Tucson, AZ – One of the largest RV parks we’ve experienced, laid out in essentially a huge parking lot (with fruit trees being the sole buffer), which may or may not be your cup of tea. On the one hand it’s centrally located for exploring the many facets of Tucson; on the other hand you’re in a huge parking with hundreds of other RVs. Adding to the business of this park is a co-located RV dealer, Lazy Days, which has a huge stock of RVs for your purchasing pleasure. Quite a number of RV sites were occupied by either new owners performing a shake down test or long term owners getting service performed, both of which are nice options that I wish more RV dealers would offer.
Our site was next to a lemon tree and included a patio with table and chairs
Our site was plenty wide and fairly easy to level
This is the largest campground we’ve stayed in
We stayed for 11 nights in site number 1440, which is large enough for any size RV. A premium option (that I declined given we visited in spring) were sites shaded by a very large overhead canopy. Given that Tucson receives ~340 days of sunshine and summer highs regularly exceed 100 F, I would definitely opt for shade if we stayed here in the summer. There are also a few sites that include a fireplace/outdoor sitting area and even a few Kamper Kabins finished in the adobe style associated with the desert southwest.
The sites are plenty long and offer separate parking for toad vehicles
The large overhead canopies are covered in solar panels
This park is large enough to get 7000 steps just walking up and down all the rows (yes, I checked). My favorite pastime while walking was spotting the make and model of all the class A diesel pushers, most of which were new and high end. In fact, this park easily had the largest assemblage of expensive (i.e. over $500,000) RVs of any park we’ve stayed at. During one walk I counted 4 Newmar Essexes, 3 Entegra Cornerstones and 5 Prevosts, and a literal hoard of Allegro Buses, Mountains Aires, Dutch Stars, Tuscanys, etc. It’s almost like attending an RV show, with the added bonus most owners are more than willing to talk about their rigs.
From here we visited: Saguaro National Park, Arizona Sonora Desert Museum, Santa Catalina Byway, Madera Canyon Recreation Area, Sabino Canyon Recreation Area, Kartchner Caverns State Park, Tombstone, and the Chiricahua National Monument.
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Campground website: Tucson KOA
