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Smugglers Notch RV Village

56 RV Sites

Smugglers Notch RV Village in Cambridge, Vermont, offers 56 full-hookup RV sites in the northern Green Mountains, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 47 feet on a big-rig-friendly layout. Deluxe back-in and deluxe pull-through 20/30/50-amp categories join 20/30-amp back-in and pull-through tiers, with a disc golf course and zip line. Fifty-six sites span back-in 20/30-amp, pull-through 20/30-amp, deluxe back-in 20/30/50-amp, and deluxe pull-through 20/30/50-amp categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric with site WiFi, sized to 47 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. If your rig needs 50-amp, book a deluxe category — the standard tiers top out at 30. A general store, dump station, restrooms, showers, and firewood handle the practical side. The campground is seasonal, typically opening in mid-May and closing at the beginning of November, so confirm current dates before planning a shoulder-season trip. A disc golf course and zip line anchor the on-site recreation, with corn hole and picnicking filling the rest. The amenity set is modest by design — the Green Mountains are the attraction, and the park is built as a comfortable base for reaching them. Pets are welcome. Smugglers Notch itself is the rugged pass above town that once served as a smuggling route into Canada, and it is now one of Vermont's most dramatic drives. Stowe, Mount Mansfield, and Lamoille County's villages and breweries are all close. Summer and foliage season drive demand hard. Reserve well ahead for July through mid-October.

from $69/night

Onion River Campground

26 RV Sites, 24 Tent Sites

Onion River Campground in Plainfield, Vermont, sits along the Winooski River — the river that Vermonters called the Onion River for the wild leeks growing along its banks before European settlement — in a wooded central Vermont setting 10 to 15 minutes from Montpelier, the smallest state capital in the United States and one of the most genuinely charming and accessible small cities in New England. The campground's position along the river, within the forest corridors of Washington County's rolling Green Mountain foothills landscape, gives guests the Vermont river camping experience while keeping the capital city's coffee shops, bookstores, and locally sourced dining establishments within a brief and easy drive. RV sites and tent camping sites are positioned along the Winooski's tree-lined banks, where the river's clear, cold central Vermont water invites fishing, tubing, swimming, and wading directly from camp — the kind of immediate river access that turns a campground into a daily recreation environment rather than merely an overnight address. Clean restrooms, picnic tables, and walking trails round out the on-site infrastructure in a campground that prioritizes natural character and practical quality over amenity volume. The tree-lined layout encourages the easy social interactions between neighboring campers that riverfront Vermont campgrounds naturally cultivate. Pets are welcome. The Winooski River through Plainfield and the surrounding central Vermont corridor provides Class I and II recreational paddling for canoe and kayak travelers following the river toward Montpelier and beyond, and the riverside fishing access from camp serves trout anglers targeting the wild brook trout and stocked brown trout that the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources maintains in the river's central section. Fly fishing along the Winooski's riffled reaches in the evening hours, with the June hatch activity that Vermont limestone-influenced rivers produce, is a specific experience available from camp without a drive to a trailhead. Montpelier's State Street and the surrounding downtown blocks represent Vermont's most densely independent small-city commercial district — no chain retail in the downtown, an extraordinary per-capita concentration of independent restaurants and bakeries, the Vermont State House's gold dome visible from the main street, and the Vermont Historical Society Museum at Pavilion for guests interested in Green Mountain State history. Barre, just south of Montpelier, is the granite quarrying capital of the world, with the Rock of Ages quarry offering visitor tours that convey the scale of underground granite extraction in a Vermont community whose built environment reflects the material its workers produced. Waterbury, to the west, adds the Ben and Jerry's ice cream factory tour to the central Vermont day-trip roster. Onion River Campground operates through Vermont's camping season from late spring through fall, with the summer float and swimming season on the Winooski running from June through September providing the peak river recreation activity. Fall foliage in central Vermont's mixed hardwood and conifer forest begins in mid-September and delivers peak color through mid-October — the campground's riverside setting frames the autumn color in the water reflections that make Vermont fall camping especially photogenic. Reserve sites ahead for fall foliage weekends, when central Vermont's small lodging inventory fills from the New England and metropolitan Northeast foliage tourism market that consistently overbooks the region's available accommodation.

