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Campground Reviews

Aug 01, 2023
We made the mistake of arriving On a Friday and Leaving Monday. After seeing mostly Utah license plates, we got the Atlas out and quickly realized Lava Hot Springs is only a two hour drive from Salt Lake. The place was packed with kids. Town was packed with kids. The staff was nice. The sites along the River are nice. The site next to park entrance, the highway, and train tracks was not so nice.
Aug 01, 2023
The park was not full and when we left, still many vacancies, yet when we arrived they made us wait for over 2 hrs in very hot weather stating sites weren't ready.... very unnecessary and stressful....

CAMPGROUND RESPONSE / COMMENTS:

We apologize you had to wait for us to clean, water, and mow sites. If anyone arrives before our advertised check in times of 3pm-9pm we are usually still trying to get our work done. Check out is 11 am so we only have a small window of hours to get the yard work done. Thanks for your understanding
Jul 31, 2023
It’s become so commercialized and so many rules, we’re waiting to be charged to be able to smile and have any fun.
Jul 31, 2023
We enjoyed our stay. Everything was clean and our tent spot was nice. Some changes that I'd love to see though are putting a fence around the playground and adding restroom spots that are just toilets. We played on the playground a lot during our stay and saw a lot of kids almost get hit by cars as they were crossing the street to get back to their camp.
Jul 31, 2023
The people were not too nice seem like they don't like their jobs never smile. Threatened to kick you out if you're even awake at 10:00
Jul 31, 2023
Very nice facility
Jul 30, 2023
Over paid for a tent site that was described as a grassy area. It was more dirt than grass. It is next to a very busy street and a train that went by several times that keeps waking you up. We left very tired after 2 nights of very little sleep. We won't be going back.
Jul 30, 2023
Jul 28, 2023
Jul 26, 2023
Love Lava, but the concrete in the upper sites are terrible. We are going back to the old site we had. Site 71 needs to be made more level, trailer leans to the right making the steps very high and hard to level.
Jul 26, 2023
Jul 26, 2023
Beautiful site backing up to the river. Easy path to town. Clean restrooms. We were there for the big storm and felt very well taken care of. Police and fire were there to tend the downed power lines almost immediately. Staff had the place cleaned up pretty well by 10 am. The manager was a rock. Kudos to her.
Jul 26, 2023
The spots were good and clean. The staff at night was rude and had little patience. There was an older guy at night that will come and yell at my party to keep it down when we were not been noisy. He did not approached us kindly but just yelled and treated us rude. He made us feel uncomfortable. The night staff needs to learn how to deal with the public. Other than that it was nice.
Jul 26, 2023
Clean, beautiful
Jul 25, 2023
Had a great time, the scenery was beautiful and the staff was very friendly! Full hookups made it very easy and convenient, definitely plan on making another trip out there!!!
Jul 24, 2023
The workers were rude and not very helpful with our questions. One of the ladies was nice but everyone else not so much.
Jul 24, 2023
Friendly,kind and easy to get to.���
Jul 23, 2023
Clean facilities. Great campground. The campground is right by a busy road and a train that constantly runs. Train woke us up a few times. That's my only complaint. Close to town.
Jul 22, 2023
Jul 22, 2023
Jul 21, 2023
All good! However, Worrying about plans to black top entire area possibly next year. It will be so hot and unyielding. We don’t mind the dust. After all it’s camping!!
Jul 21, 2023
Great location on the river. Everything was clean and well cared for. We have camped here several times and are always looking forward to returning!
Jul 21, 2023
Nice visit. Well maintained and well managed property. Kinda noisy, though, don't you think? Not much you can do about it, though, being so close to the major highway and railroad tracks.
Jul 20, 2023
Grounds/location a plus. Great friendly staff. Main complaint: the sewer pump/vent was literally on our site next to the bench and table. You were always smelling something. We didn’t sit out there much. A shame because the view was a nice one on the water. The dryers in the laundromat were lacking. Nothing ever dried completely, even the smallest load. Would stay again with this knowled
Jul 20, 2023
Nice big site. Walking distance to Lava Hot Springs. Campground was great but hot springs weren’t what we were expecting. We didn’t hear the tat in all night that everyone mentioned but we were in an RV not a tent.
Jul 19, 2023
Our site #16 was fantastic, clean, right on the river. People were great, the only problem was the click clack of the train, but did not use the horn so that was nice. Swimming for kids I. The river and water park in town also hot springs in town.we will be back
Jul 19, 2023
