Trailer Village RV Park

We stayed here in the middle of November. There was cell service in the area, but I can't remember details.

We wanted to stay on one of the forest service roads, but it was getting dark and there was some weather moving in. Fortunately this place had one site available and we took it. Full hook ups are nice but this is just a parking lot.
The shuttle bus was a very nice feature and there are restaurants/stores in walking distance.

Coming and going: https://youtu.be/1QJ6Sai7R7U

Stayed 2 nights, rows K and L are great as you have pretty clear views of the forest rather than the rear of another trailer. We stayed in K but there were no campers in L.
Quick walking distance to bathrooms. Showers are located at the other, nearby campground about 1/4 mile away. Walking distance to the shuttle, store, visitors center. Saw mule deer in the morning, grazing away. Saw elk in the park but not at the campground.
Can't beat the location, being so close to everything. Sites are nice, but a bit unlevel. Make sure you have enough leveling blocks with you. We have AT&T and did not get very good service. Barely one bar at the campground but other spots in the park had better service.

While the most obvious draw for Trailer Village is the location (you can walk to the Grand Canyon Visitor Center and South Rim), it's actually a pretty nice campground too. The campground is huge: row after row of pull-through sites, and there was very high turnover. We'd walk our dog in the early afternoon and see the "Campground Full" sign and wonder at the many dozens of empty sites, but by late evening they were all full again, usually with Cruise America, El Monte, or Road Bear rentals. The sites are average in size... don't expect much privacy, but enough space to not feel cramped. Our site was extremely unlevel, and even with all our wood blocks and leveling jacks we could not get level (a first for us) and had to settle for a slightly crooked stay. We saw many other RVs in a similar predicament, though plenty of other sites looked fairly level. Our Verizon hotspot worked well in LTE, and AT&T worked pretty well at 3G. The park shuttle stops at the campground, there's a decent park-run grocery store adjacent to the campground, and lots of trails and paths for dog walking. We saw elk and mule deer in and around the campground almost daily. We paid $36 but a few days after we arrived we saw they changed the sign to read $44. Too bad, $36 was a pretty great rate in our opinion, for full hookups inside a major National Park. If and when we return to Grand Canyon we'll definitely be staying here again.

It's ALL about location here and I don't think you can get much better. This is a pretty basic campground with rows of sites in "private-campground style" arrangement (one RV next to the other) with small gravel "sitting areas", full hookups+cable. No real "extras" here (no laundry, no WiFi, no showers), but you can get all three just down the road in the "camper services" building near Mather Campground. Also, site separation & privacy is so-so, and some sites are definitely closer together than we'd like. However the campground is super quiet and location cannot be beat. Only 1 mile to the rim, walkable from camp along the greenway trail. Plus it's all dog-friendly (incl. all rim trails). We loved the location & peace here, and would certainly come back.

Cellphone signal is very unstable here, so I definitely recommend a booster.

The Grand Canyon Trailer Village puts you right in the heart of the action, with trails providing a way to walk/bike to the places you want to. It's a mile to the rim, which is the best selling feature. The sites aren't large or very scenic; however, we weren't at our trailer very much, so that wasn't very important.

We had a pleasant stay at Trailer Village. It is cheap and convenient. It was nice to be within the park and not have to drive in and out each day, especially since we stayed in the park after dark for the annual Star Party. If you want to see a sunrise over the Grand Canyon, this is the place to stay (we thought this would be really cool, but alas, we were not committed enough to wake up early).

Grand Canyon National Park is simply put one of the most amazing experiences one can invest in. The feeling when you first approach the rim is, and I wouldn’t bamboozle you about something like this, utterly unbelievable until it happens. But of course, you and everyone else already knows that. I, on the other hand, skipped on by this big hole in the ground for years on road trips. I think I thought I was too cool for that school, or something.

I am not.

As for Trailer Village, well it automatically gets points from me simply for having the word “trailer” in it. Anything that alludes to the reality that while we may like to think of ourselves as living nomads, traveling bards, gypsy ambassadors to the hip crusade, in all reality, we are but slightly fancied up slices of American trailer trash (with deep roots to prove it) rolling around on an ever-breaking box on wheels. In fact, were it not for our desperate attempt to separate ourselves from the pack by purchasing a busted up old Airstream, we would probably not even know how to type let alone operate a website.

To be honest, if this park were anywhere else in the world it would probably be just another average place. But the fact that it cost us $32 / night to stay next to one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World, and that every basic necessity was met: from the giant grocery store and cafe with WiFi not half a mile away to the free shuttle service Grand Canyon National Park provides.

Oh, and shooting stars beamed down over our heads on a nightly basis. Seriously, I started to wonder if Disney bought the rights to Grand Canyon and was adding a little extra movie magic.

We met up with friends and enjoyed the easy access to the rim - walking or the free buses. To fully enjoy your first visit to the park it is nice to be close and not have to deal with the busy parking lots.

Check-in was slow as the staff is a little overwhelmed no mater how many or how few people are there. However, they are friendly and do their best. We had some issues getting our reservations in adjacent spaces. The staff worked hard to make that happen.

Sites are easy to access, new power poles and resurfacing this year. Each space has a picnic table and grill with full hookup. The spaces are not all level and we did have some challenges in our space getting level.

Bus access all over the canyon was easy and walking to the store or the rim is an easy option.

The park is visited by Elk daily who are not at all shy.

We had no issue with cell/data access on Verizon or T-Mobile.