Lemoore RV Park and Campground

Awareness: Wanting to get my rig out and do some camping. The perfect opportunity weekend arose when my daughter decided to visit Disneyland with her boyfriend for her birthday weekend. In other words. The wife, dog and I were free to travel without guests. I chose Naval Air Station Lemoore as our destination for its close proximity, low park fee and the security of being on a naval base. Narrative: This was our first time visiting NAS Lemoore and its RV Park so, not wanting to arrive to any surprises, I did what research I could before our trip. Unfortunately, the Youtube videos of the park were over six years old and didn't provide any information such as directions from the bases main gate or, where to find space numbers once at the park. There was also little to no reviews on any of the RV websites or forum boards to help. But after contracting the bases Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) office, who oversee the RV park. I was able to look at the old Youtube footage and piece together where our space (number 3) was actually located once we arrived. Scene: The RV park is located on the housing side of the base. The RV sites are extremely wide concrete slabs but, the sites are only about 40 feet long. Not enough room to park your Truck or car on the side of your RV but, just enough to park in front of it. Each site comes with 50/30 amp hook-ups. Water. Sewer and cable ready. Additionally, each site has its own metal picnic table. Trash can and a BBQ pit. Open fires from a fire pit are not allowed unless your pit has an arrester. Gas fire pits are okay to use. The park also has a Mens / Womens restroom and, two FREE washer and dryer's for use. Across the street from the RV park is a McDonalds. And to the left of the RV park entrance is a nice brewery / restaurant named Spuds. Adjacent to the RV park is a golf driving range. The outdoor aquatic center and a fenced in dog park with a separate are in the park for smaller dogs weighing 15 pounds or less. Plenty of dog "potty" bags are available trough the dog park. Evidence: Overall, this RV park is super nice and the price we paid for two full nights was $24 dollars. There are a few things you should know before you decide to visit this park though. - When making reservations. Call the MWR office directly. Going through the DOD Lodging website can only make the reservations but, won't be able to tell you your space number. - When you call the MWR office to make your reservations. Be sure to ask what space number you'll have. Your email conformation will NOT have this information. - When arriving at the bases gate. Do NOT use the truck gate. Stay in the right hand lane through the main gate. This is the same for your exit off the base with you RV. The exit looks light (and it is) but, going slow and using the left exit lane may be your only option if leaving on a weekend or holiday. The truck gate is not open on weekends or holidays. - If you drive or pull with a Diesel Truck. The NEX gas station has diesel fuel but, its only located on the island next to the Exchange. - Most of the RV park spaces are currently occupied by long term campers or active military waiting for housing. Expect to see and possibly hear dogs from your neighbors sites. - I was told by the resident manager (Bill) this park will be closing on March 1, 2022 and was expected to be closed for several months while the park is refurbished and expanded. Be sure to call MWR well in advance to see if the park is accepting reservations. Recommendation(s): NAS Lemoore's RV Campground is extremely nice. The amenities can't be beat nor can the price. If you find yourself in the Central Valley of California. Have access to the installation and want to camp and relax cheap, this is your place.

There seems to be no check in process here and MWR only operates the other base amenities on a very limited basis. Spuds is very close but if you think you're going to grab a cold beer there on any days other than Friday or Saturday you're kidding yourself. If you're looking for a place to pull over and sleep this campground is great. If you're looking for any entertainment outside of your RV please keep moving. Base pool, car wash, Spuds taps, McDonalds dinning room. All closed during our visit.

We didn’t stay here, happened to be on station and did a looky-loo. (Very nice looking station with plenty of new/renovated buildings and fairly new NAVEX & Commissary.) The RV park appeared to be full. Location isn’t the most desirable sort of right in the middle of the action of the station, no trees, sites had some space between them but not a lot. Overall appearance of RV park was fine, didn’t notice any RVs that looked undesirable but were a couple with a certain amount of stuff outside. As noted in the information about getting through the main gate, there are some serious curbs and on a curve that need to be negotiated. Based on the amount of rubber on the edges of the curbs, they get bumped a fair amount. Might be worth investigating the option of coming in the truck gate. Overall would consider staying here.

