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Spacious Skies Country Oaks

133 RV Sites, 2 Cabins, 2 Tent Sites, 2 Onsite RV/Trailers

Spacious Skies Country Oaks in Weymouth, New Jersey, offers 135 RV sites, two cabins, and two tent sites in the Pine Barrens, with 20, 30, and 50-amp full hookups and rigs accepted to 45 feet on a big-rig-friendly layout, open all year. Premium patio pull-through and buddy site categories join a pool, jumping pillow, and lake. One hundred thirty-five sites span 30-amp back-in, 30-amp buddy back-in, 30/50-amp back-in, deluxe 30/50-amp pull-through, and premium patio 30/50-amp pull-through categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric with site WiFi, sized to 45 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. The buddy sites suit two families together, and the premium patio category adds outdoor living space. Two cabins and two tent sites round out the lodging. A general store, laundry, propane fills, dump station, restrooms, showers, and firewood handle the practical side. All guests check in at the main office and sign the terms on arrival. An outdoor pool anchors the summer, with a jumping pillow, arcade, recreation center, sports courts, basketball, horseshoes, and gem mining filling the grounds. A lake and pond support fishing, boating, canoeing, and kayaking, with walking trails, hiking, a playground, dog park, pavilion, snack bar, and golf cart rentals besides. Stargazing is strong under the Pine Barrens sky. The Pine Barrens is among the least-developed landscapes on the eastern seaboard — pitch pine, sand oak, and tea-colored cedar streams. Summer is the season. Reserve ahead.

from $32/night

Sun Retreats Hospitality Creek

81 RV Sites, 19 Cabins, 4 Onsite RV/Trailers

Sun Retreats Hospitality Creek in Monroe, New Jersey, offers 85 full-hookup RV sites and 19 cabins on a lake, with 30 and 50-amp service, cable TV, and rigs accepted to 60 feet. Lakefront premium, lakefront standard, and lakeview premium categories join premium back-in and pull-through tiers, alongside a water park, beach, laser tag, and jumping pillow. Eighty-five sites span lakefront premium, lakefront standard, lakeview premium, premium back-in, and premium pull-thru categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp with cable TV and site WiFi, sized to 60 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. Three of the five categories are named for their relationship to the water, which tells you what the property is selling. Nineteen cabins and Jayco rental trailers round out the lodging. A general store, laundry, propane fills and exchange, dump station, restrooms, showers, and firewood handle the practical side. A daily resort fee covers the jumping pillows, playgrounds, and the wider amenity program. A water park and outdoor pool anchor the summer, with a lake and beach supporting boating, fishing, swimming, and inflatable water toys. Laser tag, an arcade, jumping pillow, gaga ball, gem mining, a ball field, sports courts, volleyball, basketball, horseshoes, bike rentals, golf cart rentals, walking trails, a playground, pavilion, and on-site dining fill the rest. Gloucester County sits in the southern Pinelands between Philadelphia and Atlantic City. Summer is decisively the season. Reserve well ahead.

from $64/night

Sun Retreats Avalon

30 RV Sites, 7 Tent Sites

Sun Retreats Avalon in Middle Township, New Jersey, offers 30 full-hookup RV sites and seven tent sites on the Cape May Peninsula, with 50-amp service, cable TV, and rigs accepted to 50 feet. Premium back-in, back-in, and pull-through 50-amp categories join a lake, beach, mini-golf, fishing pier, and bar. Thirty sites span back-in 50-amp, premium back-in 50-amp, and pull-thru 50-amp categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric with cable TV and site WiFi, sized to 50 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. One thing to check before booking: service is 50-amp throughout, so bring an adapter if your rig runs 30. Seven tent sites round out the lodging. A general store, laundry, dump station, and a snack bar handle the practical side. The property was formerly Big Timber Lake RV Resort. An outdoor pool and lake beach anchor the summer, with a fishing pier opening the water for boating, canoeing, kayaking, paddle boarding, and fishing. Mini-golf, a fitness center, clubhouse, arcade, gaga ball, sports courts, pickleball, volleyball, basketball, bocce ball, shuffleboard, horseshoes, golf cart rentals, a playground, pavilion, dog park, and bar fill the rest, with planned activities through the season. The address is 116 Swainton-Goshen Road in Cape May Court House, on the southern Cape May Peninsula where the Atlantic barrier islands meet the quieter Delaware Bay. Avalon and Stone Harbor's beaches are minutes east, with Cape May's Victorian district and the Wetlands Institute close. Summer is decisively the season on the Jersey Cape. Reserve well ahead.

