Alpine RV Park has full hookups, a laundry, and free wireless, yet cheaper than the State Parks! What more could you want? The wireless was a little slow, but at these prices ($20 per night), you can live with it! Also, you have clean air and are in a little valley surrounded by the Cascade Mountain range. On the other hand, the park has no cable TV and no television reception whatsoever. Hope you have satellite or a good book. Cash or checks only.
Alpine RV Park – Marblemount, WA
Roanoke Mountain Campground – Vinton, NC
This is just another National Park campground. I’m only including this in my list of reviews because the place is not very big-rig friendly. Our trailer is 25′ and we had a bit of challenge getting comfortable. For B’s and C’s and poppers, I recommend it. This is a nice rest stop along the Blue Ridge Parkway. For tent campers, it’s paradise.
Outpost RV Campground – Salt Lick, KY
Holy crap, steer clear of this place. It’s a great example of genetics gone wild. We only used it as an overnight but we saw a lot of crap. The best part was the $20 fee for 3-way hook-up.
When we arrived, the place was a traffic jam of young children racing around in golf carts, mini-bikes, ATV’s, etc. I couldn’t back up enough to feel safe.
Mammoth Cave Campground – Mammoth Cave, KY
You must remember you’re reading my stuff. No reservations, no planning, just go.
We thought about campgrounds near Mammoth Cave. The KOA sits on a small hill on the highway, the Coast to Coast RV Resort is probably good, but non-members can’t use the ammenities. We looked at the National Park Campground. Check-in was a bit more complicated here because most sites are reservations. We were given a choice of two. The roads and sites are paved, mostly level, pull-thru’s. National Park tradition dictates that the back-ins are backwards, trailers and fiver’s should beware. Tents and motorhomes are cool anyplace.
Holiday Trav-L-Park, Chattanooga, TN
There are several campgrounds available in the Chattanooga area, we chose this one because the Trailer Life Rating was high. We figured, if they were full we’d just work down the list until we found a place.
The Park brags about being close to the Interstate, but there are no highway noises. The nearby Race Track and Airport drown out all highway noises!
Loft Mountain Campground – Shenandoah National Park, VA
This was our first destination campground as we toured the Appalachian Mountains for two weeks. Again, we arrived without reservations, but site choice and check-in was fast. The Park Ranger was very informative and helpful.
The campground is above average for a National Park. Mostly Pull-Thru’s capable of handling large units. The back-ins are all oriented backwards, so Fiver’s and Trailers should avoid them. Your table and fire ring will be behind your rig! Motorhomes can use them as a drive-in without problems. Most sites are very level, all are paved. Interior Roads are immaculate.
Hagerstown KOA, Hagerstown, MD
We used this Hagerstown KOA as a rest stop at the beginning of a two week road trip. I can’t say anything bad about the staff, but the place is very compact. The property borders a nice, slow flowing stream at the end of a small road. The campground offered more than the basic KOA amenities including fresh cooked breakfast, pizza delivered to your site, and a nice pool area. As usual, we travel without reservations, but our check-in was quick…no escort to site.
The only caution I can offer is that the sites are the tightest I have ever seen. Had we wanted our canopy rolled out, it would have hit the slide-out of the trailer next door. People walked through our site constantly rather than follow the roads. Had we used our canopy, they would have hit their heads!
Dan River Campground – Stoneville, NC
This is the first time I’ve ever felt compelled to post a negative review. We were in North Carolina on vacation and decided to look around for a nice family campground while in the area of Winston Salem. Dan River campground seemed to look great from all the things we saw on the internet.
We drove there without the trailer just to check it out. When I went to the office to ask if we could look around I was berated for driving too fast down the gravel entrance road. I was maybe going 15mph because it is a very bumpy, potholed, gravel road. I was told the speed limit is 10 mph throughout the park. I told them I never saw a sign and apologized.
Squaw Rock Resort – Naches, WA
A little pricy for the few amenities offered. This park has changed hands a lot recently and the new owners have been there for just a year or so, but I think they are charging to much. We paid $30. a night for partial hookups. Because we were right on the river, sewers are not allowed, but there there was neither WiFi or TV available. Full hookups along the road are $35. Saying that, they did offer a nice restaurant, small but nice pool, laundromat which I only found when we were leaving. The ground is mostly dirt and rocks as the grass that was there is now gone.
There are a few pull thrus but not many and they are right on the road. Stay away from the ones near the dump as the odor was very noticeable.
Potholes Lake State Park – Moses Lake, WA
I’m not exactly sure what town Potholes associates with, but as the crow flies, its about 10 miles south of Moses Lake and about 20ish driving miles off I-90 (via Hwy 17 south and O’Sullivan Dam road… the road goes over the largest earth filled dam in the US. Its pretty cool)
Potholes was another State Park that didn’t let us down. The sites are large and spacious and set so privacy is really available. $29 dollars for full-hookups, $14 for primative camp sites, and I think $10 for an extra vehicle.