River Island State Park Campground

What everyone says about the cell signal is correct and the Wi-Fi only works close to the ranger station. However, with some persistence, an aerial and some luck we managed to get 2 bars of AT&T which were stable enough to stream the Super Bowl!

Small quiet campground and the facilities are clean and well maintained - great space in the showers and a nice change not to fight with a damp shower curtain.

Would definitely stay here again if we were in the area.

We were in a 28’ class A (not towing)

It is by far the best park along this route. However, no cell service what’s so ever. Not even to txt or call.
The WiFi worked for maybe 10 minutes, that is normal when in an RV park, for me anyway. Not even with a booster. We had Verizon and ATT
I have a business and needed to make calls, so this why it doesn’t get five stars.
It is very clean, beautiful, and your next to the river. They have a very nice dog park and hiking trail.
If you have no need for the outside world then this place is great.

Stayed here in site 21 for 3 nights in January 2020. By far, this place has the nicest curb-appeal on the Colorado River. Modern, meticulously maintained, well layed out. Conveniently located electrical and water hookups and a nearby dump station.

Lots of room between sites. A couple of nice hikes nearby. Verizon cellular data service was good.

Another nice Arizona State Camp. Motorhomes, 5th wheels and tents all find comfortable places here. We didn't get any cell service (T-Mobile) and the camp wifi doesn't extend much past the half dozen sites closest to the entrance. There's not much shade but the little cove on the Colorado is deep blue and very inviting. Some noise from Hwy 95, but nothing too bad.

This is a good stop if you are wanting to be near Lake Havasu and can't get a spot closer. It is very clean and surrounded by beautiful mountains. However it is bordering highway 95 and the noise is constant up until 9 pm or so. Sites have a reasonable amount of space between them and usually a tree for shade. The showers and washrooms are excellent, altho my husband complained about the fixed shower head that is too low for a taller person. Lots of dogs and there is a small dog park that owners seemed to appreciate. There is a good hike to Buckskin Mountain right from the park. The river looks reasonably clean but not sure I would swim in it unless the heat demanded it. There is no cell service and wifi is good only near the ranger station. An extra note about Lake Havasu City: this was our first time in Arizona and I was excited to find a warm place (in the winter) that was on a lake. However we were disappointed by the lack of character in this place. It felt manufactured rather than an organic city with lots of real charm. Restaurants were mediocre.

The sites were large, paved, and mostly flat. The site had water and elecric (50amp) for $30/night. If you have a 24 ft or under van/RV/trailer, there were sites overlooking the river for $20/night with 20 amp electric/water. The park had a bonus free WiFi with pretty good speed. AT&T was either 1 bar or non-existent unless you walked down by the Colorado River. There were no OTA TV channels. Our hot spot with a MyFI antenna gave us a decent speed. The bathroom/showers were clean and the showers had hot water. There was a dump station, but only had one opening, so if there are more than one RV in line, you will have to wait twice as long as you normally would. It is relatively close to Parker, AZ (10 miles) and Lake Havasu City (35 miles). It was a great two-night stop for us after dry camping for the past two weeks. We would definitely stay here again.

I would not recommend the group site. The fee structure is problematic to begin with. There is a group reservation fee that includes 4 cars but every car over 4 is an additional fee. I offered to pay when I drove in seeing that more than 4 cars were already there and I was told it would be settled up later. Later the camp host was taking photos of our license plates and treating us like criminals for not already paying.
There is a lot of road noise at the group site, all night long. I had to use ear plugs which helped but was still no match for the semis.
At 11:30 the first night I had a very rude awakening. They forgot to shut the sprinklers off and my tent was getting horizontally pelted from 2 sides. I managed to find traffic cones to put over the sprinkler heads so that my tent wouldn’t get saturated while I got the camp host out of bed. He eventually shut them off but 2 continued to leak and create puddles the rest of the weekend. The host never apologized for this oversite.
The bathrooms were clean but the showers were not. The showers were in need of a serious scrubbing and repairs. The bench had been broken out of one that I used leaving holes in the wall and no place to put my change of clothes. And beware that the bathrooms are usually shut down for cleaning for an hour in the morning between 7:30-8:30 am. Peak usage time if you ask me. My group does not have plans to camp here next year and has made inquiries at another state park where the host actually seemed happy to have us camp there next year.