Manzanita Campground — Hotel in Four Corners States

I am an avid tent camper. When I saw that this place was a small little tent only campground I was more than excited to go. It has such a great location near Sedona. When I saw how close it was to the very busy street and how the road was very dangerous to get out of, I wasn''t exactly excited to have all the passing traffic however I wasn't going to let that ruin my experience. I was planning on two nights camping and one day in Sedona for exploring and meeting all of the wonderful people. I called the campground eight times to set up a reservation before the weekend and no one answered. I figured that I would just show up with cash and see if any spots were open. When I showed up to the site, I saw a few campers in tents and hammocks. I walked up to the mobile home that said " Camp site manager " No one was there and so I decided to walk around this very small campground. The garbage smelled so terrible and was located right in between all the camp sites. I saw trails of ants (which in the outdoors you expect) however the location of the garbage could have been placed else where just so that the ants are not attracted to the camping section. While walking around there were maybe five campsites set up, I said hello to a few of the people thinking the campsite manager would be back soon enough and wanting to get to know my neighbors. I had a few of them complain about the smell and the ants that were biting them. I had decided despite the few things I had noticed before setting up camp that I would wait for the manager and reserve a spot. When the manager had returned she flipped the sign to FULL and walked into her camper without even saying hello to the five camp sites that had made their way to her camp ground. I walked over to the camper with a big smile on my face and knocked on the door, the lady opened the door and left the screen door shut forcing me to talk to her through it while she blew smoke out the screen door practically right in my face. I simply said that I saw she had switched the sign to full and was wondering if I could leave my number in-case anyone canceled. She very abruptly interrupted me and said, "That's not something I am willing to do and I wont know if anyone cancels." I thanked her and she then said, " I wouldn't even rent to you if my campground didn't have a single camper in it anyways." Baffled and unsure of where this very rude comment had come from I asked her what she meant. She then said, " I only let people who call ahead and reserve a spot online camp here." I simply stated that I had tried to call multiple times and (not having a smart phone) did not have access to the internet so I thought that I would simply ask. ( I am a 24 year old, respectable and non threatening female) I felt disrespected and I simply smiled and said thank you. I can not believe that another person can treat someone so incredibly terrible and own a place that is supposed to be family friendly. I will never consider camping here and will try Cave Creek...

The campsite is absolutely gorgeous, it's clean, pretty, right next to a beautiful creek and awesome mountains, close by fun hikes and landmarks, however the ranger that was there, John, was extremely rude. When we got there we asked about reservations, and all he said was "no, no reservations." We assumed He meant there were no campsites, but then he said "first come first serve" and we had to ask to get one because he didnt offer. He was very standoffish. He passed out the rules of the campsite to us and we read and followed them, but he was still very unkind to us. One of the rules was no dogs off leash, so we kept our dog on the leash, but the ranger said he was "out of control" when he barked, however our next door neighbors had 3 (well behaved) but still off leash dogs who barked the same amount, and the ranger had no issue with them. One of the rules also was no amplified devices which other neighbors had and we didn't, but the ranger kept adimently reminding us about "quiet hours." When John the ranger walked around to meet all of the people at campsites, he was friendly to them but he didn't even try to have a conversation with us. My dog is a puppy so he cries when I leave him, so I was taking him into the bathroom facility with me so he wouldn't cry and disturb people. I checked for "no dogs" signs but there was nothing posted so I proceeded, but ranger John came up to me and said "you're not allowed to bring your dog into the bathroom" which was not in the list of written rules or posted anywhere around. Then in the morning my dog barked at his golf cart, like all the other dogs were doing, but he stopped and said to quiet down because people were sleeping. It was not during "quiet hours" though, and many other people were up and bustling around. Overall, the campsite is cool, but the ranger was horribly rude, and truly...

I have to start with a "WOW" remembering my experience last June. The campground is very close to the road, but we overlooked it with our enthusiasm of finally getting to know Sedona. Our reservations were paid online in advance and I had my mobile confirmation handy. As I pulled up to the campground, I walked up to the campground host and greeted them with a big smile. The elderly woman rudely asked for a confirmation and then scolded us about following the rules or we would get kicked out. I tried to make small talk with the husband hours later by the restrooms and he just kept harping about all the issues he has to deal with. Later that night, I heard a big commotion at a nearby sight. I walked over to listen to the yelling and heard the male host yelling at the family for having a fire too big and put it out with buckets of water. He then had the wife come over with the list of rules and read each one to them. They argued back and forth and then got that family kicked out! The next day, I noticed the male host throwing out his canopy that protected his shiny red 1965 mustang. I asked if everything was okay and he told me they just got fired and had to pack and leave asap. We drove over to cave springs to use their showers and we could not believe how nice the employee were. We told them about our bad experience and let them know their neighbors just got fired. All their jaws dropped with the news. They were getting a lot of complaints about them as well. I sure hope the new hosts are friendly. I would strongly recommend the Cave Springs campground instead of...