Mitchell KOA Journey

We stayed at Mitchell KOA Journey in Mitchell, South Dakota. (Campground Reviews listing.)

Another KOA Journey, with an interesting (and easy to navigate) layout.

Dates:

Check in: 2024-07-26
Check out: 2024-07-29
2 nights

Weather:

Sunny
High temps 91-95°F, lows 71-72°F
A bunch of wind, gusts to 32 MPH

Noise:

Some freeway noise
Very occasional distant train horn noise
Some neighbor noise

Site:

#C-19, back-in/pull-through, gravel
Didn’t need to disconnect toad, parked behind coach
A little unlevel site, high on passenger side; used hydraulic leveling
Gravel driveway about 110 feet long by 15 feet wide
10 feet to neighbor on driver side
75 feet to dump station on passenger side
Two picnic tables
Fire pit
A couple of tall trees
Clean site

Utilities:

50 amp power, very conveniently located
40 PSI water, fairly conveniently located
Loose sewer connection, inconveniently located (3 10-foot pipes needed)

Internet (in usage priority order):

T-Mobile: 11-14 Mbps down, 12 Mbps up, 50 ms ping
AT&T: 29-32 Mbps down, 1 Mbps up, 120-160 ms ping
Verizon: 27 Mbps down, 9 Mbps up, 70 ms ping
Starlink: not used
Campground Wi-Fi: not used

Amenities:

Garbage dumpster
Mini golf

Our review on Campground Reviews:

A nice oasis along I-90

This was a convenient place to stop along I-90 through South Dakota and to check out the Corn Palace and the Prehistoric Indian Village. There’s not much else to do in Mitchell, but this was a lovely shady place to camp to check them out. It’s reassuring/concerning that they have storm shelters scattered around the campground in case of emergency, but I’m just as glad we didn’t need them during our stay. Our site was very long and had a big grassy area on one side, but it was very close to the neighbors on the other. We camped at Mitchell KOA Journey in a Motorhome.

Campground map:

Map

An interactive map:

Our site:

Our site

Spacious on the passenger side, a bit too close on the driver side:

Our site

(I typically prefer more space on the driver side, since that means other campers aren’t hanging out right next to our coach. We tend not to sit outside much, so space on the passenger side isn’t as important to me.)

The utilities; a loose sewer connection, requiring three 10-foot hoses:

Utilities