Portal RV Resort & Campground

The park has 360 deg views of sculptured bluffs. Convenient location approx. 3 miles from Arches and 1 mile from Moab downtown. Easy access from its paved entrance and the highway. The park had no significant highway noise. Sites wide, cement, and level. Nice landscaping, many sites with attractive arbors or trees. There is a large fountain pond and a koi pond. The laundry and bath rooms are modern and clean. Two swimming pools with jacuzzis. There is one large grassy dog park and a smaller one, both clean and well maintained. This was our favorite park out of the 20 parks we stayed at to and from Minnesota to visit Santa Fe, Lake Havasu, Southern California, Las Vegas, Grand Canyon, and Moab.

There were things about this campground that I loved. Well maintained, good views, Wi-Fi that actually works! We were at site 42. Our neighbors sewer was right next to our picnic table! Gross. We had a neighbor for one night in a rented RV. They didn’t have the right sewer hook up and left their black tank open. (Rental company needed to supply them with better hoses and train better) They left early the next day but it stunk !

You are almost 360 surrounded by mountains. This was a nice park with really clean showers and decent amenities. Nice little dog park, Pickle ball court, 2 swimming pools and the staff were friendly. Make sure to get timed entry to Arches national park about 20 mins away. It is breathtaking. Timed entry was easy to get. Moab was a delight we didnt realize when we planned to drive through. Only negative was the toliet only bathrooms smelled pretty strongly and they got really hot. Our campsite was right next to it so they smelled a bit.

We booked this site about 6 months out and it was explained it was a new section: Elite Back-In. The pad was freshly poured concrete and the site was extremely nice. The campground didn't appear to be following the previous rules about two distinct areas - and everyone was treated equally with use of the facilities. The price quoted per night was $89 for our site - but the taxes added $80 more to our bill, so it did break down to $102 / night. The laundry was clean, a few machines were out of order while we were there. The pool looked great - didn't use it but saw others in there. Two dog parks have grass - which is nice after so much time in desert areas dealing with thorns! Some of the interior roads are paved, others just gravel and people were driving too fast so the dust was everywhere. The paved Moab bike trail runs across the street and goes to Lion's Park (North) or into the town fo Moab (South) We visited Arches twice and Dead Horse Point State Park once. We were not aware of the LONG road to actually get to the Arches hikes - it took over 30 minutes to make the climb up the switchbacks in addition to whatever wait time to enter the park through the ranger station. The Intrepred MTB trails at Dead Horse Point S.P. was accessed off route 313 and that is also a LONG drive. When you get to the turn off for the S.P. it is actually just another 15 minutes ahead to enter the Canyonlands National Park area. In Spring/Summer of 2022 Arches has implemented timed ticket entry - we had no problem hopping on the internet at 6pm the night before and buying a ticket to enter the following day - $2 charge. Oh, and the Portal RV sign is now Green with Black- not orange as shown in photos.

I tried to get a premium spot when booking in January and only 1 basic central site was available for May!!
The park is right in town but well off the main road and fairly quiet.
As mentioned by others there is the high end, premium area with many sites seemingly owned and occupied by BIG trailers and their toys and also condos.
The center less premium sites are fine, the ones on the perimeter are REALLY close together with only room for the rv and stained wood picnic table.
There are two enclosed dog parks..one is fine, the other tiny.
The pool, hot tub and reception area are great as are the staff.
The showers are TINY and claustrophobic..clean but really odd for such a park!
Lots of mature landscaping well cared for.
Lots of noise from atv’s coming and going all the time. A dedicated parking area would help.
SUPER convenient for arches, downtown and good restaurants.

Our stay here was great. Nice, clean facilities and well maintained. The laundry area is small but great. Stayed on a deluxe site and had no issues. Kind of close to the neighbors but that didn’t bother us. There are two dog parks, one of which was a decent size and had good seating area for the humans. Views were great and lovely to wake up to. Rv park is really close to Arches and a few minutes from the shops and eateries.