We stayed at Taos Valley RV Park in Taos, New Mexico. (Campground Reviews listing.)
Buddy sites, but good enough for a couple of nights.
Dates:
- Check in: 2022-10-02
- Check out: 2022-10-04
- 2 nights
Weather:
- Rainy
- High temps ranging between 61-64°F, lows around 44°F
- Some wind
Noise:
- No road or train noise
Site:
- #50, pull through, gravel (too large stones for good jack stability)
- Buddy sites (i.e. alternating directions, so doors face each other, though offset so not too bad)
- Didn’t need to disconnect toad; parked behind coach
- Rather unlevel
- Medium site: about 80 feet long by about 30 feet wide
- Full hookups:
- 50 amp power, conveniently located
- 60 PSI water, conveniently located
- Good sewer connections, conveniently located (1 10-foot pipe needed)
- Picnic table on concrete; charcoal grill on gravel
Internet (in usage priority order):
- Starlink: 10-83 Mbps down, 3-7 Mbps up, 50 ms ping
- Verizon: 30 Mbps down, 7 Mbps up, 80 ms ping
- T-Mobile: 3-7 Mbps down, 2-4 Mbps up, 150 ms ping
- AT&T: 20 Mbps down, 2 Mbps up, 80 ms ping
- Campground Wi-Fi: not used
Amenities:
- Garbage bins at each site
- No pool
Here’s our review on Campground Reviews:
Charming campground in the heart of Taos
This was a nicely landscaped park close to Taos. It rained the entire time we were there, so we didn’t get to enjoy the park as much as we would’ve liked. The entire park is gravel, which is fine, but it’s the wrong type of gravel. River rock doesn’t settle and “lock” into place like coarse gravel does, so things shift underfoot and under the stabilizing jacks. With the rain, there was a lot of thick mud around. Our site wasn’t particularly level, and I think a thicker layer of coarse gravel would have helped with that and prevent the muddiness. Be aware that the pull-through sites are buddy sites. There’s a nice fence giving some separation between the two living areas, but we saw at least one person pull in facing the wrong direction, so their hookups were on the opposite side. We camped at Taos Valley RV Park & Campground in a Motorhome.
The park map:
Our site:
We didn’t bother putting on the Magne Shades, since we were only there for a couple of nights:
Our site and the neighboring site; this is in a “buddy” configuration, where the sites face opposite directions, so the doors face each other. But not too bad in this case, since the sites are angled such that they are offset, and have a fence between them. Still, not our favorite configuration:
The other neighbor had a nice Magne Shade on their windscreen:
The sites had a picnic table and charcoal grill:
Some stones with messages under the grill:
Utilities:
Other sites:
After staying a night in New Mexico, we can finally add a new state sticker to our coach; the first new state for several months:
In about a month we’ll be adding Texas, where we’ll be spending this winter.
