Eagle View RV Resort

Looking for a nice RV park in Phoenix.  Where is a nice place to stay in Phoenix?

These pop up at least ten times a month on different forums we’re on.  Since we live in the Valley of the Sun, we will answer with parks we know are popular.  One that we’ve heard raves about and offer up as a nice place is Eagle View RV Resort.  However, we’ve never stayed there, until now.

Let’s just get this out of the way, it is a really nice place and totally worth the 25-minute drive or any amount of time driving.

Eagle View RV Resort is tucked along the Verde River as it travels through the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation Land, adjacent to the town of Fountain Hills.  We’ve driven by it more times to count in the 24 years we’ve lived here.  We always look for the wild horses as we drive on State Route 87, or The Beeline as the locals call it.  It’s always a thrill to see them wading in the water or grazing on the grass nearby.  We didn’t see any during our weekend stay.  A cold front brought rain to the valley and snow on Four Peaks which I couldn’t stop taking pictures of.   We told ourselves the cold kept the horses away, we’d surely would have seen them if it was warm and sunny.  Seeing the wild horses is reason enough to return.

As with everything in the world right now, Covid has meant changes to RV parks.  The laundry room, gym and pool all had capacity limits and mask were required inside any building.  We’re hoping to reach herd immunity sooner rather than later and can get the full park experience on our next trip.

Check-in was all done online so we didn’t go into the front office, which was okay.  The virus has hit the Native American community especially hard so I completely understand their position and current procedures.  The office is in the center of the park along with the pool, laundry, clubhouse, fitness center, restrooms, sport courts, BBQs with picnic tables and horseshoe pits.  I picture this area to be a hub of activity in normal times.

There are 140 all back-in sites, many that have a large area behind the space.  Almost all of the sites are 69-feet long with four shorties at only 35-feet long.  We stayed in space 167, a nice end site with lots of passenger side room.  We want to stay in a premium site that backs to the river overlook next time.  There is a huge amount of space behind these premium sites, perfect if you’re staying with friends because you can spread out.  When we were there, several people had portable fire pits set up and lights strung from a tree to their camper.

Mark brought his new drone and he got some quality practice time along the river as we stood on the large overlook.  Practice time yes, but also horse looking time for sure.  You know how I like to walk any RV park we stay in, of course we mapped it out here as well.  One lap equals 1.02 miles.  Along your walk you will see lots of native plants, maybe a squirrel or prairie dog and if you’re lucky, a wild horse.