Wow, I really have to wonder if the last reviewer is sure they are reviewing the right campground. Previous reviewer states only kids were working there on Halloween weekend. This is totally in no way true. This campground is family owned by a couple with teenager/adult children. The owners are there 24/7. Do their teenaged kids help out...YES, it's a family business. We camped here many times in 2007 including the Halloween weekend mentioned. We feel it's a very safe place for our children and it's one of the reasons we keep going back. This campground is very well run, and troublemakers, including seasonals, are kicked out and not allowed back. The owner runs a very tight ship here, and rule breaking is not tolerated. If the below camper had a problem with seeing 1 or 2 people drinking at the dance then he should have reported it to the owner who would have taken care of things immediately. I have never seen the outward drinking that is mentioned in the previous review. We find Salem Farms to be a great family campground that's quiet, well run and with pleasant seasonals. We'll be returning many times this year, and are looking forward to it. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.
This is a pretty clean campground. No sewer but convenient dump station on your way out. Friendly however lack of adult supervision apparent. Only saw kids working during the weekend. Free wi-fi a plus but no cable a downer. Halloween weekend was fun. Only huge complaint that will keep us from seasonal here is the outward drinking. No coozie's, no solo cups. In fact..during a dance there were people passing a bottle like a bunch of hobo's. We pulled our kids from the dance for this reason. Kids need to stay young and innocent as long as possible. We camped here in a Fifth Wheel.
We've stayed here multiple times this summer and have had a great time on every visit. Transient sites are all grouped in one area are nicely sized and mostly level and include water, electric and greywater hookups. If your electrical cord isn't long enough you can borrow one in the office, you just need to leave a valid credit card number to encourage you to bring it back. You can get a pump out on site or use the dump station when leaving. Sites are gravel and most have nice shade with some sun. We've been there with heavy rain and there's no water pooling. Each site has a fire ring and garbage and recycling cans which is really nice. Plenty of activities to keep the kids busy. The front pool is for young children with parents and the back pool is for the older crowd. Snack bar in the evenings and breakfast on weekend mornings were really good and reasonably priced. This is a very dog friendly campground and there's lots of them there. Everyone seems to pick up after their dogs and I never saw any messes. Quiet hours are officially till 8AM, however, unofficially it's 9 and it's really nice not to be woken up at the crack of dawn by screaming kids. This is by far one of my favorite campgrounds, it's family run and the seasonals are all really friendly. We will return here often. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.
We've stayed here twice - our latest being this June. This is a campground with quite a bit going on. There are two pools, the one in the front is for the smaller kids and adults, the one in the rear is for the older, rowdy kids. There are a lot of other activities and things to do - daily hayrides, etc. This is a very family oriented campground. Most sites are seasonal but there is an area in the middle of the campground for the transients. The further down the hill you go, the better the sites seem to be. Our first time here was in 2005 and it was over 100 degrees and the campground DID have power issues when folks had to turn on their A/C units. This did not go over well with me. We decided to give them another try this year and I do not regret it as this time, it went a lot better (It also wasn't very hot! mid-80's). This campground is dog-friendly, we walked our dogs around and there are plenty of places to "potty" them. They've added on-site trash cans, (one for garbage,and one for recycling), which was very nice. There is also a little area up front where the goats are and for a quarter, you can feed them. We camped here in a Motorhome.
Camped here for Memorial Day Weekend. Owner and staff very nice. A lot of seasonal sites - everyone we met was friendly. Kids had fun with all the activities. Bathrooms and showers (pay) were clean, as was the overall campground. Site was a bit on the small side, but adequate. Free, easy to connect to WiFi from site with very good signal. No cable, but got major local channels using antenna. We will return for Labor Day. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.
My family and i camped at this park over the summer of 2006. We enjoyed our stay very much. There is a lot going on for the children and it is very relaxing! The weekend we camped there, they had a small children's fair, which was the first time they were trying it out and it was great. Then that night they had a d.j. for entertainment. they have two pool, two playgrounds ( they are planning to put a new playscape in one of them). They also have a small petting zoo with 5 goats who are very friendly. The management is all family owned and operated and they all seem to like what they are doing and always make you feel comfortable when you stay. Their seasonals are also friendly and make you feel welcome. Sites have water, electric and gray water. They are pretty big and price ranges are very reasonable. i would definitely recommend this park to others with children who are looking for a friendly family campground!It's a great place and we will be back! We camped here in a Travel Trailer.