Nice looking campground but too expensive for the location. Spaces are close together . A lot of road and train noise. Limited river views and access. Extra fees for everything from kids to dogs which don’t take extra space. It would be cheaper to get a hotel than camp.
Jul 19, 2023
Staff was very nice and helpful.
Jul 19, 2023
Jul 18, 2023
Jul 18, 2023
Clean Campground, close to everything. Friendly helpful staff.
Jul 18, 2023
I stayed 3 nights under the shade of a tree which was great considering the heat wave! The campgrounds were well kept and the staff was friendly and helpful! You can also walk into town from the campgrounds which was convenient!
Jul 18, 2023
Jul 17, 2023
Starting to be overpriced. Paid a premium for a spot by the upper pavilion. KOA reserves the pavilion out for events with no regulating what goes on there. Constantly had people from the pavilion walking through our camp, leaving trash, being loud and destroying the bathroom facilities connected to the pavilion. People parking in front of my spot which I paid for. Staff said nothing they could do!
Jul 17, 2023
It’s is very dusty on the dirt road . They need more gravel and enforce the speed limit.
Jul 17, 2023
Great place. Only suggestion I would have is better dust control on roads throughout park. We also rented a small house cabin very nice
Jul 17, 2023
The setting is great, right on the river. And the staff are wonderful. Unfortunately, that's about it. The sites are packed together tightly. Guests are allowed to park in the road all over the place making it difficult to navigate. The fire pits are a trip/fall hazard. Finally, the main complaint - noise. Right by a busy highway and train tracks with noise day and night. We won't stay here again.
Jul 16, 2023
Always very clean, and relaxing. Friendly, helpful staff.
Jul 16, 2023
The stay was fine. The WiFi was bad. So bad that we couldn't even sign up for the "premium" version. And that's in the nice deluxe cabins. It really should be looked into. Everyone uses WiFi these days.
Jul 16, 2023
It was just lovely. Very clean and very manicured campsite in general. Walking distance (5mins)to town, hot springs and water park. Staff friendly and helpful. I was sorry to leave!!
Jul 15, 2023
We were excited for a week with family at your resort, but bummed about the lack of activities for kids. Being a KOA Holiday you would think that you would do the crafts, movie nights, better playground, bike rentals etc. with no pool it would be nice to have a splash pad or something for those super hot days. Staff was friendly and grounds were beautiful
Jul 15, 2023
Jul 15, 2023
Extremely overpriced for what you get. Very dusty from the wind in the area. Extremely loud from the road and train that goes right by the campground. Probably wouldn’t stay here again.
Jul 15, 2023
When I book the stay I called on the phone to make sure I would be put in the section of the park and when I got there I was told it was not available. I was ask about the breed of my dog and was told that pits and dogs like that are not allowed and when we got there pit bulls were everywhere and I was charged 6.00 for my 5 pound Yorkshire. The cost compared to other koa much too high.
Jul 14, 2023
Everything was very clean and everything was in working order
Jul 14, 2023
Too expensive for a campground right next to a railroad and highway honking & rattling all night. Tent sites are so close together. We were charged $4 per kid on top of fee. If you have more than one tent you are charged $31 extra. It doesn’t make any sense since you are taking up the same tiny tent site. Path to river has stinging nettle & poison hemlock. We got blisters. Nice bathrooms though
Jul 14, 2023
Jul 13, 2023
Excellent stay! We enjoy it very much!
Jul 13, 2023
Way too expensive. Felt like I was nickled and dimed for everything. Strict rules. Took a long time to get me checked in as front desk people were new.
Jul 12, 2023
Wi fi was terrible
Apr 06, 2024
We stayed in L46 and patio is facing the river. Very nice night bbq and fire pit experience. Close by train tracks and freeway is the downside though. The cabin was very clean and cozy. Kids loved the bunk beds.
- S Tiwari on Google
Dec 12, 2023
Rented this little cabin at the KOA. Looking forward to staying here again.
- Jim Copeland on Google
Nov 28, 2023
The cabins are very cozy, close to the Portneuf river across from the cabins. It runs by some great RV parking spots looking at that river. I gave them 2 stars for service because no one is around Monday to Thursday, along with limited working hours Friday- Sunday. If you want something, you have to get in your vehicle and drive about a mile away to their other office in a different area of town. I find that ridiculous or even worse, asinine, not sure what the owner was thinking of that concept. Everything else was great. Some people might have other opinions about driving away to check out, they should have a drop box located around the office area to drop off the keys where we were staying at, instead of us driving to the other location drop it off, I found that to be very inconvenience for us.
- Jose DeSousa on Google