“awe inspiring campsite”
Stay at Grand Canyon/Williams KOA Journey when you want to adventure into the Northern Arizona wild. Our KOA Campground in Williams, Arizona, is the closest KOA to the Grand Canyon, making it the perfect base camp for you and your family — especially for a mid-week visit. Our Williams, AZ campground is also open from March to October, so it is ideal for locals or international travelers passing through the area on their way to their destinations.Things to Do While Staying at Grand Canyon/Williams KOA JourneyYou and your family have many opportunities to while staying at Grand Canyon / Williams KOA Journey. Our campgrounds allow for camping near Grand Canyon National Park, where you can hike for beautiful views of the historic rocks and wildlife. For a different view of the Grand Canyon, we can help you book a helicopter or airplane ride to experience a spectacular aerial tour of this natural wonder. We offer professional concierge services to help you book tickets and tours to explore the Northern Arizona area.For more fun in the sun, we can help you book exciting Jeep and rafting trips. The Jeep tours come right to the campground for pickup and drop-off. During the tour, you will see another side of Arizona while exploring rugged sites. You can also try whitewater rafting — a thrilling activity that the whole family will love. We can make a reservation for your rafting excursion whenever it is convenient for you. Some smooth water float trips are also available if you want to be on the water but would rather have a more relaxing experience.Our campgrounds near Grand Canyon provide a short trip to visit places like downtown Williams, Arizona. Located just minutes from the campground, it's a charming stop on historic Route 66. Stay an extra day to explore the Route 66 nostalgia diners and shops, festivals, local craft breweries, and restaurants. In the summer, watch out for bandits on main street who stage a live shootout show for visitors.You and your family can also enjoy a train ride on the Grand Canyon Railway. With the Railway just minutes from our campground, you can get to the Grand Canyon South Rim in no time.Nature lovers and historians alike can spend time learning while visiting the , home to the Wupatki, Walnut Canyon and Sunset Crater Volcano National Monuments. During your trip, you can learn about the lives of the people who lived in the area many centuries ago. You will also hear about the stories and traditions passed down through generations that Native American descendants still tell and do today.Ways to StayWe provide many ways to stay at Grand Canyon / Williams KOA Journey. You can have a comfortable camping trip whether you stay in one of our RV Sites, Tent Sites, or Camping Cabins. We have that can hold rigs of all sizes. Options for sites include full hookups or water and electric hookups. You will have a great time Grand Canyon RV camping while staying at one of our RV Sites.Enjoy some of the luxuries of home while camping in our . The Deluxe Cabins offer more of a glamping experience with a full kitchen and bath. For a more traditional, rustic cabin camping experience, stay in one of our Grand Canyon Camping Cabins with no bath or kitchen.If you want to experience truly rustic camping near the Grand Canyon, set up your tent at one of our . Each Tent Site has a gravel tent pad with either no hookups or water and electric hookups.To make your trip extra special, bring your beloved pets with you to experience camping in Arizona. Our RV Sites and several Deluxe and Camping Cabins allow pets. Your pets will love being able to spend time with you as you explore all Northern Arizona has to offer.Campground AmenitiesDuring your stay at the campground, you have access to that will help you relax or stay active. We value our campers' happiness, so we ensure there are plenty of recreational activities and things to do throughout the camping season. Spend your days:Lounging in the swimming pool and hot tub.Biking around the campground.Sipping delicious made-to-order beverages from the Gourmet Coffee Bar.Playing pool or arcade games in the recreation room.Making crafts.Playing horseshoes with other campers.Running around the playground.We also have a KampK9® dog park for your furry friends to run around in. If you want to go on any tours around the Grand Canyon or find other fun tours to go on, we have a full-service tour concierge available to help campers plan their trips. Our concierge will work with you to plan exciting adventures and handle all the arrangements, so you can focus on having fun.The campground also has a convenience store and gift shop where you can buy food from the snack bar and other camping essentials like firewood and propane. The store is your one-stop shop for all your camping needs throughout your trip. The will help make your stay at a campground near the Grand Canyon South Rim even greater.Book Your Campsite TodayGrand Canyon/Williams KOA Journey is one of the best Williams, Arizona, campgrounds to stay at when you want to explore the Grand Canyon and Williams area. Our proximity to Route 66 and the Grand Canyon makes our campground the perfect place to stay.Begin planning your adventure by at Grand Canyon/Williams KOA Journey today!
Reviews of Grand Canyon - Williams KOA Journey
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Verizon 4G/5G
Confirmed by 6 users | Last reported on September 28, 2023AT&T 4G/5G
Confirmed by 4 users | Last reported on July 21, 2023T-Mobile 4G/5G
Confirmed by 2 users | Last reported on September 23, 2022Reviews
This place was beautiful and family friendly! I would highly recommend getting a cabin here before/after visiting the Grand Canyon. Amazing stay!
Love love loved this place!!!! We stayed in one of the mini cabins and I will definitely be back. All the fun of camping with a little bit of comfort. Restrooms and showers are super clean, and the pool and playground are great for the kids. Pet friendly. Highly recommend.
The campground is not exactly quiet, as it is close to the road. This is a standard KOA but has a great location.
Small park... Dirt lots which can cause a lot of dust. But very nice staff.
