Sparks Marina RV Park

First impressions are always good, and this park succeeds in that. Everything looks neat and clean. We had reserved our site ahead of time so check-in was contact-less. They asked for our name, retrieved our information packet and led us to our site. The interior roads are paved with many speed bumps. They are fairly wide so they don’t knock you around too much. The sites are mostly level concrete with extra space on the side to park a car (although it is up close and personal with your neighbor’s sewer.) Sites are nearby with a small tree, picnic table, and a bit of artificial turf between them (which actually looks pretty good). It does cuts down on the mowing sounds but not the daily leaf blowers! We did notice that they sanitize when someone leaves – the picnic table and utilities. When we first arrived, there were lots of trash and recycle receptacles although they weren’t all noted on the map. Many of these disappeared after a couple days, and we were eventually notified that they couldn’t get the trash liners from the manufacturer. There are quite a few long term but sites which are mostly neat. There are a couple of junkers that they try to “hide” near the end. It is noisy with planes, trains and automobiles. Running a fan at night helped. Satellite is possible in most sites, and there is cable but we didn’t try it. No idea if the WII FI worked because our Bitdefender security software flagged it as dangerous so we didn’t use it. Verizon was odd. Sometimes we had 5g 4bars but occasionally completely lost any cell coverage. And our hot spots acted wonky. No idea what that was about! We would return.

Over all, this was a decent place to stay. The dog runs are small but adequate. I was at the end of a row, so I didn’t have a neighbor out my front door which was nice. The staff is a little nosey. My air conditioner leaked water which ran out into the street, so I was questioned about the water. I have t-mobile which was extremely slow in the park.

If you have a 1/4 mil or more RV, and no dogs, you’ll fit right in. Black top roads, with cement sites. Park is very quite and well kept. The grass you see in between sites, is cheap ass 80’s style artificial turf. This is not a dog friendly park. Female & puppies can get away with pissing, but male dogs and pooping dogs need to do their business in one of the pet areas, which smell horrendous. I only observed one staff member not being professional with a customer, but other than that, most were friendly, although they observe everything you do like the Gestapo. One other down side, sewer connection is located smack in the middle between 2 sites.

Smallish, well-defined sites. Kept very clean in general. Friendly staff. We had a back-in site that had some dirt around the backside. This created a problem with black ants. We had two straight mornings of finding the annoying little pests in our trailer. Told the staff and they stated they would spray for them. Our neighbor was also fighting them. We were in space 148. These are the kind of ants that are just looking for food and don't bite, but still! We are probably taking a few of them to our next location. As far as annoying items, look no further than the water connection. The water connector is about 4 inches off the ground. This makes it very difficult to hook up a hose, let alone a pressure regulator! I had to steal a right-angle connector from my water fill adapter. Be prepared!

This is a nice park. Quiet, well maintained. Lots of staff on duty. I really like how they meet you with a golf cart and you don’t even have to leave the coach. Level concrete pads and fake grass. Small-ish trees for shade.

The ten year rule appears to do a good job of keeping poorly maintained coaches out of the park and plenty of people are being “creative” with the ages of their coaches. If you like to be in a high quality park with like minded people, this is a great park.

That said, the spaces are really tight and the drains are about 4ft from your table, so they stink and you need a long hose.

We would definitely return if we wanted to stay in the Reno area.

Very nice place. However, not pet friendly. Dogs must use the enclosed areas within the park. If your dog happens to wee wee somewhere while on the walk to the enclosure and a staff member witnesses it, you will be reprimanded and told that next time you will be asked to leave. Best to put your dog in the car and drive outside the park or to the approved dog enclosures. I would recommend that the management just prohibit dogs altogether at this park because the enforcement is an ugly business.

There is NO mention of this restriction on their website. I searched it before I made the reservation. They WILL take the reservation online, take your money, then call to check the age of your rig. If you are honest, you are screwed. They will "refund in 3-5 business days". But in the meantime, you potentially have nowhere to stay and no money to pay for somewhere else. You are more than welcome to show up and let them inspect your rig, inside and out, and see if you pass inspection. Then they might let you stay. But if not, like I said, you are out the money for "3-5 business days" and have no where confirmed to stay. This is their "policy", of which, you are not notified in advance.

I find this scenario just plain rude. If I had known up front about the "10 year policy", I would not have made the reservation, had my funds tied up and caused this aggravation.

This is a beautiful well maintain park. We stayed the first week of Oct. All the facilities were cleaned multiple times per day. And the staff was really terrific. Paved level sites. Resort to site. Only negative were the dog parks. They smelled terrible. You are required to use them. I would suggest they purchase a disenfectent.

Called to book a site. Was given a price and told they had sites available. Asked if we had a dog....and they said they could put us near a dog park. After all was said, I asked about restrictions. 10 years on the RV. Well our Blue Bird is a 2005 and we were denied without any questions.
No big deal I find somewhere else to spend my money. But I am sure our 2005 M450 would not have embarrassed them. Good for them sticking by their rules even if they aren't full.