Distant Drums RV Resort
583 W Middle Verde Rd
Camp Verde, AZ 86322
(928) 554-8000
Location: 34.61356, -111.86389
COME ENJOY A CLEAN QUIET RV RESORT
Close to Sedona with amazing views of the mountains. Free shuttle to Cliff Castle Casino. Full hookups, cable TV, spotless private showers, laundry room, heated pool & Jacuzzi, exercise room and full event center. FREE WI-FI.
Close to Sedona with amazing views of the mountains. Free shuttle to Cliff Castle Casino. Full hookups, cable TV, spotless private showers, laundry room, heated pool & Jacuzzi, exercise room and full event center. FREE WI-FI.
Open All Year
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Elevation
3,278 ft (999.1344 m)
Last Year's Rate
$38 to $46 Save 10% at this location
Card(s) Accepted
Facility
Type (RV Resort)
Dump Station
Partial Handicap Access
Policies
Folding Tent Campers Allowed
RV Age Restrictions
Pets Welcome
No Tents
Sites
Total Spaces (157)
Spaces Available (130)
Width (30)
Paved Sites (130)
Max Length (77)
30 Amp
50 Amp
Seasonal Sites
Shaded (Some)
Big Rig Sites
Full Hookups (130)
Max Amps (50)
Pull-thrus (10)
Pull-thru Size (30 x 77)
Back-ins (35 x 44)
Room for Slideouts (Yes)
Site Length (77)
Patios
Table at Site
Trash Pickup at Site
Internet
WiFi at Overnite Sites
WiFi at Park
WiFi at Park Supports Mobile Devices
2 Devices supported per Overnite Site
130 Sites with WiFi
Other Amenities & Services
Road Condition (Good)
Road Type (Paved)
Restroom and Showers
Laundry
RV Supplies
Metered LP Gas
Ice
Escort to Site
Cable
RV Storage
Restrooms
Recreational Facilities
Heated Pool
Hot Tub
Swimming
Horseshoes
Rec Hall
Planned Activities
Pavilion
Exercise Room
Nature Trails
Casino
Recreation Nearby (within 10 miles)
ATV Riding
Casino
Hiking
Mountain Biking
Kayaking/Canoeing
Discounts
Military Discount
On-Site Rentals
Customer Reviews
Distant Drums RV Resort
Avg Rating
(23) Reviews
(23) Reviews
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interior roads, sites, registration area, hookups, recreation, swimming, security, laundry, store and building maintenance...
Avg Restroom Rating
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cleanliness and physical characteristics of restrooms, including interior construction, adequate supplies/odor free, adequate number of facilities, exterior appearance and location in relation to park spaces, and interior appearance.
Avg Appeal Rating
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the park's setting and site layout, function and identification of signage, overall exterior building maintenance, noise, trash disposal, litter and debris around the grounds and sites, and appearance of grounds, sites and entrance area.
C Ramsey
Reviews: 6
Helpful Reviews: 0
Date of Stay: February, 2020
Overall Rating Facility Rating N/A
Appeal Rating Nice, tidy, fairly new RV resort with nice helpful staff and shuttle service to the Cliff Castle Casino. We only stayed one evening and did not use any of their amenities, but we will be back!
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sadiesassy
Reviews: 24
Helpful Reviews: 21
Date of Stay: November, 2019
Overall Rating
Facility Rating Restroom Rating Appeal Rating This is my first stay. The park is laid out nice,
My main concern was the parking. If I remember right the back in site I was in was listed a 42 feet.My RV is 39-40 ft.
But AS I backed in to the place we could not use the full length because the trailer behind and to the side had backed in fully and then extended the awning out ( in the rear) - Which I was close to hitting. SO I extended over the front about 6- 10 inches. Your pull vehicle parks to the side of your trailer.
Once parked and slides out - You were about 5-6 feet from your neighbor. SO You are packed in.
That was the disappointment
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passign through
Reviews: 4
Helpful Reviews: 4
Date of Stay: May, 2018
Overall Rating Facility Rating Restroom Rating Appeal Rating stayed for a couple of days here, and loved the easy off/easy on the Interstate. Lots to do in the area, staff friendly and ideal location . . . very accommodating for Class A Motorcoach. We will definitely stay here again.