Not a bad spot for a day trip into Grand Canyon. The site we had (side 72) was very tight. Right up next to the other RV on either side. Plus not much room to back in or pull through without getting close to the other sites on other side. This place was full too so lots of people around but all were really nice and not loud at all. Great facilities though. Pool, game room, showers were all nice and clean. They even provided a movie at night for the kids. Not a bad spot but I'll know next to time book in advance to get a better site. One that isn't so close to the others. Only other negative was 0 cell service with ATT. Which to me wasn't all that bad. Kind of nice to disconnect for awhile.
Nightly Rate: $45.00
Days Stayed: 2
Site Number: 72
I called 3 days ahead of the Labor Day weekend and was misled to believe that there were plenty of spots for the Sunday evening. Little did I know that they’d be packed!
There are 50 RV spots but not a lot of room for big rigs. Good thing we have a 20 foot camper van cuz we were packed in like sardines! Fire pits were burning on 3 sides of us. I was afraid our smoke alarm was going to go off!
There must have been 50 tents set up in addition to a lot of cabins. All were filled to the brim!
Campers are friendly people so it was a bustling place. Laundry area only had 3 washers and 6 dryers for all those people!! And it rained so the tents got wet and people needed to dry stuff!
I love a good KOA and this one had all the amenities but was just way too crowded!!
Nightly Rate: $40.00
Days Stayed: 1
Site Number: 14
RV Type: Class C
Cell Coverage Rating
Verizon
Stil one hour from the closest portion of Grand Canyon which makes it a not-ideal base camping location. Apple maps took me down the dirt road in the back - turning around wasn’t easy. All ground covering is red gravel which is just messy in the wet. Nice wide sites in the full hookups section, conveniently located to gas station. Not many full hookup options at the Grand Canyon...if you need this is one of the only options. Watch campendium YouTube channel for some great tips on rv’ing the Grand Canyon, wish I’d seen it before I booked! This place is super pricey... but then again, the Grand Canyon has become so commercialized it’s hard to find affordable. Instead of booking here, use the three nights worth of booking fees to buy a champion generator and stay in the National forest closer to the rim. Totally worth it as the only way to the rim (hwy 160) gets PACKED, even off season. Was going the speed limit and was passed by a large tour bus and almost got ran off the road! Wi-fi limited to no stream or download which almost isn’t worth it!
Nightly Rate: $75.00
Days Stayed: 2
Site Number: 52
RV Length: 35 ft
RV Type: Travel Trailer
This was an ok base camp for one night while we visited the Grand Canyon. Nothing exciting or scenic, but a good place to recharge our batteries and dump our tanks. The campground is right off the highway and as others have mentioned, just a bunch of red dirt that gets muddy and tracks everywhere. It was an easy hour drive to the south rim canyon village. For the price, I would not come back again.
Nightly Rate: $48.00
Days Stayed: 1
Site Number: 86
Cell Coverage Rating
Verizon
AT&T
We learned upon arrival that the site we initially booked online for a 36 ft, 2 slide motor coach was too narrow and therefore we were moved to another site.
In order to fit into the new site, we had to back in the coach, so we could reach the electric/water hookups. In doing so, the firepit, picnic table and grill were now on the opposite side of the coach.
There were plenty of open sites and when asking if we could have one of them instead, we were told they didn't know how to change the site in the system and that they were also booked. We checked in on a Sunday and same empty sites up until Friday.
We discovered mice droppings in the exterior compartment of our coach and also inside the coach - which were not there previously, so we set traps and caught several mice in the exterior compartment.
After the site to the left and right of us filled up on Friday, we started having problems with running our AC. It kept turning off, giving a short power message, then turning back on. When reading the volts it registered 103 and at that point could even run a fan, much less the AC.
We then requested to be moved to another site, which KOA complied, but not before charging us additional cost for new site - even though we had to move because their electric wasn't working.
The internet was very sporadic. Sometimes it working fine, other times you could not get service. Phone service was also hit or miss.
Nightly Rate: $49.00
Days Stayed: 7
Site Number: -
Cell Coverage Rating
Verizon 4G
The location is reasonably close to Williams, but...the sites are extremely tight, with barely enough room for a 30' Class C and a medium-sized SUV. You will hear your neighbors. Most of the W/E sites are back-to-back, so you're backed right up to a neighbor about 3-4 feet behind you. The space between spaces allows just enough room for a picnic table and that's about it. The driveways in between rows are wide enough for 1 vehicle at a time.
The restrooms did not receive nearly enough attention, especially in light of the ongoing COVID-19 situation. One of the floor drains in one of the restrooms backed up one evening, so they had to close all of the main restrooms for a bit while they attempted to fix it. The bathrooms also did not have good ventilation, so most of them were saunas when you walked in from previous guests using the showers. The dump station has no water available to clean out your hoses.
As far as connectivity, there is no T-Mobile or Sprint service at the campground (you may be able to get a weak, intermittent signal, but good luck getting anything to pull up) and the KOA WiFi is pretty much only usable in the office...forget trying to use it at your site. Also, the cable TV hookups at the sites are inoperable.
The staff was pleasant, but seemed overwhelmed. Took nearly 30 minutes to get checked in, as the 1 employee behind the desk was trying to manage bike rentals, convenience store purchases, and check-ins. The other staffer in the golf cart would have made better use of his time helping work the line in the office rather than showing people to their sites.
Sadly, for $43/night (with our KOA VKR discount), this campground was not worth it. There are other options in Williams that we will use in the future.
Nightly Rate: $43.00
Days Stayed: 3
Site Number: 15
RV Length: 30 ft
RV Type: Class C
Cell Coverage Rating
T-Mobile
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- Longest Vehicle Length Reported
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