We camp here because it is very convenient off Interstate 84 exit 1. Though some big rigs can get in this campground, there is a very difficult turn to the left at the bottom of the hill as you enter, so many big rigs refuse to stay here. This park's roads are the pits! Dirt and some gravel, when it rains the roads are nothing more than potholes and mud, and some of the 50amp section campsites get waterlogged too. They have known about this issue for at least a year, but no improvements so far. All of the 50 amp full hookup sites are in one area with many back to back "back in" sites....problem is that if there is a 40+ft motorhome in one, then the site behind it will only have 20-30ft available (depending on the location in this area), so the full number of sites will not really be available for motorhomes/5th wheels/travel trailers that require the 50amp service. The CG has lots of weekend activities for children and adults, and it really fills up the CG & cabins to the max. Some of these activities (wrestling for example) can be VERY loud and may not appeal to everyone....check the CG web page for the schedule prior to your visit. Lakefront sites do not have sewer (the few that do are taken by "seasonals") and are best suited to tents and small campers. The staff is not overly ambitious and often can be seen taking numerous smoking breaks. Still, we will return, as the cg is convenient and meets our basic needs. We camped here in a Motorhome.
Nice place with what seemed to be many nice amenities for families. Many kids around. Lots of sites were those seasonal, house types. We stopped here because we were too late in the evening to get to our destination and arrived just before dark. I chose this park out of a Woodall's book, contacted their 800 number to confirm site availability and size and was assured 'big rig' accessibility; found out later that the 800 number was not even located in the same state and the operator was reading from a handout. The biggest problem with this park was the hairpin turn to get in - you have to make what basically amounts to a 180 degree turn. We made the mistake of attempting this with the tow vehicle still attached and ended up blocking the entire entrance/exit when the RV/tow combo could not make the turn (which was also on a hill). Had to unhook, back up the car, back up the motorhome and go again. After that it was smooth sailing but we certainly caused quite a commotion getting to that point. I believe we were the evening's entertainment and I had several people comment on how 'large' our motorhome was, and that they didn't see anything like that very often. The road leading to the park should have been our first warning sign - we had to dodge some low hanging branches (our motorhome is 13+ ft tall). Again, for a smaller rig (less than 40') I think this would probably have been a great stop. Next time I will just do my homework a little better; we chalked this up to a learning experience. :) We camped here in a Motorhome.
Membership Park now in Thousand Trails Management which hopefully will be good for this place. Nice but tight pull through sites plus many seasonal sites around the lake and in the trees. The pull throughs are in the middle of a flat section and have clear sight for satellite. Muddy if it rains. Poor security and no rules, which is the manager's way of staying popular. Hopefully Thousand Trails will remedy this situation. Otherwise a nice place to stay. We camped here in a Motorhome.
This was a beautiful state campground with awesome foliage. Walker pond was nice to canoe in and fish. If you bring a canoe you can paddle to the Mass Turnpike and go through a really long tunnel under the highway. My kids called it "The Tunnel of bad word". We also took a hike on one of the many trails to Carpenter rock were you have a really nice view. This campground is very close to Sturbridge Village and our intent was to visit but we just loved the campground and didn't leave. The roads are smooth for bike riding but if your have one of the sites not near the lake, there are very big hills. We definitely will be going back next fall. We camped here in a Motorhome.
Nice state park atmosphere with plenty of hiking trails and woods to enjoy, however not too much else in the way of amenities. We camped here in a Motorhome.
This is a beautiful state park with hiking and a small lake for swimming. The sites are huge and wooded. Beware of the mosquitoes and bring your repellent. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.
This is the worst campground I have ever stayed in in the 6 years I have been full timing. The person who checked us in told us to go down this road and it's the first site. Couldn't get in because there were private cars parked in it. Went into the next site and had to move over from the hookups because there was a car and picnic tables in the site. After we got hooked up we realized that two RV's should have been in the same space. We went to office and told them why we were taking up two spaces. They said just stay there. We paid $52 for 30 amp, no sewer and people walking thru our campsite. It was a very unpleasant experience. Wouldn't recommend this campground to anyone in any size RV. We camped here in a Motorhome.
The campground is supposed to be a kid friendly environment but during the two days that my family and I camped there we had my kids threatened by older out of control punks at the playground. The people at the next camp site were partying till 2AM every night even though the quite time was 11:30PM. We woke to another neighbor swearing about how she was awake all night. Overall I would not recommend this campground to anyone that has young kids or wants a nice peaceful experience. I suggest one of the many other campgrounds in the area or further into Western Mass We camped here in a Tent Trailer.
