Lava Hot Springs West KOA

Becky Mckinney

Stayed here for 5 days, 4 nights. Camping: They say you can put tents up so we got a tent site. They put us in an RV site that did not have enough room on the grass for our two tents. The site was waaaaay too small and the people next to us were literally right next to us. Super close. 1 star for this. Cleanliness: very clean campground. Bathrooms nice and clean and locked. You get a code to get into the bathroom. Everything well maintained. 5 stars Safety: seemed very safe. I was not concerned about letting my kids walk around. 5 stars Location: excellent! Right next to the river and walking distance to every where. 1000 stars Very crowded. They stacked a ton of people in here. I didn’t feel like I was camping. Sleeping in a tent between to RVs is not fun. This is great for RVs but not tents. Not spacious at all…no privacy

Erika Montes Contreras

My family & I always stay here for 4th of July weekend. We book months in advance knowing it's going to be busy. I always plan for extra because I know things can always change. They are so hard to work with when it comes to refunds or additional tents/cars, etc. They count how many tents are up & ask you to take tents down if there are too many on one site (even if it was paid for). As soon as 10PM comes around, at exactly 10:06 they came around and asked us to turn off our music when it wasn't loud at all. They come around every 10 minutes reminding you to be quiet. It's so annoying to constantly be watched & told what to do. I am reasonable person & know when we are getting loud but this was ridiculous. Other campers were being louder but I guess just because you have 10 people on two sites, we are the problem. Sites are nice. Bathrooms could be cleaner. Staff could be nicer but I would definitely not stay here again.

Clint McCormick

Wow, what a terrible stay. I cannot believe I was charged $120 per night to sleep on a highway. Cabins L33, L32, L31, and L30 are literally 5 feet from a busy highway, and if you stay here the entire cabin (including the bed) will shake when a semi rolls by, which occurs all day and all night. Rather than sleeping in the main room with the queen/full bed, I actually tried to sleep in the bunk bed closet with the door closed with a pillow tight over my head to try to get a little further away from the highway. They advertise "KOA Holidays are an ideal place to relax and play." There was nothing relaxing about having a cabin on the highway. There were so many other places the cabin could have been placed on the KOA property to better minimize the noise, but it wasn't. While I tried to stay out of the cabin as much as possible, I had to go back to the cabin to sleep. And sleep I DID NOT. I notified KOA of my dissatisfaction and they did not respond.

Roxy Jean K Crow

Beautiful and friendly. Spacious. Only thing less than perfect was trash came at 6am. Wonderful location to town. If you like trains, you can see and hear them, though you may hear them anywhere in town. Walking distance to both local and state mineral pools. The stream was beautiful and so relaxing. Very clean. I would gladly return. Loved it!