We stayed at The Riverside Ranch in Hatch, Utah. (Campground Reviews listing.)

Dates:

• Check in: 2022-04-24
• Check out: 2022-05-08
• 14 nights

Weather:

• Mostly sunny, a little drizzle
• High temps ranging between 51 and 72°F, lows around 20-40°F
• Sub-freezing overnight several nights
• Windy most afternoons

Noise:

• Minimal road noise, no train noise
• Quiet neighbors

Site:

• #5, pull-through, gravel
• Needed to disconnect toad; parked behind coach
• Somewhat large site: 55 feet long by about 45 feet wide
• Full hookups:
• 50 amp power conveniently located
• High water pressure, 100 PSI (need a regulator), conveniently located
• Good sewer connection, conveniently located
• Didn’t connect water or sewer other than to fill and dump, since it got below freezing
• Picnic table

Internet:

• Campground Wi-Fi: 27-32 Mbps down, 12 Mbps up, 15 ms ping; not used
• T-Mobile: 93 Mbps down, 10-35 Mbps up, 70-80 ms ping
• AT&T: 8 Mbps down, 6 Mbps up, 75 ms ping
• Verizon: 75-85 Mbps down, 30 Mbps up, 60 ms ping
• Starlink: 12-23 Mbps down, 2-14 Mbps up, 34-54 ms ping

Amenities:

• Package delivery right to each site
• Garbage dumpster
• No pool

Here’s the review Jenn wrote on Campground Reviews:

Great home base for exploring southern Utah

We stayed here for two weeks, and it was a great base camp to see Bryce, Zion, several state parks (that were just as good as the national parks), national monuments, and scenic drives. Very quiet and scenic spot, right off the highway. We would have liked to stay in one of the riverside spots, but they don’t have sewer hookups and we can’t go that long without dumping the tanks, alas. Still, the pull-through sites in the upper part of the park had a lovely view over the valley and the pink cliffs in the distance. We had several packages delivered and the camp hosts brought them right to our site, which was very convenient. The staff were all very helpful and friendly, beginning with check-in where we were given a lot of tourism info about the area. It does get windy, but that’s been our experience everywhere in the southwest at this time of year, so we didn’t get to spend as much time outside as we would’ve liked, but that’s offset by how much exploring we got to do in the area. We’d definitely stay here again. We camped at The Riverside Ranch in a Motorhome.

The weather forecast for our stay:

And the second week:

The campground map. We stayed in the upper area, as the lower (riverside) area doesn’t have sewer hookups:

Satellite view:

They gave us a bunch of tourist info for the area:

Once we spent a night here, we could add Utah to the map on the side of our coach:

Our site:

100 PSI water pressure; a regulator is definitely required (I have mine set to 60 PSI):

Dinner outside:

Paladin looking out a window:

It was too windy to work outside most days, but I did a few times:

Setting sun:

We were visited by Jenn’s Uncle Todd; our first visitors at a campsite:

An interesting window in a coach next to us for a few days:

Let’s walk around the park, starting with the sign out front:

There’s a Mexican restaurant and country store out front, but unfortunately they were closed; not sure if just for the season, or permanently:

The Riverside Ranch also includes a motel:

Downhill to the RV park:

RVs (with a glimpse of ours):

The river (more of a stream, but still):

RVs by the river:

They have some tent sites, too:

A nice corner for religious services (this is Utah, after all):

The RV office:

Group fire pit:

Bathroom:

BBQ area and RV office:

Finally, the sign lit up at night:

We stayed at Young’s RV Park in Caliente, Nevada. (Campground Reviews listing.)

Dates:

• Check in: 2022-04-21
• Check out: 2022-04-24
• 3 nights

Weather:

• Windy, rainy, cloudy
• High temps ranging between 60 and 72°F, lows around 32-44°F
• Very windy the first day (wind is common in Spring)

Noise:

• No road noise, occasional train noise
• Quiet and noisy neighbors on different days

Site:

• #38, pull-through, gravel
• Didn’t need to disconnect toad; parked behind coach
• Medium site: no marked edges, but about 60 feet long by about 25 feet wide
• Full hookups:
• 50 amp power conveniently located
• Good water pressure, 55 PSI water, conveniently located
• Good sewer connection, conveniently located
• Picnic table

Internet:

• Campground Wi-Fi: 0.5 Mbps down, 1 Mbps up, 45-145 ms ping; not used
• T-Mobile: no service
• AT&T: 3-8 Mbps down, 5 Mbps up, 70 ms ping
• Verizon: 3-9 Mbps down, 3 Mbps up, 80-128 ms ping

Amenities:

• Garbage dumpster
• No pool

Here’s the review Jenn wrote on Campground Reviews:

Good basic campground

We stayed for a few nights on our way to Great Basin National Park. Our site was level and easy to get in and out of. Seems like a very popular spot for gatherings as I got the impression everyone else staying there knew each other, but at least everyone obeyed the quiet hours. We camped at Young’s RV Park in a Motorhome.

