Needles KOA

Perfect overnighter park, mostly level gravel sites with Wi-Fi towers throughout. Not the fastest Wi-Fi (520 kbps at site 56) but adequate for our needs as we are not "working" campers. Clean bathrooms and hot showers with laundry open 24 hours. Privacy oleander hedges between a lot of sites. Nice dog run with horseshoe pits inside also, not sure how that would work with horseshoes and doggos together. Nicely stocked camp store open 7AM to 7PM. And for the RV challenged there are mini cabins available. Easy access from the 40 freeway but far enough away that noise was minimal outside and negligible inside.

Wanted to break up what would have been an 8 hour drive so chose to stay here based on previous reviews. It was a 105 degrees when we stopped. Stayed in a 30 amp pull through spot. The map indicates most of the sites are 30 amp. All the utilities worked fine and were conveniently placed for us. Didn’t use any of the other facilities. Convenient on and off freeway access.

We stayed a week at one of the full hookup sites, located on the left side of the campground. Each of those sites has a wall of tall plants on both sides, which added a bit of privacy to what were otherwise typically-sized sites for a KOA. It was also the side of the park where the long-term residents reside. The staff and the few folks we interacted with were all friendly.

Our site had two 30amp receptacles. Both of them had slight damage around the holes for the plug, but they held the plug in firmly. We started getting high voltage from the first of the plugs one night, so we switched to the other one.

There is plenty of open desert around the campground to walk dogs in. There is a small K-9 dog park but it looks like it used to be the horseshoe area: the horseshoe pits are still there inside the dog park.

In terms of cell service, the best speeds I got on my Verizon Jetpack with MIMO antenna during our stay was around 35Mbps down and 30Mbps up, which was enough to stream TV with an occasional stutter. The one speed test I performed on my AT&T phone showed 48Mbps down and 3Mbps up, but most of the time my phone showed just one or two bars of service.

Not a bad place to stay for a quick layover.

Stayed here on our way to Texas. Staff was friendly and escorted you via golf cart to your site. Roads are wide for easy maneuvering through the campground. Clean sites, had no issue leveling. I believe the bathrooms were open but we didn’t use them. Typical KOA that’s near the freeway but that’s what I like about them. Pulling a 40’ trailer you want easy off, easy on.

$70 for two nights. Okay RV park. Sites have some space between with picnic table. Most of park has 30 amp with only a couple 50 amp. There are some electric and water only sites. The park isn’t level. Lots of sand and gravel, which was fine for us. Office staff friendly and helpful. Okay for a stop along I-40. Wi-fi signal moderate strength. A number of TV stations available over the air. Cell signal strong.