Verde Valley RV & Camping Resort

This TT park could be nice but due to our location in the park and lack of 50 amp and cell service we give it 3 stars. Sites are un-level in the older sections and tight for big rigs. If we could have gotten in the newer 50 amp sites it would have been 4 stars. Internet is poor in this area but the newer sites were better. The 5 mph speed limit and speed police are a bit much. We got flagged down and yelled at while looking for a site. If you want 50 amp book it out 60 days in advance.

We are thousand trails members, so stayed here “free” with our membership. You do not get to pick your site ahead of time, so when we got to the park, we were handed a map with some circled sites that the guy said were open. Upon driving through the park, there were a lot more open than what was circled. Come to find out, he’d circled only open 30A sites, as the 50A sites were all an extra fee depending on the location. We have solar and a battery bank, so 30A was whatever. The sites are all extremely close together, and there were quite a few permanent residents. Those sites appeared to be unkempt and “junky”, but also the largest/premium sites to be found. After driving through the entire park, we finally settled on one that was close to the river access. The picnic table and grill designated to our site were right next to the pedestal and sewer. Also, the cell service for both Verizon and T-Mobile were essentially useless. If you need to work remotely, pay the extra money to be at the top of the hill in the 50A areas, or go somewhere else.

No cell (Verizon), no laundry, no amenities (shut down), and all the sites are literally on top of each other. Since I work virtually I need a strong connection, paid for the wifi ($15 a week) just to have a giant class A pull into the narrow gravel site next to me and block the tower. Not their fault the sites are so close, with slides we had about 4 inches of space. Had a reservation for a week but ended up leaving after a day. Don’t come here.

We have a mixed review on this campground.  80% of the sites are way too close in my opinion.  When you check in they give you a map and list of sites that are open to choose from.  Thankfully we got a good one that was backing to the river in Loop A.  BUT in loop A there is no sewer connection so after a couple days we had to go dump.  Also there is very bad cell service if any in this area.  We have verizon and it didn’t work.  I had to buy the internet Wi-Fi for 5.95 a day and it was download speeds of 2.0 mbps and upload speeds of .8 mbps.  VERY BAD at best. We are not a member of thousand trails so paid $50 per night retail site.  I think that’s a bit high for no sewer connection. There were amenities like horseshoe games, tennis/pickle ball quart, mini golf etc BUT they don’t have any balls and equipment you need for it.  It’s simply and area on the ground and you bring the balls, horseshoes, etc.  Another thing to note about this campground is there are NO fire pits.  You need to bring your own. Having the river behind us is nice but there is no access to get to it.  There are trails but you need to climb through a barbed wire fence and rough terrain down steep downhill to make it happen. We did it and liked exploring but just would have been good to know ahead.  We explored the area of cottonwood more and found a pretty awesome campground called dead horse ranch. That’s definitely where we will go next time and only $30 per night. It’s all about the adventure and was really happy we experienced thousand trails at least once. Now we know.

Good as long as you know what you're getting.

Lots of permanent residents, like a retirement community with trailers.

The most important thing for management is the speed limit. 5 usually, 10 on occasion. They will yell at you, and there are plenty of people who will report you. I went 12 in the 10 area, and it was reported by the time I got to the front gate. On the way back in, I didn't quite make it down to 5 as I approached the security booth. Got dressed down about it both times.

The rest of the rules don't seem to mean much.

If that's what you're looking for, you'll love it!

Neighbor so close you can’t pass between the trailers. Parked literally a few inches away from our neighbor. Putting any more distance between us, wouldn’t have been able to get the stairs down on the other side of the trailer.

Some long-term residence, with sheds near their sites. Takes about 15 minutes to drive from the lower campground to the exits, and cell reception isn’t great. They do have Wi-Fi, but you have to pay for it and we had a ton of trouble keeping our devices connected, if it would let us connect at all.

I never expect a lot from ThousandTrails, but this one is not great even buy TT’s standard

We stayed in site M37 which is one of the new sites on the hill. These new sites are very large with a beautiful view. Verizon cell/data in our site was good 3/4bars LTE. However the older sections A-H are down in the valley and the cell quality drops dramatically. Note they do not provide any free Wi-Fi at the sites. But they do at the office/lodges. Staff was very helpful and friendly. We will stay here again.

Very clean and quiet. It’s down in a valley so we only had one bar, at most for cell coverage. AT&T and Verizon. Security came to our site 2 hours before “lights out” to warn us. And we only have one rope light built into our awning!
General population was very young family’s with kids or seniors. Not middle aged couple friendly.
We won’t be staying here again.