Little Diamond RV Campground

We stayed for three weeks here to take care of business in the Newport area. Lovely old growth trees, lots of different sizes of sites. Most of the amenities are on the KOA side. We don’t have a toad, so getting to the laundry, pool, lodge, store or dump station requires an outing with the RV. None of the sites have sewer, and several sites require inconvenient positions to get electricity. The restroom nearest us was older, shower stalls don’t allow much privacy, and the floors were filthy. Staff was helpful at check-in - warning to members, have your membership card available! But rangers not evident throughout the park - allowing for a lot of “rule-bending “. Many of the sites need attention. Our fire pit was loaded with trash and cigarette butts - it was too warm for campfires, so it’s a mess left for the next campers. We found a nice site on Boundary road, but it didn’t lend itself to interactions with fellow campers.

The campground is in a old growth forest. The trees are beautiful. The campground has two sides, thousand trials and koa. The thousand trails side is old and in need and extreme updating and maintenance. The roads are barely passable in spots. It appeared that some sites have not been maintained and looks looks like they have not been used or serviced in years. Most spots are not level and took some doing to our rig level. We arrived just after it rained and most of the campground was mud. On our third day the water main broke and it shut off the water to all thousand trails members for 4 days. Each day they turned off the electric so they can work on the plumbing.

The entire campground has no sewer, we knew that going in but but with the bad infrastructure we decided to pay the $45 to get them to come dump our tanks. This cost was per dump.

They location is way out of the way from anything. We don’t expect to ever come back here.

The cell was good for both Verizon and att. We never experienced any internet issue. The campground say they have internet but we never found it during our time

In this video, we provide you a tour of the Thousand Trails Newport / Little Diamond Lake KOA in Washington State. At the Thousand Trails Newport / Little Diamond Lake KOA, we show you the best campsites and provide a walking tour of campground amenities. This campground sure is scenic and the smell of pine fills the air. Verizon cellular service clocked in at 27.4 Mbps download speed and 1.47 Mbps upload speed. AT&T cellular service clocked in at 0.71 Mbps download speed and 1.03 Mbps upload speed. T-Mobile cellular service clocked in at 1.74 Mbps download speed and 1.02 Mbps upload speed.

Campground was OK. Sites need some attention (trash, grass growing up through gravel, broken water handles, etc.) Hookups are close to the road and shared between 2 sites, so you need to adjust your parking location to be able to reach. The worst was the dump station. There are no sewer hookups, so everyone has to use the dump station. They require you to use their hose, which has duct tape around it, but still leaks. That means the wet on the ground is probably sewage. In addition, it it kind of an open pit with a concrete slab on top, but it isn't covering the entire hole. The stench is horrific and the flies are thick! I would recommend finding a dump station elsewhere.

This was our first Thousand Trails stay and we loved it.
Did a few laps through the TT portion of the camp (half of the campground is KOA)and found a spot perfect for us. Quiet, easy to get into and out. The staff was friendly and helpful. Restrooms and showers were clean and well stocked. Camp store is a bit underwhelming. Beautiful small lake to hike around. Loved sitting on a small rock cliff about half way round the small lake. And a disc golf course!

Would definitely camp here again and encourage others to as well.

We stayed in July of this year. A lot of traffic in and out but it is a beautiful park and everyone was awesome from the staff to other campers! We had major slide problems the day we were supposed to check out but the ranger went out of her way to help us get another week to get it fixed. Had a problem with UPS putting a package in the wrong place again ranger went out of her way to find it! Had a big space with surprising privacy for such a busy place.

This is a pretty interesting TT, it is also a KOA. It is a very large and spread out campground, and TT is on one side of the county road while KOA is on the other side. The map is very confusing and some roads are incorrectly marked inside the campground. On the TT side, the sites are also confusing - many sites have 2 pull-ins with the electric box at the front of the site. You can pull in for a motorhome on one side, and back in on the other side for the trailers - basically means on many sites the sites next to you will not have anyone in them. We stayed in July-Aug 2020, and was very warm. Not too far from Newport, and maybe 45 minutes from Spokane. Cell signal was spotty here - AT&T and Verizon had 2 bars and Sprint had nothing. Needed to use a WeBoost and made AT&T work pretty well.

So this place is actually very pretty place to visit but not to stay especially if you have any type of large rig you can forget about it. I had to do three laps around the TT part to just find a space that just sort of fit. Also you split the power box with your neighborhood and only get 30amps. So we were cramped, hot, and no cell services so we decided to leave early to move to our next destination.

We have a zone membership with Thousand Trails, which means that we camp in their parks for free, for up to 14 days at a time. We have visited many TT's around the country...some are great, some are horrible. Little Diamond is now one of my favorites...and there is no sewer hook-ups, so this is really saying a lot. We were there the last week of July. A beautiful time of the year in this park. We loved that the park was TT and KOA...it made it even more fun for my kids. Yes, the TT side of the park is overgrown and needs TLC...but it was green and lush and forested. We could ride bikes up to the little lake, the family lodge and pool and the playground. There were plenty of family activities in the lodge during the weekend...which the kids loved. There is a huge frisbee disc golf area. The park is nice and quiet and a great place to get away and relax. There is a dump station near the ranger station. It is a quick drive down to Little Diamond Lake...but we could not find access to the lake. The only beach we saw was for a private club and we drove around half of the lake...it appears to have access for residents only (a bummer for us in the midst of summer). We really love the summer feel of this park and would not hesitate to return.

This park is a dual park, KOA on one side and Thousand Trails on the other with shared amenities. We stayed in the KOA as well when friends visited so I have reviewed that separately.

The Good:
Most of the sites, especially in the upper loop, are rather large and well spaced with lots of trees and lots of privacy between them. We stayed in the upper loop (site #114) the first time we were there and that site was very private and very large. The second time we were there the upper loop was closed for the season and we stayed in #62, which was also rather private, especially since no one was in the site next to us and the road to the upper loop (which runs right by this site) was closed for the season.

Cell coverage is decent. Not fantastic, and there were drop out spots but it was definitely useable (able to stream video on both AT&T and Verizon).

The Bad:
In typical TT fashion the roads are messy, some sites are overgrown and have a lot of weeds on them. Trees need pruned. It appeared some power boxes and water spigots were broken.

In this particular instance though this is an extra slap in the face. This is dual park (part KOA and part Thousand Trails). It's the same staff and management for the whole park, using the same equipment. So when you drive around the KOA and see how nicely groomed and upkept it is you KNOW the park management and staff has the skills and tools to take care of the park and keep it nice and clean and groomed. This only means that the TT side is significantly messier because they are choosing not to apply those same skills and care to that side of the park. It shows you that they know how to run a park, but TT just doesn't care and would rather not dedicate the time to upkeep.

The park amenities are in better shape then I usually see at TT parks and I can only assume that is because the KOA clients are using those same amenities.

That all said I would stay there again because the price is right, and I do like the location.

RESORT AMENITIES:
The pool was in decent shape, but the hot tub wasn't very hot and had weak jets, so it felt more like a small warmer pool.

They do have a disc golf course though I didn't play it, and a lot of open space. The kids we were there with loved running in the open space and did have fun at the playground. There was also a dedicated dog run, though most of the time I just walked the dog around the park, it is big enough that it is good exercise.

You are a little far from anything. The nearest town is that of Diamond Lake but there isn't much there. The nearest community with a full grocery store, etc. is Newport, WA which is about 25 mins away. But we like the solitude so we don't count that against the place :)

[Actual Stay 08/27/16 and 09/16/16]