We stayed at New Orleans RV Resort & Marina in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Campground Reviews listing.)
A canal-front site close to the attractions of NOLA.
Dates:
- Check in: 2023-11-19
- Check out: 2023-12-03
- 14 nights
Weather:
- Partly cloudy, some rain
- High temps ranging between 54-77°F, lows around 50-62°F
- A little wind, gusts to 24 MPH
Noise:
- Some road noise
- Distant train noise
- Plane noise from local airport
- Occasional boat and jetski noise in the canal
- Little neighbor noise
Site:
- #7, front in, gravel
- Needed to disconnect toad, parked behind coach
- Fairly level; used hydraulic leveling
- Gravel driveway about 50 feet long by about 20 feet wide
- Bark between sites about 6 feet wide
- Picnic table on grass
- No fire pit
- A bunch of small garbage and dog poop
- Waterfront!
Utilities:
- 50 amp power, very conveniently located
- 35 PSI water, very conveniently located
- Very loose sewer connection (the screw part wasn’t connected to the pipe), conveniently located (1 10-foot pipe needed)
Internet (in usage priority order):
- T-Mobile: 55 Mbps down, 32 Mbps up, 54 ms ping
- AT&T: 7 Mbps down, 20 Mbps up, 52 ms ping
- Verizon: 9-13 Mbps down, 7 Mbps up, 135 ms ping
- Starlink: not used
- Campground Wi-Fi: not used
Amenities:
- Garbage pickup from site
- Package delivery to office
- Onsite restaurant
- Waterfront (canal)
Our review on Campground Reviews:
Industrial shipyards and pelicans
Don’t let the sketchy-looking area fool you as you drive in. This is a very nice resort close to everything you’d want to do in NOLA. We had a waterfront site and loved watching the birds skimming over the water and the parade of fishing boats going between the lake and the river. Our site was pretty short, just long enough for our 40′ motorhome, with barely enough space to park our tow vehicle alongside, but being able to face over the water was very nice.
The resort has a nice restaurant and bar onsite for when you don’t feel like going into the city itself. All the touristy stuff you’d want to do is conveniently close and parking in the French Quarter was not as scary as I thought it would be. We camped at New Orleans RV Resort & Marina in a Motorhome.
Campground map:
An interactive map:
Our canal-front site:
Views from our site:
A rail drawbridge, sticking up in the open state:
And closed:
A barge waiting for the drawbridge to open:
Lots of pelicans:
The City of New Orleans arriving for servicing:
Some rainy days:
And thunderstorms:
The sewer connection was super loose:
The site wasn’t very clean; this is the trash I picked up on arrival:
We could fill a gap in our states map (but yes, by the time you read this, Florida will also be there):
We were sandwiched between two “Presidential” sites, with covered kitchens and hot tubs. We wouldn’t have preferred such a site, though, as the roof would have impeded our view:
The neighboring hot tub kept blowing open in the wind:
Other sites:
Cabins:
The office:
They allowed package delivery for guests, with a large pile in the front of the office (not very secure; people just come grab their packages; I prefer it when they have a mail room to keep packages more secure, though of course that is more staff burden):
There is a shuttle to downtown, though we didn’t use it, preferring to drive and park; plenty of paid parking available:
Pool:
Dog park:
There are two marinas; this is the smaller one behind the office:
The larger one opposite a boat repair yard:
A nice thing about this resort is an onsite restaurant, The LightHouse Bar:
Menu:
We went there several evenings; here are a sampling of our food and beverages:
A nice resort; we’d be happy to stay here again.
