Timberland Lake Campground

If you're not going to Six Flags Great Adventure, there aren't many reasons to camp here. $25 per night on Passport America. Campground wasn't particularly well-kept but it wasn't the worst I've seen either. Sites were fairly small and packed in close to one another, but there were at least a few trees between each of them to serve as a divider. Seemed like the full timers all knew each other and weren't thrilled with outsiders coming in to the camp. Bathhouses were meh...not filthy, but FULL of bugs in the shower area. Campground is gated, and gates close from 9pm to 9am, and I guess you're not even supposed to go in or out during those hours...? It's kind of a weird place. Probably wouldn't go back unless I were headed to the amusement park.

You can in fact go in and out of the campground any time of the night. It is gated but there is always someone available to open the gate. This campground although is on the older side provides a lot of things to do especially compared to others in the area. There really are a lot of rough roads within the campground, and they have been filled multiple times, but with the type of dirt used it just doesn’t hold up very long. Like any place this place has it issues, but the staff is helpful and friendly, the rates are great and for the events throughout the year it is overall a great place to camp.

There was a nice large pool
However other amenities were lacking. The bathhouses were very standard. There was hot water and pressure but needed some updating.

There were many seasonal people there with a lot of stuff accumulated in their yards.

It was a bit more run down than what we prefer. Lots of bottle caps and miscellaneous trash items on each site.

Our site was very level but not made for larger rigs

We camped here for three nights and stayed at two different campsites. First we stayed at 139. Felt like all the campsites just ran into each other and there was trash everywhere. There were people screaming and fighting well after midnight. Cops were even called by campground. Decided to give it another chance maybe it was just the one group that got kicked out. Next night we moved to 133 since it was a little more private. Still had trash everywhere on the ground. Same problem there was loud parties going on till well past midnight and nothing was being done about it.

In the camp store there was a sign that said mask required but even the employees were not wearing masks in the store. They did not care about Covid safety at all. The “lake” was disgusting as well. Garbage was everywhere in the water. Good thing it was closed because I would not want to have to tell my kids no and deal with them being disappointed because there was no way my kids were going in that swamp. I also called the morning before we arrived to ask if the pool was open. I asked the person on the phone twice and they said yes it is open until 10pm. We got there a couple hours later and the pool was covered up and closed for the season.

The person that took our reservation was very pleasant. The campground has a sign on the main road which tells you to drive on a road that is marked with a weight limit. Unusual the campground would be placed on a road that would eliminate most 5th wheels and anything that has an engine from being able to use the road. We re-routed to stay off that road which added about 30 minutes to the trip and included a mile or two of a soft sand road and a very difficult sharp left turn into the campground driveway. The first thing we see on the property is the unkept mess at the dumpsters. Trash and broken items strewn about. On the way to the store we passed a small animal area which looked very run down and maybe a bit unsafe for the couple of animals that were in there. We stopped at the store to check in. The store was very stocked with all sorts of stuff. The person that checked us in was very friendly. We originally made reservations for 3 adults. We ended up with 4 adults. At check in we let them know about the change so they can adjust the fees. They orginally marked our reservation for 6 adults, which added to our fees, strange, but ok, it was corrected. The site almost flat but was without any shade, unfortunately it was 95 degrees all week. The utilities were good with no problems. There was couple of concrete covers in the ground in our site with metal loops sticking up that were tripping hazards. There was liquor bottle on one with electrical wires and an outlet on the ground. We didn't spend much time during the day at the campground. We came in late one evening and used the passcode to open the gate which we had trouble doing. We used the intercom to call the office to see what the issue was and a lady answered, who was at first pleasant, then was nasty. "Hello we are having trouble with the code. It does not seem to be working." "Are you checking in?" "No" "Then use the code to open the gate " " We have but it does not seem to work" "I will open the gate but you better have your pass on the mirror or we will charge you double" Click. We went to the pool. It was not the Olympic pool listed on the website but looked nice. We checked in and were told we will need to take our shirts off to get in the pool. We told the lady who had the same nasty tone as the intercom lady. We told her sunburns are an issue for a couple of usand we need to leave the cotton shirts on. She nastily said it is not her problem, the health dept made the rule. We counted 8 people in the pool with cotton shirts on plus an entire family with just regular street clothes on. She didnt care. We called the health dept to let know about the the policy 'enforcement'. The water had a weird texture to it. We walked around and noted how overgrown and rundown the grounds were. Many of the seasonals looked like they have not been occupied in a while. The bath house was not clean, we didn't want to touch any surface. Cross this one off the list

My Mother always said, Nothing nice to say, say nothing.

Overpriced only because location to Great Adventure with dirty blacktop millings for you site.

Not good.

I want to say more but I have to remember what Momma said.

This campground was great for my kids. They loved the pool and playground. For myself I was less thrilled. It is a very loved campground. At lot of seasonal campers. Not as well maintained as I would have liked. No laundry facilities and the bathrooms were not as clean as I'd prefer. I didn't feel comfortable taking a shower in their facilities.