Review Rating
[ 6 / 10 ]
July 2009
$67
The campground was ok. We barely made the turn with our 32' travel trailer down the road where our site was. Our site was wooded as requested but no cable or sewer hookup there. We also needed an extension cord to plug our camper in at our site (luckily our friend has one) because it was on the "wrong" side). Lots of seasonal units there. It was very run down looking. The campground had lots of activities planned for the kids. The pools were nice. Aquacenter with water slide was more money and adults had to pay even if they were just watching and not swimming. The food at snack bars was good. Quiet time didn't seem to be enforced as we heard people & music very late into the night. We probably wouldn't return but we had fun with our friends. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.
This park seems to have deteriorated more every time we stay there. Not much regular maintenance, I would think. They advertise wi-fi but none was available and no one in the office could offer any help. Still no sewer hook-ups and to have the "honey" truck come by is $15.!!And they only do it on Sat. and Sun. What do you do for the rest of the week? Encourages dumping grey water on the ground, it seems.Side-by-side hook-ups but site size is decent.A lot of old run-down trailers here. We camped here in a Motorhome.
We stayed here in early April, when nothing else was open. Given the previous reviews on this site, it was not as bad as we expected. We had a large pull-through site and the grounds were generally well kept, but since it was snowing, it was hard to tell. Even though flakes were falling, there was a group of about 30 or so drinking and partying in front of the restrooms (heated, to their credit). The next morning, beer cans, cigar and cigarette butts littered the grounds outside of the restrooms. Except out of desperation, we are not certain we would stay here again. We camped here in a Motorhome.
Pull through sites, where we stayed, were very close together. Putting the awing out almost touched the rig next door. Very narrow, unpaved, curvy roads with trees. Lots of seasonals (older with lots of "stuff" on sites). Front gate - had to get out of rig to press button to gain access. Would not camp here again, chose it because of it's location to Old Sturbridge Village. On the good side, good wireless internet, clean bathrooms and showers, ans curbside trash pick up. Staff was pleasant. There were very few sites that could accommodate 35 foot rigs. The campground does not state they are big rig friendly, but were able to accommodate 35 feet rigs on a few sites. We camped here in a Motorhome.
We were not happy with this campground. We stayed here last year and were also very unhappy, but were willing to give them another chance. We are 2 retired travelers with no children to entertain. We stayed here due to the location. This is a huge campground with hundreds of small children riding tricyles down the middle of the streets. It was like a 3 ring circus.The campground obviously caters to young children and families. It is extremely noisy and sites are crammed close together.When we arrived there were 3 trucks from other campers parked in our site. We had to wait for them to be moved so that we could park. The other campers glared at us as if WE were imposing on them. There was no WI-FI at our site. We will not stay there again. We camped here in a Motorhome.
Hosts allowed late check-in, but it was very difficult to locate our site without someone to guide us. Very narrow roads with trees close to roadway, questionable clientele (local police were patrolling), a lot of people wandering around late at night. Pull through site was not long enough to accomodate our 23' trailer with tow vehicle. Needed to back out of site as there wasn't room to pull through. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.
Park is a good overnight. Just off highway and large pull thru sites up front, with 50 amp and cable, no dump on pull thru sites. We camped here in a Motorhome.
Nice campground with cute playground by the pond. We camped here in the winter, so much of the place was closed, but it looked well maintained and the owner was nice. We camped here in a Motorhome.
Bottom line is this place is a DUMP. The owners refuse to repair anything or put money into this place to make it better. I only came here for the May and October days extended weekends, where you leave your RV setup and come up on the weekends. The power to your RV is below 100 volts at times so forget about running anything much more than a light bulb. I watched several tree limbs fall on a couple of trailers and one limb almost hit a couple of younger children. There are loud party's at night but seem to simmer down around midnight. I have been camping here for many years and the owners have just let the place go. Their normal on season rate is very much over priced. They advertise free cable TV, but they don't tell you that you may need 500 feet of cable to use it in some areas of the park. With some serous effort and lots of money this place could be pretty nice but I doubt it will happen. I doubt I will return and many of the family's I camp with here feel the same way. The only good thing I will say about the place is the location, it's close to I84 but sometimes a little to close when the trucks are going by with there Jake brakes on. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.
This park is disgusting. How it gets such a high rating in Trailerlife is beyond me. Had I known how bad it was we would have driven further. The staff were rude and the park was dirty. We camped here in a Fifth Wheel.
Very friendly staff,that's the only positive I can say about this park. Sites are very close. Very noisy, lots of kids, not for seniors. OK for a 1 night stop, when you need a place to stay to avoid driving any longer. Camped here in a 36ft.motorhome on our way to kennebunkport. We camped here in a Motorhome.
Old campground designed for those big 20'ers. Used cable connector from adjoining space, ours broken. Small spaces, narrow twisting dirt roads with large old growth trees hanging over road. We camped here in a Fifth Wheel.
