Centennial Park

This was a good overnight stop & much better than a restaurant parking lot (which was our initial plan). But, there is no water & really no need for the electrical hookup if solar is part of your rv. The heat was not a problem & the evening was perfect without a/c. Better to have stayed without hookup, since the back sites are much nicer. The sunset was lovely and the campground very quiet.

The only issues were a messy long term site very close to ours & the lack of water. Otherwise, this is a nice stop.

We stopped at Centennial for a couple of nights on our way from Prescott to Quartzsite and paid for a water/electric site. Per the other reviews it is a great overnight, or longer stopover. The people were all very nice and the campground was very clean with trash cans dispersed throughout. The 30 amp service worked fine. But all of the water faucets are dry.

There is no potable water in the campground at the present time. We were told the well has been out for ~ 6 months. They will deliver water to your campsite via a trailer with a water tank but the camp hostess made it very clear we should not drink the water. There are a couple of places in Salome that advertise filtered RO drinking water. Or, you can by bottled drinking water at the market or other stores.

There is no other source of water in the campground. All of the restrooms are closed and locked. There are Porta Potties set up around the area.

We were headed out of Salome just as the sun was setting and decided to stop for the day and found this place on campendium.com. There were about 50 other RVs in the park but it’s very spread out and not at all crowded with hundreds of feet between each rag in the dry camping area. Hook ups are only $14 and dry camping is $8...... a real bargain. The sunset was spectacular and the desert scenery is nice. It would be easy to pass up this place if you did not know about it by researching it online. It’s not fancy but if you need a place to spend the night it’s clean and expensive and the views are great.

I usually like dispersed camping but there comes a time when you long for a shower. We went here as it was cheap but promptly fell in love. The camp is high on a plateau near Salome. There is a golf course there and the campground is nicely spread out to the other side. There were powered and unpowered sites with picnic tables and some fire rings. There was also a small playground and two showers and a dry golf course, as in one that was not watered and is just desert.

It’s hard to describe why we liked it so much. I guess it just had a great vibe. The area was so pretty, the people (a lot of older folk playing golf) were so friendly and happy. No one was masked and it was a real treat to just see smiling, happy and relaxed people again! It was really quiet. We were there mid week in January.

Everything was cheap and we had a blast playing desert golf. It was our first time playing and we didn’t want to hold up the pros so the desert golf course was a bunch of fun for we adults and the kids. It’s $2 each and you can rest hear cheap too. The town has a laundromat, small store with a Mexican food truck Out front that made truly delicious and authentic Mexican food.

We would have stayed a week, Playing golf and exploring the countryside, but it was a working vacation and there was zero AT&T reception so sadly we had to move on. Also the hot water in the shower ran out fast. Both showers were being used when I arrived so I waited and when I got in I had 1 minute of hot before it turned lukewarm. The shower I had the previous day was hot and wonderful though.

Regardless, a truly wonderful little spot where we had a great time and felt very happy. There is just something about it...

I stayed several times overnight on BLM land at Vicksburg Pit Road in Salome, and have nothing bad to say about this place. It's actually a great boondocking place. However, this time (10/29/2020) I thought I try the La Paz County "Centennial Park" that is just a couple of miles away from Vicksburg Pit Road - and I'm glad I did.

This place is - although unspectacular in many ways - a hidden gem, and well worth the little money they charge: $8 for dry-camping, $14 with partial hookups (electricity and water; a dump station is somewhere in the park). They have also very low weekly and monthly rates. The sites are generously spaced and mostly pretty even, and the views are in most directions very beautiful. When I was there I had a gorgeous sunset in the West and simultaneously a spectacular moonrise in the East - it was really quite something.

Worth mentioning is that they installed a reverse osmosis system so that the water is now potable.

There were only two other RV's in the dry-camping area when I was there.

I would certainly stay there again whenever I pass through.

