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We stayed 2 nights over Thanksgiving while visiting family in the area. Loop B was closed for the season and we stayed in Loop C. There were maybe 5 others rigs set up in the campground but we only saw one of their occupants. The sites are not private and the space between them varies. We set up on the paved pad and found it very level. Our travel trailer is 19 feet long and we fit with our tow vehicle. Our neighbors had to park their tow vehicle in parking nearby because the paved drive was only long enough for their large 5th wheel. We had electric at the site and there was water available in the camping loop and a dump station at the park.

There are vault toilets available and one bathhouse which was heated and had hot showers. However, there are not flush toilets anywhere in the campground.

I had good Verizon coverage on my phone and was able to make some online Black Friday purchases from the camper.

We would definitely stay here again in the off season. With the lack of privacy at sites and only 6 showers for 156 sites I'm not certain we'd stay here during peak season.

We stayed 1 night at this campground and hope to return again for tubing on the river. The river was above flood level and not safe for water sports during our stay.

Campground is well laid out with some privacy between most sites. Any site looked like it would be easy to get equipment level and most will accommodate large rigs. Bath house was clean (cleaned extra times per day this summer during the Covid-19 pandemic.) Electric and water at each site and a dump station at the entrance to the park. There is a nice educational nature center open on the weekends.

There are also a limited number of hike-in sites outside of the main campground.

This is an International Dark Sky Park. While hands-on ranger interpretative events were cancelled during our stay due to the Covid-19, the park provided written information about the night sky for the current month to campers.

The only downfall we found was that the road to the park was narrow and vehicles traveled fast on it. It was a little concerning towing.

We have x-finity cell phone which claims to use Verizon towers. I had 2 bars of service at the campground.

We stayed in Aug 2016 and in addition to the $20/ per night fee we paid $9 to Reserve America for the reservation.

We liked the large wooded sites at the campground. Our site, #15 was very large and private. Our trailer is only 18 ft so we could back in and then angle the trailer behind a boulder for more privacy. There is drinking water available a couple places in the campground. Port-a-potties are located in the campground. A bathhouse is currently under construction. Camp sites include a picnic table and fire ring for the dry camping.

The campground is located on a lake. There is a sandy beach and roped off area for swimming. Signs say swimming is only allowed when a lifeguard is on duty which is late morning into the afternoon. There is also a boat launch. I don't think any camp sites have a clear view of the lake, but some are close.

Our only problem were some other campers (who were camping together.) Around 10 pm they began yelling at each for a few minuets off and on. This went on for 20 min and escalated to every other word being profanity. I Goggled and then called the local police after hearing "I'm going to kill you" and "Let's end this right now." The police, stationed 5 miles away, were there in 3 minuets. We didn't hear anything else after that. That was unnerving and I would like to think this was a nearly isolated incident. I've only called the police one other time and never when camping. (The campground didn't appear to have a host or staff at night.)

I liked this campground very much and in spite of the two guys threatening each other I'd give it another try.

Because we were staying over a weekend we had reserved a site online. That wasn't necessary since there were plenty of sites open. Additionally, we unknowingly chose one of the worst sites from the online map. We stayed here in 2012 in a pop-up camper.

This park has several positives, but I still wasn't able to give it a good review. Check-in was easy. Nice ponds for those who enjoy fishing. My husband enjoyed running on a flat well marked trail. Bathhouse was fine with affordable pay showers. Electricity at the site.

The bad: very few water places to get drinking water. It was a hike to get water. Our site wasn't set up well. We either didn't have a fire pit or it was nearly in the next site. Our site also seemed to be a major path to swing sets behind us. Kids and parents constantly wandered through our site.

The gross: Garbage dumpsters were located right across the street from us. By morning we were driven out by the stench of rotting fish and flies everywhere. Really gross.

The scary: It was wild waking up at 7 am on Sunday morning to the sound of a low flying plane. Then it was scary to realize it was a crop duster spraying the field beside our camper. Not something I want myself or my kids breathing in.

The crop dusting is what would prevent me from staying here again. Otherwise, I would consider trying a different site, but not knowing what they were spraying is a deal breaker for me.

We stayed here in Aug 2016 and the $48 price includes some taxes and was for full hook-ups.

This quiet private campground has wooded sites that are close together. We were in a back-in section on the end with no one beside us. That made our site feel bigger. If someone had been next to us their fire pit and picnic table would have been very close to our trailer and our sewer line. But as it was we were comfortable. There is a section of pull thru sites that can accommodate large Class A RVs and large 5th wheels. A third section was for tent camping. Those sites were spaced out better and a little more private. There was also a couple lean-to sites and a camping cabin. Maybe 3 RVs appeared to be there full time, but I think they were work campers.

The campground was easy to get to from I295 but far enough away that we didn't hear traffic noise. It is near the Freeport LLBean outlet. When we arrived we were given a "Welcome Packet" which included useful things like a Maine road map (remember paper maps?) Fliers for local tourist activities were included. It also had a couple religious tracts.

The campground has a small camp store with very basic things you might have forgotten or run out of. It also sells firewood.

Activities included a "swim" pond (that I wouldn't want to swim in) with paddle boats and two kayaks. The pond was very small but our 11 year old had a blast on and off kayaks all evening. There is also a playground for little kids, sand volleyball, basketball hoops, tether ball, and a rec room with a pool table, foosball, and air hockey. No additional charge for any of these activities.

There is a laundry room with washers for $1.50 and dryers for $1. The bathhouse included hot showers and was one of the cleanest bathhouses we've seen. They also posted the cleaning/closure time which I find helpful.

Campground WiFi showed up but we couldn't stay connected. I had 3 bars of 4G on my Verizon phone.

