Campground Guide

States

Arizona

Benson, Valley Vista RV Park, a Western Horizons and RPI park.  ☼☼ Small sites, small laundry, good dog walking area.  If staying there again try to get into St. David RV Resort.  Just a few miles off of the Interstate but it appears to be a much nicer park-also Western Horizons and RPI.  For a commercial park in town go to Butterfield Resort.  They have an Observatory to use!

Bullhead City, Ridgeview RV Resort, Sunrise and RPI campground. ☼☼☼ Good dog walking fair sized spaces with concrete patio.  Several laundries in the park.  Nice looking pool.

Casa Grande, Western Horizons Park ☼☼☼ Very wide drives and good sized spaces with concrete patio.  Lots of activities.  Nice, small pool and small laundry.  Dog park very close.  Dog walk area in park small and across the park from where short timers stay which is on the side of the park next to a busy road.  50 amp costs extra.

California

Battle Creek Campground, Lassen National Forest ☼☼☼ Very quite and nice campground on Battle Creek.  From Red Bluff go east on Hwy 36 to a mile or so before Mineral.  Great Forest Service roads for dog walking.  $18 per night in July 2009 which seems high for NF CG.  Pics

Camp Pendleton.  The Marine base has at least two campgrounds, one on the beach and one at Lake O'Neil.  We stayed at O'Neil in 2009 ☼☼☼ Some sites are in the open and some are in the shade.  Some are full hook ups and some are water and electric only.  $20 for W&E.  Plenty of room to walk the dogs. Pics

Camp San Luis Obispo.  ☼☼☼ only 12 sites and all open but with large grassy area between sites.  Only has 20 amp power.  $17 in 2009.  Good area for dog walks.  A small National Guard Base with a convenient Laundromat. Pics

Crescent City.  Redwoods RV park ☼☼☼☼  Spaces are set under huge trees with lots of room between sites.  $31.50 with Good Sam discount in 2009.  Good dog walking in in non-renovated camp sites along the edge of the park.  If these get renovated and used dog walking will be poor.  Pics

Dorabella Campground, Sierra National Forest. .☼☼ 1/2 mile from the town of Shaver Lake.  Old NF campground with a variety of sites and narrow roads.  Good for tents, small rigs, most Motorhomes but long 5th wheels will have trouble in many places. Pics

Loomis-Loomis RV Park.☼☼ A former KOA.  A bit run down but many of the sites have good shade and are wider than many newer RV Parks.  Far enough from freeway to miss most freeway noise.  Relatively busy road alongside and railroad tracks across the street.  Poor dog walking area.  $35 with military discount July 09 

Monterey Fairgrounds. ☼☼ The main portion of this campground is above and behind the buildings.  Spaces are small and tight.  Overflow is a large field which has full hookups around the edges.  Pricey.  $40 in 2009 (which is cheap for the Monterey area).  Pics

Monterey Pines.  The Navy campground.  Most sites are small and look hard to maneuver into (we didn't stay here).  Above the golf course so you are near the golf club restaurant and snack shop.

Petaluma Coast Guard Station. ☼☼☼ 6 rv sites, all have concrete apron and all are pull-throughs.  No shade in 4 of the 6.  Possible shade in the other two.  Very large, empty, field adjacent for good dog walking.  Nice berry bush in in August.  $17 in 2009.  Pics

Pt Mugu Naval Air Station.  ☼☼☼☼ Right on a very nice beach.  The central part of the campground has large spaces and is a minute from the beach.  There are also 6-10 sites that backup to a sandy strip and then the seawall.  They are very narrow sites but the view is great.  No shade.  50 amp power. $23 in 2009 Pics

Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station.  ☼☼☼☼ Great location.  New.  Nice laundry.  Most sites are pull throughs.  All have concrete pad and lawn between sites.  Good dog walking areas. Pricey $27 per night but still cheap for SoCal. 50 amp.

Vandenberg Air Force Base ☼☼☼ Some very nice sites but you have to spend a week or so waiting to get into one.  No reservations.  $17 in 2009.  30 amp power.  Good area to walk the dogs but do it one at a time as they go crazy wanting to chase the hundreds of prairie dogs.

Yosemite Lakes Resort.  ☼☼☼ A Thousand Trails/RPI park.  Some great sites ( narrow) backing up to the South Fork of the Tuolumne River.  Pics

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Colorado

Air Force Academy  ☼☼☼☼ A lot of sites (100+) lots of room around each site, under pine trees, 50 amp power, great dog walking.  Reasonable price $20 in April 2010

Idaho

Mountain Home AFB  ☼☼☼ About 20 sites, good shade on some sites, 50 amp power on new sites.  Good dog walking.  Only $14 April 2010  Pics

Kansas

Dodge City Gunsmoke Trav -L-Park ☼☼☼ Large pull throughs, reasonable price. Noisy from highway 50.  Good dog walking

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Montana

Butte-KOA ☼ Standard near the freeway RV park. A community walking path borders the campground which provides a nice place to walk the dogs. $26 in May 09

New Mexico

Deming, Starlight Resort.  ☼☼☼ Big pull through sites, a mile or so from town so very quiet.  Almost empty in early March.  Inexpensive $20 per night. Good dog walking area.

