Wyatt J.

The Dyrt Pro

Topeka, KS

Joined September 2020

Husband and father to four wonderful children exploring as much of the United States as we can with our vacation time.

Free dispersed camping right off the gulf

Let the ocean put you to sleep. We stayed in November, the temps were perfect to a little cool. We're about 17k pounds and had no issues driving and setting up on the sand. It is pretty, there are shells everywhere, and, not many others camped here at this time.

Great little spot that's free with hookups

Free showers, bathrooms. Nice park with places kids love. We stayed here with 4 kids. Only about 5 mins away from anything in Tomball. You do need reservations through the Harris County Park.

A free place to stopover

Not much to say, just a few minutes off of i-70. You will have a couple miles of gravel road on the way to the area. As of the time of this review October of 2020 the reservoir is empty. Apparently the only time it's allowed to keep water is when the downstream people don't need water. We arrived at night and didn't have time to look for a proper site so we just pulled off the circled loop drive period. Had to do 3 and 1/2 in of leveling on the driver's side. Beware on the ground there are thorny plants on the fround that will get stuck in your shoes. Overall a pretty boring site, the kids did enjoy looking at local plant life but other than that it's just a quiet place to sleep. There was some cars that drove around the perimeter drive but none of them came into the loop we are at.

No fuss, big sites

Quiet place with the sound of a babbling river running along the edge of the camp. They have a few pull throughs, several large back in and a few smaller back in sites. They also offer a large open field for dry camping. No showers, but, a few porta potties around the camp. Fire rings and picnic tables at each site. The water spigots are housed in small insulated enclosures. The sewer connections are varied distances, extensions are probably needed. Our sewer connection has a small uphill to it, but still slightly below our tank bottoms. Good space between sites, some are quite remote from others. On location camp host was swift. The WiFI was poor even with the camp half empty. I walked around and did some speed tests around the camp, best speed was 500kb. No Verizon service, decent TMobile service.

Wonderful stopover off I-80

After seeing this site on one of the full-time RVer YouTube pages we were thrilled to be stopping by on the way to South Dakota. These sites are pretty close, but deep enough for my 35 ft travel trailer to fit. I did have to park my truck perpendicular in front of the trailer. There's a playground nearby and several walking paths as well as a restroom. these cell service was great and the camp even has free wi-fi provided by the city. There is very good water and sewer connections as well. There are well maintained 30 and 20 amp connections. We found the site to be very level left and right we just had to level front and back a little bit. if you're passing by Aurora Nebraska and need a place to stay this is a wonderful option.

Small campground, convenient location.

This campground features nine small-ish sites through the center section of the woods with two new larger sites right by the highway. The 2 newer sites have water and electric, but I believe it's only during the active season as they were not available when we stayed. Most are back in however there are a few that are pull through. If you depend on solar you're going to have a lot of shading in this park. It is free in the off-season, we stayed the first week of October with no reservations required. there are two water spigots in the center of the park that are also off during the off season, but there is a vault toilet available year round. In the center of the park are some tent usable sites. During season there's trash service but it is also padlocked shut during the off-season. Each site does feature a bear resistant food enclosure and a nice picnic table. The view of the Stars here is phenomenal. Just another side of the highway is a babbling Creek that you get to listen to. We stayed at a site near the highway but the highway noise really did not bother us. There is overflow parking nearby so if there are no sites available and you just need a place to park for the night there were several people who took advantage of that. Just up the road from this campground are some dispersed camping options which are free year round. The park ranger station is about a quarter mile from the entrance and there's also a gas station within a half mile of the entrance. We found The Virginian RV park in Jackson hole to be a good place to dump and refill for a modest fee of $10. The Shell station on Broadway also has fresh water and propane service but no longer offers a dump service.

Spacious sites in a beautiful forest

The sites are electric only sites with 30a, 50a, and 20a. Plenty big to accept most rigs. I traveled with a 35 ft travel trailer and had room for my truck in my site. They have nice restrooms with showers, trash service is close by throughout the campground, and the camp hosts were phenomenal. You can purchase firewood from the general store right before the entrance if they are closed you can go to the restaurant across the street and pay for it and pick up a couple bundles of wood. The picnic tables are in great shape and the fire rings are also in great shape.

Beautiful surroundings, Easy Access

Not too far down the road off the highway, this spot was easy to access for my 35 ft trailer and extended cab truck. Only took an inch and a half or so of leveling to get level on my driver side. There's a few places you could put a trailer here. Just down the road from the reservoir. It was pretty hazy the night we were here, but it made for a beautiful sunset.

We had good TMobile and Verizon service here… Which shocked us!

Clean and feature packed

Great rv park minutes from the Yellowstone entrance. Full hookups, decent site sizes. Everything is well maintained. There are bathrooms, multiple laundry facilities, playground. There is also a pay dump site for people not staying here.