Mesa-Apache Junction KOA Journey

Site 54. Stayed overnight. Overall, park was clean and well maintained. Bathroom and pool were clean. Staff was super helpful, friendly, and treated RVers professionally. Site 54was unlevel, front-to-back, so as a journey site, it was not a good one. SIte 54 was noisy, being right at the entrance and close to the road. The site had illumination by a bright street light adjacent to the dump station. We’ve stayed here many times, and this was the worse site we’ve ever had. Will return, but hopefully we can stay away from this front row. Leave this row to those who need close access to the bathrooms.

Stayed here mid-Jan 2024.
Pull-through FHU 50 amp. All gravel. Site #41.

General: It's an acceptable option to see some local stuff. The area smells bad some days.

Staff: Staff are very nice and helpful.
Sites: Our site (#41) was very spacious and had LOTS of room behind it all the way to the retaining wall at the main road. Had daily trouble with folks site cutting with dogs off-leash, and most were repeatedly disrespectful when asked to use the campground road to access the area.
Campground Road: Paved/gravel mix.
Campground WiFi: Could not connect on any attempt for thee 14 nights.
Grounds: Clean and maintained really well. But definitely needs updating.
Bathrooms/Showers: Shower stalls in an open bathroom environment. Poorly light showers.
Laundry: 6 washers (a couple did not work well) and 2 working dryers (1 was out of order).
Pool: Did not use.
Location: 3-5 min from gas and groceries. 20 min to Lost Dutchman, 45 to Casa Grande NM, 1hr 20min to Tonto. 25-35 min to Phoenix and Scottsdale areas.
Near highway: Yes. Close to highway and highway noise if that bothers you.
Near train: No.
Cell: Verizon worked but the signal is deceiving. Spotty and caused issues with meetings cutting out. Could stream but with buffering.
Cell: AT&T worked best and could work on vpn and uninterrupted Zoom calls. Could also stream movies.

We had an all-around good experience here. The pull-thru sites were plenty spacious, particularly on the side where your patio is. The facilities were very clean and well-maintained. The staff was very friendly and helpful. Nice view of the mountains nearby. Good overall location for the area. The immediate area wasn't anything special, and there wasn't anywhere to walk right from the campground, but a close enough drive to great hikes, and close to town. We'd stay here again.

Arrived around 5pm on Saturday without a reservation. We struggled to find any rv space elsewhere and KOA was a bit further than we wanted to travel.

The office was closed but there was a very helpful gentleman who helped is find a space (water and electric only). We really did need waste but no full hookup site was available and the sute dump was locked at night. The tent space we had for our 26ft ev was gravel, water pressure was good with 30v power. Washrooms and showers were nearby and provided in the cost.

We "dumped' in the morning and also filled the LPG. The checkin staff also applied a discount to our stay without our knowledge which was very nice. All the staff were very helpful.

There is a pool and hot tub but we didn't have time to use them.

A little road noise on our site but nothing too bad.

I came to the Phoenix area to get the diesel heater in my van serviced. The reviews of the campgrounds that were near the service center on the west side of Phoenix were so terrible that I decided to drive 40 miles out of my way to this KOA. I was not disappointed and would do it again in a heartbeat. The RV park was clean, quiet, nicely landscaped, and well maintained. I arrived after the main office was closed but was welcomed by two gents in a golf cart that escorted me to my site. My gravel site was level and had a freshly painted picnic table. It feels like nit picking to say anything negative but I would note that there was no cable TV hook up and the internet speed/connection was so bad that I used my phone’s mobile hot spot instead. KOA’s can feel a bit removed from being out in nature and they are never the least expensive place to stay but they are dependably nice. For that reason I will often seek a KOA when I need a place to stay for the night.

This was a decent place. I liked that it wasn’t too large and was fairly quiet. There were barking dogs across from us which wasn’t the fault of the park but still annoying. Very nice people running it, nice laundry and showers, spots are pretty level. Sites are fairly close together, wifi for Verizon was useless and no restaurants or stores close by. Overall it was completely reasonable and worked fine.