place. The hosts are very on top of things. My only complaint is the showers. They are SIX DOLLARS for 8 minutes - but the worst part is, there is NO TEMPERATURE CONTROL.
Nothing like a scalding hot shower on a 90 degree day.
Fix your showers, forest service. Who ever heard of a shower that you can't adjust the temperature in? Not everyone likes water the same temperature.
The park was great. Showers were Immaculate and high class. Casino, never heard of one that doesn't serve alcohol. If you want a beer while you're playing your favorite slot or a hand of blackjack, forget it. As a matter of fact it's actually illegal to possess alcohol, even in the RV Park, believe it or not. We're talking prohibition here. Stupid.
Stayed here for the month of August. Be aware that if you come here for the summer, you will have CONSTANT wind (frequently gusting to 30 or more knots) and SEVERE thunderstorms almost EVERY afternoon all summer long. I stayed here 30 days, and experienced severe t-storms at least 20 days. It gets really aggravating. 2/3 of your afternoons are rained out. The mornings have the wind, then come the storms.
As an added bonus, the front office kept a credit they weren't entitled to. I had a $130 credit on my account which they applied to my electric bill of $67 upon departure. They refused to refund me the remaining credit of $63.00. In other words, they just decided to keep the $63.00 because they felt they were entitled to it. Sorry no refunds for any reason, stick it if you don't like it. Highway ROBBERY is what it is.
This is not the first time these ripoff artists have pulled this stunt. Check some of the other apps and websites and you will find numerous incidents of this type of thing.
Lousy, ripoff customer service. They should be put out of business. I have filed a dispute with my credit card company. These crooks will NOT get away with this.
Edit: Got my money back. Credit card determined I was not liable. Good riddance, frigging crooks.
Pretty much your average RV Park, though the bathrooms and showers were exceptional. Finding the place is a bit of a challenge though. You have to turn into a shopping Center parking lot, and go down a small dirt road on the west side of the lot. Kind of a weird setup but I guess because of the topography they had no choice. Front office dude was not really very friendly or welcoming. Some weird guy kept wandering around out in the field behind the RV spaces talking to himself.
Maybe 10 sites total in a vacant lot next to a run down laundromat in a seedy looking trailer park. Chickens running all over. At least my dog had fun chasing them.
Two of the sites were flooded. The maintenance guy wandered around later in the day and I mentioned it, he said the owner didn't want to spend the money to fix the busted water pipes. That pretty much sums up this place. They got an extra star because the (filthy) shower, believe it or not, had softened water.
Stayed here one night passing through. Set up the security cameras and kept the pistol on the nightstand.
Very spacious campground. I was impressed with the sites - lots of mature trees, and they have a reasonably long (4ish mile) nature trail.
One thing I found disappointing was that there is very little river or lake access nearby without a boat. I could barely find any place to let my dog cool off in the lake. Even the nature trail never gets closer than about 50 yards to the river, and is separated from it by a swampy, mosquito infested, cattail laden barrier. They need to provide more beach access. The only swimming beach is a few miles up the road, and as you guessed, NO DOGS ALLOWED. That's a shame, because my dog is cleaner and better behaved than most people.
Be aware that this part of Montana is the Great Plains, and it gets very hot in the summer. Right now, July 24th we're supposed to have a high of 102. And my particular campsite has NO SHADE whatsoever.
This is a much better place to stay if you have a boat, as the lake is really the only attraction here. It's just too bad there is such limited access unless you have a boat.
The nearest town is Glasgow, some, 20ish miles away, and there ain't much there. Fort Peck is closer, about 4 miles, but there's nothing there but a little convenience store.
IMPORTANT: If you're coming in from the east or west on US 2, BE SURE YOU TAKE THE "TRUCK ROUTE" Highway 42 down to the lake, NOT the regular Highway 42, which has a VERY LOW CLEARANCE BRIDGE. I had to stop, and flag down a sheriff's deputy who graciously held traffic up so I could back out of my predicament. There's no warning sign. I made a right hand turn onto 42, and BOOM, there it was a block up the road. 12 feet, 2 inches. My 5th wheel is 13'6".
**NOT FUN**
**IMPORTANT: Don't be tempted to park under the cottonwood trees. Your vehicle will be COVERED with some kind of sap…took two car washes to get it off.