from $72/night

Sun Outdoors Cape May

118 RV Sites, 2 Cabins, 6 Glamping Sites, 27 Cottages, 1 House, 7 Tiny Houses

Sun Outdoors Cape May in Cape May, NJ, offers 118 full-hookup RV sites, 37 cabin, cottage, house, and tiny house rentals, and 6 glamping sites, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and back-in sites for rigs up to 45 feet. Sites come in five categories — standard full-hookup back-in, full-hookup back-in, deluxe full-hookup back-in, standard back-in, and water-and-electric — all carrying water, sewer, electric, and cable TV with site-delivered WiFi, a fire pit, picnic table, and barbecue, and ADA-accessible sites are available. If you booked here before, note the name change: Holly Shores Camping Resort is now Sun Outdoors Cape May. Laundry, a general store, firewood, propane fills, a dump station, golf cart rentals, and a community fire pit cover the rest. Pets are welcome, with a dog park. An outdoor pool, a hot tub and sauna, a jumping pillow, a pavilion, a beach, volleyball, basketball, horseshoes, and a playground fill 38 wooded acres, with swimming, boating, biking, and wine tasting nearby. Cape May sits at the southern tip of the New Jersey coast, minutes from one of the East Coast's most beloved seaside towns. Rates for every accommodation type are on the booking page. Shore season books out early.

from $57/night

Sun Outdoors Rehoboth Bay

169 RV Sites, 2 Tent Sites, 63 Cottages

Sun Outdoors Rehoboth Bay in Millsboro, Delaware, offers 169 RV sites, 63 cottages, and two tent sites on the protected waters of Rehoboth Bay, with 20, 30, and 50-amp full hookups, cable TV, and rigs accepted to 45 feet. Beachfront, beachside waterfront, and coveside categories join a 300-plus-slip marina and safari-style glamping tents. One hundred sixty-nine sites span beachside back-in, beachside waterfront deluxe back-in, beachfront deluxe pull-through, coveside back-in, and coveside deluxe categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric with cable TV and site WiFi, sized to 45 feet, with fire pits, picnic tables, and BBQ pits. Naming categories by position rather than tier makes choosing straightforward — you know exactly how close to the water you are. Sixty-three cottages and safari-style glamping tents round out the lodging. A general store, laundry, propane fills and exchange, restrooms, showers, firewood, RV storage, and a concierge handle the practical side. The marina is the centerpiece, with over 300 slips, kayak rentals, bike rentals, and golf cart rentals alongside. An outdoor pool, beach, jumping pillow, sports courts, volleyball, basketball, corn hole, an arcade, playground, dog park, community fire pit, on-site dining, a bar, and a snack bar fill the rest, with boating, fishing, canoeing, and planned activities besides. Pets are welcome. The property was formerly Massey's Landing, and nothing else on the Delmarva Peninsula combines a full marina with waterfront RV sites and cottages this way. Summer is decisively the season. Reserve well ahead.

from $39/night

Sun Outdoors Ocean City

318 RV Sites, 7 Tent Sites, 41 Cottages

Sun Outdoors Ocean City in Berlin, MD, offers 318 full-hookup RV sites, 41 cottages, and 7 tent sites, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and room for rigs up to 56 feet. The categories are named for where they sit: Main Deck back-ins, Marina Deck back-ins and pull-thrus, Island Oasis back-ins, and Club Castaways back-ins. All carry water, sewer, electric, and cable TV with site-delivered WiFi, a fire pit, picnic table, and barbecue. Laundry, a bathhouse with showers, a general store, propane fills and exchange, firewood, golf cart rentals, and a community fire pit cover the practical side. Pets are welcome, with a dog park. The recreation is resort-scale: an outdoor pool, a splash pad, a hot tub and sauna, a spa, a fitness center, mini-golf, an arcade, a game room, a bar, a snack bar, on-site dining, visiting food trucks, a clubhouse, a pavilion, a beach, sport courts, basketball, boat rentals, and a playground, with swimming, boating, kayaking, paddle boarding, paddle boats, fishing, and planned activities. The resort spans 50 acres of Sinepuxent Bay waterfront, 12 minutes from the Ocean City boardwalk and next to the wildlife refuge where the wild ponies of Assateague roam. Rates for every accommodation type are on the booking page. Marina Deck sites book first.