Website: http://www.lapazcountyparks.com/centennial-greasewood.html

We arrived here in early December, planning a brief stay en route to the ‘RV Mecca’ of Quartzsite, AZ. As it turned out, we came to really like this quirky place and have basically made it our Home Base for the Winter, only breaking away for an eight day stint in Quartzsite to get the ‘Boon Docking’ experience on BLM land. (That was during the much-ballyhooed ‘Rubber Tramp Rendezvous’ in January.) Regarding the costs: the $14 fee will get you a decent site requiring minimal leveling, with hook-ups to electrical power and water. Please note, however, that due to Nitrate and Nitrites in the water as a result of local agricultural practices, this water is not potable. No matter. There is potable water available in the nearby (3 miles) town of Salome for $0.25/gallon. That water is made pure through a ‘Reverse Osmosis’ process. There is a Dump Station at the camp. (No Charge for Campers) There is also a Shower Block ($2) which provide the luxury of nice hot showers for those of you inclined to use your RV shower as a place to hang clothes and store things like the dog’s water bowl and Berkey water filtration system, as we do. (LOL!). There is also a separate Toilet Block on site, although the sinks there do not offer Hot water. Site fees become more economical if you plan on staying longer. The $14 Nightly fee goes down to $70/week, or $160/month (plus $0.16 per kWh for electricity.). If you manage your electricity as we do, by minimizing use during the day and offsetting that with solar power, you can easily camp here for an average of $8/Day all up, (including the extra $ spent on showers, potable water, and propane.). There is a small Laundry located in town, as well as an efficient propane vendor. Both of those are located at the ‘Salome Market’ operated by a friendly Korean couple. The Market also has a gas station. Although the town is small, it does have a good family-owned garage/auto supply outfit. We took both our motorhome and ‘toad’ there for routine maintenance and servicing & I was quite pleased both with their work and the price. There is also a ‘mobile RV tech’ guy who can come out to the Camp and do work on your RV and we have been pleased with his efforts as well. There are a couple of local watering holes in Salome (Don’s Cactus Bar on nearby Route 60 is a local favorite) and several days a week vendors set up at a market area in town to sell everything from fresh vegetables to new and used pots and pans, clothing, Mexican food, and all kinds of odds and ends. Across the road from the Camp is the La Paz County Library, Community Center, and Food Bank. It offers free WiFi, books, DVDs, and hosts a number of special events, including great Lunches once a week for $4, although I personally have never taken advantage of that. The Camp ‘Club House’ and Office also has a decent selection of books on hand to borrow, plus coffee, ice, and treats are available, and the Camp Hosts are always friendly, helpful, and informative. The main draw here is that Centennial Camp is known as a wonderful little ‘9 Hole’ Golf destination and a great place to camp if you come to enjoy the many ATV and ‘Off Road’ opportunities which abound in this area. Most of the visitors here are ‘Snowbirds’ from Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Colorado, Washington, and British Columbia, although there is a solid contingent of Arizonians who come here as well - usually Thursday through Sunday for ATV and golf activities. Since my wife and I neither play golf or have an ATV, what was the draw for us? Mainly it was the opportunity to Camp in a desert venue where there is a lot of space (15 is the most number of campsites we have seen occupied, not counting the four or five occupied by Camp Hosts up by the Clubhouse) offering a multitude of trails to hike on with our dogs and the freedom to just be as social or as isolated as one wants. For major food shopping runs we go to either Parker or Wickenburg. Both are located about an hour away. I have gone on numerous ‘Big’ hikes in the area with ‘Leo’ (one of our two canines), and most of those hikes have begun and ended at our RV door. Highlights include Campfires with or without neighbors....star gazing (we caught the Total Lunar Eclipse in January!) in a beautifully Dark Night sky....hearing a chorus of coyotes calling out to each other in the late afternoon or early morning hours...meeting and getting to know fellow campers....and basically, enjoying a place that is not crammed next to a busy highway with sites stacked so close together that it is like an ‘RV Ghetto’ (LOL!) Centennial Park has truly become a highlight of our Full Time RV Camping Experience to date. Our travels began in West Virginia more than five months ago. Leaving tomorrow for points east and north. We will miss Centennial Park, but...will come back, I’m sure.

Pulled into the park right before dusk. There were "long- termers" or possibly camp hosts on the main road/ entrance, and a few spots in between but we opted to drive around the loop. Up on top of the hill in the back end were dry camping spots, (also the more seculded) a few fire pits were just getting going and I believe the rates posted were 8 bucks. It was kinda busy for a mid week stay, but it fit our needs perfectly for a stopping point headed to Tucson for a music festival. Last year we stayed in Tonopah, right off the 10 which was exactly half way to Pima County. I recommend not staying in Tonopah due to the sky high rates and smell of chicken shit that will gag you when you step outside! Instead, check this lil spot. You'll be glad! Happy Trails Folks! Love&Light!!