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North Dakota

Bismarck-KOA ☼☼  About a mile from the freeway so it was quiet. Nice privacy bush rows between sites.  Dog walk area is ok.  Pricey.  $34 in May 09

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Oklahoma

Arcadia Arcadia Lake City Park  ☼☼☼☼ Lots of sites, some with full hookups 50 amp.  Large sites, good shade.  Inexpensive $7 with Federal discount.  good dog walking  Pics

Oregon

Bullards Beach State Park   ☼☼☼☼ 3 big loops so lots of spaces.  In the A loop most of the sites were separated from neighbors by a high hedge.  Room enough for awning and table in each site.  Beach is a 3/4 mile walk from the B loop or a 1 1/4 mile drive.  Dog walking from A loop is best along the path towards the beach.  Lots of dogs.  $31 in 2009. Pics

Joseph Stewart State Park ☼☼☼ Lots of sites (4 loops), lots of people.  Good separation between sites.  Good shade.  On a lake that is very popular with boaters and families. NE of Medford on Hwy 62 Pics

Le Page Park  ☼☼☼ A very pretty, small, Corp of Engineers Park where the John Day River enters the Columbia.  8 long pull through sites and 8-10 back ins.  50 amp in pull throughs.  Only $10 with discount.  Has swim beach and boat launch.  Poor dog walking.  Very close to I-84 but over slight hill so noise wasn't bad.Pics

Olallie Campground, Willamette National Forest.  ☼☼☼ Beautiful campground on the McKenzie River.  Lower loop is right on the river.  Upper loop is nearing enough to Hwy 126 to get some road noise.  Only 3 or 4 sites in upper loop large enough to handle our 37' trailer.  A perfect campground for tents and pickup campers. NE of Eugene on Hwy 126 Pics

Seaside. Seaside Resort. ☼☼☼☼ a 1000 Trails Park.  Big spaces.  Good dog walking areas.  Nice looking indoor pool.  Many shady sites.

Tigard.  Roamers Rest Campground.  ☼☼ Right on the Tualatin River off of 99.  Small spaces and poor parking for truck which didn't fit in the space.  Dog walk is along the grassy area between one row of RV's and the river, then off the property and under the 99 bridge into a small park.  $31 with Good Sam discount in 2009

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Texas

Ennis Bardwell Lake Hi View Campground.  ☼☼☼☼ 20 some odd sites on, or near, the lake.  A Corp of Engineers Park.  Lots of room between sites. Inexpensive $7 with discount March 2010 Good dog walking.  Pics

Bryan - Lake Bryan  ☼☼☼ 11 sites near the lake.  30 amp and water.  Dump site.  Most RV sites are small-we fit in #5 or #11.  Lots of trees and shade and lots of room between sites.  Plenty of dog walking room.  Water pressure comes and goes when the park is full. Very popular on weekends in the spring, empty during the weekdays.  Live band on the deck of the restaurant across an arm of the lake.  Pics

Fort Stockton, Fort Stockton RV, a former KOA. ☼☼ About 5 miles east of town (not where Google Maps shows it). Narrow pull throughs.  Small laundry.  In March fills up every night with transients. Inexpensive.  $21 Small laundry.  Has a small cafe on the grounds that serves a limited menu for breakfast and dinner.  Fair dog walking.

Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg RV.  ☼☼☼ right in town close to lots of things to see and do.  Medium size pull throughs.  Lots of activities.  Nice clubhouse and laundry.  No pool. Poor dog walking but does have a very small fenced dog yard. Most sites have a tree or two to provide some shade. $30 per night.  Pics

Matagorda Matagorda Bay Nature Park  ☼☼☼☼ Very near a very long beach.  Great place for dogs.  Sites are very long backins 50 amps.  Laundry is slow but in the park Pics

Utah

Hill Air Force Base ☼☼☼ New sites are very tight pull throughs-chineese style so you can end up with front to front setup.  Small dog park.  Older sites have good shade.  $14 in April 2010.  commissary very near.  Pics

Washington

Ilwako-Eagles Nest Resort-a Sunrise Resorts and RPI campground.  ☼☼☼☼ fair sized spaces, lots of trees for shade, on a ridge where you catch a good breeze from the ocean.  VERY STEEP access road from highway-burned out our clutch climbing it (very heavy load).  Good dog walking areas.

Rochester-Outback RV park.  ☼☼☼ Spaces are on the narrow side and no tables.  Showers are free, laundry is slow.  Price was $26 in May 2009. Huge plus for the fenced in dog park.

Rochester-Lucky Eagle Casino. ☼ Spaces are very narrow.  Poor dog walk area.  Price is good, $14 for the first night.  Second night is free if you gamble for 2 hours or more.

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