Located halfway between Phoenix and Tucson, Casa Grande offers a good location to explore the Saguaro National Park and the Casa Grande Ruins. Palm Creek Golf & RV Resort in Casa Grande is a very nice RV stay with resort amenities.
Key Takeaways:
- Casa Grande, Arizona is a great Arizona desert stay
- The Saguaro National Park is a uniquely beautiful habitat for the stately Saguaro cactus
- Palm Creek Golf & RV Resort in Casa Grande is a dog-friendly luxury resort with tons of amenities
- The Casa Grande Ruins National Monument is 30 miles from Casa Grande and features a museum and a preserved “great house”
Campground Review:
Palm Creek Golf & RV Resort is a large, luxury resort in Casa Grande. With a mix of RV sites and permanent residences, the resort has a friendly community feel. Amenities include pools, clubhouse, pickleball courts, golf course and several dog parks and dog runs. The RV sites are large, pull through sites with full hookups. Our dogs enjoyed their long walks around the resort and the dog run. There’s also a dog shower house – woof!
What to do:
- Visit the Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, located about 30 miles from Casa Grande. They offer a wonderful museum to learn about the Sonoran Desert people
- Take a day and drive to the Saquaro National Park; drive through the two sections, located on opposite sides of Tucson. There are several hikes throughout the park; pets are allowed on the paved trails only – the Desert Discovery Trail and the Desert Ecology Trail
- Drive by the Boneyard – the aviation graveyard on Davis-Monthan Air Force Base on the southeastern edge of Tucson where all decommissioned military aircraft go to die
Saguaro National Park
Casa Grande Ruins National Monument
Chili & Cedar at Saguaro National Park
Saguaro National Park
Chili & Cedar’s Review:
We are not really desert dogs – but we liked the Palm Creek Golf & RV Resort. We walked around the park every day and Chili played ball in the dog run – woof! No desert hiking for us but we liked the drive through the Saguaro National Park!