I’ve been touring in my Sprinter van for an excellent chunk of yearly since 2016, and all through that point, I’ve camped at greater than 1,000 totally different campsites. I lately spent 6 nights with my household at Roam Horseshoe Bend RV Resort in Web page, Arizona, and I can confidently say that it’s one of many nicest campgrounds I’ve ever stayed in.
Minutes from the finest issues to do in Web page, Roam Horseshoe Bend is a model new RV Resort designed for van lifers, digital nomads, RVers, and touring households and is stacked with fashionable facilities. Beautiful views, spacious websites, water and electrical hookups, impeccably clear showers, quick wifi, a giant pool, and colourful, quiet sunsets made for a really nice, enjoyable, and simple journey with our two canines and our one-year-old child.
On this Roam Horseshoe Bend assessment, I share what I cherished in regards to the expertise, just a few issues that may be improved, plus some insider suggestions like the very best campsites to e book based mostly on views and privateness.
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The place is Roam Horseshoe Bend?
Roam Horseshoe Bend is positioned in Web page, Arizona, lower than 2 miles from the middle of city. In comparison with the Wahweap and Antelope Level Campgrounds in Web page (which I’ve additionally stayed at), I discovered the placement of Roam Horseshoe Bend to be far more handy for getting round, whether or not that be a fast journey to the Safeway, grabbing acai bowls at Native-owned Desert Diet, or consuming dinner at Sundown 89. It’s additionally 2 miles from Walmart in case you neglect any small necessities.
Like most guests to Web page, we additionally checked out the well-known Web page landmarks -Horseshoe Bend and Antelope Canyon – that are each lower than 10 minutes away.
Evaluation of the Roam Campsites
Like most RV campgrounds, there was a variety of websites at Roam Horseshoe Bend. Some have been larger and extra non-public with nice views, whereas others have been a bit smaller or nearer to the principle street. Beneath I’ll share the totally different web site varieties, the small print on our particular campsite, and which internet sites I assumed have been the very best and value reserving forward of time.
Campground Overview
At Roam Horseshoe Bend, there are just a few various kinds of websites. All websites have a steel fireplace pit, picnic desk, and full water and electrical hookups.
As a result of Roam Horseshoe Bend is so new, there’s little or no vegetation or shade at any of the campsites. They’ve planted timber that may finally fill in and supply shade, however at this level, they’re nonetheless too small. I counsel packing a shade construction, whether or not that be an awning, a Moonshade, or an EZ-up fashion tent.
I additionally suggest that you’ve got a strategy to degree your van or RV. I used to be nervous after we drove in, as a result of I forgot to pack our leveling blocks and never all the websites have been completely degree. Fortunately our web site was flat and it wasn’t a giant deal, in any other case, I might have been making a visit to Walmart.
I appreciated the truth that each web site has water and electrical hookups. Since everybody might plug in, nobody was operating mills at evening. After darkish I observed most individuals, particularly these with huge RVs, have been inside their rigs, so it was tremendous quiet after we stargazing round our firepit.
With water hookups, we additionally didn’t have to fret about operating out of our water provide or filling up our greywater tank. Whereas I all the time apply water-conserving measures in my van, it was good to refill our water with out having to drive the van as much as a dump station.
You van lifers will wish to carry a greywater/sewer hose. That method you may empty your gray water tank with out making a large number of your campsite or driving elsewhere the place you may dump it.
Our campsite
We have been in Website 173, a Premium Patio, back-in web site, which I feel was the very best in the entire campground with just a few prime contenders. We had uninterrupted views, much more privateness than a few of the different websites, and being on the finish of the resort in a culdesac, there was little or no visitors or individuals driving by.
I cherished having the concrete patio. You may assume…however “you’re presupposed to be in nature, why would you like a concrete pad at your web site?” Properly, that is the desert. The bottom and rocks are sharp, and having a clean concrete pad the place our son might play and the canines might relaxation with out mendacity within the filth was an surprising luxurious.
We additionally had a pleasant huge brick fireplace pit with two Adirondack chairs. We in fact introduced our favourite camp chairs, however it was good having the ability to change it up. It was too heat to hassle with having a wooden fireplace, however I arrange some string lights across the firepit for ambiance.
The one unfavorable factor about our web site is it was quick stroll (possibly 3-4 minutes) up a hill to get to the lavatory. This wasn’t an enormous deal for us as a result of we might go to the lavatory in our van in the course of the evening, and we additionally introduced our e-bikes which made lavatory and bathe runs very easy.
