This park is used for RV club rallies & other events. I verified with management & It is not open for overnight camping. Therefore, it probably should not be listed here. We camped here in a Motorhome.
Very nice rally facility. Though the parking was a little tight it wasn't as bad as some campgrounds. We spent the week from 25 Jun through 4 Jul and would do so again for another rally. Do not know if overnight camping is available. We camped here in a Motorhome.
We attended the Escapees RV Escapade event and agree with the previous post from July 2008. We stayed in the "campground" called Reata with Water and Electric only. This was one of the closer campgrounds and was within walking distance of all the seminar rooms and theater. A good place for a rally. We camped here in a Fifth Wheel.
The campgrounds on the Cam-Plex are only for rallies and events held at this facility. It is not a place to live nor is it a vacation destination. The rating we gave it is based on that premise. The fact that one can attend a rally with well over a thousand rigs and everyone can have FHUs is commendable. The campgrounds are basically open grassy fields "planted" with power boxes and bisected with dirt roads. The sites are long and narrow — but yet wide enough for rigs with opposing slides and awnings. We are full-time RVers and lived here for a week during the Escapees' Escapade. We would recommend the Cam-Plex for big rallies. We camped here in a Motorhome.
This is a great park during conventions and events. There is room for several thousand RV's. The parking is a bit close; but still doable. We were here during an RV rally. We would love to stay here again in the future. We camped here in a Motorhome.
Good water, electric and sewer. Dusty but they watered the roads to help keep down the dust. We were here for a rally so were packed pretty tight. Lucky enough to have an end site so had some extra space. Otherwise it would be VERY tight between rigs. Could not put out the awning due to wind and tight site. They needed to mow the grass. We camped here in a Fifth Wheel.
I totally agree with the last poster. We were at the same Escapees Escapade and it was great. We were in the largest park which is Boxelder. Every site had full hookups and all worked great. This is a perfect place for anyone's rally. It is about 3 miles to town and they have a Wal-Mart Supercenter, Home Depot, numerous fast food places, and restaurants. We camped here in a Fifth Wheel.
I have stayed at bigger RV Parks, for less money, and did not feel like I was on the subway (or a dirty, dusty sardine can). The fact that the sites are 50' long, and I drive a 45' motor home is one thing, but the width is another. They should just tell everyone with a big rig, and multiple slides, should stay home. I would say they only have to run a rally once a year to pay for this! Next time I'll either stay home or elsewhere. We camped here in a Motorhome.
This park is very poorly maintained. Cash only - no credit cards. Site was a mud hole and narrow. Cigarette butts covered the ground. Difficult to locate campground. 95% permanent residents most appeared to be bikers. Way overpriced for the conditions and amenities. Poorly run. Would not stay there again. Suggest avoiding this one. We camped here in a Fifth Wheel.
Don't touch this place. Upon arrival we were greeted by some friendly, but somewhat unkept men hanging around the office area. The woman in charge arrived, took our money, cash only, and pointed out our campsite. As we drove to it on the main campground road I struck a branch with my A/C cover, putting a hole in it. After sawing off the branch I inquired as to what she was going to do about the damage. She responded nothing and kept insisting it was my fault. She repeatedly refused to provide me with the name of her insurance company or even her own name. I finally got my money back and left. We contacted the Chamber of Commerce and were advised her name was Ginger Peet. The general appearance of the campground was dirty and unkept. We camped here in a Motorhome.
As nearly everyone has said, it's hard to imagine a worse place. It started out suspicious when entrance ran thru a "hobo camp" of ramshackle trailers, etc. Second warning was when the clerk said "cash only". Third warning came when we were directed thru one site to reach the rest of the pull-thru's. The final warning was the sign in the restroom warning that the homeless would be hauled off naked by the police if they didn't pay a fee before showering. We ended up here because of awning damage on the highway while headed toward Buffalo. We needed a place to stop and seek repair help the next morning and as others have said, it's the only one around. To be completely honest, we had an OK site for our 35-ft, narrow-body coach (actually may have been the best one in the place) but nothing more than a place to park. I'll stay anywhere else next time. We camped here in a Motorhome.
Stay away! This campground is way over-rated. It could have been a nice place if they work on it. Staff was friendly but we did not feel safe there. Site was short with trees hanging over, we had to have one person pulling up the branches so they won't scratch the roof of our RV. Many permanent residents and teenagers were gathered around the office area. You could hear screams and loud music all the time. The RV that parked next to us told us that the cops came twice within the two hours they were there. The bathrooms were clean though. We had to use their laundry facility which is right next to the office. It took a long time to dry our clothes. We camped here in a Motorhome.
