This park is a classic for our family. We have camped here at least 5 times for a couple weeks each stay. The campground is very family freindly. The views are great and the river can be used calmly for swimming, relaxing etc, or take a raft downstream for more exciting time on the river. The area around the campground is great too, especially if you have kids. Theres lots of trains in the area, amusement parks, and the outlets and scenery wow. If your planning on staying in the area, make it the saco river campground! We camped here in a Travel Trailer.
We camped in a 5th Wheel for a month. The camp was clean, well maintained and convenient to many attractions. The camp hosts were friendly and helpful providing local information (maps). We were there the last two weeks of September and the first two weeks of October for the fall foliage. The park was clean and the spaces were large. We would stay there again. We camped here in a Fifth Wheel.
The park is conveniently located to all the attractions in North Conway. We (and others) had trouble getting through a few tight turns to our spots. They have too many obstacles. People were temporarily moving fire rings and dodging posts to try to back in. We were not pleased about the $2 per day pet charge especially since we were told dogs were not allowed to be left in RVs and we had to take her with us whenever we left. Some of the staff were extremely friendly--a few were rather short. WIFI was not reliable. We would look for another place if in the area again. We camped here in a Motorhome.
Very well run campground. Shady and open sites available. Definitely a family campground. Lots of kids and pets. Great outlet shopping nearby. Air conditioners and electric heaters not allowed, unless arrangements are made with the manager. This information was not provided up front before we paid. It was after we located our camp site, un-hooked our rig, attached our hookups that we read all the campground rules. The air conditioner rule came as quite a surprise as we have never come across a rule prohibiting air conditioners before. We got along ok without the a/c, but it was warm enough a couple of days during our stay that we would have used it. The no air conditioner restriction brought our overall rating down 1 point. Thank goodness it wasn't July or August. We camped here in a Fifth Wheel.
Excellent staff. The new owner who is there on site all the time was great. The location is perfect. Better than promised. Cell phones and internet work well. Grounds were clean and maintained. Lots of shopping nearby. Excellent food choices when you do not want to cook. We camped here in a Motorhome.
It has clean, level, sites with paved main road and gravel secondary roads. Mostly travel trailers, pop-ups, and tenters. It does have big rig access and it does have a large over flow area for self contained units. Staff was courteous. It is now equiped with free WiFi access (ask for access code at check-in). There is a 2 dollar a day per pet fee. This a family campground with lots of kids. There were no planned activites for the kids despite being forth of July week. However it is close to town and there are a lot of things for people to do, so this would not be much of a drawback for families. Many kids were tubing on the section of the Saco River that runs by the campground. Easy access to put in. We camped here in a Motorhome.
Nice road into CG. Staff friendly at registration. A variety of sites and most were of fairly good size. Very quiet when we were there, but was told the place fills up in July/August. Close to North Conway and walking distance to shops/restaurants, but far enough off the road not to hear or see the activity of Route 16. Staff took us up river for some canoeing (rental) on short notice. Paved center road and some fairly smooth dirt roads within park good enough to bike ride. Sites very level, most with some shade. I would go there again. We camped here in a Motorhome.
This is the worst campground I have ever camped in. I have been camping for over 15 years. I have never been treated with such distain in my life. The management needs to find another way to make a living, because they will soon be out of business
with their poor attitude. We camped here in a Motorhome.
Review Rating
[ 6 / 10 ]
2003
$27
This is a GS park and probably the first GS park we've seen that matches the rating (6.5/8/6). The main road into the park is paved as is the center road through the park. Check-in was average and there is a card activated security gate. The water front sites are pull-thrus (sideways). The vast majority of sites are dirt and most are under trees. There are a few back ins that have a large open grassy area behind them. One major problem with this park are the perimeter roads which are dirt and narrow. Turning radius at the ends of the roads is very tight for larger units,especially if the park is busy with a lot of pop-ups and tents along the perimeter road. This results in a lot of vehicles parked close to the road. Many of the pull-thrus,if accessed by the main paved road,can be very difficult if not impossible to get out of (onto the dirt perimeter road) for larger units. This is due to the fact that the waterfront sites are directly across from them thus leaving very little room to get the whole rig out and turned in order to exit. Bad design for larger units. We had to ask the people across the road to move their vehicle so we could get our truck backed in to hook up and then we had to back out of our "pull-thru" site. The sites are mostly decent size and most appear to be level. There are many,many tent sites, most of which are along the river front. This is an extremely active park with many families and many children. There is a lot of bicycle traffic and things can be noisy at times although it is quiet at night. The pool is up near the office and is clean but could be larger for the number of users. The same is true of the laundry facilities. Showers/restrooms are average. We would look elsewhere if we returned to this area. We camped here in a Fifth Wheel.
Review Rating
[ 9 / 10 ]
2003
$30
A very nice place, I would recomend this to our freinds and family. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.
Check was smooth office person was polite. Very pretty campground, limited amount of sites for big rigs. Campsite was only 15% capacity, clean and fairly well maintained. Electrical needs updating some sites could use some work certainly some gully's and leveling is required. We booked a waterfront site #2 and found it was way to tight so they let us pick out another. We ended up with waterfront site #6. It was the most beautiful site of the campground views up and down the river as well as mountain view. Site was easy to back into but was very unlevel with a big gully that caused me to park 20' from sewer hook up. Sewer hook up for this site was not functional so I had to use one from adjacent site. (they were right next to each other). Unfortunatlely sewer hook up was on a bit of a high point so dumping was really a pain. I had to hold the sewer line up and walk it down to the connection to empty line. It turned a 15 minute job into about 45 mins. We will go back again especially off season to this site very relaxing and beautiful. We camped here in a Fifth Wheel.
This is our second stay at the great family campground. Has some seasonals; well kept and mixed in with weekenders. Cleanest bathrooms I have ever been in. We camped in sites 67 and 68, nice along the river. Sites are very large. We could have fit another rig on the same site. The river is very clear. Lots do do around the area. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.
Have been camping here for more than 15 years. Pretty quite campground not a lot of activities on site but very close to many New Hampshire attractions. Some sites are close together, many are shaded, but very clean. Best sites are along the river. The Saco River definitely draws you back year after year. Usually spend two weeks in August, Labor Day weekend, and Columbus Day weekend. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.
Great location for family fun. Large clean beach, rec room and playground. Sites not very
private but fairly large. We would return. Best sites along the river bed. We camped here in a Motorhome.
Review Rating
[ 9 / 10 ]
2002
$27
Very nice and clean campground right on the Saco River. Several of the sites are rather open and offer little privacy but if you can get a site on the perimeter of the campground, not bad. The river is a littel cold though and may be shallow in a dry season. We have stayed here many times in the past and never had a bad experience. The staff and owners were always friendly and courteous. We camped here in a Tent Trailer.