Grant County Fairgrounds

So many spots to camp. I am in the campground area they call Rodeo. There is no one else here. When you book on the website it's $30 plus tax and $1 booking fee. If you have a good sam membership you get 10% off. When you come here for the same site is says $35.... Not sure if that includes tax. Anyway it's pretty much a ghost town here unless you pick a spot on the north side of the fair grounds.

Stayed here for 3 nights for an RV club rally. Chose to camp in the Pavilion campground as it was the only one which had full hookups, not just water and electric as the rest of the campgrounds on site are so equipped. Campground was not full, but there was a mix of RVers here for the rally and folks with RV style horse trailers who were attending some type of competition.

Sites in the Pavillion campground are all with hookups, but utility location is not standard. There is one service pole per two campsites. The pull-thru section in the middle makes some sense because you can park drivers side to drivers side easily, however the back in sites on the edges are not so lucky and every other campsite will have some unlucky soul that has to run a long power cable or hose from the central post to the other side of their vehicle. What makes these even more strange is that sewer ports are all on the drivers side of the vehicle, no matter where you get your power and water. Watch those site descriptions and photos when booking online. They do tell you which side your utilities are on, but look at the picture to identify where your power, water, and sewer will be when you get there. The photos on their booking site are accurate.

Moses lake gets hot in the summer, and while there is a minimal amount of shade on the north and south side back-ins, the middle section of pull-thrus has no trees or shade at all.

Sites are very close together, and sites which boarder the middle of campground turn around have almost no frontage, whatsoever. Towing? Unless you are short, the pull-thrus do not have enough room to have you park your tow vehicle in front of a long trailer or fifth wheel. You might be able to put your tow vehicle next to your passenger side frontage, but since there is no picnic table, that doesn’t matter, does it.

And so, yeah, no picnic table. This makes some food prep and dining difficult. I found myself in my kitchen cooking on this trip and not outside grilling because I typically use the campground picnic table for my tabletop grill. I suspect a lot of RVers do the same, not to mention “traveling light” tent campers. The absence of picnic tables really reduced the utility of this campground for future visits not associated with the RV club. If you want to cook and dine outside, be prepared to bring your own camp tables. But also be aware that you will be almost on top of your neighbor’s utility pole or sewer port.

Water pressure was good, not too much, not too littler. Power was also good. I didn’t notice any sagging voltages under higher load. Air conditioners were being used a couple of the days I was here and my neighbor’s use of AC and power didn’t seem to have any impact on my voltage measurements.

Staff at the office were friendly. There was supposed to be a camp host, and their fifth wheel was set up, but I don’t think I saw them during my visit.

Campsites are mostly grass, with a compact gravel drive through the campground. Other campgrounds that are partial hook-up have more grass and less gravel, and I felt more trees and foliage.

Bathroom and shower facilities are located near most of the campgrounds. There was not a bathroom/shower located near the Pavilion campground, but the campground just to the west had a newer pre-fab building which was industrial, but also well maintained. These are not resort campground bathrooms by any means.

The Grant County Fairgrounds might have been on the outskirts of town years ago, but the city has grown out and around the fairgrounds. You have a bit of a drive off from I-90, through town to get here. Enter at Gold gate off from Airway Dr NE, and the office will be straight ahead on the left with an after hours board nearby.

Campground is very quite, logical as you are a long way away from major highways. Also logical as the lack of picnic tables, lack of fire rings, odd utility setup, and lack of space between rigs doesn’t really foster late night entertaining. Oh and there is nothing here for the kids to do, no playground, no pool. So, if you have kids and they are used to campgrounds with kids stuff, or are used to state park or national park campgrounds where there is stuff to explore, well none of that here. Lots of fairgrounds buildings, but that is about it.

I get the impression that most who camp here are doing so because they are passing through with horses and they have horse facilities, or they don’t have horses and are passing through and the price is hard to beat, or they are attending something at the fairgrounds, a livestock event, a rally, etc. The price is hard to beat for a full hookup site, but the price also reflects the lack of the site being set up for real camping.

Our first experience camping at Fairgrounds. Dense grass camping area with large maple trees for shade. Great for when there is not an event and a convenient overnight. Questionable otherwise, tight spots and close to your neighbors. We were the only ones here in the North Lot. Our spot had water/electric and close to the bathrooms/showers that were an added bonus. All the amenities of a small city in close proximity, including a decent brewery, Ten Pin.

This is our first experience camping at at the fairgrounds. We wanted something inexpensive after spending about an average of $50.00 a night in RV parks. The lady at the desk was so helpful and kind and the park was pretty empty when we arrived and set up. I was told there are horses coming in for a show but most likely the campers will be near the horse barns. We were in the north camping area by ourselves. The bathrooms and showers were clean and the was plenty of hot water.

That's the pro, that is ready to get in and get out. Also that you have full hook ups. No road noise, quiet in that regard. The con? You never know what's going to be going on when you come ( unless you ask maybe). We were awoken at 530am to a loader moving gravel around the grounds. So, don't count on quiet hours if those exist. I'm sure they are just getting ready for the fair which is a month away. We stayed 2 nights, this was our big shake down trip. We wanted to be somewhere we for sure could get into easily with our new 43' fifth wheel. This fit the bill. I'd stay again if just stopping over.

We usually dry camp, but we needed to use campground to charge our batteries after several cloudy days. The Grant County Fairgrounds seemed like a good option since we were nearby. We arrived Wednesday night and there were only like 3 or 4 other rigs around. The campground itself is 3 different lots - one of them is gravel/grass with full hookups ($30/night), the other two grass lots have only partial hookups ($25/night). We chose the full hookup lot. The place was very quiet the first night. In the morning we got woken up by the noise and found out the entire campground was almost full. There was some kind of horse event starting that day. :) The next night wasn't that quiet, so bear in mind that during events this place can get really crowded and noisy.

The sites are pretty much level. The staff was nice. We are self-contained, so we don't know if there are any showers or toilets. There is a self-pay station before the entrance to the campground. The AT&T 4G wasn't good and it got even worse when the campground filled. We weren't able to connect to the fairgrounds wifi.