Centennial RV Park & Campground

We were here 3 years ago and wrote a positive review.....if anything this review reinforces that one. All sites have access to some grass, some sites are nice and shady while in others the shade trees have been replaced with spruce. Not a big deal. The best sites are normally booked up through the summer months....a lot of nice rigs with TX, AZ, and SD plates are the norm, which tells you full timers and "sunbirds" are regulars here. Watering and mowing is on a schedule so you know what to expect. The highway noise is there, but not annoying and quiet at night for the most part. Park operators are friendly and efficient, receiving packages and mail is the best I have ever seen. A great feature: the park operators will haul your empty propane tanks on their UTV, fill and return them, and charge it to your bill. How handy! We have been here 2 months and the utilities have been flawless. And the park wifi works! We have been using it to stream Prime, etc. Too remote to pick up any digital TV though.
Montrose (~20,000 pop) is 10 minutes away and has pretty much anything you would need....great food trucks too.

Pros:
- Great location to Montrose, Black Canyon of Gunnison, Ridgway, and Ouray
- Full hookups
- Great service, the host is very friendly
- Spacious sites

Cons:
- It's a car park, and your view is of your neighbor
- Don't take sites 15, 16, and 17 - it has absolutely no shade. It was 90's outside, we couldn't deploy the awning because the winds were very strong so we had to stay inside. We work remotely so having a chance to sit outside while working is why we are on our RV.
- Our site (16) had no proper space for the picnic table so it was on the grass. We were asked to move it out of the grass the next day while they were cutting the grass. That was fine. But then a few days later, we had a knock on the door while we were both in meetings, asking us to move the table again because they were going to turn the sprinklers on. I said we were both on calls and would do it when we were done. Carl then just started moving it on his own. My husband saw through the window and went outside (while still on his work call) to help him out.

It seems picky but I want to relax on my site and I just couldn't get that feeling while staying at this place.

There are some long-term folks staying at the park and they seem to have the better sites.

Great T-Mobile signal though!

You can hear the highway traffic all day and night.

Centennial RV is as nice as the other reviewers indicate- it’s an easy to access park offering large pull-through FHU sites with greenery (mature trees) and some privacy (while the buddy sites definitely have their pros and cons… we had great neighbors). The staff is incredibly nice and helpful, and they were kind enough to extend our stay, accept packages, and provide lots of interesting information about the area. Their Wifi is just fine, but Verizon worked well without a booster. The park is located conveniently to the entire area (Montrose down through Ouray), and while it’s located along the highway, I was surprised that the road noise was not at all noticeable. Blue Ribbon BBQ (food truck) sets up every Wednesday evening, and it’s a nice no-drive option for a delicious dinner.
There was only one negative for us, and it came right as we were leaving. One of the camp hosts knocked on our door at 10am on the morning of check-out. The host asked if we were checking out (they clearly knew we were, but I said ‘yes’ and that we’d be ‘gone by 11’), they responded to my answer by reminding me that check-out was at 11 (I replied again that we’d definitely be gone by then), and then, to emphasize their point, the host told me that they ‘had other guests coming in’…. Again, super nice person and polite during this exchange, but in 4+ years of FT, this was a first. Despite an awkward departure, we enjoyed an ideal stay, and we wouldn’t hesitate to return or recommend Centennial. Their weekly rate is $300 plus tax ($13.95).

We used this campground in order to restock groceries, laundry, refill our propane and enjoy a brewery. This campground fit our needs and our biggest cudos goes to the staff that runs this operation - SUPER nice folks!
PROS: 1) easy off the main road and easy pull in sites; 2) the facility is very clean; 3) short drive into Montrose; 4) they have propane so staff picked up our tank, filled it and returned to us at our site!
CONS: Can't name any except the campground is right on Hwy 550 but even then, very quiet at night.

Pros:

Sites are all pull-through, sites are long, lanes are wide.
Easy to maneuver a big rig.
Sites are alternating direction to your neighbor.
There are trees and grass between every two sites.
Laundromat - 3 washers, 3 dryers - takes quarters.
Friendly staff.
Propane refills available on-site.
Montrose Walmart, stores, restaurants are 9 miles away.
Ouray is 26 miles away.
There is a horse farm next door - you can look at the horses.

Cons:

Some sites are right next to highway 550, but the noise is not that bad.