Railside RV Ranch — Hotel in Williams

We stayed here for ten days while visiting the south rim of the Grand Canyon. The office building is the first building on your left as you pull in. The campground has two rows of back-in sites along the southern and eastern edges of the park, while the other three rows of sites are pull-throughs. All of the roads within the campground and the sites have gravel surfaces, with strips of grass and mulch between most sites. All sites have picnic tables and cable hookups. Some sites have an adjacent tree tall enough to provide shade: seemed like most of the sites in the middle row of pull-throughs had at least one tree. No sites were completely shaded. The location of the hookups vary: our site (49), in the middle pull-through row, had the hookups near the front, while other sites had them closer to the middle or the rear.

All of the amenities are located near the front of the campground. The office building contains a small convenience store, a laundry room, and men's and women's bathrooms with key code access. In the road between the southern row of back-in sites and the southern ends of the pull-through sites is the propane refill station, a pet wash enclosed in a small shack, and two dumpsters. Just north of the office building is a gym with a variety of exercise equipment and a TV. Across from the office building (on the east side of the campground) are two shaded outdoor seating areas around fire pits and a stylish two-story barn-shaped building with a hangout area on the bottom floor and table games (ping-pong, pool, foosball) on the top floor. Adjacent to the barn building is a playground, a single basketball hoop above a concrete playing surface, a horseshoe pit, a small mini-golf course, and an astroturf lawn with a set of duckpins that resembles an oversized ground-level pool table (never discovered what the actual game was).

The enclosed dog park is next to the mini-golf course in the southeast corner of the park. The park has a dirt and grass surface, a bench to sit on, and string lights that provide some illumination, but you'll still want to bring a flashlight at night. You can also walk your dogs on-leash in the stretch of grass between the eastern edge of the campground and the train tracks for the Grand Canyon Railway.

In terms of cell service, the best bandwidth I saw on my Verizon Jetpack with MIMO antenna showed 114 Mbps down and 15 up, and other than very occasional drops lasting a few minutesI had no problem working and streaming video. The best speed I saw on my AT&T smartphone with 5G was 120 down and 13 up. I did not get a chance to try out the campground WiFi or cable connection.

The Grand Canyon Railway only passes by two to three times a day, and never later than 10pm. But there are also commercial railway tracks enclosing the campground on three sides, and road noise from I-40 and from the small road in front of the campground. So it's not the...

Bad camping experience - someone poked a hole in my camper last night. When I pulled in last night about 7:30 I parked behind the camper and I know for a fact the hole was not there. Aggravating, but not the end of the world. I told the front desk at #railsidervpark and the front desk said sorry and they’d send someone over to take a picture. I just wanted extra security tonight. I wait for over 30 minutes and wave down a worker who says the park owner wants to chat with me. Park owner pulls up and was immediately agressive. In my face agressive. Said he’d never had a problem in 30 years, how dare I complain, and I just wanted him to pay to fix it. I said, “No, not at all. Just wanted him to know.” He threateningly says that since I’m going to complain he’s going to call the police. Ok and…this is supposed to scare me? Call them. Neighbors are coming over to look and telling me it looks like a bullet hole. Owner’s wife/co-owner comes over and said she pulled all the video feed from three security cameras and there was nothing seen (hours of footage checked from three cameras in 20 minutes?). She’s as verbally aggressive as her husband. Accuses me of trying to get money. I very clearly state no I do not want that. So she says, “Then what DO you want?” Me, “An apology from your husband for scaring me.” Her, “That’s all?!” Me, “Yes”. Her, “I’ll tell my husband and he can decide if you’re worth an apology or not.” I tell her I don’t feel safe and I’m probably leaving. She says to call her and let her know and leaves. Police come and are super nice. Could not tell me for sure if a bullet caused the hole or not. Talked about how weird the hole location was. Gave me a report. I told them I did not feel safe when the owner’s wife came back. Police said they understood. So I packed up and left. On the road now. #1 rule as a solo female traveler - NEVER stay where you don’t feel safe. The owners scared me - not the...

Incredible, is how I would describe the Railside RV Park. We stayed for three nights and had the most wonderful experience with the owners and workers. The bathrooms are clean with two sinks, three showers, and four toilets. There is a coded lock on the door and it makes you feel secure. They have a store and laundry facilities. The dog park is great. When we first checked in, we were able to make our reservations for the Grand Canyon Railroad in the office and they provided transportation to and from the Train Depot. They offer pet sitting on a gratuity only basis. I had a sick puppy and an old, cranky dog with me. I was asked to write down what I would like them to do for my dog while I was gone. They came into my RV and cared for, walked, and kept my babies company. When the driver picked us up at the train depot he gave a step by step run down of everything they had done for the dogs. Unbelievable!! Then, my heat stopped working on the second night and a vent cover had broken. The owner mentioned that she was expecting her RV repairman that day and she would have him look at my rig. I ok'd the repairs since I trusted her judgment. When I returned, the RV heating had been fixed and there was no charge since it was only a loose wire!! Are you kidding?? Unbelievable! The repairman didn't have the needed part for the vent cover but the owner of the Park gave me a vent cover that will hold me over until I can have the part replaced, again, free. That evening we were trying to make gravy and went to their store to buy milk and flour. They were closing up but went into their own kitchen and gave us the supplies!! Unbelievable! I could go on but you get the picture. These people are wonderful, ethical, professional and deserve all the business they can get. I would definitely come back and would absolutely recommend this Park to all of my...