The area around Hot Springs National Park in Arkansas is blessed with many well-reviewed campgrounds, from fancy resorts to state parks…so I don’t quite remember how we ended up at perhaps the tiniest of them all: little Stephens Park with all of nine campsites, right on the shore of Lake Hamilton. It’s a gem, though, […]
Tom Sawyer’s RV Park in West Memphis: A Campground Review
We had been itching to stay at Tom Sawyer’s RV Park in West Memphis, Arkansas (just across the river from Memphis, TN) for a long time. We had, in fact, booked two stays there in the past, both of which had to be canceled for assorted reasons. You have to call to book, and apparently […]
Wayne County Fairgrounds RV Park near Detroit, MI: Campground Review
travel dates: July, 2021 You can listen to me talking about Wayne County Fairgrounds and our trip to Detroit on the RV Atlas Podcast There’s something about the challenge of finding good RV camping near big cities that appeals to me. Sometimes it’s pretty straightforward, and there’s a solid campground very close to the city (the Philadelphia South KOA). […]
Oak Mountain State Park, et. al: A Campground Review and Van Woes
travel dates: June, 2022 Ah, August! That time when, for us Georgians, it is still unbearably hot and muggy outside and yet summer is officially over and everyone must return to real life. We’re back from our mostly wonderful eight week long summer trip, which we dubbed Mountains, Mountains, and More Mountains for reasons that […]
Four Mile Creek State Park near Niagara Falls: Campground Review
travel dates: July, 2021 I talked about this campground awhile back on the RV Atlas podcast: you can listen to that episode here We stayed at some really nice resort type campgrounds on this trip and very much enjoyed them. There are some resort type campgrounds in the Niagara Falls area that have wonderful reviews and would […]
Sned-Acres Family Campground: Campground Review
Travel dates: July, 2021 We had a bit of a motley itinerary in summer of 2021, one that tied together New England with parts of the midwest. But one nice thing about this somewhat inefficient route is that it let us spend some time along the way checking out parts of New York we’d never […]
North Beach Campground in Burlington, VT: Campground Review
travel dates: July, 2021 if you prefer your campground reviews in an audio format, you can hear me talk about this one on the RV Atlas podcast I was very excited about North Beach Campground, partly because it’s right here on Lake Champlain: And also because it’s right in the city of Burlington, and right on the […]
Lincoln/Woodstock KOA in the White Mountains of New Hampshire: Campground Review
Travel dates: July 2021 We don’t often stay at a big, bustling, activity-filled campground when it’s actually bustling and activity filled. We stay in quieter or at least less amenity-filled campgrounds more often than not, and when we DO opt for resort-style campground it tends to be in the off or shoulder season (like our […]
Wakeda Campground in Hampton Falls, NH: Campground Review
We were a little surprised by how much we all liked Wakeda Campground, our choice for a base for exploring the New Hampshire coast. I’m not sure why: it has great reviews and I didn’t find any major red flags when reading through them. But we went into our stay there expecting Wakeda to be fine, […]
Normandy Farms in Foxborough, MA: A Campground Review
If you’re looking for an RV park near Boston, you’ll probably hear about two choices: one is Minuteman Campground, which we stayed at and liked a lot several years ago, and the other is Normandy Farms, which we stayed at the for the first time this summer: After I tell you about Normandy Farms, I’ll […]