The Riverside Ranch

We stayed at The Riverside Ranch in Hatch, Utah. (Campground Reviews listing.)

Dates:

  • Check in: 2022-04-24
  • Check out: 2022-05-08
  • 14 nights

Weather:

  • Mostly sunny, a little drizzle
  • High temps ranging between 51 and 72°F, lows around 20-40°F
  • Sub-freezing overnight several nights
  • Windy most afternoons

Noise:

  • Minimal road noise, no train noise
  • Quiet neighbors

Site:

  • #5, pull-through, gravel
  • Needed to disconnect toad; parked behind coach
  • Somewhat large site: 55 feet long by about 45 feet wide
  • Full hookups:
    • 50 amp power conveniently located
    • High water pressure, 100 PSI (need a regulator), conveniently located
    • Good sewer connection, conveniently located
    • Didn’t connect water or sewer other than to fill and dump, since it got below freezing
  • Picnic table

Internet:

  • Campground Wi-Fi: 27-32 Mbps down, 12 Mbps up, 15 ms ping; not used
  • T-Mobile: 93 Mbps down, 10-35 Mbps up, 70-80 ms ping
  • AT&T: 8 Mbps down, 6 Mbps up, 75 ms ping
  • Verizon: 75-85 Mbps down, 30 Mbps up, 60 ms ping
  • Starlink: 12-23 Mbps down, 2-14 Mbps up, 34-54 ms ping

Amenities:

  • Package delivery right to each site
  • Garbage dumpster
  • No pool

Here’s the review Jenn wrote on Campground Reviews:

Great home base for exploring southern Utah

We stayed here for two weeks, and it was a great base camp to see Bryce, Zion, several state parks (that were just as good as the national parks), national monuments, and scenic drives. Very quiet and scenic spot, right off the highway. We would have liked to stay in one of the riverside spots, but they don’t have sewer hookups and we can’t go that long without dumping the tanks, alas. Still, the pull-through sites in the upper part of the park had a lovely view over the valley and the pink cliffs in the distance. We had several packages delivered and the camp hosts brought them right to our site, which was very convenient. The staff were all very helpful and friendly, beginning with check-in where we were given a lot of tourism info about the area. It does get windy, but that’s been our experience everywhere in the southwest at this time of year, so we didn’t get to spend as much time outside as we would’ve liked, but that’s offset by how much exploring we got to do in the area. We’d definitely stay here again. We camped at The Riverside Ranch in a Motorhome.

The weather forecast for our stay:

Weather forecast

And the second week:

Weather

The campground map. We stayed in the upper area, as the lower (riverside) area doesn’t have sewer hookups:

Campground map

Satellite view:

Satellite view

They gave us a bunch of tourist info for the area:

Tourist info

Once we spent a night here, we could add Utah to the map on the side of our coach:

States map

Our site:

Our site

Our site

Our site

Our site

100 PSI water pressure; a regulator is definitely required (I have mine set to 60 PSI):

100 PSI water pressure

Dinner outside:

Dinner outside

Paladin looking out a window:

Paladin looking out a window

It was too windy to work outside most days, but I did a few times:

David working outside

Setting sun:

Setting sun

We were visited by Jenn’s Uncle Todd; our first visitors at a campsite:

David, Jenn, Uncle Todd

An interesting window in a coach next to us for a few days:

Interesting window

Let’s walk around the park, starting with the sign out front:

Sign

There’s a Mexican restaurant and country store out front, but unfortunately they were closed; not sure if just for the season, or permanently:

Closed Mexican restaurant

The Riverside Ranch also includes a motel:

Hotel

Downhill to the RV park:

Downhill to RV park

RVs (with a glimpse of ours):

RVs

The river (more of a stream, but still):

River

River

RVs by the river:

RVs and river

RVs

They have some tent sites, too:

Tent

River and tent

Tent site

A nice corner for religious services (this is Utah, after all):

Religious area

The RV office:

Office and RVs

Group fire pit:

Group fire pit

Bathroom:

Bathroom

BBQ area and RV office:

Office

Finally, the sign lit up at night:

Sign at night