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:
