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The Playful Goose Campground

2001 S Main St., Horicon, Wisconsin 53032 USA

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Opens Sun 11a
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Family owned and operated The Playful Goose Family Campground is located on the Rock River and offers 172 acres of fun and relaxation. Located near the Horicon Marsh and its famous population of hundreds of thousands of Canadian Geese in Spring/Fall.

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3 people have reviewed this location

Ratings Summary

2.0 Access
2.3 Location
3.3 Cleanliness
1.7 Site Quality
3.7 Noise

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Verizon 4G

Confirmed by 2 users | Last reported on August 09, 2021

AT&T 4G

Confirmed by 1 users | Last reported on May 30, 2017

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Confirmed by 1 users | Last reported on May 30, 2017
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Campendium

May 30, 2017
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If I could give 0 stars I would! Gave us 1st site the night we checked in and kept getting electricuited! We did not stay the 4 nights we were suppose to. The family that owns it does not accomodate to there campers. They refuse to take responsibility for their mistakes. No laundry and no wifi. Very disappointed in the service that we received. We ended up leaving the following day. I do not recommend Playful Goose! One lady also told us that we would get a refund for our troubles and then when we went to office they took that statement back. HORRIBLE!

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Nightly Rate: $42.00

Days Stayed: 1

Site Number: 9 and then 83

1 Access
1 Location
3 Cleanliness
1 Site Quality
3 Noise

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AT&T 4G

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shey37

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August 02, 2020
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I’m giving this place two stars because the staff was very nice. If you are looking for the beach area as advertised, Look no further because you won’t find it. It doesn’t exist. The playground is beautiful but I can’t tell you much more about it because we never made it there. The path was covered in tall weeds (not something you would want to walk through) there was no other way to get to it that we could find. The store was a cute little store where my kids spent most of their time and my money. We are new to camping and very disappointed with this place.

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Nightly Rate: $50.00

Days Stayed: 2

Site Number: 303

4 Access
4 Location
5 Cleanliness
2 Site Quality
5 Noise
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Reviewed by
Campendium

August 09, 2021
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I wish I could write a great review about this campground because we were looking forward to this particular trip because it was about an hour from our home.

Entering the Playful Goose Campground was challenging because there is a small gravel road of a steep grade with two blind curves; the entrance road is barely two lanes. The road was far bumpier than I expected as the road had not been recently grated and there was significant water erosion in several sections. Hence, I felt as if were were driving on an unimproved road on a BLM site.

During check-in we learned that there is an additional $3 dollar charge per day if you are going to run your air conditioner. Not unlike other campgrounds, we had to purchase their firewood, but they charged an extra $10 to deliver firewood that was not bundled, but rather just stacked. There is NO WiFI, so if you need to work from your campsite, you will be disappointed -- I was only able to get ONE BAR from Verizon LTE.

The campsite itself was large but it was all grass -- no gravel. The water spigot was spewing water upon arrival and the pressure was higher than we are used to seeing (60psi -- thankfully we have a regulator to reduce the pressure). The electrical system's integrity was fine. The campground has a lot of rules -- closer examination of them suggest that perhaps the management is trying to rebrand the campground to discourage hard-core partiers from visiting. I must say that I appreciate the fact that the campground was quiet at night; no loud music or hard partying was observed.

The property, overall, was not bad and has significant potential. Perhaps it is currently in a deteriorated state of what it once was? I don't know. Although the trees throughout the campground are significantly overgrown in many areas and need pruning, there are a couple of areas where it looks like a park. But the overall appearance of the property was rather trashy with the are several outbuildings throughout the campground along with old vehicles and other refuse that presented a trashy appearance; the seasonal sites added to this as there were some very old campers that looked as if they were mid-reconditioning, but were clearly neglected by their [pervious?] owners. By contrast, other seasonal sites had newer fifth wheels with raised decks, porches, decorative lights, flamingoes, palm tree decor, and other gaudy displays of RV park summer seasonal pageantry.

Overall, the campground was a disappointment.

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Nightly Rate: $47.00

Days Stayed: 2

Site Number: 21

1 Access
2 Location
2 Cleanliness
2 Site Quality
3 Noise

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Verizon 4G

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The Playful Goose Campground

2001 S Main St.
Horicon, Wisconsin
53032 USA
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  • Sun - Sat: 11:00 am - 8:00 pm

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Max Length
60ft
Season End
fall
Sites Count
140
Season Start
spring
Last Nightly Rate
47.0
Lowest Nightly Rate
40.0
Back In RV Sites Count
40
Standard Tent Sites Count
26
Pull Through RV Sites Count
30
Longest Vehicle Length Reported
38.0
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