from $32/night

Kings Bay Campground

151 RV Sites

Kings Bay Campground in Champlain, New York, offers 151 deluxe full-hookup RV sites on Lake Champlain with roughly 1,800 feet of waterfront and one of the few sand beaches on the New York shore. Sites carry 20, 30, and 50-amp with water and sewer, sized to 45 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables, and the campground is open all year. One hundred fifty-one deluxe full-hookup sites carry water, sewer, and electric on 20, 30, and 50-amp, sized to 45 feet, with fire pits, picnic tables, and site WiFi. Cabins round out the accommodations. Laundry, restrooms, showers, and firewood handle the practical side. One policy to check before booking: RVs are generally required to be within a 10-year model range, and older units need approval in advance. The lake carries the recreation. A sand beach gives direct swimming access, with boating, canoeing, kayaking, paddle boarding, paddle boats, and fishing from the property. An outdoor pool, clubhouse, recreation center, arcade, billiards, a dog park, hiking, and biking fill the grounds, with picnicking areas and birding along the shoreline. Pets are welcome. Champlain sits at the northern end of the Lake Champlain valley just south of the Canadian border, at the tri-border crossroads of New York, Vermont, and Quebec. Quebec's communities lie north, Vermont's Green Mountains across the lake to the east, and the Adirondacks rise to the west — an unusual range of day trips from one address. Summer lake season drives demand across the Champlain Valley. Reserve well ahead for July and August, and confirm RV age approval if your unit is older than ten years.

from $18/night

Shady Oaks Camping Resort

12 RV Sites, 4 Tent Sites, 1 Glamping Site

In Plattsburgh, New York—on the western shore of Lake Champlain in the North Country between the Adirondack foothills and the Vermont Green Mountains, three-quarters of a mile from the City Beach on the lake's New York shore—Shady Oaks Camping Resort provides a full-service RV and camping facility that is as much about the Lake Champlain and Adirondack access it enables as it is about the pool, laundry, and fire pits it provides on the property. Level sites under a canopy of towering maple trees, a swimming pool, an outdoor movie theater, seasonal themed weekend events, and the particular community character of a locally owned and operated campground distinguish it from the chain-managed alternatives in the region, and the lake is close enough to walk to with a chair and a fishing rod in the morning. Full hookup sites with water, sewer, and 30-amp electric serve RV guests in both back-in and pull-through configurations, with several sites large enough to accommodate big rigs in a tree-canopy setting that the maples make genuinely pleasant during the heat of July and August. Tent camping positions give the campground's spectrum of accommodation types the range it needs to serve solo tent travelers, camping families, and RV guests within the same property. Clean restrooms with showers, a laundry room, and a banquet hall serve the full guest population with the infrastructure that week-long stays require. A camp store with camping supplies and basic necessities keeps common needs on property. Communal fire pits, horseshoe pits, and cornhole sets create the social gathering infrastructure that campground evenings are built around, and a seasonal events calendar of themed rallies, campouts, and special weekends gives repeat-visit guests the programming variety that a single fixed-amenity set can't provide. An outdoor movie theater rounds out the evening entertainment with the particular charm that watching films under an upstate New York sky delivers. Lake Champlain's western shore access—three-quarters of a mile to the City Beach—puts the lake's recreational programming within the walking distance that Plattsburgh's compact layout makes practical. The lake itself, extending 120 miles between New York and Vermont, is one of the Northeast's most historically significant bodies of water—the site of decisive Revolutionary War and War of 1812 naval battles, the deep cold lake whose fishing for landlocked Atlantic salmon, lake trout, and walleye attracts serious anglers from both states and Quebec. The lake's visibility across to the Vermont shore, with the Green Mountains rising from the Burlington waterfront, provides the landscape backdrop that makes Lake Champlain campground stays specifically beautiful in morning light. The Adirondack Park, immediately west of Plattsburgh, provides the hiking, paddling, and wilderness camping access of one of the largest protected natural areas in the lower 48 states. High Peaks Wilderness Area trails reach Whiteface Mountain and the High Peaks cluster within a manageable drive, and the Lake Placid Olympic complex, Ausable Chasm, and the full Adirondack outdoor recreation infrastructure are accessible from the Plattsburgh base. Burlington, Vermont—one of New England's most vibrant mid-sized cities—is accessible by ferry across the lake for a day visit that requires no driving over the mountain passes that the land route demands. Shady Oaks Camping Resort is open seasonally through the North Country camping season, typically from spring through early fall. Summer represents peak demand with the combination of Lake Champlain swimming, Adirondack hiking, and the campground's programming calendar at its fullest. Fall foliage—both the Adirondack maples within the park and the view across the lake to the Vermont hills—creates a second peak period of exceptional visual reward. Reserve your maple-shaded site early for summer and fall weekends.

