When we arrived here at Big Chief RV Park, we really didn’t have a chance to look at our surrounding since we were preparing to make a trip to WI. But once we got back and finally looked around, Big Chief is not the most desirable RV park around, but it’s convenient since it’s so close to Amazon.com.
Big Chief RV Park near Coffeyville, is a fairly new park, so it’s really hard to make any judgment on the park itself. There are no trees, although they have planted some young trees on some sites-it will be years before they will even provide any kind of shade.
Big Chief RV Park in Coffeyville, KS
It’s easy to see that the park has been done cheaply. they didn’t tamper down the individual sites, instead they laid large rock base for sites. The bigger RV’s and Motor coaches are having trouble when bringing down their jacks, for they sink deeply in the ground. Although the park is not quite two years old-they already are replacing broken water lines…
The office is the manager’s home, a small mobile home on the premises. The downfall to that is the fact that she smokes and so when you walk in you will get a lung full of cigarette smoke; although she has never lit up while in our presence.
The Managers office/home (poor Sharon...)
Now I’m not putting her down in any way, her name is also Sharon and she seems to be a very nice lady. Some folks are a bit leery of her because she has the “rough” look to her and her “helper/assistant” also has a rough look to him. But again, they have been really nice to us. As I stated it is a new park-so what does one expect. I’m here because of the convenience to Amazon.com and the fact that I can walk to work.
One thing I notice, is that an RV has been left while the folks to off for a spell. Her assistant every night drives around and makes sure all looks okay with their coach and I hope while we were gone that he did the same for us.
You will find outstanding power here, the one thing that was done right was enough electric to keep even the fanciest motor coach running smoothly. The water is city water and the only problem we have found with it, is that they seem to bleach the line often.
There is a bit of false advertisement right now on their web page. It states that there is showers on the premises. The shower building is up and contractors are slowly working on it-but the showers are non-operable as well as the laundry facility. Maybe by the work we are seeing-they might get it done in a couple of weeks-or at least we are hoping so.
The new shower & laundry facility (not completed yet)
There is not too many other RV parks around or nearby. You have the county park which has added more sites to accommodate both Amazon.com and the refinery in Coffeyville, but only a few sites have full hook-ups and when we drove by, they are literally on top of one another. At least here at Big Chief they are spacious and long sites, which we like. There is another RV park in town but it’s plum full of workers for the refinery. Otherwise you have to venture out to either the State Park or there are two Corps Of Engineer parks with-in 30 miles or less. I think we will stay right where we are.
We did end up with a bad site at first due to a water break behind us. But upon requesting another site-Sharon did assist us and got us a little better site for our little dog.
Our site here at Big Chief-Can't complain-not a bad site
One good thing about here for sure-we can have campfires, where you can’t do that inside the city limits of Coffeyville. We probably won’t seek out a fire grille this year or wood, but maybe next year we will-who knows.
All in all we really can’t complain. We try not to judge people by looks or the fact that they smoke and we do understand that it’s still a new park with lots of work yet to be done on it. And hopefully by the amount of money they receive from Amazon.com-the work will improve each year on the property.
A beautiful sunset behind us
We will stay here at Big Chief RV and give our support to this new park and the manager that is trying to make a go of it. They are putting on a Bash on the following Sunday (16th) for all of us here. They will be providing hamburger, hotdogs and ribs plus music. All we have to do is bring a dish to pass plus our own drinks. They are doing this to where both shifts can enjoy either before they go to work or like in my case when I get home from work.
Not sure what this slab will be used-maybe an office or rec hall....
Big Chief RV Park near Coffeyville, is a fairly new park, so it’s really hard to make any judgment on the park itself. There are no trees, although they have planted some young trees on some sites-it will be years before they will even provide any kind of shade.
Big Chief RV Park in Coffeyville, KSIt’s easy to see that the park has been done cheaply. they didn’t tamper down the individual sites, instead they laid large rock base for sites. The bigger RV’s and Motor coaches are having trouble when bringing down their jacks, for they sink deeply in the ground. Although the park is not quite two years old-they already are replacing broken water lines…
The office is the manager’s home, a small mobile home on the premises. The downfall to that is the fact that she smokes and so when you walk in you will get a lung full of cigarette smoke; although she has never lit up while in our presence.
The Managers office/home (poor Sharon...)Now I’m not putting her down in any way, her name is also Sharon and she seems to be a very nice lady. Some folks are a bit leery of her because she has the “rough” look to her and her “helper/assistant” also has a rough look to him. But again, they have been really nice to us. As I stated it is a new park-so what does one expect. I’m here because of the convenience to Amazon.com and the fact that I can walk to work.
One thing I notice, is that an RV has been left while the folks to off for a spell. Her assistant every night drives around and makes sure all looks okay with their coach and I hope while we were gone that he did the same for us.
You will find outstanding power here, the one thing that was done right was enough electric to keep even the fanciest motor coach running smoothly. The water is city water and the only problem we have found with it, is that they seem to bleach the line often.
There is a bit of false advertisement right now on their web page. It states that there is showers on the premises. The shower building is up and contractors are slowly working on it-but the showers are non-operable as well as the laundry facility. Maybe by the work we are seeing-they might get it done in a couple of weeks-or at least we are hoping so.
The new shower & laundry facility (not completed yet)There is not too many other RV parks around or nearby. You have the county park which has added more sites to accommodate both Amazon.com and the refinery in Coffeyville, but only a few sites have full hook-ups and when we drove by, they are literally on top of one another. At least here at Big Chief they are spacious and long sites, which we like. There is another RV park in town but it’s plum full of workers for the refinery. Otherwise you have to venture out to either the State Park or there are two Corps Of Engineer parks with-in 30 miles or less. I think we will stay right where we are.
We did end up with a bad site at first due to a water break behind us. But upon requesting another site-Sharon did assist us and got us a little better site for our little dog.
Our site here at Big Chief-Can't complain-not a bad site
One good thing about here for sure-we can have campfires, where you can’t do that inside the city limits of Coffeyville. We probably won’t seek out a fire grille this year or wood, but maybe next year we will-who knows.
All in all we really can’t complain. We try not to judge people by looks or the fact that they smoke and we do understand that it’s still a new park with lots of work yet to be done on it. And hopefully by the amount of money they receive from Amazon.com-the work will improve each year on the property.
A beautiful sunset behind usWe will stay here at Big Chief RV and give our support to this new park and the manager that is trying to make a go of it. They are putting on a Bash on the following Sunday (16th) for all of us here. They will be providing hamburger, hotdogs and ribs plus music. All we have to do is bring a dish to pass plus our own drinks. They are doing this to where both shifts can enjoy either before they go to work or like in my case when I get home from work.
Not sure what this slab will be used-maybe an office or rec hall....
Won't say who we are but a hint is in your 1st picture of your site at Big Chief. We are in the Alpine 5th wheel behind you.
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