Homolovi State Park

Spent Labor Day weekend here tethered to power and water. Spigots all have vacuum breakers so no backflow or cross connections; paved roads make for great bike and scooter riding for the kiddos. Never used the bathrooms. Far enough from the freeway to not hear sounds but you can see the traffic; the trains do come by frequently out past the freeway but are not noisy, although you can see/hear them sometimes. Milky Way clouds were visible all night as there isn’t much light pollution either. T-Mobile at full signal, just a little laggy, but fast LTE. A few miles down the road, in the park, are Homolovi I and II, both Hopi Ruins from 600 years ago and are well worth the short drive or ride. Visitor Center was closed due to COVID. A few short trails to hike in the campground too. Each site has a fire ring and some additionally have another BBQ grill, so fires are okay even during fire restrictions in Arizona. Some sites have graded tent pads.

We enjoyed our stay at Homolovi State Park. Large, well-spaced sites with lovely views. There are two (gratis) sites to see ancient Native American sites, with pottery shards, ruins, kiva's and all, and a park visitor center (fee). Our pull-through site was 150ft long, so plenty of room for our 34' coach and small towed SUV. The only weird thing was that the utility hook-ups (water and elec) are on the port/passenger side of the rig on pull-through sites (rather than the customary starboard/drivers-side). The back-in sites were normal. Our water hose and 50amp cord are 20ft long, so we were able to snug-up to the utilities and run under the coach without too much hassle. There are no sewer hookups, but there is a two-lane Dump Station.

Stay last minute on a Monday night. There were quite a few sites to choose from. No power, 30 or 50 sites available. We stayed in 41 With no power. Close to the clean restrooms and showers. Walked 1.2 miles to the Visitors Center (currently closed COVID-19). It was windy in the evening, faintly heat the train on the track to the south, but no whistle blown. A lot of history in this area, would certainly return!

We've stayed here before, and are enjoying it just as much now. Sites are pretty flat asphalt, some with water and electric, others without. There are a few trees, but this is essentially desert, so don't expect a lot of shade. Views out to Winslow, with the lights at night, are phenomenal. The sites are well separated. At this time of year (late June), there were only a few sites occupied, so this made it even more private. I would recommend the pull-throughs along the the edge of the loop (we're in 20) to get the most privacy. There is nothing outside our window except desert, route 40 in the distance, and Winslow beyond that -- far in the distance.

There are a lot of paved roads inside the park that are terrific for biking, and many unpaved if mountain biking is your thing. It's hot out during the day, but in the evening it cools down at this point in the year. Hook-up was easy, but a long hose and electric cord are necessary since the hook-ups are on the opposite side of the trailer (assuming you want to look out to the view).

The ruins are an incredible piece of Native American history that you can walk through up close and personal.

Verizon cell service was as good as it gets.

Homolovi is a spacious park offering big sites that are easy to access with choices of 30amp/water at $25, 50amp/water at $30, or water only for $18, and if booked online in advance, there is also a $5 fee. The park is just a couple minutes off the highway, and close to town for gas and groceries. Sites offer plenty of privacy through generous spacing, but it’s desert camping, so trees are sparse and small.
Our rig would have fit into any of the offered sites, and while our site was very level, others were less so. Site utilities worked fine, but something to keep in mind - all of the pull-through sites have water/electric on the passenger side, and some rigs opt to pull in ‘backwards.’ Sites have picnic tables and fire pits, and there is a bathhouse, dump station, and trash cans. The park was quiet for our entire stay and offers plenty of room for dog walking. As others have pointed out, the CG itself doesn’t offer a ton in terms of hiking or site seeing, but it is within driving distance of some interesting attractions. Verizon worked fine without our booster.
This is a nice park, and pretty typical of our state park experience. $30 a night is a bit pricey, but we have no other complaints and would stay here again.

We have stayed at this state park four times and have thoroughly enjoyed it. BUT...if you come here and need a speedy Verizon data connection, forget it. Four years ago, Verizon was excellent. In the Spring of 2020, Verizon data was incredibly slow. Running a speed test mid-day, the upload speed far exceeded the download speed, an indication of a congested tower. At 5:00 a.m., the download speed was just fine. Voice always worked just fine.

So...if you come to Homolovi and MUST have an excellent Verizon data, you will be disappointed. FYI, AT&T worked just fine.

Still, a great place to park! We will be back again, and again.

Nothing to complain about, bathrooms were clean and supplied (even in the T.P. crisis of 2020), we had good cell service, water and electric avail as stated, site was fairly level and black-topped.

Nothing around - which is why we go rv'ing. Spaces were far enough from each other to enjoy the wide open space of the area. When people did come by everyone seemed happy.

Firepits and bbq pits at all sites that I could tell. Our bbq pit must have been hit in the past because the side was all bent and hard to adjust the grate.

The 40 is far enough away we did not hear the vehicles, but we could hear the trains - not super loud, but we ould hear them. Like an ice cream truck on the next road over in a neighborhood. The small access roads around the park close around 5 so noone is traveling on the side roads during the night.