Salt Lake City KOA

Best staff ever! Really helped us out getting an important package. The park is an oasis of safety in an unsettled area. However, the physical location, so close to downtown, is a big attribute. There is construction across the street that is noisy, but it seems challenging to expect a perfectly quiet park close to a big city downtown. This is our third stay, and we will always choose this park when in SLC.

We chose this park for the location - it is on the Green Line train which goes to Temple Square and the city center for $2.50. The park itself has trees, paved sites, and several other amenities, but it also has a large number of long term “campers” (including mobile homes) and is on a busy road. We didn’t use the laundry, showers, or bathrooms, so cannot comment on those. We took a look at the hot tub, but passed on it based upon the included photo. The office staff advised not to walk anywhere as the KOA is not in the best area.
If you camp here, choose a site other than “back-in/tent” as these back up directly to a road, which is noisy.

• Staff are excellent.
• Site was level.
• Good cable TV.
• Showers are clean and decent water pressure, no shortage of hot water.
• WIFI is great, but I prefer to use my Rogers Hot Spot then I can watch my home cable TV.
• They have propane on site.
• 2 carwashes on the property, 1 is 11’ clearance, the other 13’ clearance and long enough for most RV’s.
• BBQ and Pizza restaurants on the property.
• Great laundry room, plus another laundromat on the property.
• Only 1 negative and that is the outlying neighborhood, but the KOA and VIP parks have 24 hour security.
• I would stay here again.

Once you are in the KOA itself, it has good facilities and amenities, with nice staff and clean grounds. The sites are not super large and are somewhat close together but in our 42 foot fifth wheel we made it work and did not feel too cramped.
The area it’s in is rather rundown with a lot of loitering so we did not really feel safe taking the 2 mile bike ride into downtown, but that’s kind of expected for a KOA in the city.

THE GOOD
Location: Close to gas, restaurants, and groceries. Also is within a couple of hours of many featured places for adventure. Always felt comfortable and safe. Lots of reviews seem to dramatize the location's lack of safety. I disagree with those reviews as we did feel safe and comfy.
Store: Has a nice store on site for RV essentials plus some basic groceries.
Site: Long paved pull-through sites.
Water: Good water pressure.

COULD BE BETTER:
Cleanliness: There was some trash around the campground (more than just a few items). It was the holiday weekend. So, that very well could have been why. But, it is what we saw, so noting it here.

WORTH NOTING (not good or bad thing)
Location: It is close to the city vs rural. So, if an urban environment is not your taste, you might not want to stay at a campground that resides so close to the city.
Site: Site 1130 is right near the dog park, trash, dump station, and rec center. So, I would stay at another site next time, as the trash was a bit stinky and there was regular traffic to the dump station and such.

1st off, it even says it in their brochure, you cant hang your flag, we missed that when we got there. im a retired sailor and i cant hang my AMERICAN flag off the back of my 5th wheel, there was a man a few rows down that tried and within an hour, the front office was there and told him to take it down, 2nd. they over charged me by 30 bucks per night, the office said $60.63 and they charged me $90.63, talked to a few other campers there and yep, they paid the $60.00, i had to extend my stay there for 2 days, went the day before, talked to a heavy set girl, told her i needed to extend for 2 days and i wanted my military discount, she said OK, the older lady behind her said we don't give that anymore, they argued right in front of me and 3 other customers, i walked out, the next day i called and asked for my extension for 2 days and my military discount and was charged the regular price $60.00, so i was over charged $30.00 x 4,and they wouldn't do anything, 3rd, the cable gets alot of channels you just cant watch then, they are all fuzzy, i complained about that and they said there was nothing they could do the laundry room floor hasn't been swept in a long time. i will never stay at this place again. i have made a complaint to the main office also,

We had not planned at staying at any RV camp grounds on our stay, but we also wanted to visit Salt Lake City and there were no close by dispersed campgrounds open at this time of year. We made the decision to stay here after calling and receiving such friendly service.

Driving to the site, and where the site is located, was a little worrying at first. It was a very industrial area with a lot of homelessness and quality of life issues going on. This, in my mind, did not bode well for where we were going. However, we were pleasantly surprised with the site, the cleanliness, the friendly staff, and friendly people staying there.

We were able to use the hot tub, but the pool was not yet open for the season. They had a cool arcade room with some old school arcade games in there, which both the adults and kids loved. The toilets and showers were kept very clean and you had 24 hour access to them with the coded doors.

They also must have security or a good police presence in the area, as I had walked around at different hours of the night and never saw anyone there that didn't belong. I did hear yelling coming from the neighboring vacant lot one night, but that was not the KOA's issue or fault.