We camped in our pop-up tent camper for 4 nights in July 2014. The weather was fantastic with highs in the upper 70's during the day and in the 60's for great sleeping weather at night! Temps are much higher below the rim so take heed of the warnings of being prepared of the heat.

The campground is well maintained and had two camps hosts who took turns being on duty. One took things very seriously and made sure our camper and car stayed on the paved drive of our site. Our site was a pull through and the picnic table and fire ring were on the drivers side while our camper opens to the passenger side. The camp host made it clear that we could not turn around against the campground one way traffic. We didn't mind anyway, the setting was too beautiful to sweat the small stuff! While the camp host may have been a bit of a rule stickler the upside of that is that quiet hours were enforced which was nice. Campground is dry camping with drinking water, dump station, shower house, and camp store available. No cell service on my phone at our site but some slow wifi is available at the camp store. There is a gas station located at the campground with very expensive gas, however, the north rim is pretty secluded so your choices are limited anyway.

We hiked both along the rim and below the rim (HOT) with our 9 and 11 year old kids. We also dined at the lodge with a same day reservation. My daughter's favorite memory of our long summer trip was a mule ride along the rim. We also attended a Ranger lead talk and learned about many artifacts in the canyon. Great time and we'd love to go back.

When we pulled up I was excited to see excited to see that Delaware State parks had won some national award for "Gold Medal of Excellence." I don't think campground layout was part of the judging.

In all fairness, the campground provided what we were looking for in a stop for the night, namely electric hook-ups. After a long hot loud night at our last place we wanted both the coolness and background noise of the ac. The 30 amp hook-ups provided that.

Besides the electricity, other positives were water hook-ups at the site, very clean sites, clean enough bath house with free showers, and friendly staff and campground hosts. There was also one washer ($2/load) and dryer ($1.50/load) with a sign to use liquid detergent only. A dump station is available. Finally, a free bicycle loaner program that we didn't use, but seems like a nice idea.

The disappointing part of the campground is the layout. Three of the loops (A, B, and C) are back in sites that are all close together. There are a lot of trees around, but no privacy and a lot of closeness. Loop D had pull through crescent shaped sites which were slightly better than the other loops, but still close together. Large rigs, Class A, large trailers or long 5th wheels would be to long for Loop D. All of these loops had electric and water. A final area was a tent camping area without electric and water. I didn't check out that area. There are also cabins available.

The campground was pretty loud in the evening sounding like a children's carnival. At least the kids were laughing and having fun but it was still going well past quiet hours.

We camped in Aug 2016.

We stayed 1 night while passing through the area. Our site was in loop D which is the area with electric and water at the sites. The sites in this loop are small and right on top of each other with no privacy. My son commented that it was like a KOA look and feel. (Not our favorite type of site.) We walked through the other loops which were shaded, more spacious, many were more private, but did not have electric or water at their sites.

We hiked while at the campground but did not do anything on the lake which is really the big attraction here at this park. We also hiked at New River State park which is nearby and is mostly just a hiking/biking/horseback trail (some of the photos someone submitted for this state park are actually from New River State park.)

We would stay here again if in the area.

We have x-finity cell phones which claim to use Verizon towers. I had 2 bars of service which worked well.

We found this campground here on Campendium. The price drastically helped our budget when taking the kids to Universal Studios and Harry Potter. As others have said, this city park is a short drive to the park.

Sites vary in how level they are. It seems like sites int he inner circle near the bath house were more level, but less private. Avoid site 12, it was very unlevel.

Bath house met our needs but was certainly not spotless. It also is was not temperature controlled, so we were dripping with sweat before we could dress after a shower.

Change machine did not work in the laundry room so come prepared.

Well maintained and heavily used state park.

We stayed 3 nights while visiting family in the area so most of our time spent in the campground was early morning and late evening. Cedar loop of the campground was nearly full over the weekend but the camp was quiet and peaceful. Other loops had more availability and were not a crowded. Cedar Loop where we were is the only pet friendly loop and also has 30 amp hookups. Water is available at spigots in the park and there is a dump station at the entrance of the campground.

Camping sites were small. The camping "pad" was tiny crushes gravel and most of these areas were level. Some sites had quite an incline to back up into the camping "pad." Sites have a fire ring and picnic table. The bath house was clean and maintained. The camp host cleaning fire pit between campers. He also raked the crushed gravel making the site well cared for.

A few things to note:
*The park has a gate at the entrance which is locked at night. You need to call ahead if you will be arriving late for the code. The lock is difficult to see at night, it is a combination code with the numbers imprinted into the silver metal. When hit with light from a flashlight the whole thing reflects light back at you making it difficult to see the numbers. This gate was being locked about 10 pm while we were there.
* There is a second gate at the entrance of the campground operated by a keypad. The campground office closes at "dusk." If you arriving after (or near) "dusk" and have reservations call ahead to get the code.
* There is a swim beach and large picnic area which are heavily used by local folks on weekends. The park did close the park to day use once the parking lots were full. They blocked off the left hand tuning lanes on Rt. 40 into the park. As campers they allowed us in, but we had to pass the park and turn around to make a right hand turn into the park. Not a big deal, but would have been a pain if we happened to be towing.
* Finally, we made online reservations ahead of time. Our paperwork said we were in site 15. Every loop has a site 15 but the registration paperwork didn't indicate which loop we were in. We arrived after the office was closed. We found our site by finding the only pet friendly loop and were thankful there were signs about that.

Overall, this is a great well maintained park. The registration process and getting in at night could be improved. An emergency first responder would have difficulty having access to the park at night.

Park is located near an Appalachian Trail parking/trailhead.