We stayed at the Thousand Trails Verde Valley RV & Camping Resort in Cottonwood, Arizona. (Campground Reviews listing.)

Normally with Thousand Trails you choose your own site, but in this park the 50 amp sites are all separately reserved, with assigned sites. Totally worth the upgrade, though; they are also much larger sites, with great views.

Dates:

• Check in: 2022-03-27
• Check out: 2022-03-30
• 3 nights

Weather:

• Sunny, rain one day
• High temps ranging between 58 and 86°F, lows around 41-47°F
• Fairly windy

Noise:

• No road or train noise
• Quiet neighbors

Site:

• #K10, back in, gravel, had to disconnect toad
• Plenty of room to park truck
• Very large site (I normally measure using Google Maps, but the site is too new, and doesn’t appear on the satellite map)
• Full hookups:
• 50 amp power conveniently located, locked with padlock
• 60 PSI water, conveniently located
• Good sewer connection, conveniently located
• Park bench
• Great view over the valley

Internet:

• Campground Wi-Fi: none (maybe some by clubhouses, not used)
• T-Mobile: 6 Mbps down, 6 Mbps up, 65 ms ping
• AT&T: 6-8 Mbps down, 6 Mbps up, 41-64 ms ping
• Verizon: 3-8 Mbps down, 6 Mbps up, 175 ms ping
• I gather that the older sites down the hill have pretty much no signal

Amenities:

• Garbage dumpsters
• Heated pool (closed); hot tub
• Rec rooms, laundry, playground, and other stuff we didn’t use
• Various outdoor games

Here’s the review Jenn wrote on Campground Reviews:

Great Base Camp for Central Arizona

We paid for the 50A premium site and it was well worth it. If all Thousand Trails had reservable upgraded sites, I would happily pay the $10/night every time. Our site was huge and had a beautiful view of the valley. I kind of wish it was a pull-in instead of a back-in so we could soak up the view through our window, though. The facilities were all kind of far from our site so we didn’t get to check them out. I do think this would be an excellent use case for e-bikes as there are a lot of hills and distances involved within the park. All the staff we interacted with were friendly and helpful. This was a great base camp for exploring the surrounding area, including several national monuments and historic towns. I only wish we had been able to stay longer so we could see more of the area and explore the local wineries. We will definitely be back! We camped at Verde Valley RV & Camping Resort in a Motorhome.

Info cover:

Map; we were in section K:

Weather:

The entrance:

We went down the hill to unhook our truck, and I drove it up to our site; here it is before the coach arrived:

Backing in:

Conveniently placed utilities:

60 PSI water:

50 amp electrical, with a combination padlock to prevent non-authorized people from taking the site:

Our site:

Us working outside in our chairs, with sun shades:

Not a bad view from our site:

Down the hill, some more RVs:

Section M on the hill behind us:

Looking downhill towards our site:

This place was so spread out, and we were only there for a short time, so I didn’t explore as much as usual. We really liked it, though, and wished we could’ve stayed longer. We’ll likely be back in the future.