Santa Rosa Campground & RV Park

This was a planned stop, having left Amarillo and the extremely windy weather behind. Check-in isn’t available from 10AM to 12 PM as the office is closed. Got there at 12:15 and had to wait in parking lot until 1:00 as the there was a sign on the door that he would be back then. Turns out there was a legitimate reason.
He was a bit of a blowhard and told us we didn’t have to wear our masks in the office, but we told him it was for our protection, not his. Tried to give us some grief about that but we don’t entertain ignorance.
Otherwise, check-in was smooth and site gravel, but was a pull thru and level. Had full hookups and a nice tree for sitting under for a the afternoon. Stayed 2 nights.

We wanted a two night stopover in this region on our way through and this park was the only one open. The website says RV sites with hookups but most sites don’t have sewer. When I called to make reservations, the manager (owner? I don’t know) asked if we had pets, and when I said we have a cat, he made some disgusting comment about “only outside cats are allowed— my Chinese security guard insists on it.” This was after several other inappropriate comments, including one a man should not make to a woman he does not know.

All my instincts said to hang up and just drive through Santa Rosa, but we really needed a place to stop in this area. In the end we decided to only stay one night, and get the heck out of there ASAP.

When we checked in, the manager was checking in another woman, and he stopped talking to her long enough to make a rude comment about she and I wearing masks. Once he got her squared away and she left, he made some comment about how she didn’t know what she was doing and was too inexperienced to be RVing or something like that. It was inappropriate, anyway, and made me uncomfortable.

He also said he was opening the pool soon, despite the state’s covid-19 guidelines, because he “doesn’t want kids to have their summer ruined” (and also the governor can’t tell him what to do). So I guess ruining kids’ summers by contracting a potentially deadly illness is totally acceptable.

Logistics: sites aren’t very level or well labeled, and our site had many bottle caps and cigar butts. There’s a train nearby but it wasn’t bad. There are no useful directions on the website and GPS sent us in the opposite direction off the highway, then once you get to the park, you have to hope no one else is waiting to check in because there’s not enough room for more than one rig. There’s a restaurant on site but since we have celiac and allergies, we didn’t bother trying it. We didn’t check out the bathrooms because we didn’t fee safe or welcome at this park, so we just kept to ourselves and our own rig, then left in the morning when we woke up.

I called and talked to Chris at the office. I told him we were about 100 miles west of Santa Rosa and that We are traveling with my Mom and her little van’s exhaust pipe decided to break. Chris was making phone calls to the local exhaust guy to get us an appointment before we even arrived in town. Once we arrived, He checked us in quick and sent my Mom about 1/4 mile down the road to Bozos automotive to get fixed up. They had her out in about 45 mins and only charged her $130. We will be back!!!

We are on a tour of the western National Parks and left Grand Canyon heading back home East and wanted somewhere to stay for the night. When I called to see if any sites were available and the rate, I encountered a very short tempted aggressive manager who was quick to tell me to just show up. The park closes at 6 PM, but when you’re coming from the west it’s an hour ahead. By the time we got here at 6:15, the office was closed and we had to do after hours check in. When we went to go park the RV before paying the deposit the manager raced up next to us to scream that we had to pay first. Yet, 3 other men pulling trace trailers went before us without paying first. The laundry room is very old & dirty with no change machine. The restaurant is quite filthy and unsavory. For being one of the only places to stop with electric & water hookups, it wasn’t terrible. Most sites do not have sewer hookups when it says they did. I find it interesting that a tent site costs the same $30.00 as a full hookup 50-amp RV site. Nothing special to the park, the pool is small, but clean and refreshing. I do not recommend staying for more than a few nights as there Is little to do besides Blue Springs around the park.

Dirt/gravel sites and level. Some spots have grass and trees. Nice pool area. Baths are old but clean.
The blue hole is down the street and worth a look. Town is small with only one small grocery store.
WiFi was good for first few days only. This place also had a small restaurant on site but only open from 5 to 7 but food was great and they can deliver to your site. I had fried chicken and husband had BBQ brisket and both were very good.

We called the same day for reservations and the front desk was very kind. When we got there, Matthew was helpful and gave us a first time visitor discount. He had a map and explained everything well and quickly.

The site 41 was right next to the restrooms and in the restrooms Is the showers. The showers are FREE, meaning you don’t have to insert coins to take a shower. There is power, water, sewer at most sites. Picnic tables are at every site, with a grass patch and trees. Wear shoes! Lots of goat heads! The ground was pretty level and the site was convenient to pull into with a truck and a-frame pop up camper. Lots of big rigs! BUT super quiet through out the day and night. Quiet hours are 10p-8a. There is a small playground for kids.

We didn’t try the BBQ or the pool (the pool was closed). Opens soon!

Some highway noise and just enough illumination around the camps.
Would come again!

This isn't a destination RV Park but a nice off the HWY stop. You come off of RT 66 and it drops down to this nice little park. The people were very nice and helpful. There is a pool, laundry and bbq restaurant--we didn't use any of these. The bathrooms and showers were good. Blue Hole was an interesting stop and the water park looked fun if one was passing through the area with kids.

We just stayed one night before a triathlon. Everything worked and was clean. Very little shade. People seemed to enjoy the BBQ restaurant onsite (we're vegan, so we didn't try. Santa Rosa was a nice surprise as a water destination - Blue Hole, inflatable water park in one of the lakes. It is the City of Lakes (in the middle of the NM Desert).

I want to thank Matthew and Chris for all your help! We were on a month long road trip and we’re heading for home when our rv started to loose power. We made to the park and Matthew came to our rescue. He was very knowledgeable and figured out our problem called in the parts and fixed it right at our site for a very reasonable rate! Since we had to wait for the parts I took advantage of the laundry facilities. They also have a restaurant that will deliver right to your site which is great after driving all day. Thanks again!!