This is an amazing find in northern AL. This is the MWR RV park on Redstone Arsenal proper, not to be confused with MWR Easter Posey CG on the Tennessee River. That CG is no hookups and not designed for big rigs. This RV park consists of 70 sites (with more under construction) that are approx 25'x65' pull-through concrete pads with 50A FHU. Only sites 8-14 are back in. Check in is easy: enter through Gate 8 on Goss Rd, find your site, park, and you're done. There are 2 hosts that go around and mark all reserved sites each day. No need to check in at an office. The commissary, exchange and gas station (no diesel) are all less than a mile away. The FBI, BATF, and NASA have major facilities on base along with several major Army commands. No active duty units on the base according to the host.

There is a paved walking/bike trail very near the campground that you can take all the way around the base (12.2 miles). The nearby NASA Visitor Center for the Marshall Space Flight Center costs $25, but has plenty to do for kids and adults.

This is a first come, first serve campground for $25/night that doesn't allow homesteading according to the website. However, we saw several rigs that looked like they were there for more than the 180 day limit. We called every 20-30 minutes during the stated office hours on a Sat, and no one ever answered the phone. That may be a one off, I'm not sure. However, the answering machine message stated that the campground will do a same day hold for a site. Of course, someone has to answer the phone for that to happen! No mention of that on any websites.

We took our chances and pulled in to find one site left. We should have immediately put up the occupied sign and blue cone, because as soon as we headed to the office another rig pulled into our site. The guy was super cool though and let us reclaim the site since we were there first. The pads are concrete and fairly level with 50A FHU. Being in San Antonio, cell service and OTA channels are great. No wifi in the campground although it may be available near the office. The place is well maintained. It would be nice if they had doggie stations.

Currently, the best and most direct gate to go in is the Luke Blvd one off of US 90 and Military RD/Texas 13. Once through the gate, go straight until you see the campground. You're supposed to enter/leave out the Growden Gate, but that is a long roundabout way and not every intersection has street signs. Way to go AF! :( If I could do it again, I'd shoot straight back through the Luke Gate when leaving.

As a full-timer for 2 years, I'm pretty in tune with what constitutes good CG customer service. The manager of this CG doesn't have it. I tried making reservations four months out, and he didn't return phone calls. He finally replied to an email, telling me I had to submit a form to make the reservation. OK, no problem. I found the form on the website and emailed it to him. Then he emails me back and tells me that one is outdated, and I have to resubmit with the attached one. Guess he couldn't be bothered to post the correct one. So I resubmit and finally get a site.

On arrival day, my wife calls him to reconfirm our site number. He tells her we can only stay two nights, then have to move to another site. No explanation, no compensation for the hassle, and no prior notification that we needed to change sites. The next day I go to the MWR office to discuss this with him. He's not there (has 4 jobs on base and apparently CG is lowest priority), so I call him. Turns out he's making me move just so another person can get into our site on our last night. I tell him that's not right, and I want a free night if I have to move. After checking with his supervisior, presto, he emails me back saying that I can stay all three nights in the same site. I guess the lesson for others is to trust but verify at this campground!

As for the CG itself, it's a bit overpriced at $30/night without sewer hookups. The entrance is unmarked and the site numbers are hard to read. There are six fairly spaced out sites in total, of which, two are pull through. All sites are grass/gravel mix with 50A electric and water. The dump station is about 100 yards away, in between the RV storage lots. You can drive there without getting on the main road. No bathroom or bath house. There is no PX, commissary or gas station on the base. It's a very quiet base of mostly civilian personnel, so it's pretty quiet all the time.