Name: Palm Springs / Joshua Tree KOA
Item: Palm Springs / Joshua Tree KOA
Rating: 3
Author: spooky0315

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I love this park. Very clean, quiet and employees are smiling and very friendly. Bathrooms and showers are modern and well maintained. Laundry room is also very modern. Washers work well and dryers work nice. We have a lot of wind here. Dog park, miniature golf, mineral hot springs, pool, library, rock climbing for kids, bike rental, ice cream social, dining room where you can get breakfast and dinner, painting class, bingo, poker. A must come here. Activities for kids. They have employees on golf carts checking the park all the time. We are here for 2 months and when the weather clears up we head east. We will be back next year. A very pleasant stay. Thank you KOA staff for a nice stay.
7 years ago
Mark Koep Listing Owner
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The park is now a KOA. There have been some serious upgrades and sprucing up of the many sites in the park. The office staff does a good job spacing out RVs to use up the 200 plus site park smartly; giving guests good room between sites.

The pool and spa area is still the highlight of the facility and very nice. We fit our huge RV in to a 30 amp backin with room to stay hooked up.

New picnic tables have been placed at every site and each site is raked to smooth the rocks between guests (a nice touch). They have added comfort cleaning sinks to the grounds, improved the office into a store, painted signs, poles and buildings, re-surfaced the black-top, cleaned up the mini-golf, added a k-9 area and over-all improved the facility.

Now that the park is a KOA it is drawing in a more diverse range of campers including tourists, families and seniors. The park has a pickle-ball court and playground area. For off-roaders hundreds of miles of roads can be found in the area including some popular back-country routes into Joshua Tree National Park.

Located on Dillon Rd, the scenic route on the north side of the Coachella Valley, guests can also ride bikes or hike in to the desert (note this is the real desert and you need to be prepared with maps and navigational aids).

Verizon coverage is solid. The nightly rate is $45 per night for the 30 amp backin with 50 amp sites in the $55 per night range. This pricing fits in with the standard KOA pricing structure and judging by the larger volume of guests is working to the parks advantage. (clearly the price is not scaring people away and they are providing improved facilities).

We visited Joshua Tree National Park while staying here and it was only a 45 minute drive into the main entrance. We found it was a lot more fun exploring the mountains above this park instead of the National Park. Look up Long Canyon for a nearby dirt road adventure that is easy and short. Search out Berdoo Canyon if you want a real adventure via high clearance 4 wheel drive, dirt bike, mountain bike or hiking.

Palm Springs / Joshua Tree KOA fits a needed category of RV park in this region providing family friendly amenities in an area over-run with retirement/ senior style parks. I am sure it will be a popular choice in the area.
8 years ago
nickandfam
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We are not KOA campers so our review is clouded by that. We have stayed here in the past before it was a KOA using the Passport America discounted rate. It was reasonably priced back then. This time we paid $45 per night for a 30 amp backin site… that is too expensive.

The park is nice and they have done a lot of improvements. The parking pads are very large and easily fit our RV and two vehicles. The dog run was nice as was the free mini-golf. The pools were crowded with lots of kids messing around with little to no supervision.

We like staying in this area because of its proximity to everything including Palm Springs, Joshua Tree National Park and the Interstate. Very pretty views and desert all around.

We 4×4 into Joshua Tree National Park via the technically challenging Berdoo Canyon Road which in my opinion is the only way to enter the park… stunning. There are free shooting ranges as you drive up the road so bring the guns along for some target practice.

Verizon 4G was solid. They do have long term guests here so that must be a more affordable option. The nightly rate is too high to recommend the location unless you really like KOA parks or stay for a longer term discounted rate.

The above being noted based upon the improvements being made I imagine this park will end up being a very nice KOA park in a year or two.
8 years ago
thursdaymight
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Great find thank you. This park took Passport America and was very nice. Neighbors were polite and friendly. Large site was easy to back in too and we really enjoyed the spas and pool. Pretty sunsets and views of the surrounding mountains. We took the 17 miles drive and then up Berdoo Canyon for the back way in to Joshua Tree National Park. Laundry was under $4 for a load to wash and dry. We paid $23 per night and will absolutely be back.
9 years ago
Camping Pro
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Wow this place has come a long ways over the last few years. We stayed here on a Passport America rate for a very reasonable rate. The season, snowbirds, was over so the park was very quiet and peaceful (although I imagine it is when they are here too). The pool and spas completely spoiled us with their embracing warmth and cleanliness. We ventured to Joshua Tree and Palm Springs in ease from this park. Very large sites and easy to navigate through the park. My only advise would be on your approach when entering swing wide to hit the curb straight on as it does have a lip. Verizon 4G was super solid and we paid $22.50 per night for 10 days.