Finest Websites at Roam Horseshoe Bend
I’ll talk about extra in regards to the bogs subsequent, however Roam Horseshoe Bend has three totally different bathhouses and 5 dumpsters unfold all through the Park. Some websites are an additional stroll from the bogs and dumpsters, so if that’s one thing that issues to you, it’s best to contemplate that when you find yourself reserving your web site. The identical goes for desirous to be near the pool. From our campsite 173 to the pool, it was about an 8-minute stroll.
On the map beneath, I’ve marked what I contemplate to be the very best campsites at Roam Horseshoe Bend. My private priorities are all the time views, area, and privateness.
If you wish to e book a selected web site, there’s a small payment. In any other case, they’ll assign you an accessible web site within the class you select. Additionally, when you’re trying on the map view on the Roam web site, they present photographs that respresent the location class, somewhat than an actual image for every particular web site. So don’t be stunned in case your web site seems totally different in particular person than what was displayed on the web site.
Scroll by means of a few of the photographs I took to get a really feel for the totally different websites at Roam Horseshoe Bend.
Our web site – 173
Websites 156-158
Websites 199-201
Websites 186-189
Websites 135-138
Website 78-80
Websites 139-140
Websites 142-149
Cabins C1-C3
Bogs
The fashionable bogs at Roam Horseshoe Bend actually differentiated this campground from others I’ve stayed at. I’ve stayed at some RV parks the place the bogs have been so gross that I wouldn’t even contemplating bathe. That couldn’t be farther from the case at Roam.
The property had 3 bathhouses, every with 6 particular person unisex bogs with their very own bathroom, sink, and bathe, with loads of counter area in your toiletries.
I cherished having my very own area to bathe, dress, use the bathroom and brush my tooth. The one factor I wasn’t loopy about is the very prime of the wall of every lavatory is open to the remainder of the bathhouse, making them barely much less non-public than they’d be in any other case. I’m certain they have been designed that method to enhance air flow, they usually all the time had music enjoying so that you couldn’t as simply hear the particular person within the subsequent lavatory.
Showers have been tiled with a glass door and have been extremely clear – so clear that if I didn’t have bathe sneakers, I might nonetheless bathe with out concern of selecting up some type of foot fungus, which is one thing I’ve by no means mentioned a few campground bathe. It’s clear that they take cleanliness critically at Roam Horseshoe Bend. Showers have been additionally spacious sufficient to bend over to shave your legs with out bumping up towards the edges.
The limitless showers have been piping sizzling, and also you didn’t have to fret about being on a timer or including cash for extra water. Every bathe additionally had pumps with shampoo, conditioner, and cleaning soap that was larger high quality than what you get at most accommodations. The conditioner was good and thick and really felt prefer it moisturized my hair after a day within the dry warmth.
Lastly, I’ll point out the bathroom paper…as a result of hey, I’m all in regards to the particulars. There was none of that single-ply, low cost TP that tears each time you tug at it that many campgrounds attempt to economize with. The bathroom paper right here was comfortable, fancy double-ply.
In complete, there have been 18 bogs throughout the three bathhouses. I by no means waited, and there was all the time at the least one lavatory accessible within the bathhouse closest to my campsite. Nonetheless, if the campground was fully full, I do query when you’d have to attend for the bogs. Whereas I feel many RVers desire to make use of their very own bogs and showers, I might see there being a little bit of a wait at peak occasions like very first thing within the morning.
The Pool
The pool at Roam Horseshoe Bend was a spotlight for me. We don’t have AC in our van, and in mid-Might, the air temps have been getting fairly sizzling. It was a luxurious to chill off within the pool within the afternoon after mountaineering within the warmth each morning. Additionally, it was my first time taking my son within the pool, and he completely cherished it.
The pool was heated to a refreshing 75 levels. It was very clear with out feeling overly chlorinated, which I additionally appreciated.
The pool space additionally had a splash pad, they usually allow us to carry our canines in, so long as they stayed by our pool chairs. That was nice as a result of it could have been too sizzling to depart them in our van whereas we have been on the pool.
My solely grievance in regards to the pool is there isn’t loads of shade. I’m well beyond the age of letting myself bake within the solar, so we didn’t hang around a lot as soon as we have been completed swimming. The workers noticed me someday with my child and kindly provided to carry an umbrella over from the courtyard. That made an enormous distinction, and it could be nice if they simply arrange umbrellas close to the lounge chairs as a regular.
Canine-friendliness
The Roam Horseshoe Bend workers welcomed our canines Charlie and Gumbo with numerous stomach rubs after we arrived, and it was apparent that it is a dog-friendly place.
They’d canine baggage and waste amassing stations across the property that made it very simple to select up after your pets.
Additionally they had a giant fenced-in off-leash canine space the place you possibly can play fetch together with your canines. We didn’t use this, sadly. The idea was nice, however the floor within the canine space consisted of gravel similar to the campsites. Our canines’ paws get torn up once they run round on that form of terrain, and we didn’t wish to threat them chopping up their pads. There was additionally nowhere shady to hang around whilst you have been throwing a ball.