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Diwebster
Reviews: 1
Helpful Reviews: 1
Date of Stay: February, 2018
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Made reservations in September 2017 for March 3-20, 2018. Received confirmation email from DDRV on Sept 14. Travelled all the way from Tennessee to spend our much awaited vacation at DDRV. Called them couple of days before our confirmed dates and was told that they had some kind of big rally going on and that they couldn’t honor our reservations. Needless to say, we were stunned. We’ve NEVER been treated this way by any other rv Resort. They simply told us that they couldn’t take us and since it’s the busy seaso in that area they could refer us to another resort. I cried. They ruined our vacation. We’re on our way home to Tennessee. I’ve heard other people say how rude the office staff is. We’re very dissatisfied
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TWeir
Reviews: 30
Helpful Reviews: 24
Date of Stay: May, 2017
Overall Rating Facility Rating N/A
Appeal Rating Very nice park, would definitely stay here again. Level sites with plenty of room. Pleasant attentive staff and great pool. Lots to do and see within easy driving distance.
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Siphondraw
Reviews: 1
Helpful Reviews: 1
Date of Stay: May, 2017
Overall Rating Facility Rating Restroom Rating Appeal Rating One of the cleanest RV Resorts we have had the opportunity to stay in. All the spaces have concrete pads are pretty level. We found the staff to be very friendly and accommodating. Even though it is very close to I17 the traffic noise is minimal and/or unnoticeable. There are grassy areas for your pet and a doggy park.
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full timers
Reviews: 73
Helpful Reviews: 64
Date of Stay: June, 2017
Overall Rating Facility Rating Restroom Rating Appeal Rating Distant Drums RV Resort is a great park! It has easy access off I-17, yet you really don't hear the road. The sites are all concrete and spacious. We stayed in one of the pull-in sites that offered great sunset views and even some shade. This is definitely a park deserving of it's high ratings. Especially compared to most in Arizona.
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Oklahoma1975
Reviews: 1
Helpful Reviews: 1
Date of Stay: January, 2017
Overall Rating Facility Rating Restroom Rating Appeal Rating My wife and I come here 3-4 times a year to escape some of the heat from Phoenix. Always friendly and the staff delivers more than expected. We had a hot water leak and the staff was more than helpful getting this fixed.
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JCARL
Reviews: 1
Helpful Reviews: 1
Date of Stay: March, 2017
Overall Rating Facility Rating Restroom Rating Appeal Rating We had Verizon phone service and a T-Mobile hotspot and neither one worked to get on Internet. We also had no phone service to make calls. The Wi-Fi here at the park does not work at your camper. You can go to the lobby area until 5 PM and then you can go to the clubhouse area till 8 PM to get Internet. Not sure how they get a 10 as a rating across the board.
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SullyDog
Reviews: 4
Helpful Reviews: 3
Date of Stay: March, 2016
Overall Rating Facility Rating Restroom Rating Appeal Rating This is a fabulous RV park.. The park is very clean. The showers are military clean.. Lots of things to do in the area.. Sedona, Cottonwood, Jerome, Prescott & there is a casino right across the freeway & the park has a shuttle so you don't even have to drive... The staff are excellent!! The sites are concert pads with picnic tables.. So are not so level so be prepared with blocks.. Very dog friendly has a nice dog park. Great kitchen area that all guest can use.. I used it several times to cook so I did not have to heat up the RV.. Wifi good.. Cable could use an update not many channels..Would recommend this place over any in the area..
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Two Lane Adventures
Reviews: 1
Helpful Reviews: 1
Date of Stay: June, 2016
Overall Rating Facility Rating Restroom Rating Appeal Rating Spent an overnight, but would go back and stay longer! Facilities were exceptional, staff as friendly and helpful. Sites and entire grounds were immaculately maintained!
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RV Pilot
Reviews: 16
Helpful Reviews: 15
Date of Stay: May, 2016
Overall Rating Facility Rating Restroom Rating Appeal Rating Distant Drums RV Resort is a 5-star resort when compared to other RV parks in and around the Sedona AZ area and other parks we've stayed at. It has paved streets, concrete pads, manicured grounds, and other amenities. However, I'd downgrade the 10-10-10 rating because the tile floors in the restrooms and showers did not appear to be cleaned on a regular basis, the hot tub was out of service, and the WiFi signal would occasionally become weak and drop you off-line. The laundry uses a laundry credit card and, often times, the card readers on the washers and dryers do not accept the laundry credit card. To use the laundry, you must go to the office, have them load X dollars onto a laundry credit card like a credit card, then, insert the laundry credit card into the washer/dryer to clean your clothes. It is very frustrating to use. I recommend you talk to the office staff and have them explain to you how to correctly hold and insert the card while standing on your head in order to get the card reader to accept the card. If you have money left on the card, then, you have to go back to the office and they'll reimburse you the balance of money on the card that you didn't use. The office staff told me they have a contract out for bid to convert the laundry over to coin operated machines by July 2016. As a result of the above, I would rate this RV Park 10/9.5/9.5
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Zeemanwa
Reviews: 5
Helpful Reviews: 5
Date of Stay: April, 2016
Overall Rating Facility Rating Restroom Rating Appeal Rating Very nice park. They had someone showing us to our site and he made sure we were properly positioned and could set up easily. The park is close to 2 National Park Monuments, Tuzigoot and Montezuma Castle. Across the freeway is the Indian Casino this park is associated with. We had a very nice breakfast buffet. The only issue is that there is a gigantic neon sign pointing to the casino, and overlooking the park. It did not affect us as our site orientation had us so that there were no windows looking at the sign.
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Tillman1
Reviews: 5
Helpful Reviews: 5
Date of Stay: March, 2016
Overall Rating Facility Rating Restroom Rating Appeal Rating RV Park did not have our reservation even though they sent us e-mail confirmation. Said sorry we don't have any place for you. Right hand didn't know what left was doing. Parking spotter went around camp and found site. Laundry card system was confusing and some machines did't work. No picnic table. Campground was nice.
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Robbie M
Reviews: 1
Helpful Reviews: 1
Date of Stay: March, 2016
Overall Rating Facility Rating Restroom Rating Appeal Rating We had two great, one night stays. Good location, (although you can hear the freeway at times, it's not far to Sedona), private room showers were clean and a nice surprise. The sites are right next to each other but paved, clean and easy to access. Once you check in, a staff member will jump in a golf cart and help you get into your site. They have propane filling and a nice little dog park. Would recommend.
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RV Guest_51563518
Reviews: 1
Helpful Reviews: 1
Date of Stay: March, 2016
Overall Rating Facility Rating Restroom Rating Appeal Rating It's all a matter of perspective and expectation. We expected and received: Easy access from freeway; free shuttle to casino; clean landscaping; litter pickup, site escort, warm pool, nice spa, dog park, large bathrooms; site lighting;
What we didn't receive was: more pull-through sites (10 for the entire park); front office efficiency (no email reservation confirmations because of misspelling our name. Payment confusion as our credit card was mixed up with someone else's who had a name that began just like ours. When we wanted to extend our stay it took them 24 hours to get back to us and we were told we'd have to move 1 site away. No problem. Except the site we moved out of was never occupied after we moved,) All of the pull-in or back-in sites include a patio. If you tow a vehicle, which most motorhomes do, your towed vehicle has to park on the patio. The customer service aspect was the most frustrating. The "we're busy" excuse got old.
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Jayco road warriors
Reviews: 1
Helpful Reviews: 1
Date of Stay: February, 2016
Overall Rating Facility Rating Restroom Rating 
Appeal Rating Stayed at this resort 2/28-3/2/2016. My overall rating is based on several facts: 1) the spaces are way too close together on the upper end of the park. Below the pool, they are much better. 2) the hot tub was not working, nor was the pool heated until after the hot tub was working, which was on the last day of out stay 3) the laundry room was totally unacceptable. Fifty percent of the washers and dryers were barely working (signs on them indicating light loads only) We did put one load of clothes through and the washer stopped before the first spin...which seems to me an indication that they are not maintaining or replacing the equipment as needed. 4) the shower rooms are un-ventilated. If you want to use a handicapped shower room, the office will have to be notified so they will keep one unlocked. The office staff were not friendly and had absolutely no knowledge of the surrounding area and no visitor information brochures that were helpful. We will not be returning to this resort.
