It is a very busy park, with lots of children running everywhere including through your site. The laundry is terrible. One dryer works but don't use it too long because it overheats and the washers I used leave your clothes wet after the spin "dry" cycle. It states they have cable but do not. The lake is across the street but there is no access unless you drive a mile down the road. We camped here in a Fifth Wheel.
This was the only campground open in Garden City. There is limited area to park and register. Office staff were friendly but not very efficient. Access road are gravel and could have done with some maintenance. There is one row of 50amp gravel pull-through sites. Sites were level but could have done with some maintenance and trees needed trimming. This site is OK for an overnight. We camped here in a Motorhome.
This is one of the best KOA parks We have visited. We stayed in a premium site with a hot tub located in a garden, surrounded by a wood privacy fence. There were areas for children to play. We had a few ATV riders drive by but they were respectful and drove slow. The only issue we had was the hot tub was cold when we arrived and was not hot until 10 PM. Also the hot tub needed cleaned. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.
Very kids friendly. We stayed here on our way to Yellowstone. The park has many amenities, including the pool, playground, jumping floor, pool. Good breakfast. Very quaint little town. People were friendly. A little loud being a place where a lot of kids bring their ATV and Motocross bike, but the quiet hours are enforced. This was not an issue at all. We would definitely visit this park again. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.
This was a fine place. After we parked and drove around the area, we wished we would have stayed in the state park directly across the lake and right on the waters edge, but it was fine. We camped here in a Motorhome.
Nice KOA park near Bear Lake. We had a pull through site that was nice and clean. I forgot my regulator, the guy checking me in was nice enough to walk me over to the store that was closed for the season and sell me another one. The park wasn't very full and we had our pull through spot to ourselves. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.
Stayed here for one night on our way to Tetons. Campground was great! Sites were shaded with grass, there were many free activities for kids including a hayride and miniature golf. We wished we could have stayed longer. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.
The Bear Lake/Garden City KOA is a wonderful KOA! Probably one of the best we have stayed at. This is a very busy campground, however they utilize a very large staff and it is very well run. The store is a small grocery store. The pool was small for the size of the campground, however they also have a jumping pillow for the kids. We enjoyed our stay here and we would gladly stay here again! We stayed here four nights. We camped here in a Motorhome.
Stopped along the way to/from Yellowstone after departing Salt Lake City. Very scenic lake, but this campground is about one mile from the access road to the beach. Very typical KOA with little shade, lots of pull through sites close together. The bathrooms were individual shower/bathroom units in a nice building. Warm pool, mini-golf, well stocked store, RV wash at entrance. Staff was very friendly and helpful. Only drawback was the group of drunk college kids on an end of summer binge right next to us on the last night. Host family was on our other side and did nothing to stop the hooting, hollering and obscenities when they got back from the bar in the middle of the night. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.
As already noted, no view of the lake but fantastic view of surrounding hills. Very quite in October; only one other camper. Staff very friendly. Nice store. We camped here in a Motorhome.
Were disappointed in this park. Not familiar with the area, it looked like a nice stop between Moab and Grand Teton. The park is not on the lake, no view of the lake and no public lake access. Should have done my homework. The park itself is stereotypical KOA; overpriced, overcrowded and not terribly well updated. Most of the other guests seemed like they knew the area, had boats, and used the camp as a base. I'm sure it works well for that. On the plus side, the staff was all very nice and the little downtown area is an easy ten minute walk down the road. We camped here in a Motorhome.
Review Rating
[ 9 / 10 ]
2003
$39
Very nice park, friendly staff, large store. We camped here in a Fifth Wheel.
This park had just opened for the first time. It has a Good size playground volleyball,and
basketball. Grassy but sites were sandy and kind of unlevel. for a new park it was good its about 2 blocks from the lake. All in all it was a very good stay. We were there for almost a month in a class A We camped here in a Motorhome.
We have been coming to Bear Lake for the last three years. The last two years we have camped here. Its a nice camp ground but gets very busy during the summer. This State Park is more for the people with boats or watercraft. We camped in the Birch Loop campground. These sites do not have trees or shade. They do have a shelter over the tables. I will be move to the Cottonwood campground next year because it has nice trees and shade. Big double wide back ups also. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.
This park is beautiful but needs more Ranger's or someone to make sure that the guest at each site are staying on their site. Also, too many dogs (and I like dogs)and too many tents on one site. This was more so on the weekend and I believe it was the locals who invaded other peoples sites. I booked Birch Loop 2 months ago, and glad I stayed there and not Big Creek, which also has full hookups. However, the power system is old in Big Creek and the sign said to limit how much electricty you used. Not good! The Host couple from Texas was friendly, helpful and good, but we will not stay here, again, due to no control over the people who seem to think they can pitch there tents wherever just because three or four couples (along with children and dogs) booked only one site. The sites at Birch Loop are large with lots of space and many pull throughs. We just think there should be a limit as to how many people are allowed on one site. We stayed in a truck/camper. Another thing that needs to be addressed is how fast the people drive. Even though it said 15 mph some people were going more like 35-40 mph. Reduce the speed to 5 mph and enforce it!! We camped here in a Truck Camper.
This a a very large lake - 20 miles long x 8 miles wide. We stayed at the Rendezvous Beach Campground located on the south end of the lake. This is a nice lake with many campgrounds around. Our area was nice and clean. It was the 4th of July weekend so it was busy but we still had privacy. The roads were paved and there was a lot to do in the area. We would stay here again. The lake is beautiful and the water is very blue. Highly recommended if you are in the area. We camped here in a Motorhome.