Lavaland RV Park

Day manager very helpful and friendly. I paid in cash, but no provisions are made for offering change. That was okay, as he deserved a tip anyway. I soon upgraded my site to a “premier” pull-thru which has a concrete pad…needed to get my small dog away from prior site’s German shepherd neighbor. Manager was gracious and accommodating, applying his “tip” to the extra $5 premier fee. Showers and bathroom kept up nicely. Would stay here again.

I originally reserved my site online there there site. All sites were very close. I even picked an end site. 1st two nights were fine. I then went ahead and reserved another 3 nights. Only issue at 1st, was the RV parked right next to us kept there awning lights on 24/7. They were deffinantly long term monthly tenants. I than decided to extend for another 3 nights. 1st issue, when I booked the next 3 nights, I asked about the weekly rate. The guy in the office told me there was no weekly rate. There was a weekly rate posted on the website were I made my reservations. 2nd issue, the fine outstanding neighbors came in the 3rd night at 2am being very loud, yelling, parting and screaming. The 3rd issue, the next night, the fine neighbors decided to have a party in there RV being loud well past 11pm. So no, I will not stay here again, nor would I recommend this place.

What to say.... it was a camp ground. Probably the busiest in which I've stayed but that's fine. I think we were the only transients at the location, the other folks seemed to have set up long-term camp.

Pad was a beautiful concrete rectangle and level and utilities were really well placed.

We weren't murdered nor robbed. Nothing crazy happened.... we just very likely wouldn't stay at this location again. As we were leaving, we saw where some neighbors had a small party and left 5 20 packs of beer laying around and all over.

Arrival - touchpad at 1600 hrs.

Tips - try to get one of the longer concrete pads vs the dirt pull-thru. We have a 36' TT and 20' TV and used EVERY inch of the site to stay hitched for the night.

Favorite thing - right off I-40 after a long day on the road. Pretty good wi-fi and brewery on-site!

Negatives - site not as long as one was led to believe. Highway noise...but I didn't expect anything less right off the highway.

Power water and sewer worked. People were friendly other than that this is an extremely run down and dirty campground. The sites are a mix of sand and stone also so close together you only have room for a lawn chair. If you have a taller camper you will scratch the roof entering some of the sites from trees. Some of the residents have been here for a very very long time along with there campers ;-). Stayed for 2 days in a 38' motor home towing. Can't comment on the bathrooms didn't use them. I would not recommend this campground nor would I come back.

It is mostly a fill time park with shine pretty sketchy characters. The park could be nice if they would clean up the garbage and dead stuff laying around. Very noisy by the gray, shower room only about 45 degrees and they wouldn't turn up the heat. It had been remodeled with nive tile but it is cracking and not being repaired.
Laundry and showers were clean, staff friendly. .

It was a good midpoint to stop at on the way to Santa Fe. If you are a beer enthusiast that's a plus. It was quiet after hours self check was the best. Although there were no hook-up sites available, there was a non hook up site available which is all we needed to rest the night away. Lots are fairly level. Next to highway so there is highway noise, but convenient.

We spent seven weeks at Lavaland RV Park. The park is located beside I-40 and very close to a Walmart, Denny’s, Walgreen’s, and a couple of C-stores. Lavaland is a medium size RV park that is locally owned.

The park seems to be a mix of full-time residents, long-term contractors working in the area, and short-term (many are only stopping for one night). Unfortunately, most of the full-time residents do not keep their sites and RVs clean. And, the owner apparently doesn’t care about the appearance of these sites. The transitional sites are well maintained.

As an overnight stop, Lavaland is a great option. Super convenient and reasonable rates.

For a longer stay, I believe the owner needs to make several improvements for Lavaland to become a five-star RV park. These improvements include, upgrading the parking area around the office, upgrading the laundry (one washer and one dryer is not enough), having the garbage dumpster emptied before trash is running over, expanding the office hours, and adding a kitchen to the brewery so food is available.

There is a great deal of potential at Lavaland. Any RV park with a brewery on-site has the potential to become a five-star destination, not just an overnight stop.