Gated entrance and always visible staff makes you feel secure and they were helpful with directions and tips too. We will absolutely stay here again.
10 years ago
annanic
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We booked into Desert Pools after having seen photos from other RVers, and knowing that Passport American is valid for up to a week, we booked 5 nights on our way from Nevada to San Diego. We wished we’d had longer! This park is in a beautiful setting, in the desert near Palm Springs, at the foot of snow-capped mountains.

The spots are full hook-up, level, a mixture of back in and pull-through, and all seem to have a decent amount of space around them. The only small downside of the sites is that they don’t have picnic tables or fire rings. We camped in a 26′ travel trailer and there were other trailers, fifth-wheels, A-classes and B-classes, with suitable spots for all.

We were here at the end of March, which we understand from many of the other guests is the end of the season. Through the winter there are all manner of organised activities going on, most of which had ended when we got there, but there was still loads for us to do. Mini golf, pickle ball, horseshoes, as well as the wonderful, warm pool and the three hot tubs fed by the hot springs. The pool area is very clean and well maintained,

There is also a cards room, a dining room (only in season), a pool room, and a fitness room. There are two sets of clean restrooms, as well as a laundry. All of this for $22.50 a night with PA. Amazing!

You do have to pay extra for wifi ($2 a day) and it’s slow to say the least, but with so much to do on site, plus the surrounding area, you won’t have much time for surfing the net.

If you do want to get out, Joshua Tree National Park is 45 minutes away, Palm Springs very close, including the neat tramway, which takes you up to the top of the mountains, where there is a restaurant, bar, and a state park, and you can hike around in the snow, having been on your sun lounger in the morning.

My husband was also particularly excited because for $7 you can buy a permit to wash your rig – something we’ve found is quite difficult to do when you are full-time on the road.

Also, everyone is really very nice, even though at 34 we are not really the typical demographic – it was one of the friendliest places we’ve stayed and everyone seemed understandably very happy.
10 years ago

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Palm Springs / Joshua Tree KOA in Desert Hot Springs California offers full hookup RV sites. A well kept pool and family friendly amenities provide entertainment and leisure during the pleasant winter weather.

NOW OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | LARGE RV SITES/PARK MODELS | DAILY, WEEKLY, MONTHLY, SEASONAL RATES AVAILABLE

In the subtropical paradise of southern California’s Coachella Valley, Palm Springs / Joshua Tree KOA offers guests a variety of amenities and activities in a beautifully landscaped resort. We pride ourselves on making sure that once you arrive you can stay active throughout the day with our many activities or just lounge around our pool letting go of the stresses of everyday life. Desert Hot Springs amazing Natural Therapeutic Hot Springs discovered by Cabot Yerxa on a piece of land appropriately called Miracle Hill is where Palm Springs / Joshua Tree KOA derives water for the large swimming pool and three hot tub spas. These waters have transformed Desert Hot Springs and Palm Springs into the popular vacation areas they are today.

The area is a mecca for golfers, with more than 80 golf courses in the area open to the public and challenged by some of the best golfers in the world. If golf isn’t your thing there are over fifty miles of hiking trails in nearby San Jacinto Wilderness, or trek through the ancient sacred Indian Canyons. We can’t forget stunning Joshua Tree National park just north of us with its spectacular Joshua trees and rock formations.

The resort city of Palm Springs is just twelve miles from us and offers a variety of shopping and dining including the famous El Paseo drive with it Beverly Hills type shops and boutiques. Or spend a day at outlet malls with over a 200 hundred stores. How about trying your luck at the many Indian Casinos located in the Coachella valley Lets not forgot our Aerial tramway that transports you up 2,643 ft to a spectacular view of the our entire valley. We also boast a myriad of Museums including the General George Patton museum, the critically acclaimed Palm Springs Art museum and Sunny Lands museum which many presidents have called home during visits to our valley. Just down the road is world class Tennis featuring the BNP Paribas open. And last but not least Coachella is the the home of the and Stagecoach and Coachella Fest music festivals.

There are just so many things to do and see around our resort you’ll want to come back often and stay awhile.

FEATURES AND AMENITES

Along with our newly renovated naturally therapeutic hot mineral water swimming pool and hot tubs we feature 247 full hook-up sites featuring sites that are big rig friendly, 30 and 50 amp service