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Endura
Reviews: 59
Helpful Reviews: 53
Date of Stay: November, 2015
Overall Rating Facility Rating N/A
Appeal Rating This is a nice campground, but it has some problems. The sites are unlevel. We needed to put blocks under our front wheels, and noticed that most of the other RVs have blocks or wood under theirs. The laundry is very strange. You need to go to the office and get a card (similar to a credit card). You have them load as much money on it as you think you'll need. Then you insert that into a slot on the washer or dryer. There is no compartment for your detergent. You have to put it directly on the clothes. There are 5 washers ($1.75) and 7 dryers ($1.75). Two of the washers and two of the dryers are for light loads only. There were no activities except for a pot luck on Thanksgiving, and they didn't post any notices about that. The only way I found out about it was when I went to the front desk to load money onto the card for the laundry. In the corner of the desk there was a sign-up sheet. I asked about it, and was told "Oh, yeah. We're going to have Thanksgiving dinner here in the activities room." We're not really happy with this park. Before we stay here again, we'll check to see if there is a nicer one near here.
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BG Am Coach CA
Reviews: 2
Helpful Reviews: 2
Date of Stay: November, 2015
Overall Rating Facility Rating N/A
Appeal Rating We stayed 2 nights in a back in site. We used full hookups. Wifi was available and very good. The staff was very helpful and courteous including parking assistance and daily garbage pickup. A casino is nearby that offers free shuttle service as well as RV parking.
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Anderson - 09 Beaver Patriot Thunder
Reviews: 2
Helpful Reviews: 2
Date of Stay: October, 2015
Overall Rating Facility Rating Restroom Rating Appeal Rating Love this park, entire staff is always fantastic and very accommodating. Great selection of sites to choose from. Lots of sites Big Rig friendly. Some pull-thru's however are set up for facing your fellow camper so if you plan to stay a few days make sure you will like your neighbor ;-) Large doggy park, my only request would be a some grass for the dogs instead of all gravel.
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Oigetit2
Reviews: 1
Helpful Reviews: 1
Date of Stay: April, 2015
Overall Rating Facility Rating Restroom Rating Appeal Rating Distant Drums is a great RV park! All the staff here is amazing, and very helpful. There is a free shuttle that runs to and from the casino. The dog run is large, and the pool and grounds are well kept.
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Mike and Doris
Reviews: 2
Helpful Reviews: 2
Date of Stay: May, 2015
Overall Rating Facility Rating Restroom Rating Appeal Rating Absolutely marvelous RV Park. We thoroughly enjoyed our stay and riding our motorcycle through some very beautiful country. Will definitely place this park in our "YES" column to visit again
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OldSteve
Reviews: 1
Helpful Reviews: 1
Date of Stay: June, 2015
Overall Rating Facility Rating Restroom Rating Appeal Rating We love this place. Any time we are heading north out of Phoenix we stay here if space is available. The Good Sam ratings of 10/10/10 are well deserved. Clean, very well kept, overlooking the Verde Valley. Large private bathroom/shower rooms.
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Take a free shuttle to our casino, enjoy dinner in one of our restaurants & play every game imaginable. Over 650 machines, tournaments and the finest table games. Poker, Black Jack, Texas Hold 'Em or try electronic roulette.
ATTRACTIONS & ENTERTAINMENT
Enjoy Central Verde Valley from this 10/10*/10 Resort
Minutes to many great National Parks and Attractions like: Sedona Red Rock Country, Montezuma National Monument, Tuzigoot National Monument, Verde Canyon Railroad and many more. The Cliff Castle Casino is a shuttle ride away.
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- Non-Toxic Cleaning Products
- Natural Pest Control (most of the time)
- Minimized the use of Styrofoam and significantly reduce the use of plastic.
- Landscape managers use appropriate irrigation systems and drought tolerant and indigenous plants
- Recycling cans for the RVers
- Changed light bulbs to compact fluorescent lights (CFLs)
- Insulated water heaters
- Lowered pool temperatures
- Installed photocells (solar)
- Use more fuel efficient vehicles
- Instead of golf carts, implemented a strategy of encouraging the use of bikes and trikes
- Tankless Water Heaters
- Composting
Directions
From Jct of I-17 & exit 289 (Montezuma Castle), NW 200 yards on Montezuma Castle Rd (L)