from $39/night

Sun Outdoors Frontier Town

466 RV Sites, 36 Cabins, 66 Tent Sites, 27 Cottages, 22 Onsite RV/Trailers, 7 Wagons

Sun Outdoors Frontier Town in Berlin, MD, offers 488 full-hookup RV sites, 63 cabin and cottage rentals, 66 tent sites, and 7 wagons, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and room for rigs up to 120 feet. Sites run from standard back-ins and standard water-and-electric back-ins through premium back-ins, premium pull-thrus, and waterfront sites, with RV rentals including some with a private dock. All carry water, sewer, electric, and cable TV with site-delivered WiFi, a fire pit, and a picnic table. At 120 feet the premium pull-thrus take anything on the road. If you booked here before, note the name change: Frontier Town RV Resort & Campground is now Sun Outdoors Frontier Town. The grounds are gated, with laundry, a bathhouse with showers, a general store, propane fills and exchange, and a dump station. The recreation is destination-scale: a full water park with a lazy river and splash pad, an outdoor pool, a zip line, a marina with boat rentals and a boat ramp, mini-golf, an arcade, a bar, sport courts, basketball, a beach, a pond, a pavilion, and walking trails, plus swimming, boating, kayaking, fishing, and planned activities. Berlin sits on the shores of Sinepuxent Bay just south of Ocean City on Maryland's Eastern Shore. Rates for every accommodation type are on the booking page. Waterfront sites and summer weeks book furthest ahead.

from $35/night

Sun Retreats Lancaster County

67 RV Sites, 26 Cabins, 24 Tent Sites, 1 Glamping Site, 1 Yurt, 2 Motel Rooms, 1 Tipi, 1 House, 1 Wagon

Sun Retreats Lancaster County in Narvon, Pennsylvania, offers 67 RV sites, 29 cabin, house, and motel-room units, 24 tent sites, and four glamping, tipi, wagon, and yurt accommodations around a six-acre lake, with 30 and 50-amp full hookups, cable TV, and rigs accepted to 45 feet. Red Carpet categories join standard full-hookup sites behind a gated entrance. Sixty-seven sites span 30-amp and 50-amp full hookup, Red Carpet 50-amp full hookup, and Red Carpet pull-through categories, carrying water, sewer, and electric with cable TV and site WiFi, sized to 45 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. The lodging range is exceptional — 29 cabins, houses, and motel rooms, plus tipi, wagon, and yurt options and 24 tent sites. A general store, boutique shop, laundry, propane exchange, dump station, restrooms, showers, and firewood handle the practical side. The property was formerly Lake in Wood Camping Resort. The six-acre lake anchors the recreation, with boat rentals, boat docks, fishing, canoeing, kayaking, and boating from the shoreline. An outdoor pool and splash pad, hot tub and sauna, mini-golf, a game room, arcade, recreation center, fitness center, and clubhouse cover the rest, with sports courts, volleyball, basketball, horseshoes, and shuffleboard outdoors. Golf cart rentals, walking trails, a dog park, barn, and on-site dining round it out, with live music and planned activities through the season. Pets are welcome. Narvon sits in the working Amish farmland of eastern Lancaster County, in the heart of Pennsylvania Dutch Country. Summer is decisively the season. Reserve well ahead.

from $46/night

100 Mile View Camping

7 RV Sites, 7 Tent Sites

100 Mile View Camping in Jim Thorpe, PA, offers 7 RV sites and 7 tent sites, with room for rigs up to 40 feet. Every site is a rustic campsite that takes either an RV or a tent, with a fire pit and picnic table. Be clear on what rustic means here: there are no hookups at the site — no water, sewer, or electric — and sanitation is by portable toilet, so come fully self-contained. The property is rated big rig friendly within its 40-foot limit. Pets are welcome. What you get instead of hookups is the view. The campground occupies 400 acres of rolling Pocono terrain and its high ridgeline delivers panoramas across multiple counties on a clear day — the name is not marketing. Walking trails, hiking, biking, and mountain biking run from the property, with boating and a state park nearby. Jim Thorpe sits three miles away, a Victorian town in the Lehigh Gorge that anchors this corner of the Poconos. Rates for RV and tent sites are on the booking page. Arrive self-contained and with water aboard — there is nothing to hook up to.

from $40/night

Dingmans Campground

50 RV Sites, 82 Tent Sites

Dingmans Campground in Dingmans Ferry, Pennsylvania, offers 50 RV sites and 82 tent sites in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, with 20, 30, and 50-amp water-and-electric service, ADA-accessible sites, and rigs accepted to 50 feet. Forest RV sites join tent and RV categories with capacity limits stated up front, alongside a boat ramp, bike rentals, and river access. Fifty back-in sites span 20/30/50-amp forest RV, 20-amp forest tent/RV, and tent/no forest amenity RV categories with a stated 10-person maximum, carrying water and electric, sized to 50 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. Plan around the hookups: sites carry water and electric but not sewer, so manage tank capacity and use the dump station. Accessible sites are available. Eighty-two tent sites make this a tent-first property — more tent sites than RV sites by a wide margin. A general store, dump station, restrooms, portable toilets, and firewood handle the practical side. A boat ramp and bike rentals open the Delaware for canoeing, kayaking, paddle boarding, boating, swimming, and fishing. Sports courts, volleyball, corn hole, walking trails, hiking, and picnicking fill the grounds, with planned activities and genuinely productive birding. Pets are welcome. The Delaware Water Gap protects one of the most scenic river valleys in the Northeast, with waterfall hikes, clean swimming pools in the river, and Pike County's forested Pocono highlands all at hand. Summer is decisively the season. Reserve well ahead.

