Sierra Vista RV Park

This is a beautiful campground. Friendly staff and very clean. NEX is very very small. Used Wal-Mart in town. DO NOT USE MAILING ADDRESS LISTED. Confirmed with MWR any USPS mail received for the campground will be returned to sender.

I know, we stayed here in the summer time and it was hot, but that is the summer in the desert. We had never been here before so decided to try it on our way back to Arizona. It is a nice park, well laid out with nice, wide RV pads. There is a dog run, mostly dirt and gravel, but still nice to be able to let the dogs off lead. Given the size of the base, I expected a bigger exchnage, commissary. Both were small, but did have almost everything we needed during our stay. Also, the town is close by and it has all the usual stores. There is a nice museum on base, strongly recommend you visit it. China Lake is where the Sidewinder missile was invented and there are nice displays about its development in the museum. The only thing we found disconcerting was that there did not seem tot be garbage pick-up.. The one dumpster was overflowing and nobody emptied the trash bin in the dog park or added "poop bags" during out stay. If you do have animals, i suggest keeping them inside as this is the desert and it is home to snakes, coyotes, etc. If you like peace and quiet, this is the place, if you like lots of things to do and city lights, look elsewhere.

Stayed for 4 days end of Dec. Park was less than half full and very quiet during our stay. The campground is clean and the facilities are new. Checked in at the recreation center during normal work hours so did not see the camp host during our stay. Sites are basically concrete, asphalt pads with wide gravel spacing between sites. Occasionally, you hear a propane cannon to scare off the geese from the golf course next door, but it wasn't too loud. Saw jackrabbits and a fox pass through during the day. Lots of coyotes in the area at night so don't leave your pets out. Wi-Fi worked ok, Verizon had good signal. No trees to block satellite dishes. Navy Exchange, commissary and gas station are located nearby although the gas station has a low overhang that is only 11'6". Plenty of places to eat in town. Good base camp to explore the area. We went into Death Valley, a 120 mile drive and also drove to Lone Pine, about 70 miles up Hwy 395. There are certainly closer campgrounds to these areas, but this one is super clean and a great bargain. We stayed here in a motorhome; would recommend this campground.

We arrived May 22 and stayed 9 days.  Agreed with chiefret90 that Joan, the host, was VERY congenial and helpful.  So were the folks at Rec check-in.  Enjoyed the area very much -- the Museum of Armament and Technology, the Maturango Museum and, for geology buffs, the Trona Pinnacles, Fossil Falls, and Searle Lake.  We, too, highly recommend the site.

I arrived one day early and the camp host met me as i drove towards my assigned site with all the paperwork. She was VERY helpful. On Monday I went to the office to do the official check in and mentioned that I was having problems with the WIFI. I did not ask for a tech but one was sent to my site within a half hour. Although the base has many restricted areas the area is BEAUTIFUL and there is much to see. I would recommend this park to anyone. 

After staying at about three dozen military campgrounds all across the country we can rate Sierra Vista as one of our favorites. The sites are large, clean concrete + asphalt with nice gravel between sites. MiFi is only so-so but we like the 50-amp service for a low weekly rate. The laundry, restrooms, and community room are attractive. It's quiet unless the fighter jets are flying low overhead (not often in the week we were here). The RV park was about 40% full this week, with a combination of short- and apparent long-termers. Everyone keeps their sites clean and neat and most people pick up after their dogs (unlike 29 Palms, which we visited last week). The commissary and NEX are decent sizes. The Naval Air Museum on base is very interesting. There are several miles on base to walk and cycle safely. The main downside for us is the somewhat remote location from a larger urban area like Barstow or Bakersfield and the distance to the national parks we were hoping to visit. We did spend a day at Death Valley NP but it was a long drive there and back. A shorter day drive that's very interesting is up to Lone Pine and the Alabama Hills, or up Nine Mile Canyon to Kennedy Meadows. There were a lot of wildflowers blooming at the 3,000-5,000-foot level in the surrounding mountains.