from $25/night

Ausable Pines

76 RV Sites, 14 Tent Sites

Ausable Pines in Peru, New York, offers 76 full-hookup RV sites and 14 tent sites on the Adirondack Park's northeastern edge, with 30-amp service and rigs accepted to 45 feet. A single standard full-hookup category means every guest gets the same spec, with an outdoor pool, disc golf course, walking trails, and dog park. Seventy-six back-in sites carry water, sewer, and electric on 30-amp, sized to 45 feet. Two things to check before booking: service is 30-amp throughout, so a rig wired for heavier service will need an adapter and some load management, and RVs are required to be in good condition — generally within a 10-year model range, with older rigs cleared in advance. Fourteen tent sites round out the lodging. Firewood and a dog park handle the practical side. An outdoor pool anchors the summer, with a disc golf course, walking trails, and river frontage filling the grounds. Fishing, boating, canoeing, kayaking, swimming, biking, and picnicking round it out, with a lake nearby. Pets are welcome. Peru sits in Clinton County where the Ausable River's meandering lower valley meets the Lake Champlain shoreline and the eastern Adirondack foothills. This is the Champlain Valley's western shore — apple country and resort towns rather than High Peaks wilderness, though Whiteface, Lake Placid, and Ausable Chasm are all within a short drive, and Burlington sits across the lake by ferry. Summer is the season in the Adirondacks, with foliage drawing a strong September and early October. Reserve well ahead for July and August, and clear RV approval early if your coach is older.

from $48/night

Ausable Chasm Campground

83 RV Sites, 2 Cabins, 35 Tent Sites

Ausable Chasm Campground in Keeseville, New York, offers 83 RV sites, two cabins, and 35 tent sites directly across from the Ausable Chasm entrance, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 50 feet behind a gated entrance. Full-hookup categories at both amperages join a water-and-electric tier, with an outdoor pool, disc golf course, and recreation center. Eighty-three sites span 30-amp full hookup, 50-amp full hookup, and water-and-electric categories, carrying water, sewer, and electric where noted with site WiFi, sized to 50 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. Confirm your tier before booking, as the water-and-electric category does not carry sewer at the site. Two cabins and 35 tent sites round out the lodging. A general store, boutique shop, laundry, propane fills, dump station, restrooms, showers, and firewood handle the practical side. An outdoor pool anchors the summer, with a disc golf course, recreation center, sports courts, basketball, volleyball, shuffleboard, horseshoes, walking trails, hiking, biking, mountain biking, a playground, and dog park filling the rest. Boating, swimming, picnicking, and productive birding round it out. The chasm is the reason to stay here and it justifies the trip. The AuSable River has carved 500-million-year-old Potsdam sandstone into one of the most dramatic geological features in the Northeast, and the entrance is directly across the road. Lake Champlain, Plattsburgh, and the Adirondack High Peaks are all close. Summer is the season on the Adirondack Park's northeastern edge, with foliage drawing a strong September. Reserve well ahead for July and August.

from $35/night

Twin Ells RV Park

7 RV Sites

Twin Ells RV Park in West Chazy, New York, offers seven full-hookup RV sites with water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp service, sized for rigs to 59 feet, with an outdoor pool, a lake, a recreation center, and a ball field on site. Established in 1970, it has run as a family campground in the Champlain Valley for more than 50 years. Seven back-in sites carry full hookups with 30 and 50-amp service, taking rigs to 59 feet, with picnic tables. Laundry, propane fills, restrooms, and showers handle the practical side, and WiFi reaches the property. With seven sites, this is a small operation — book early rather than counting on availability. On-site amenities are generous for the scale. An outdoor pool anchors the summer, a lake sits on the property, and a recreation center, ball field, playground, and ping pong fill out the calendar. Swimming runs from the property. Pets are welcome. The park takes its name from the twin wives of founders Edward Labossiere and Clarence Lewis — Hattie and Maddie — and three generations of Champlain Valley families have returned to it since. West Chazy sits in Clinton County on US-9 and NY-9B, 10 miles north of Plattsburgh. Lake Champlain fishing, Adirondack foothills hiking, and the Plattsburgh area's historical attractions are all within day-trip range, and the Canadian border is close enough that cross-border traffic is a steady part of the market. The park runs the northern New York season. Summer is peak, and with only seven sites, weekends book out well ahead. Cancellations and date changes are accepted up to seven days before arrival for a full refund less the booking fee.