from $46/night

BluFin Bungalows & Marina

Chincoteague Island, Virginia, sits at the narrow end of a causeway connecting the Eastern Shore to the barrier islands of Assateague, where one of the Atlantic Coast's most distinctive wildlife spectacles plays out each summer. BluFin Bungalows & Marina positions guests at the water's edge in Chincoteague's working waterfront district, combining conventional bungalow accommodations with the property's most unusual offering: the Bungalow Boats, floating accommodations moored at the marina that put guests literally on the water. For anyone who has ever wanted to sleep rocking gently in a coastal tidal channel surrounded by marsh and open sky, BluFin delivers that experience. The property offers both land-based bungalows and the floating Bungalow Boats, which are self-contained units moored at the marina dock — a genuine novelty that makes this one of the few places on the Virginia coast where a night on the water doesn't require boat ownership. The marina provides access to Chincoteague Channel and the tidal waters surrounding the island, with crabbing and fishing immediately accessible from the dock. Soft-shell and blue crab are the local specialty, and the channel produces flounder, rockfish, and red drum for those fishing from the pier or launching kayaks from the property. Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge covers the southern portion of Assateague Island across the bridge from town, protecting one of the East Coast's finest shorebird habitats and the internationally famous Chincoteague ponies — a herd of feral horses that has inhabited the island for centuries, believed by some to be descended from survivors of a Spanish shipwreck. Guests staying at BluFin are within easy reach of the refuge's beach, dunes, and pine maritime forest, along with Assateague Lighthouse, whose distinctive red spiral stripes make it one of the most photographed structures on the Delmarva Peninsula. The Chincoteague Pony Swim, held annually on the last Wednesday and Thursday of July, has drawn crowds to the island since the 1920s. On the appointed morning, the pony herd is rounded up by volunteer Saltwater Cowboys and swum across the Assateague Channel to Chincoteague, where foals are auctioned to benefit the local fire company before the adults swim back. The event fills every available accommodation on the island and surrounding area weeks in advance, and watching the ponies emerge from the channel is one of the genuinely memorable wildlife moments available anywhere on the East Coast. Kayak tours of the refuge's back channels offer intimate wildlife viewing year-round. Summer is high season on Chincoteague, with the Pony Swim in late July representing the island's absolute peak demand period — plan reservations months in advance if that event is the draw. Spring and fall bring migratory waterfowl and shorebirds to the refuge in enormous numbers, making shoulder-season visits especially rewarding for birders; the crowds thin dramatically after Labor Day. Winter is quiet and uncrowded, with the ponies visible on the beach and excellent birding without competition for viewing spots. The island's restaurants, galleries, and gift shops cater to visitors year-round, though some seasonal businesses close November through March.

from $99/night

Chincoteague Bay RV Resort & Cottages

75 RV Sites, 28 Glamping Sites, 26 Cottages

Chincoteague Bay RV Resort and Cottages in Virginia offers 75 full-hookup back-in RV sites, 26 cottages, and 28 glamping sites on the Eastern Shore, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 45 feet. Waterfront and waterview back-in categories join a standard tier, with a water park, marina, fishing pier, and food trucks. Seventy-five back-in sites run in standard, waterview, and waterfront categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 20, 30, and 50-amp with site WiFi, sized to 45 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. Three categories and one question — how close to the water — which makes booking straightforward. Twenty-six cottages, including waterfront units and waterview cottages with rooftop sun decks, plus 28 glamping safari tents with air conditioning and private bathrooms, make the lodging range genuinely unusual. A laundry, restrooms, and showers handle the practical side. A water park and outdoor pool anchor the summer, with a marina and fishing pier opening the bay for boating and fishing. A clubhouse, sports courts, golf cart rentals, a playground, pavilion, food trucks, swimming, and picnicking fill the rest. Pets are welcome. The pony penning swim every July draws visitors from across the country to watch the wild Assateague ponies cross the channel — one of America's most celebrated wildlife traditions, and the resort sits right where you want to be for it. Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge and Assateague's beaches are close. Pony penning week and summer fill the island completely. Reserve as early as you can for July.

from $49/night