Lake Havasu State Park Campground

First time trying the state park as we have boondocked in Lake Havasu before. We had a nice site, easy access to water and to the London Bridge. A bit warm (late April) and lots of bugs, but we played in the water often to stay cool. Water and electric only, with a dump station and potable water (there is a sign) near the entrance of the park.

We parked our semi in the overflow parking area, but the sites do allow your tow vehicle on it. Plan well ahead for reservations as this is a popular park to stay in. They are updating their reservation system which will hopefully be an improvement as I could not make a reservation online a year before and talked to someone to reserve.

I do recommend this place, maybe earlier in the spring, fall and winter, unless you do not mind the heat as it is one of the hottest places in Arizona.

This is a very busy city area so there was no walk-in vacancies at the actual State Park campground. We did however stay in the overflow parking lot right at the beach and close to the kiosk. It was fine for us as an overnight rest stop, but you could tell by their set-ups that many RV'S were here for multiple nights. We would NOT like that at all. It's a parking lot...At least there were restrooms with hot showers very close by, yay...The winds can really howl in this parking lot and there is zero protection. We were glad to move on the next windy morning.

Pros: Lots of space between RV's, the beach, the sites have BBQ grates, fire pits, picnic tables & covered areas, pretty sunsets & sunrises. I think the draw is proximity to Lake Havasu obviously and for people who swim or love walking along a beach.

Cons: Very Noisy (street, jets & aircraft - 2am planes), no place to walk dogs other than streets and rock strewed roads, dismal (gross) bathrooms (think prison cells) absolutely no grass or park.

Note if you have hounds like us: The campground is FULL of quail and rabbits which were a terrible distraction to our 2 hounds. Because you can only have dogs on the streets and they are rabbit-bush lined, it was a constant battle to keep them from hunting the critters that darted out in front of us while we walked.

Got a last minute reservation to stay here for 3 nights starting New Years Eve. After we got to the park we knew right away we wanted to stay longer. Luckily, we were able to piece together a total of 10 nights. We were in site 13, 1, and back to 13. No complaints about either site. The rangers and hosts take a lot of pride in this state park. They rake the rocks and keep it tidy. One of the few parks I actually see people cleaning the sites between campers. Sites were water & electric. They do have a dump station available along with potable water. In addition to the reservable sites they do have dry camping in an overflow lot for $25/night. That gives you access to the state park, bathrooms, showers, and dump station. Dump station alone is $15. Walking trail available in the park (they have signs up saying no bikes). Short walk to the channel and up to the village and the London Bridge. Verizon signal was OK. There were times that it was slow for basic internet searching. I would definitely stay here again. In my opinion, the only sites I would not want to stay in are 22 & 23. The only views that those 2 sites have are the overgrown shrubs.

This location is about 3.5 hours from our home and we didn’t know what to expect. The campground is gorgeous, clean, and well-maintained. We were in site 2, which was just a short walk to the lake. We were bringing our dogs and electric bikes, so we wanted to figure out the most efficient way to get to into town. We took a long walk on the first night and discovered that we could get to the old English Village, on foot, from the south end of the park. The sunsets were gorgeous and the lake is clear and beautiful.

We've been camping at this state park for years. Our favorite site is 3 & We've never had a problem with Reservations until this year. We had a Reservation for last fall, but had to cancel as I was in the hospital. This trip was to celebrate our 50th Anniversary & we were So looking forward to it.
After a 6 hour drive we pulled up to our site & found it occupied! Back at the Check in we were told that we had Not reserved that site but one on the Cabin Loop!
The explanation was that since our last visit the park had allowed campers to rent the rv spots Next To the Cabins, whereas 2 years ago these could only be rented along with a cabin rental!
The site we wound up with was Not very satisfactory. Limitted lake views & little privacy.
MORAL of the Story: You need to Specify Which Loop you are reserving- the Cabin Loop or the Main Loop!! Caveat Emptor!!