Tumblewagon

Campground Review: Willow Lake RV & Camping Park, Prescott, AZ

Nathan posted this in Places

This park is great for a nature lover, situated just off the banks of Willow Lake with convenient access to trails that will lead you into the Granite Dells area. The sites are primarily shaded and most come with a picnic table and a grill. There is a little store that sells all of the essentials: beers, cigarettes, toiletries and some simple foodstuffs. A huge laundromat and ample shower stalls are a nice touch, and there is plenty of space between sites so that you can kick your feet out without worrying about knocking over someone else’s awning. The park has all dirt roads and really feels like you’re in the forest, doing some real camping (even if you are in portable home).

A lot of reviews online state RVers distaste for this park because of the longterm element who live here, and there do seem to be quite a few people living here fulltime, and they are the type who have long beards, leather vests and ride old Harleys. Personally, I don’t find that offputting, but less able campers might prefer to avoid these types of people. Might I suggest to those folks that they try the Super 8 Motel down the street?

We would have loved to have stayed longer at this park and much preferred it to the funeral home that is Pine Lawn Ranch, but unfortunately we had to work and we could neither get cell phone reception or WiFi in the park, so despite it’s charms and the fact that it’s one of Arizona’s few parks where they don’t mind the sound of a beer bottle opening or children laughing, we moved on after only staying a single night.