Grant County Fairgrounds — Hotel in Moses Lake

Stayed in the Pavilion campground for a Good Sam RV club rally. Most members chose to camp without sewer hookups in one of the all grass campgrounds that had water and electric and which were much closer to the event spaces that Good Sam was using. I wanted sewer, too, so I had to book my camping separately with Grant County Fairgrounds and the much farther away Pavilion campground.

Prices are competitive for partial hookup and full hookup sites. $30/night for partial hookups, and $35 for full hookups. This price is hard to beat anyplace. However, campsites are very close together in all campgrounds, and campsites do not have any amenities aside from the utilities that are there. So, no picnic table and no fire ring. Trees and overhead vegetation are also limited in most of the campgrounds. If you have a site on the edge of the campground you may get some tree cover or shade for part of the day, but campsites in the center of the campgrounds are fully exposed. North campground has more trees and vegetation, too bad it doesn't also have sewer.

Utility layout is also odd. There is one power/water pedestal between each pair of campsites. Campsites on the edge of the campground are listed as back-in. Campsites in the center are listed as pull-thru. If you are booking a pull-thru site then you can position yourself so the pedestal is on the utility side of your rig, however in the back in sites, for every pair of campsites, there is a rig with utilities in the correct place, and a rig that has to run water and power on long hoses and cords to get to their rig. This is well documented on their web site, so if booking online you can determine if the utilities at your selected site will be in a good position or not. Ironically, sewer is located on the drivers side of each site, so for some sites there is a sewer port near the pedestal, and for others there is a sewer port in the middle of two campsites apparently just hanging out on its own. This is important as a lot of campers do not travel with 30 amp or 50 amp extension cords or 100' of water hose. I may be exaggerating a little, but it is a valid observation and concern. Better to know before you book a site or go there, than to be caught off guard.

This is a great place to get a night or two of camping if you are in transit between destinations, but this is not destination camping. Plus, camping here during the fair as a "pass-thru" traveler might not be practical. I suspect that most campgrounds will be quite full during the fair week.

Staff were very friendly, and they work hard to keep the facilities in good condition. I found the restrooms and showers to be clean, plenty of receptacles for trash, and the fairgrounds is kept in...

Open gate after 10pm during fair in August. Wrist bands were 22 dollars each and tickets were 1.25 per ticket unless you bought a book for like 20 you then got 25 tickets in the book. Concession stands were also expensive and no free water anywhere except fountains far from the rides and games. Overall extremely expensive and not very reasonable for a larger family. We are a family of 4 aand only bought bands for the kids and a book for us to ride a few rides with them. With each ride being at least 3 tickets aand a few 5 tickets a book will only pay for 3 to 6 rides which doesn't and isn't a good deal really at all. There isn't a huge selection of rides to choose from and most of them you have to be at least 48" to ride even with an adult to go with you. Even smaller selection for little children. The rides they do have are fun but also don't last very long and the lines are really long. It costs quite a bit to even enter the gate into the fair. But children up to 7 or 8 enter free. The easiest and best way to avoid entry fees is to submit some sort of creation into display or contest at the office prior to fair week. They then give you entry tickets you can use to enter free. But you still have rides and games and concession to pay for. It is not in any way shape or form cheap and not made or intended for those families who are low or restricted fixed income...

Solid overnighter RV stop. Absolutely can't go wrong booking here, and on mid-week days I bet it would be extremely quiet and relaxing. A mile-ish off the main drag, but you will appreciate the view coming up to the area high on a bluff overlooking the area West of the city. Electric hook-up was easy, and we were right by the bathrooms (for the Wifey, of course). There was a cool high school state tourney event going on at the grounds this weekend, so the park was filled with parents and teen kids. All well behaved, and what you'd expect from good country kids/families. WIFI worked great, and it was easy to back into our site. You can't beat the nightly rate with the amenities; and, because we enjoy Moses Lake, we're sure to be back. A lot of people don't care for the area, but to us, ML is a desert oasis right off the interstate with great food all around and...