We stayed at Hidden Valley RV Park in San Antonio, Texas. (Campground Reviews listing.)
A rural campground minutes from the city.
We had originally planned to stay at a Thousand Trails campground a bit further from the city (because TT is free for us), but had concerns about access to it, and thought we’d rather be closer to the city, as San Antonio has lots of interesting attractions. We could have been closer still, but this place was a nice compromise between the kind of rural sites we enjoy, but close to the city.
Dates:
- Check in: 2022-12-11
- Check out: 2022-12-18
- 7 nights
Weather:
- Mostly sunny, a little drizzle
- High temps ranging between 59-77°F, lows around 41-61°F
- Occasional wind, up to 28 MPH gusts
Noise:
- Some road noise, occasional train and plane noise
- No neighbor noise
Site:
- #6, pull-through, gravel
- Didn’t need to disconnect toad; parked behind coach
- Unlevel; needed to use some blocks on the front jacks
- Medium-large site: about 80 feet long by about 40 feet wide
- Picnic table
Utilities:
- 50 amp power, conveniently located
- 55 PSI water, conveniently located
- Good sewer connection, conveniently located (1 10-foot pipe needed)
Internet (in usage priority order):
- Starlink: 1-22 Mbps down, 2 Mbps up, 46-93 ms ping
- AT&T: 15-21 Mbps down, 8-12 Mbps up, 40 ms ping
- T-Mobile: 4 Mbps down, 1-9 Mbps up, 90 ms ping
- Verizon: 1-8 Mbps down, 1 Mbps up, 60 ms ping
- Campground Wi-Fi: not used
Amenities:
- Garbage dumpster (near entrance)
Our review on Campground Reviews:
A nice country feel, close to the city
This was a great place to stay for our visit to San Antonio. We were in the lower, creek portion of the campground, and it was nice to be able to visit the attractions of the city and come home to a nice, quiet place. We really enjoyed looking for turtles along the creek (you have to be sneaky as they dive under the water at the first sign of people). Our site wasn’t particularly level front-to-back, but with enough blocks under the front jacks, we were able to make it work. Cell service was good, and Starlink had a good view of the sky for a connection. We camped at Hidden Valley RV Park in a Motorhome.
An interactive map of the RV park:
The campground map; our site was in the “creekside” section, a bit separated from the main part:
Our site:
The site was rather unlevel, so we needed to use blocks under our front jacks to get the coach level:
The utilities were all conveniently placed:
The cellular service was a little weak, and we had wanted to exercise the Starlink anyway, since it had been a few months since we used it last, so we put that out (with no sky obstructions):
Charging up our ebikes:
Our site and others:
One downside of this RV park is that it is accessed via a rough one-mile dirt road:
Military planes flew over a number of times, being somewhat near an air force base:
There was lots of open space, including picnic tables:
A group fire pit:
And a nice creek:
The creek had a number of turtles in it, too; they liked to sun themselves on logs:
Though they were very skittish; as soon as they saw me, they dove under the water:
Our site again:
A pleasant RV park, other than the mile-long dirt road to get to it.
