We stayed at Abilene KOA Journey in Abilene, Texas. (Campground Reviews listing.)
A very basic KOA, with loud freeway traffic.
Dates:
- Check in: 2023-02-23
- Check out: 2023-02-25
- 2 nights
Weather:
- Cloudy
- High temps ranging between 48-57°F, lows around 35-41°F
- Negligible wind
Noise:
- Loud road noise from the freeway; distant train noise
- No neighbor noise
Site:
- #58, pull-through, gravel
- All the pull-throughs are buddy sites, except this one and the one next to it, where they converted the next-door site to a patio
- Didn’t need to disconnect toad; parked behind coach
- Level site
- Medium site: about 60 feet long by about 30 feet wide
- Concrete patio
- Patio table & chairs
- Fire pit
- Propane & charcoal grills
- A few trees
Utilities:
- 50 amp power, fairly conveniently located
- 60 PSI water, conveniently located
- Good sewer connection, somewhat conveniently located (2 10-foot pipes needed)
Internet (in usage priority order):
- T-Mobile: 46-62 Mbps down, 8 Mbps up, 50 ms ping
- AT&T: 5 Mbps down, 9 Mbps up, 78 ms ping
- Verizon: 1 Mbps down, 0.5 Mbps up, 200 ms ping
- Starlink: not used
- Campground Wi-Fi: not used
Amenities:
- Garbage pickup from site
Our review on Campground Reviews:
Buddy sites and road noise
We stayed here for two nights which was about one night more than necessary. The pull-throughs were pretty much all buddy sites (which I hate), but we splurged on the patio site which meant that we had a little buffer between us and our neighbor on the living side (nevermind that our neighbor the first night seemed to think it was a communal area, but I digress). The real downside of this park is the constant noise from I-20 with trucks using their jake brakes at all hours. We camped at Abilene KOA Journey in a Motorhome.
Tip for Other Campers: Frontier Texas! (the exclamation point is part of the name) was pretty cool and worth a stop.
An interactive map of the park:
The map:
Our site:
A nice patio, that we didn’t use, since the weather wasn’t great; but still worth it to avoid being in a buddy site:
A nice fire pit area on the patio:
A GIF of the freeway from our site, showing how close it was:
Bathrooms:
Cabins:
Other sites:
This RV park was a convenient stop for a couple of nights, but we wouldn’t choose to stay here other than for that purpose, what with the loud freeway noise and buddy sites.