RV Park Near South Rim of Grand Canyon and Las Vegas

Dick_B wrote:
We stayed at the Grand Canyon RR RV Park in Williams and took the train to the South Rim and back.

Wonderful RV park...and you can also walk to the town of Williams. If you have a dog (with shots), the dog kennel is great! The train trip is so interesting and a beautiful ride.

Super website that shows the RV park, kennel, and train...just Google Grand Canyon RR.

X2 on the Las Vegas RV Resort, it's out on Boulder Highway. Nicely remodeled, friendly staff and easy access. We've also stayed at Sam's Town, good rates when you get a player's card. The Oasis is nice, it's a Passport America park, you can get a discounted rate for a couple of days. There's a parking lot type of rv park at the Main Street Casino downtown, nothing special but about $18. If you stay at Circus Circus you can ride the transit buses all day long for $8, all up & down the strip and even downtown, a great value and no hassle to park.

Thanks Golden HVAC! From the Grand Canyon I'm going to Vegas for a few days to visit a childhood friend. We graduated from high school in 1963 and haven't seen each other since then. After Vegas it's onward to the Glacier Park area, via The Grand Tetons and Yellowstone. I have to be at my work station the middle of May to begin my workamper position May 20th. I'll be at the East gate of Glacier National Park until the end of September.

If you are running into a LOT of snow, you might consider your options. Flagstaff is really high elevation, I think more than 6500', and will be very cold compared to some cities further east and lower elevations. They have something called "Feet of snow" in flagstaff, not found many other places this time of year.

Be sure to check weather.com

If you have already passed Flagstaff, then keep going, you will reach lower elevations, by Ash Fork, you will drop down to about 4,000 feet, but will be well past the Grand Canyon.

You might consider turning north at Flagstaff and take highway 89 north to the east park entrance, then tour the park, and leave out the south entrance on your way to Las Vegas. That way you will get to see much more of the park, with about the same miles traveled. You will not find low price fuel in Flagstaff, but it will get lower priced towards Kingman and much higher once you reach California or while in Laughlin. Bolder City VS Laughlin have about 40 cents cheaper fuel in AZ. Only about 600' of water separates the two cities.

There are several dry camping sites along the canyon between the east entrance and the main village. If weather is bad (as described by others right now) the campgrounds might be fairly empty. They are some of the more scenic ones too.

It is best to stay in the National Park, to get the best sunrise and sunset pictures, while still being able to get some sleep, and not driving after dark as much.

While in Las Vegas, I like to stay at the Silverton Casino. They have a fairly large campground, and usually have spaces mid-week, I never have seen it full. It is in the southern part of town, near the airport, but also west of the freeway.

Have a great time! My first big camping trip in my camper was to the Grand Canyon in 1987, before weather.com and it was freezing! Foggy too, I did not see a thing, drove on 1" of ice for the first time too. Next time I checked the weather first, and it was warmer. The north side of the Grand Canyon might still be closed due to 4-6' of snow on the roads, they do not try to clear them. There are a lot of meadows, if you wanted to spend a few months dry camping, it is one of my first picks. You can camp outside the National Park on National Forest land for free! Just find a big place to set up.

My suggestion if you have the time is spend some time at Zion, then Bryce. Zion is low enough that it will not be to cold or hot this time of year. In the middle of summer it can reach very hot temps, while nearby Bryce is at something like 8,000' altitude, much cooler.

Where are you headed next? Yellowstone should be great in about 6 weeks.

Fred.

(PS: I really enjoyed full timing in 2006 and 2007! I can highly recommend it as being lots of fun!

Thank you all so much for the information!

Give Trailer Village IN the Grand Canyon South, itself, a try. It's well worth it to be right there - by the Rim.

Although many people don't like it, we always stay at the KOA next to Circus Circus. Yeah, it's mostly a big parking lot, but it's right on the strip for easy access. It's not even that far of a walk to the Monorail station behind Sahara.

Oasis in Las Vegas. Easy off and on I 15.

A weather advisory for northern Arizona is in effect. High winds with gusts to 40 MPH tonight and tomorrow. 2"-6" of snow are also possible. Drive safe.

We stayed at Las Vegas RV resort. Very nice campground + inexpensive.here
We also stayed in the park near the south rim of the Grand Canyon but as Harold said not likely you'll get in there unless they have a cancellation.