Whereas I do know grass most likely isn’t possible, I’d like to see them put some turf or different softer materials on the bottom within the canine space. That might make it much more comfy for canines to play and chase one another round.
The excellent news is there are locations to hike and get your canine train that you would be able to stroll to proper from the campground (see beneath). I might counsel that you simply carry canine booties although as a result of the sand and floor have been already fairly sizzling for our canines’ paws in Mid-Might.
Different Facilities
There are just a few different facilities that I ought to point out in my Roam Horseshoe Bend Evaluation.
The entrance workplace and occasional store
Laundry amenities
Working from my campsite
Issues to Do Close by
Web page has a ton of outside actions, and Roam Horseshoe Bend is completely located to get pleasure from them.
Mountaineering from the Campground
When you don’t wish to drive anyplace or simply wish to get a greater vantage level for sundown, you may hike up both of the hills on the east or west aspect of the campground.
There’s additionally a neat cave positioned behind the fuel station subsequent door that’s a 15-minute stroll down a sandy path from the campground. I’ll say it seems a bit extra dramatic within the photographs, however it was cool none the much less.
Lastly, there’s an ATV/4×4 path on the north finish of the campground. Periodically there have been vehicles on it, however it was sometimes fairly empty. This might be an excellent place to take a night stroll together with your pups.
Antelope Canyon
Mountaineering by means of Antelope Canyon is probably the most well-known factor to do in Web page. I’ve been to Web page a number of occasions and by no means completed it, so this time, I made a decision to make it occur. When you don’t wish to hassle transferring your van or RV, we organized our Antelope Canyon tour although Shun’Diin Canyon Excursions.
Our Navajo driver/information Erwin picked us up proper at our campsite in an air-conditioned Sprinter Van (we didn’t even should stroll as much as the entrance workplace). On the way in which to Antelope Canyon, he gave us an outline of the realm and a lesson within the historical past of his Navajo tradition.
Once we arrived at Decrease Antelope Canyon, he handled the tickets and acquired us located with one other information who could be main us by means of the canyon, which was completely gorgeous and value doing, particularly when you’ve by no means completed any of the opposite slot canyons in Arizona or Southern Utah.
After the tour, Erwin was there ready to shuttle everybody over to Higher Antelope Canyon the place the subsequent tour was shortly departing. When you plan to do each Decrease and Higher Antelope Canyon, having Shun’Diin Canyon Excursions was particularly handy as a result of they coordinated all the tour occasions so we didn’t have a giant time hole to attend between the 2 excursions.
They will additionally show you how to schedule your tour for the very best occasions so far as lighting within the canyons for photographs.
If Antelope Canyon sounds too busy, then Shun’Diin Canyon Excursions additionally presents an alternate choice to Mountain Sheep, Owl, and Rattlesnake Canyons, which is extra off the overwhelmed path.
Horseshoe Bend
Horseshoe Bend is a should when you’ve by no means been, and it’s additionally lower than 10 minutes from the campground. When you can go for sundown, that’s what I’d suggest. That wasn’t potential for us, due to our son’s bedtime, so we went at 11 am. I discovered the lighting to be surprisingly good for photographs. The complete river was glistening, and the solar was nonetheless behind me so there wasn’t any harsh glare in my photographs.
Parking at Horseshoe Bend prices $10. The three/4 mile stroll from the car parking zone to the overlook is on a dust path. There are just a few shade buildings on the way in which the place you may relaxation, however in any other case, you’re within the direct solar. So though it’s a brief hike, take correct solar safety measures and convey loads of water.
Discover Lake Powell
Lake Powell is the large draw to Web page, and it’s price getting out on the water to discover. With our canines and our 1-year-old, a ship day wasn’t within the playing cards for us on this journey, however we did cruise all the way down to Lone Rock Seaside for a few hours on a gentle day.
We’ve additionally kayaked Lake Powell up to now and had a magical time. There are a selection of corporations on the town that supply boat leases and excursions, and the workers at Roam Horseshoe Bend can present some suggestions.
Easy methods to Guide your Keep
If this appears like your form of place, you can also make a reservation instantly on the Roam Horseshoe Bend web site. I like to recommend reserving a selected web site based mostly on my suggestions on the map above somewhat than letting them select for you. It prices an additional $25, however I feel it’s price it to make sure you get a major spot.
When reserving, additionally take note of the location size to ensure that your web site is lengthy sufficient in your rig.
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Thanks for studying my Roam Horseshoe Bend assessment. You probably have any questions earlier than planning a visit there, let me know within the feedback.