We've camped here a 4 times. I don't mind it as much as other people. I like it in the 200's or 700's. The sites by the office are very small and tight. Were going here Memorial Day this year. They have alot of activities for the kids and the adults. I like feeding the goats, the pools are very nice. The staff is very nice and helpful. It's dirt roads but I think the campground is kept up. This year we'll staying in Cindy's circle. This is the only place they have full hookups. That is the one thing I will say is, they should upgrade to more full hookups especially in the 700's, although the 700's are furthest away from everything, you do get your exercise walking. The 700's are my favorite. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.
This is one of the poorest, dirtiest parks we have ever been in. The trees need trimming as the limbs rub the top of taller RV. When we made the reservation I informed them our rig was 40 ft long and the site they put us in, we had to back out of, because of the other campers vehicles. We camped here in a Motorhome.
This was our second try at Jellystone in Sturbridge and both experiences have been wonderful. We have found the staff to be very helpful and accommodating, the other campers to be friendly and enjoyable and I would recommend this Jellystone to anyone. The showers were clean and had hot water, the bathrooms were cleaned regularly and they would come by and remove the trash once and sometimes twice a day. We are participating in May Days there and are looking forward to returning next weekend. We camped here in a Tent Trailer.
This place is a dump. Narrow, dirty sites. Be ready to play musical cars every time a new camper arrives. The bugs are terrible. Barking dogs all day and night.Loud music, and drunken parties galore. We had to walk through a bar full of drunken patrons to bring our 4 year old to the "Boo-Boo's Birthday Party". The staff was rude, and quite frankly, looked like they were hired from a work release program, complete with wife beater shirts, and jail house tattoos. We watched a staff member groping and petting a female staff member as they were dishing out cake to campers....UGH. The campground manager couldn't keep his eyes off my wife's chest. This place is filthy, disgusting, and NOT for children. Without a doubt, the WORST place I have ever stayed.....this includes a few motorcycle rallies. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.
This was an overnight stop only. We had left Maine and had not read reviews of this campground on this site because we did not know we would be using it - wish we had. We were going west on I84 and knew if we did not stop here, the next campground would be 2 to 3 hour drive, which at 3pm we just didn't won't to make. We did ask for a pull thru, which really their pull thrus are back to back sites that if not busy, they use as pull thrus. The 1st site they give us was, in my opinion, not a site. The front door of our MH was facing the toad of the MH beside of us and when stepping our our door, the toad was no more than 3 ft away. Our back slide was such that the other MH occupants would be hitting their heads on the slide to get in the door of their MH. Since the other sites in the front area were unoccupied, we did ask to be moved, which they did. The next site was better. The campground that was in our view was not maintained at all. The small amount of grass had not been mowed for some time - grass was 6 to 8 inches high. There was trash around. The seasonal sites were definitely not maintained at all. The place really looked like trailer trash. We would have left, refund or not, but knew we were tried and did not need to be on the road any longer. If ever there was a time in our 23 years of rving we would have stayed in a Wal Mart parking lot or a rest stop, this was it. The $35 we paid was for W/E only and this was a Good Sam discount! This place did not deserve a $15 rate!!! We will make sure we stop before this, even if it is only a 4 hr day, rather than a 6 hr day!! Although we have been to Maine many times, this was the 1st time we took this route and now know this is not a good place to stop. Make sure you stay clear of this place. Worst place we have been in the 23 years of rving!!! We camped here in a Motorhome.
We've stayed here before and didn't plan to return but we needed a place to camp in Sturbridge. Unfortunately this stay wasn't any better than the one a few years ago. Previous reviews note most of the same problems. Too many young adults who show up to drink. There was a group near us who played very loud music until 2AM on Friday night. OK, security came by many times and asked them to turn it down, but if the campground was serious about creating a family environment they would have kicked them out Saturday morning. Instead Saturday night was a repeat performance. If you must go, stay in the 700 section. Yes, you can hear the highway noise, but this section didn't seem to attract the drinking groups. This campground has so much potential so it's really too bad! We camped here in a Tent Trailer.
