We spent the weekend at Red Rock Adventure Park in Hinton Oklahoma the second weekend of September with my Girl Scout Troop out of Moore, Oklahoma. Here are my thoughts about the park!
Location: Hinton, Oklahoma; Just off of I-40 about 6 miles, so if you are traveling through Oklahoma it would be a great place to stop on your way through.
Dates we camped there: September 6-8, 2019
Website: https://www.redrockcanyonadventurepark.com/
Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/RedRockCanyonAdventurePark/
What we Paid: $4.50 per night per person for tent camping with our Girl Scout Troop.
Reservations: Yes, they take reservations, https://rrcap.checkfront.com/reserve/
For scout and youth groups, you can call them and they will take care of blocking out some sites where you can pitch as many tents as you like.
We stayed in the Walnut Grove Group Day Use area that was just north of the Walnut Grove Pavilion. It was perfect for our group of 37. It had 4 tables with fire rings and grills. Enough room for about 12 tents. We could have probably fit about 5 more as well. It was very shady. No electricity in the area. There were two water spickets. If you needed you could also rent the pavilion that is like 20 feet away from the area we stayed at. The Pavilion has electricity, lights, very large grill and about 10 tables.
The bathrooms were about 50 yards from the pavilion. There were two toilets and no showers in the bathrooms. There are at least two bathrooms with pay showers in the park, one closer to the front entrance and another one closer to the California Road Campground.
There are 4 sites in the park with full hookups including sewer all in the Walnut Grove RV area. The other RV areas have water and electric. There are two dump stations, one near the California Road Campground and one at the top of the hill near the entrance.
There are a few geocaches in the park. For those that do the Wizard’s Unite game, there is a green house near the California Road area and a Fortress close to the swimming pool and at the front entrance. And lots of foundables throughout the park! For your inns, you will need to go into Hinton which is just at the top of the hill. I didn’t check, but I would assume there will be pokemon stops as well.
They have a swimming pool that was open and free the weekend we were there due to their grand opening of their store, normally I think it is about $3-$4 per person (pretty reasonable). It is a very nice pool with a rock wall, splash pad area and two water slides. It is also fully accessible with a wheel chair lift for the pool. Lifeguards are provided. They are normally only open through labor day, but they were having their grand opening of Camp Social, which is their camp store and left it open for Saturday.
The weekend we were there they had live music and a movie on Saturday night at the Camp Social which is located next to the swimming pool It was great music and was a pleasant evening in our camp chairs listening to music of the 60’s and 70’s. I believe they are planning to have music on a regular basis. The store has some gift items and a grill with hot foods you can buy as well as snow cones.
There are quite a few hiking trails, the one we went down was down by the entrance road, it was shady the whole way and a very pleasant and an easy walk. There are also trails that take you up the top of the canyon walls, those require some climbing, so not as easy.
To beat the heat on Saturday we went into Hinton and visited the Hinton Historical Museum and Parker House. It was amazing….a place you should go if you are ever in the area. They had a massive collection of barbed wire, telephones, bikes, buggies, cars, kitchen gadgets, sewing machines, etc. The people that run it are very very nice and are willing to tell you a ton about the history of the area as well as the history of the canyon itself..you won’t want to miss this, it was the highlight of the weekend. The cost was $3 for us because we got the group rate of 6 people or more. The normal rate is like $5 for adults and $3 for children. Their website: https://www.travelok.com/listings/view.profile/id.3511
Pros about the campsites: They are very level sites with ample room between them. The playgrounds in the area are well kept and shady in the evenings. The pool is large and was very nice. The best pro about the entire place is the family that runs it, they are very nice and accommodating, working very hard to make your stay pleasurable! They go out of their way to make sure you are taken care of. The camp store is going to be a great addition, giving you a nice place to sit outside (they have a patio with nice patio furniture) and grab a snow cone or cold drink.
They have started charging for day use of $10 per car or $5 per motorcycle, this kept the traffic down in the park, which was a plus for those of us camping there. There is no day use fee for those camping, just your camping fee.
They are starting to hold events as well, there is a fall festival in October where they will be having trick or treating for the kids, a fall women’s even with rappelling and hiking. They are planning to build an outpost for backpacking. Look forward to seeing what they come up with!
Cons about the campsites: I can’t think of anything other than some don’t have very much shade so in the summer it could get a little warm, but with the canyon walls, the direct sun light is limited to the middle of the day. So, go find a nice museum or pool to take in!
Some people are concerned about the steep hill in and out of the park, however we have taken our 32 ft. 5th wheel in and out of it with no problem at all. A little scary at first sight, but really is not a big deal. There were very large RV’s in the park, so no worries there.