Review Rating
[ 7 / 10 ]
August 2005
$40
I have to sigh while writing this. To start, people have told me that the new owners bought the campground two years ago, and are working hard on improving it. The great majority of the park seems to be seasonals, most all are very well maintained. My biggest problem with the campground is the rates. Considering they are on the high side, I expected more. Anyway. . . Our site was clean and shaded. It was a gravel site, which turned out to be very good. Sites are good sized for a private campground, ours was narrow but long. There is a "duck pond" with sites around it, but I wouldn't consider that "water front". Hookups were positioned so that two sites would share one, we needed extensions to reach ours, that's fine. The problem was that they only had the big 30amp plug style electrical box, friends with a small camper couldn't plug in with a standard extension cord (the store offered to sell them an adapter). I hadn't run into that before. Most all sites have grey water drains. I checked "Don't know" for sewer hookups, is grey water considered sewer? They didn't have a whole lot of activities for kids. You can get breakfast at the campstore many mornings, people said it was very good at reasonable prices. The campstore is small, with camping essentials and snacks. It was strange that they closed it on Sunday afternoon from 1-1:30PM, when checkout is 2PM. We almost always stop at the campstore when checking out to pickup snacks for the road, they may have lost business with the unusual midday closing time, I don't know if that is normal practice. They have a PA system they use for annoucements. They didn't use it too often, but I usually couldn't understand what they were saying and I ended up finding it annoying. The "hayride" was free, and family enjoyed it. They had a big bonfire with two musicians, that was enjoyable. Playgrounds are minimal, could definitely use more equipment. Bathrooms were clean and neat! Shower stalls were setup well, each with their own changing area with curtain. But, they were pay showers. For the rates they charge, I don't see how campers should have to pay for a shower. A lot of rules, but generally your standard campground rules. A bit unusual was "quiet time" lasts until 9:00AM. We get up early, and with young kids it can be difficult to keep them quiet until then (I know they are our own kids and we are responsible for them, but that is late in the morning). There are many rules regarding pets (dogs) that they enforce, but they are reasonable. Okay, the big kicker was the dump station. It is actually outside of the campground off the main road, although on campground property. It is gravel, the dump "pipe" is positioned 5" above the ground, so your flexible dump tube has to make a pretty good turn to go up and into it. There is no way to rinse off the area if there is a spill. The previous camper must have had an "accident" while dumping, because that wasn't brown mud around the dump pipe. I wasn't happy with the dump station. Now, we did have a good time while camping here. Our friends enjoyed themselves and want to come back, and we will probably return next year. I just think the rates are high for what you are getting in general. This could turn into a really good campground if the owners keep on working on it, as I am told they are. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.
The campgrounds were very nice, clean, and pretty. However, the owners were extremely awful. Very un-helpful and not fair with the rules. There were people there that had 4 adults to one campsite and we were told we could not have guests there when they arrived... even after they paid, the owners said it could only be two adults and four kids. They would not allow my husband and I to have another couple stay with us in our popup at the reasonable fee. They were forced to pay for a campground site instead of our guests. awful business.. very unprofessional. Will not go back again. We camped here in a Tent Trailer.
Very clean and lots of activities for the kids and adults. They allow pets but only on your site and the only place you can walk them is on a walking trail. The only downfall to this campground is the sites are very small and very close together. I will go back again though! We camped here in a Motorhome.
We enjoyed this park, campground was very well kept. The $40 rate is for a holiday weekend. I think it is cheaper normally. We had a good time. Although there were many seasonals, the people were very friendly and we will stay here again. We camped here in a Motorhome.
Great campground, activitys for the kids very professional done sites very nice friendly atmosphere very nice campground, will come back again and again. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.
Very nice campground well located near SE Connecticut attractions. Bathrooms were very clean and the staff was very friendly. Most sites are large and level, but many are dirt which could be an issue during bad weather. Sites have electric, water and grey water, but do not have sewer hookups. We had an enjoyable trip and will be back. We camped here in a Tent Trailer.
We've been to Witch Meadow 3 times the last two years. Had a great time always. The
planned activities for kids are numerous and well run. Camp store is well stocked, with a good gift and toy area and hot food available. Staff is polite and helpful. Don't know about the showers, we used our trailer's shower. Most all sites have grey water hookup (nice long showers in trailer!), which is a great thing. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.