We stayed at Thousand Trails Colorado River RV Campground in Columbus, Texas. (Campground Reviews listing.)
A fairly large Thousand Trails campground, with a nice new area.
Dates:
- Check in: 2023-01-11
- Check out: 2023-01-22
- 11 nights
- We were originally going to stay a week, but we extended it to simplify our travels
Weather:
- Mostly sunny, some fog, a little drizzle
- High temps ranging between 60-80°F, lows around 36-63°F
- Some wind, up to 28 MPH gusts
Noise:
- No road noise, occasional train noise
- Occasional neighbor noise
Site:
- #E81, pull-through, gravel
- Didn’t need to disconnect toad; parked next to coach
- Fairly level
- Medium site: about 65 feet long by about 43 feet wide
- Picnic table
- Fire pit
- Grass
Utilities:
- 50 amp power, conveniently located
- 50 PSI water, fairly conveniently located
- Good sewer connection, not very conveniently located (2 10-foot pipes needed)
Internet (in usage priority order):
- T-Mobile: 94-106 Mbps down, 2 Mbps up, 25 ms ping
- AT&T: 78-102 Mbps down, 18-23 Mbps up, 32 ms ping
- Verizon: 80 Mbps down, 22 Mbps up, 50 ms ping
- Starlink: not used
- Campground Wi-Fi: not used
Amenities:
- Garbage dumpster
- Pool
- Various planned activities
- Package delivery to office for $5 each
Our review on Campground Reviews:
New sites are worth it
We’ve stayed at several Thousand Trails campgrounds and they usually look like they need some TLC and updating. But not this one. They’ve built a nice new area with 50A pull-through sites and paved roads, which was very appreciated and worth the $3 premium fee. Our site in this area had a nice view of the fishing pond and a good walk to the river. We camped at Colorado River RV Campground in a Motorhome.
An interactive map of the RV park; our site was to the right of the big pond:
Campground map:
Being a Thousand Trials campground, we had to drive around looking for available sites, trying to find one we liked the look of. We really lucked out with our site, with a view of a pond, and a large grassy area in front:
We had a view of a pond (partially blocked by the next site). And nice sunsets:
Another sunset:
The pond from closer:
Colorado River:
I rode my bike around the campground:
An outdoor movie area:
Pecan trees:
Mini golf:
Cabins:
Swimming pool:
Closed sites, probably reserved for seasonal guests:
Someone had some sort of ladder thing:
Pond:
Bathrooms:
Jenn riding:
Some videos of riding around the campground:
Morning fog:
Stars:
The day before we left, the neighbor left, giving us a better view of the pond for a few hours, until someone else arrived:
Sunset:
Sunset and the pond out our window (and the new neighbor):
Thousand Trails campgrounds are often run down and cramped, and this one did have older sites like that, but the section we were in was very new and nice. It’s good to see them investing in improvements.
We’d definitely stay here again.