The weather forecast for our stay:

This park was unusual in that there was no paper map or other information provided, just a credit card receipt (that had the Wi-Fi password on it). Here’s the map from their website:

The satellite view:

Our site:

A tumbleweed blowing in the wind:

Conveniently located utilities:

55 PSI water pressure:

It was very windy on our first day; here’s a GIF of the slide topper flapping in the wind:

Our site and neighbors:

Other RVs:

The office:

Bathroom and laundry:

More tumbleweeds:

It rained on our second day; the first time we’ve had real rain in about a month:

A side-by-side on the back of a pickup; an interesting arrangement:

We stayed at the Lake Mead RV Village in Boulder City, Nevada. (Campground Reviews listing.)

We considered staying at the Thousand Trails in Las Vegas, but the reviews weren’t very favorable. So we opted for a nicer park with a view of Lake Mead instead.

Dates:

• Check in: 2022-04-10
• Check out: 2022-04-21
• 11 nights

Weather:

• Sunny, some clouds
• High temps ranging between 66 and 91°F, lows around 35-57°F
• Some days of gale-force winds (gusts up to 64 MPH!); did not enjoy those

Noise:

• No road or train noise
• Initially noisy neighbors, until they left

Site:

• #LV21, pull-in, cement pad surrounded by gravel
• Unusual in that pull coach in front-first — so get a lake view out the windscreen
• Initially had a fiver next to us, backed in, so their door was facing us; didn’t like that — but the site remained empty after they left
• Needed to disconnect toad; parked on gravel beside coach
• Medium site: about 55 feet long by 30 feet wide, with 40 by 15 cement pad for RV
• Full hookups:
• 50 amp power conveniently located
• Good water pressure, 60+ PSI water, conveniently located
• Good sewer connection, conveniently located
• All utilities on both sides, to accommodate front-in motorhomes and back-in trailers
• Picnic table
• Fire pit

Internet:

• Campground Wi-Fi: 26 Mbps down, 5 Mbps up, 25 ms ping; not used
• T-Mobile: 25-30 Mbps down, 5 Mbps up, 60 ms ping
• AT&T: 7 Mbps down, 5 Mbps up, 38 ms ping
• Verizon: 32-37 Mbps down, 15-17 Mbps up, 55 ms ping

Amenities:

• Garbage and recycling dumpsters, not particularly close
• No pool
• Nice camp store; we bought groceries there
• The usual other stuff we didn’t use

Here’s the review Jenn wrote on Campground Reviews:

Gorgeous lake and mountain views

We had a pull-in Lake View site and it was sooooo worth it. Best view ever, even if the lake isn’t as high as it used to be. The only drawback is that while we were front-in with our motorhome, our neighbor was backed in with a 5er, which means it was basically a buddy site, so privacy was lacking. If they could keep motorhomes and trailers/5ers separate that would be even better. Utilities are available on either side of the site because of the front or back-in arrangement.

Our site was so level, our automatic levelers pretty much just went down and called it good without any fiddling. That never happens. Very convenient to Hoover Dam and Las Vegas for some sightseeing and touristy fun, but it was so nice to come back to this quiet spot when the day was done. Some basic necessities in the camp store. Groceries in Boulder City or Henderson weren’t too far away, but you might want to put a cooler in the car just in case. We camped at Lake Mead RV Village in a Motorhome.

The weather forecast for our stay:

It was quite windy, with gusts up to 64 miles per hour, though I think we were a little sheltered from the worst of that:

Here’s the campground map, which only shows the RV sites; most of the park is mobile homes:

The satellite view shows all the mobile homes; our approximate location is circled:

Zooming out, you can see the lake edge. Though these satellite images are out-of-date; the water is actually a bit further now, as the lake continues to drain due to the ongoing drought:

This last image shows the Nevada/Arizona border line, and Hoover Dam:

Our lake view site; notice that we fronted in, to have a nice view out our windscreen, while trailers back in:

The downside of this arrangement is that a trailer next to us has their door facing us, so a “buddy” situation. Not great for privacy:

Fortunately the sites are fairly wide, so we weren’t on top of each other. And they left after a few days, which was a relief, since they had their TV blaring with the door open most of the time.

Looking down the side of the coach to the utilities:

Pretty convenient location; to accommodate motorhomes and trailers, all of the utilities are available on both sides of the site:

Good water pressure:

Once we spent a night here, we were able to fill in a hole on our states map, adding Nevada:

Utah will be added soon, too.

Here’s the picturesque view out our windscreen; we didn’t put up the Magne Shade, so we could enjoy the view:

A dust storm:

Paladin relaxing:

Let’s take a walk around the campground, and look at other RVs and the mobile homes:

The entrance:

The office:

We enjoyed the blooming cacti out front:

The office also included a decent camp store, where we got some groceries:

Village hall:

I worked outside on several days (when not too hot or breezy), in the shade in front of our coach, enjoying the view:

Jenn had some meetings outside, too:

Paladin looking outside:

Paladin watching taunty quail:

An interesting plane / copter thing:

Dinner with a view:

Surprisingly, there were several empty sites for much of our stay. We had several trailers come and go on our driver side, but I would have expected the park to be more packed. Sure, it’s early Spring, but we were here around Easter weekend:

Sunrise over the lake:

 The moon over our coach:

 Sunset alpenglow:

A good park, with the nicest view we’ve experienced (so far). We’ll definitely stay here again.