What does the perfect campground look like to you?

[slowmover]

Originally Posted by skeezyx46

One detail not mentioned above is access to a wash station. After weeks on the road, or in areas with muddy roads, it would be nice for a campground to have a cement area far from others to wash the worst mud off. Or even a covered wash bay high enough to tow a trailer right in. I suspect many campers would be glad to pay extra for that option. It is often hard to find even a decent car wash in reach of many campgrounds just to get the truck cleaned up.

I'm used to looking for coin washes that I could get an 18-wheeler into & out of. This facility type is the usual American highway eyesore on the edge of every American town. It has also been designed to deal with wash water disposal. And a very high rate of consumption.

A campground that was out back of a convenience store / fuel retailer -- down a short road -- would also benefit from laundromat and coin car wash. It would be the model I'd use were I ever interested in having an RV campground. It's not quite what we see in the oilfield, but it'd be a millionaires property in short order if we did.

There's always room for overnighters or longer term vacationers slightly separated from long-term renters in the best design layout.


And, BLUE BEACON is a chain of truck washes that will do quite a nice job on TT & TV.

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[Jammer]

Our needs vary depending on the trip, however the difference between campgrounds we like the best and ones that we don't return to has a lot to do with:

- Spacing between sites and use of appropriate screening techniques.
- Availability of sites with suitable hookups. 50a in hot weather, water and sewer for stays of more than one night.
- Proper building and grounds management. Grass that grows, roads that are graded, fresh paint when needed, hookups that work, clean convenient trash disposal
- Attentive, friendly, organized office staff. (Everyone has stories of places where they'll never return due to rude or unreasonable staff. Offices that close early or are understaffed are also frustrating)
- Shaded sites.
- Reasonably effective control of biting insects and poisonous plants.
- Sites located away from highway noise.

[bluvalley]

Would have to second, and third Oliver Lee in NM. The most beautiful place I've ever camped. Like being on Mars, but with cactus and lizards.

[Rollster]

Beautiful scenery and quiet solitude right outside your camper door.