One of the worst campgrounds we've been in. Lots of signs and ads make you think you'll be pulling into a fairly decent place. We arrived too late in the day to go elsewhere (and there really IS no place else in Gillette, except the Cam-Plex place that's full of permanent residents), and were surprised to find a very dirty, run-down place filled with permanent placement trailers surrounded by junk, trash and old cars. It's hilly and difficult to get around in, the office help were unkempt, indifferent and unhelpful. The pull-thru site we were directed to was only a few feet wider than our motor home. A picnic table that was falling apart was the only amenity, apart from the dead grass and dirt at our site. If we're ever in the area again, we'll save our money and either keep driving, or find a parking lot even closer to the railroad tracks than this horrible place was. We camped here in a Motorhome.
This has to be one of the worst RV Parks in the nation. I barely got my coach into the assigned space, pad 8. Dusty, dirty, office is a mess. People in the office were untidy. And for $34 - wow what a rip off. A worker there though he was a computer whiz - but could not get wi-fi working on my laptop - which I had to take away from him after he started changing my connection settings. I had stayed here some years before and was so tired that I pulled in anyway. That will never happen again. We camped here in a Motorhome.
This is the worst campground we have been at in months on the road. The sites are short and over grown with trees, they originally sent us to a back in site that would not fit a 30' and they knew we had a 40', When we walked back to the office they put us in a longer site for 2 nights and told us if we stayed the 3rd there would be no problems, since we had such a hard time getting into the pull thru, as it was so tight and so short, we decided to stay put. All of the other folks here in newer mhs were very upset, one was on his roof cutting away tree limbs 2 had tried to get their money back and go to Walmart..when we went to extend the 3rd day we were told that we could not stay in our site as it was the only way people could get in or out of 5 other sites for tents and 5th wheels, however we could move to another site. Our site was their pull thru's road. Since this place is so cramped we did not want to move but are moving to another town, we would never consider staying here again. If anyone wants to stay in Gillette, stop and look at the sites before you pay. If we had done that we would have left and not stayed. As we pulled in other folks came and told us they had tried to get their money back to go to walmart..they refused to refund.. We camped here in a Motorhome.
We stayed here for one night traveling from Yellowstone. We stayed at a pull though site that was shaded. The bathrooms were clean. The staff was very friendly. The campground was fine for a one night stay on the way to another destination. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.
This is the worst campground we have ever stayed in. The office and every building was dirty and had junk lying around. The sites are difficult to get into and very narrow. We have stayed in well over a hundred different campgrounds over the past twenty years. This is definitely the worst. It is however the only one in the area. We happened to end up there and was too tired to go on. Avoid at all costs and drive further. We camped here in a Motorhome.
Very few campgrounds in the Gillette, Wy area, so you get what is available. This campground is relatively easy to find. It is technically right in town but surrounded by trees and a nice walking path along the outside of the campground. The campground does not have a website. I found it in my AAA campbook. The pool is above-ground and it wasn't open yet in eary June, for obvious reasons. Still a little chilly. We enjoyed our 1 night stay on our way to Yellowstone. Do not let the decor or paint-job of the office scare you away. The staff was very friendly and helpful. We camped here in a Truck Camper.
This park was mostly occupied with people working in the area. Very few traveling RVers. Has more of an appearance of a trailer park rather than an RV park/campground. We camped here in a Fifth Wheel.
This park is used primarily by workers on wheels folks; as the area is in a "boom" situation and housing is minimal. This is one of two parks (open to the public) in this town. The staff was friendly. It could use some "perking up"; but overall it was acceptable for our week's stay in a motorhome. The area is safe and located across the street from the Events Center. We camped here in a Motorhome.
This park was awful, and not at clean. Our site had no grass, although neighboring sites did. We did not have a picnic table either. We were traveling with another party and told that there weren't two adjacent sites available, only to discover otherwise, after we had set up camp. I would not plan to spend any time here, although a quick overnight stay should be fine. The one saving grace of this park was the laundry facilities, they were fantastic. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.
High Plains was very convenient to the city of Gillette and our work at the Wyodak Coal Power Plant. It's also right across the street from the Camplex Multi event facility, so there are always things to do (especially in summer months). We stayed here for 2 months and found the campground quite small and cramped. The sites are hard to come by, so make reservations far in advance. There are a lot of permanent residents in this campground as well, most rigs are skirted (from winter use) and there isn't much in the way of landscaping. The campground isn't very attractive but was reasonable enough for us and very convenient. Office staff & manager was extremely helpful and very kind. We would stay here again just because of her! May be back again! We camped here in a Fifth Wheel.