This RV Park is on the west side of Torrey, UT.  The park has a wonderful staff, plenty of shade, and some nice amenities and a good place to explore Capitol Reef National Park.

RV Park’s website:  http://www.thousandlakesrvpark.com/

RV Park’s location:  38.301656, -111.445388

Stayed in the park during our FLASHBACK 2017: LEG 3 OF THE FIRST TRIP THAT STARTED IT ALL

1. Location.   The park is about 20 minutes from the Capitol Reef National Park Visitor Center.  It’s just outside of the town of Torrey, UT on UT-24.  The highway has light traffic and we didn’t notice traffic noise during our stay.

 

 

2. Sites.  The campground has a good mix of pull through and back in spots, all gravel.  Most sites have decent shade, except the newer back in sites at the back of the park.  All of the pull through sites are full hook up and the back in sites are water and electric.  Each site had a fire ring and a picnic table.  Our pull through site was plenty long.  It was a bit narrow, but not uncomfortably close to our neighbors.  The biggest complaint I had about the site was the distance of our left neighbor’s fire ring and my fire ring to my right neighbor’s site.  They are too close for comfort if a wind or a large flame kicked up.

3. Facilities.  The shower house and bathrooms were quite clean.  Because we were at a higher elevation, the heat of the day turned into a bit of a chill at night and it carried into the shower house.  I didn’t want to linger too much in there without the heater running.  There were also a few washers and dryers (I think the cost was 1.50 for a load for both, but I can’t recall.  Info that I’m recording better now that we have a blog!).

4.  Amenities.   The park had a pool, playground, and a large grassy area for the kids to be kids.  It was a nice oasis.  The park staff is the best amenity.  Everyone we encountered was pleasant, extremely helpful, and knowledgeable of the area.  When I checked-in, they gave me more ideas of what to do in Capital Reef than the first park ranger we encountered at the park.

 

5.  Extras. The park also offers a store and gift shop, Jeep rentals (to go into the more rugged areas of Capitol Reef), RV/Auto Repair, a BBQ restaurant, and a hair salon.  We didn’t partake in any of these except for grabbing some ice from the store, but I would bet all are pretty good based on the quality of everything else at the park.

 

Conclusion.  At about $40 a night, the value and service at the park seemed worth it.  The few minor gripes we had were far overcome by all the positives.

 

Would We Stay Again?  Absolutely.  Capitol Reef is an amazing park and has minimal camping available.  This campground was the perfect spot to get into the park and was a nice shady spot to hang our hat for a few nights.