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.