We have a 40' motor home pulling a 25' race trailer, were told they could accommodate us, they could not. Too many trees to make the turns, and trees were not trimmed to accommodate slides or height of unit. We ended up with just an electric and water site that was much too cramped and it was 2 sites. We were initially told that we could just ask for a pump out since we no longer had sewer, later they told us we had to pay for it. We had been racing and were full and needed it now, cost us an extra $13.00 for that, it is $7.00 regularly, so it cost us $20.00. Then the only pool for my kids to be able to use, my youngest is 3 we had to pay $4.00 per person to use. The place is not mowed, the sites are nothing but sand and dirt, nothing graded so that the water pools everywhere. Their snack bar has just your basics, but they were completely out of just about everything. Same thing went for the camp store. Just your basic needs like milk and bread were cleaned off the shelves, for all 3 days. If you wanted anything to do with your camping needs, they suggested Walmart - yea it's so easy to disconnect and drive down the road to Walmart then maneuver back to the campsite. One woman was so rude because we requested to be pumped out twice in one day - I do laundry in my unit, not at their laundry service, she was not pleased and had never heard of anyone needing to be pumped more than once a day. Very Rude, Very dirty, do not recommend. We camped here in a Motorhome.
Review Rating
[ 1 / 10 ]
July 2006
$40
We visited this park and will never come back to this place again the staff was the most un friendly people that we have ever met in a campground, the guy that did the hay ride for the kids was an old grumpy man and the bugs in Cindy circle made it impossible to stay outside and enjoy a campfire, the bathrooms didn't seem like they were cleaned more than once per day they have the cabins for rent and rent them to people who just use the camping experience as a place to get drunk and very very loud they have a security guard that drives around in a very noisy jeep and when the partiers hear the jeep they quiet down and then start back up. We will never go back here again!!!!!!! Very bad place to bring a family We camped here in a Travel Trailer.
Disgraceful, looked like the Beverly Hill Billies owned the campground. We have 2 small children who would have enjoyed the water park, but was not opened, employees didnt seem to care about their jobs or visitors. Bugs in the Cindy circle were just about unbearable. We will never return there. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.
Review Rating
[ 3 / 10 ]
June 2006
$52
Most activities closed all weekend (waterpark, mini golf). Some of the employees where less than pleasant. Smoking by employees while working. Seasonal campsites where a disgrace and the campground made no point in hiding away from public eye their equipment and broken unused equipment. Not enough restroom/shower facilities. We camped here in a Tent Trailer.
Like most Jellystones, this one is in a great destination (Sturbridge) but pricey. The Woodalls 4W/5W rating is too high. We were directly across from one of the bathrooms and a short retaining wall built caused water to pool at the entrance door. As soon as they would clean the bathrooms people would track the muddy water right back in. There are two pools - the one called the "Aqua Center" - a small pool with a nice slide - costs EXTRA. For the high site fees, admission to the pool should be included. The comments about drunken campers at night making too much noise were true during our stay as well. (Big surprise with a BAR at the campground!) Could be a really great campground with some improvements to the bathrooms and sites and a lowering of fees. We camped here in a Tent Trailer.
Great location but the campground was filthy. My kids refused to go near the bathroom due to the smell and water running out the door. LOTS of seasonal sites and it can get noisy at night. We camped here in a Motorhome.
Lots and lots of kids. Many permanent sites where people come every week end or for the whole season. Very tightly knit. Many activities for adults and kids. Very noisy. Help was very nice. We camped here in a Motorhome.
I had to chuckle when I read these reviews. We stayed here back in 1980 something and it looks like nothing has changed in 26 years, how sad. I remember being in the pool and not being able to see past my knees because the water was so filthy, it had to be the hottest weekend of the year too. Be warned, stay away from this dump! We camped here in a Tent Trailer.
Beautiful surroundings. Bathrooms and laundry were dirty. Many seasonal trailers were in
poor shape and/or a bit tacky. No problems with other campers. Great security. Nicepool. Stayed on Cindy Lane. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.
Review Rating
[ 1 / 10 ]
2004
$54
This is the dirtiest, nastiest campground we have ever been to. The staff are miserable and the "seasonal" campers are a bunch of drunks who exhibit a total lack of respect for others. The facilities are dirty and the park looks like a shanty town due to the broken down long term campers. Avoid this place at all costs... We camped here in a Travel Trailer.
Review Rating
[ 9 / 10 ]
2003
$45
I gave it a 9 because no one is perfect. I camped there in August of 2003. The sites in
the open area seemed to be close to each other. I stayed in the 700's block. What a beautiful area. The staff was very friendly and helpful. One gentleman walked by several times a day picking up litter and checking to make sure we were comfy. All of my camping nieghbors seemed to enjoy the park. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.
Review Rating
[ 1 / 10 ]
2003
$54
This park was dirty,noisy,unruly and poorly managed, I would neither return or recommend this place to anyone. We camped here in a Motorhome.
Review Rating
[ 1 / 10 ]
2002
$40
This place was filthy. Dogs barking all day and night, employees who hated their jobs. Run from this place. You will never even see Yogi. We left a day early since we couldn't take the dogs and roaming loud drunken adults any more. It looks like a shanty town. Cars double and tripled parked all over. We had to have 3 people move for us to get into our site. No security. We camped here in a camper.