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Thunder_Mountai
Jul 16, 2013Explorer II
soricobob wrote:
In the Phoenix area the best parks are Maricopa County Parks; Usery Mountain, McDowell Mountain, etc.
www.maricopa.gov/parks/usery/Camping.aspx
is a good place to start, and if you don't like those try www.rvparkreviews.com
x2 We always land at McDowell first for about 10 days. Besides loving the place, if you are delayed by weather, you can get a refund. Some of the big, fancy places we stay at don't give refunds for short notice cancelations.
We just made our reservations for McDowell in January. While we did get our first choice, we were surprised how many of the sites were already reserved. Drove up to Usery last year to check it out. Absolutely beautiful, except there were too many cactus for our cactus stupid dogs.
RVparkreviews.com is a great place to narrow down your choices. Then come to this forum for more information to make a final choice. In all the years we've been a member of this forum, we've never been led astray.
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