Tonopah RV Park

The good: person handling reservations was friendly.

Park is free of debris and wide open.

The bad: no water hook up due to “potential freezing.” Even though we have a heated hose and noticed 2 or 3 long term residents connected to water we were told “no.” My husband came upon the maintenance guy who informed him “they never let you hook up to water here.” Nothing was said on check in.

Cable TV with 24 channels would be grand if the picture wasn’t fuzzy and flickering constantly.

As others commented, sites are uneven. I noticed everyone’s rear jacks were fully extended as were ours.

It’s ok for one night but make sure your water tank is full, jacks are working and you have a hot spot or DVDs!

We thought about using the free BLM option at the South end of town, but the nights are still cold at this elevation, 28 degrees predicted tonight, so thought 50 amp would be better to assist with heating and comfort since we are only here for one night. That said, this park is well situated on the North end of town with easy access. It is a motel, monthly rentals and RV park all in one. The RVs are up front, all pull through sites with full hookups. Unfortunately depending on the time of year you camp at this altitude, as with many parks we have seen, the water is off to prevent freezing and damage to each spot. Not a problem as the kind lady who checked us in, Barb, informed us of this prior and we were parked in the dump station area so were able to top off our fresh tanks there before parking. All sites are gravel and fairly level- set up was a breeze. Barb also let us know to take the side dirt road out to the pavement to avoid some pretty significant dips in the dirt driveway right in front of our sites, great info to know about ahead of time.
The wifi is fast enough to stream Netflix, the spaces are large enough for big rigs with any number of slides. The highway is right in front of you, as it is in most places in Tonopah, so you will have traffic noise, it did not bother us much really. There were picnic tables at each of the sites, which is different than previously noted by another review. We did not access the bath house or laundry area, yet they are on site and the office provides all information you could want. Since they are a hotel also, the office is available until 10 pm should you have any issues or questions.
Tonopah has a wonderful mining history and there is a Mining Museum which we were hoping to visit, but we felt we just didn't have enough time as it was getting toward closing time- so plan to return on another voyage to check it out. Lots of options for gaming, gas stations (cheaper deisel at the smaller stations if you can unhitch you will save about 20 cents per gallon, however there are larger stations on both ends of town with a Texaco on the South end that has trucker access pumps as well.
In summary, we have been through Tonopah in the past, so were prepared for options and are happy with this little park. You may have some rowdy hotel guests, traffic noise, and less amenities than some parks, but, in the middle of the high desert, this is a great option. I have paid more and gotten less service and security so for a night or two, we will come back again.

First the good. The lady at the desk was very helpful,friendly and accommodating. The restrooms were clean and well maintained. The not so good. The area is just big gravel parking lot. Our was site not level as it tilted sideways. There are no picnic tables or grills. The restroom building is small. There are several long term stay double wides on site. On our stay there was noise coming from these units late at night. It seemed to us that $35 was a bit much to pay for what is essentially a parking spot. Otherwise ok for a stopover.