Meadows of San Juan RV Resort

I don't even know where to start. Do NOT stay here. The staff lies TO YOU and the staff lies ABOUT YOU to others. I have evidence that was published online. Staff harrasses you, lies about your children. Manager is Dr. Jekyl Mr. Hyde which should tell you everything. His words not mine. Open carries and while I was there saw the sheriff called 4 times on people for petty issues. They use the sheriff as a weapon and personal tool.

The management was extremely rude upon check in. Later I returned to the office ask a question regarding a local hardware store and was told to “Google it”. My neighbor in the park told me this is the management’s attitude and permanent residents deal with this on a daily basis. He said the police are frequent visitors to the park due to the management.

Unfortunately this campsite is ruined by management and/or owners that do not understand RVers nor their needs, plus it would appear there could be psychological instability added to the mix which makes for a bad combination when one is looking for a peaceful place to stay for a few days. My stay here was not pleasant, and based on what others at the campsite told me I was very scared to be kicked out for any reason whatsoever, including the manager just having a bad day. With this level of unpredictability I decided to take my chances elsewhere, I suggest you do the same.

We went to check in... had reservations for 3 days.... but, when we got into the office big argument going on... lot of people hooking up and leaving... when we questions what was happening... the sheriff said that the manager is going nuts again... we then tried to check in... and the manager said.. if you don't like it you can leave... leave.. we just got their... LOLLLL... but after talking to several other campers... we decided that it would be better to head down the road... and stay at another place that was more camper friendly... Called the credit card company.. and it seems the person we talked too also said we were not alone for that campground...

The owners should fire the managers... as his attitude is despicable... won't stay their on our way back...

This is going to sound like one of those things that has "more to the story," but I swear this is true. We were kicked out, under police supervision, for breaking a rule as simple as getting a package. I should have asked before having a package sent, that's on me. But their reaction was absurd. They rejected the delivery from the FedEx driver, who left the park and called me to tell me he'd be happy to give me the package outside the gate. So I went and got it. Next thing I know, I get an email telling me that we must leave by 1pm the next day with no refund and that the police will be called if necessary. I went to nicely talk to the manager about the situation, and he started lying about how we were read the rules twice and he was standing next to us. We weren't. In fact they brought the rules by after we had set up camp because they forgot to give them to us. Not that it matters, they were 3 pages, and the "mail" rule is in the long-term stay section which I didn't read since we were only to stay for 6 nights. I have no issue with the rule or them rejecting the package, but as soon as I started trying to reason with the manger Tom, he called the police on me and our neighbor who was defending us. We were made to leave immediately with police officers wasting their time standing at the end of our site in front of our kids. Another camper who had been there for a few weeks said this was the third time someone was escorted out by the police in a month. Not only that, the pool was not open as advertised, nor were really any other amenities. This park has changed names several times recently, and apparently has either dropped or lost its Jellystone affiliation. It is now called Montrose-San Juan RV Resort. Many more terrible reviews on Yelp and their Facebook page. Also, their website says "under new management." Do not fall for this. The ownership may have changed, but it's been operated by the same guy for a very long time.

We read previous reviews about bad management, however, their website states NEW management. Not true, the same people operating this park and they seem tired. The park looks and feels tired. NO grass just stickers for your dogs-they don’t water, costs too much apparently. Park down the road has beautiful grounds and grass.

They refused to allow us to receive mail here. Who does that to full-timers? My girls sent Mother’s Day cards and the park returned them!!! 😡 We rely on amazon for health shipments and this has been horrible trying to work with the mean office lady. Also, when you run a park just being NICE would help. Far more people pulling out than coming in.

It should have been a heads up when I had to pay in advance a $50 non refundable deposit when I made the reservation. We have previously stayed at Jellystone parks and had good experiences and some of the other nearby parks were not available so I made the reservations for 3 nights. When we arrive at the location there was a sign at the entrance that said road closed so while we were sitting in the road I called the park office and the office lady gave us the directions. Then when I went up to the office the lady told me that my husband had to come into the office so she could READ the rules to us. So he did. The rules were nothing out the ordinary. It was demeaning that she insisted that my husband come inside to read them. This has never happened to us before in our 30 plus years of traveling. Then we had to sign the rule page for her records. Then she needed a copy of our dog vaccinations. Again never happened to us before!!! By this time we would have left if I hadn’t already paid the non refundable deposit!!!

The park had only a few other rigs most of them were long term residents. It is clearly ran down with thorny weeds throughout and dead grass.

We enjoyed our stay here. We stayed one night at Black Canyon of the Gunnison but had to move since it was full. It was definitely a welcome change to have full hookups! They were extremely helpful and gave the kids popsicles and offered hayrides. A bit expensive for sure, and I do wish laundry was included but overall we had a great time and would stay again!

This park should not be a Jellystone Park. We travel fulltime all over the country and have visited many Jellystone parks. These RV parks tend to cost more than other places we stay, but usually the cost is justified by the fun amenities and activities that our family enjoys. This park is just a regular, no-frills RV park that is not at all like other Jellystone Parks we have been to. The worst part was they didn’t even have a pool open until 6/24 while most parks around the country have a pool open between Memorial Day and Labor Day at a minimum. The week we were there the temperatures were in the upper 90s (as high as 98 one day) yet no pool to cool off in. Most Jellystone Parks we go to have a huge list of fun activities for the kids starting Friday evening through Sunday. We usually never want to leave the park, but this particular Jellystone did not have many activities at all, and we ended up venturing out to find other things to do and other places to swim. And since we travel full-time and typically stay at state parks where we are not usually able to receive packages, we always look forward to catching up on our mail and deliveries when we stay at an RV park because they typically allow you to have packages delivered. Not this one! What a disappointment to find out I could not get caught up on deliveries while staying there, especially considering the price we were paying to stay at this “no frills” park. We were there with a rally of other traveling families, and one of the families helped the manager get the laser tag guns working. We thought that since they did not have a pool or anything else for us to do, maybe they would at least get laser tag working. Then we find out they are going to charge extra money to play that. Seriously? The park is already overpriced for what you get, the pool wasn’t open despite the hot temps, and now you’re going to charge extra for laser tag? No thank you! Like I said before, we’ve been to many Jellystone Parks, and several had laser tag, bounce pads, waterslides, splash pads, etc. and they didn’t even charge extra for those amenities. It was all included in the price we paid to stay there. Well for some reason this Jellystone Park doesn’t see the need to provide any amenities and if they do, they want you to pay extra for it. If you are looking for a park with lots of fun things for your kids to do, look somewhere else.