As a full time traveling family we look at reviews a lot before staying somewhere so we are mostly leaving this to warn other families that may be looking for a place to stay longer term. We have now traveled through 35 states over the last few years and unfortunately Desert Canyon is one place we don’t intend on coming back to.
I’ll share the good first because it’s not like it’s all bad. The bathrooms are really clean and spacious. Hot water for days and they have lots of them so you don’t ever have to sit and wait for a shower.
The pool and hot tub were great. They do stop heating the pool for the winter which makes it practically unusable but I know that is the norm for many places. We felt that the 9 pm closing time for the hot tub is a little on the early side but again not a huge deal.
The spots are level and plenty long to fit your camper and vehicle. The dog parks aren’t huge but good to have somewhere to have your pets unleashed. The location is good, about a ten min drive to major grocery stores and restaurants but also nice to be in the outskirts which gives the place a little more of a country feel.
If we didn’t have kids this review would end here but since we do we have more to add. After our extended stay here we feel this rv park would be better advertised as an adults only park. We again have A LOT of experience at different rv parks throughout the country and can honestly say Desert Canyon is the first place we have felt uncomfortable with our kids.
There is a very small playground where the kids are expected to stay at all times essentially. There are pickle ball courts but even when they aren’t being used they don’t want the kids in there running around and put locks during our time here to the courts to help keep the kids out. Our kids were at the playground one day with some other kids staying at the park and an employee stopped by to grumpily let them know that the football sitting on the ground there was not allowed as there is a “no balls allowed in this park” rule. There was another time where the kids were told to stay off the dirt while trying to play capture the flag at the edge of the park, not in anyone’s camp spot. There were many other minor things that just made it feel like they will tolerate kids there but they don’t necessarily welcome them.
So to sum it up if you are childless or you’re only staying like a day or two then this place might be a great fit. But for anyone looking for a place to stay longer term with kids you may want to reconsider this park. Unless you like your kids to sit inside on devices all day long.