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Clean and well maintained. It's probably the bright spot in the entire town, which appears to be about a half square mile of trailers and double wides surrounded by miles of amber waves of grain. There isn't a single paved street in town other than the main road.
Everything worked and the front desk was friendly. Stopped here for a one nighter on the way to another destination.
Be aware that this isn't the mountains that Montana is famous for. We were here in mid July and it was 94° with about a 35 mph wind howling across the Prairie. Quite a shock considering we had just come down from the mountains!
This was a bit tight pulling our 35 ft fifth wheel, but just be careful with a couple of the turns. The campground roads need some work in spots - there were several potholes as deep as 6-8 inches - enough to jar your teeth out If you're not watching for them.
Sites are very nicely spaced with lots of sunlight and dappled shade. Everyone was pretty quiet and well mannered. I was a bit surprised by how empty this campground was during the week, despite it being summer. Mon-Fri I would say it wasn't more than 30-50% full. It did fill up on the weekends.
Stayed here two weeks in July. You're at 6000ish feet, so the weather is delightful in the summer. Some nice hiking is within walking distance, and Echo Lake is a decent workout from the campground.
There are several pressurized water spigots spaced around the campground, but oddly, they don't have a standard garden hose fitting. I have a 55 gallon bladder I fill and then I use a pump to fill my rig from the bladder. This saves me from having to move the rig to get water. The camp hosts site did have a standard hose fitting and he had no problem letting me fill the bladder several times during my stay.
There is a day use area (Red Bridge) across the street on Georgetown Lake, but there's not much there. Only a couple picnic tables and a boat ramp. No shade. No place to let the dogs swim and play fetch. I recommend going east back up Montana Route 1 a mile or so to the Grassy Point boat launch. Large parking lot with plenty of doggie access to the water for playing and fetching.
All in all, a nice place to spend a couple weeks.
If you're coming in from State Road 9, be VERY CAREFUL not to miss the entrance on your right, or you'll end up passing a dreadful sign that says "End of State Maintenance". I was BARELY able to turn around before I was doomed to head off into the unknown on a small road with steep drop offs on the side.
Kind of expensive for no power or water on my site. Which I didn't realize until I got there, because the web sites lists TWO kind of sites: "Standard" and "Standard (Partial Hookup). I took the Standard because I wanted a water and electric. WRONG. Standard is dry camping. Standard (Partial Hookup) is water and electric.
It was quiet and the hosts were very friendly. If you have a dog, watch their paws. There are all kinds of nasty thorns on the "beach" area, and lots of foxtail grass, which can be life threatening if one of the tails gets into your dog. Check them thoroughly when you come back inside.
Good for a stopover.
First of all, the lake isn't anywhere close to this campground. It's a half mile up the road, so don't think you're going to get lake views.
Secondly at $54 a night, I would have expected a lot more than I got. It's just your average, run of the mill campground with a lot of long term trailers, everything is gravel, except for the places where it's muddy. The sites were so close together, that I had to go back and request a different site. My slides would have been a foot from the next door neighbor.
The bathrooms were clean, but very dark and dated. Good thing I'm not overweight, or I would never have fit in the showers.
Finally, if you are an aviation fan, you'll love it. It sits at the end of the runway for Provo airport, a regional airport with plenty of jets (Yes, JETS. Think Delta, Southwest, American) that pass right overhead a mere 1000 feet up. Thunderous, trailer shaking fun!
All in all, it was tolerable for a couple night stay. Probably would not be back. If it was 30 bucks a night, it would have been more reasonable.
The Provo river trail is nearby, one shining spot in an otherwise awesomely mediocre stay.
A very nice park. Stayed here a month to explore the local area. The staff is very friendly, responsive and helpful. Sites are gravel, but plenty spacious. Bathrooms are brand new remodeled as of Nov 22 so don't let the older pictures fool you.
The Riverwalk in Carlsbad is a must see. Lovely!
Will definitely stay here again.
The campground is SAND with some scrub weeds on it, as expected in the middle of Wyoming. Paid over the phone, never saw the host at all, even as we were setting up and breaking down.
Definitely have your doormat out or you will track sand all over your rig.
Just passing through for a one nighter, you can't beat the price. Hosts were very friendly when making the phone reservation. Would stay again, but definitely not for long term.