Although it was an in route short stay it was pleasant. We had three Grandsons along and this was their first visit to a Military Facility. They enjoyed a tour of the airfield and even though it was on a Saturday pilots were flying. I will return on future trips north. Grandsons thought it was pretty special going into the PX, probably because Grandpa bought them Lemoore Naval hats with the understanding that they were to still join the MC. We were pleased to find the weather comfortable. When we arrived the side entrance gate was unmanned. I called the billeting office and they were very helpful and directed us back to the main gate. By the time we arrived back at the main gate the guards knew we were coming.

My daddy once said if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all.

Spent the week here while visiting nearby Sequoia National Monument. We had reservations and arrived on a weekend. The bulletin board normally has incoming reservations posted, but not this time. We found the host in site #13, but he didn't have our reservation information. He was very friendly and helped us. The check-in process has changed. Check-ins are now across the street at the ITT office, which is open 7 days a week. We finally got paid and settled in. They need to remove the old instructions on the bulletin board. The RV Park is "okay", but nothing special. No WiFi, but the laundry is free. The laundry and restrooms were very clean. Park never got above $60% full all week. The dining facility is next to the RV Park, called "Spuds". We had dinner there one night, but though it was expensive at $11 a person for a limited menu selection. For active duty sailors, it's their free dining hall. We recently had a better dinner for $8 at the Camp San Luis Obispo dining hall. Much of the MWR facilities are falling apart and neglected. I agree with previous reviewers, MWR isn't what it used to be.

Well, I hate to give a bad review of any park, especially when I have given Lemoore such high marks in the past, but something is going on here I hate to see. The base is not being taken very good care of, they have closed the mess hall as have several others including Fallon. When you go to the ops side you see many, many civilians actually doing maintainance on the planes. They tell me Obama wants the sailors on ships and are replacing them with civilians ???? Oh well, not much we can do about that, they King, has spoken. The park is as always a overly warm parking lot with a slab for your trailer and a picnic table in the gravel. Period ! The staff in the billiting office as always are really great girls to deal with, they make the stay far better just by being who they are. I am thinking we are going to head up to Beale and look around. Might be a better place to winter next year.

V.O. left this review using the Directory software: - This is a very nice FamCamp; great location. The abnormal heat wave did make it uncomfortable being outside. But, we enjoyed our visit and thought the FamCamp was very nice and great value. We were there over weekend; no camp host on site; got combination to restrooms from another guest. Combination to Men's room didn't work!

o.k. apparently someone has been reading these posts. the grass was cut, the park cleaned up and the laundry room, while not clean was bug free. too many homesteaders for an r.v park like this one. the staff were, as always, very good to deal with. we had bought a new 5th wheel and the bank in colo. wanted a vin inspection before they would finalize the loan. the base security officers came over and did the vin check and sent it to colo. thanks guys, you rock! we will be back in October to have a 50th anniversary party with my best friend in fresno, so we will see how it holds up.

what a shame. the things going on in the navy today. mwr seems to have given up on doing anything except make money off the sailors. this was once a nice rv park but now the weeds are a foot tall all around my trailer, the place filty. my wife tried to do the laundry but was faced with a horde of roaches, we went to the store and bought bug spray to spray the laundry and shower house. we had stayed at fallon last week and were told they had closed their galley due to funding, Lemoore is about to do the same. all the lawns around base have been allowed to go to weeds and are not being mowed. what a shame this is. we are thinking its time to stop staying on navy bases, they aren't much cheaper than civilian rv parks anymore. shame on whoever cut the budget that deeply, maybe the military needs to look at the banking and insurance industry, or maybe the auto industry for a bailout, huh ?

Arrived on the weekend. Was unable to locate the host or anyone on the staff to get the numbers/code for the restroom and laundry. I was finally able to get the info I needed from long time guests. Very friendly guests. Interestingly enough because the laundromat is free it seems that other people from outside the camp site know the access code as a number of cars drive up to the laundry and use the free facility. The sites are adequate, However, it has no shade and is very noisy. It located right next to a busy street. There are a few positive aspects to this site as pointed out in some of the other reviews. It is very unlikely I would recommend this site to anyone, nor is it likely I'll return.