Las Cruces KOA Journey

We stayed at Las Cruces KOA Journey in Las Cruces, New Mexico. (Campground Reviews listing.)

A nice view with a pull-in site.

Dates:

  • Check in: 2022-10-15
  • Check out: 2022-10-24
  • 9 nights

Weather:

  • Mostly sunny
  • One day of monsoon rain and thunderstorms
  • High temps ranging between 73-83°F, lows around 45-56°F
  • A little wind, stronger on that rainy day, and the last day

Noise:

  • No road or train noise (distant freeway noise, only audible outside)

Site:

  • #28, pull-in, gravel; unusual to have a front-in site
  • Needed to disconnect toad; parked beside coach
  • Fairly level
  • Large site: about 55 feet long by about 45 feet wide
  • Full hookups (on both sides, for front-in motorhomes and back-in trailers):
    • 50 amp power, not very conveniently located
    • 45 PSI water, fairly conveniently located
    • Good sewer connection, conveniently located (1 10-foot pipe needed)
  • Picnic table on concrete pad; no fire pit
  • City and mountain view

Internet (in usage priority order):

  • T-Mobile: 6-50 Mbps down, 3-24 Mbps up, 70 ms ping
  • Verizon: 10-50 Mbps down, 5-45 Mbps up, 90 ms ping
  • AT&T: 11-24 Mbps down, 7-17 Mbps up, 90 ms ping
  • Campground Wi-Fi: 3-8 Mbps down, 2 Mbps up, 50 ms ping
  • Starlink: not used

Amenities:

  • Garbage dumpster
  • Pool

Here’s our review on Campground Reviews:

Pull-in sites with a great view

We stayed in one of the “view” sites and were thrilled that they let motorhomes pull-in to enjoy the view out our windshield. We also lucked out and had the corner site (28), which was absolutely massive. The staff were all terrific, and when we needed to extend our stay by a day due to the weather at our next destination, they were very accommodating. We will definitely be staying here again when we swing through Las Cruces. We camped at Las Cruces KOA Journey in a Motorhome.

We were scheduled to depart on 2022-10-23, but there were 63 MPH wind gusts at our next destination, so we decided to delay our departure a day. They actually called us to warn us, though we keep an eye on such things. With a high profile vehicle, strong winds can be dangerous (not to mention unpleasant). Fortunately the KOA was able to let us extend our stay:

Wind gusts

The park map:

Map

Our site; unusual in that we fronted in to the site, so we could enjoy the view:

Our site

Our site

Our site

Our site

We lucked out with a corner site, that gave us a larger-than-usual site:

Our site

Our site

Our site

Our site

View from our site:

View from our site

View from our coach:

View from our coach

View from our site

View from our coach

Griddle

View from our site

View from our site

There were utilities on both sides of the site, to accommodate motorhomes fronting in and trailers backing in:

Utilities

Our site from up the road a bit:

Our site

Our site

Other sites:

Other sites

Other sites

Other sites

Other sites

Other sites

Other sites

Tiffin Phaeton:

Other sites

Tiffin Allegro Bus (in a nice color):

Other sites

There are several feral cats in the area; here’s one by our truck:

Feral cat

Another feral cat under our coach:

Feral cat

Another feral cat on the slope below our site:

Feral cat

Paladin watching the feral cat:

Paladin watching feral cat

Views from the other side of the RV park:

View

View

View

View

View

View

View

Patio

Patio

Path

Pond

View

The office:

Office

Office chandelier:

Office chandelier

Playground:

Playground

The heated pool was open… though often locked:

Pool

Pool

Pool

Tent sites:

Tent sites

Camp kitchen:

Camp kitchen

A nice park.