from $71/night

Ausable River Campsite

67 RV Sites, 13 Tent Sites

Ausable River Campsite in Keeseville, New York, offers 67 full-hookup RV sites and 13 tent sites across 130 acres of mature hardwoods along the Ausable River, with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 40 feet. Standard and deluxe categories sit in the Adirondack Park, minutes from the Northway and Lake Champlain. Sixty-seven sites run in standard and deluxe full-hookup categories carrying water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp, sized to 40 feet, with fire pits, picnic tables, and site WiFi. One policy to check before booking: RVs are generally required to be within a 10-year model range, with older units needing prior approval. Thirteen tent sites round out the accommodations. A laundry, dump station, restrooms, showers, and firewood handle the practical side. A beach on the river anchors the recreation, with swimming, fishing, boating, canoeing, and kayaking from the water. A recreation center, sports courts, volleyball, shuffleboard, horseshoes, a playground, dog park, and picnicking areas fill the 130 wooded acres, with wine tasting nearby. Pets are welcome. The Ausable is one of the Northeast's most celebrated wild trout rivers, and the mature hardwood setting delivers the deep-forest quiet that defines the Adirondacks at their best. Keeseville sits in Clinton County just minutes from the Adirondack Northway and the Lake Champlain shoreline, which serves both I-87 travelers and guests who planned specifically for the river and the mountains. Summer and fall foliage drive demand in the Adirondacks. Reserve well ahead, and confirm RV age approval if your unit is over ten years old.

from $35/night

Lake Champagne Resort Vermont

31 RV Sites

At 53 Lake Champagne Drive in Randolph Center, Vermont—at the geographic center of Vermont in Washington County in the Green Mountains where the ancient metamorphic ridgeline, the dairy farm pastoral landscape, and the stream-fed natural ponds create the quintessential Vermont countryside character that the state's tourism identity is built around—Lake Champagne Resort Vermont provides full hookup RV sites on wide, level pads, water and electric sites, tent sites, glamping options, and a 3-acre natural swimming pond on 100 acres of Green Mountain countryside in the campground that has been introducing Vermont to a generation of returning guests who found the geographic center and kept coming back. The 3-acre swimming pond, the 100 wooded acres, and the central Vermont location equidistant from every corner of the state define what makes Lake Champagne a destination campground rather than a regional transit stop. Full hookup RV sites on spacious, level pads with wide views accommodate the largest coaches and fifth wheels with the clearance and gravel support that Vermont's variable terrain often doesn't provide at smaller campgrounds. Water and electric sites offer the partial hookup alternative for self-contained units. Tucked-away wooded sites nested into the surrounding tree canopy provide the shaded privacy option that guests seeking the Vermont forest immersion specifically prefer to the open-lawn full hookup positions. Tent sites and glamping options extend the accommodation range to the full spectrum of camping styles. A 3-acre natural swimming pond—stream-fed, surrounded by lawn, with a sandy wading beach—provides the freshwater swimming experience at the campground's heart without the chlorine, the capacity constraints, or the pool scheduling that a conventional resort pool imposes on a sunny July afternoon. Basketball and volleyball courts provide the organized outdoor sport options. Free WiFi and cable television serve the connectivity and entertainment infrastructure. Clean, well-maintained bathrooms consistently receive the highest marks in guest reviews—a detail that reflects the operational priority that the resort places on the amenity that travelers notice most immediately. Vermont's central position means that the state's most celebrated destinations are roughly equidistant from Randolph Center in a radius that makes every Vermont tourism attraction accessible as a day trip. Ben & Jerry's ice cream factory in Waterbury—30 minutes northwest—provides the most-visited tourist attraction in Vermont by annual visitor count: the factory tours, the Flavor Graveyard, and the scoop shop that makes a Vermont visit feel incomplete without the Cherry Garcia afternoon. The Barre granite quarries—the largest deep-hole granite quarries in the world, producing the gray granite that supplies more cemetery monuments than any other quarry operation in the United States—provide the industrial heritage and geological spectacle that makes Barre one of the more unexpectedly fascinating Vermont towns. The Green Mountain National Forest's trail network, the Vermont ski resort circuit in the surrounding mountain landscape, country stores in the historic villages of the central Vermont plateau, summer festivals including the Vermont State Fair in Rutland, and the agricultural fair programming that Washington County's dairy farm community maintains through the summer and fall create the activity calendar that keeps guests at Lake Champagne for multiple days across all four seasons. Lake Champagne Resort Vermont is open seasonally. Summer represents the peak swimming pond and Green Mountain recreation season. The fall foliage period in mid-to-late October produces the most photographically spectacular Vermont landscape that the campground's 100 acres and the surrounding ridgeline vistas frame. Reserve early for the peak foliage weekend that Vermont's leaf-peeping tourism saturates with demand. Make the Ben & Jerry's run in the afternoon, swim the pond in the morning, and let the geographic center of Vermont deliver the full-state access that no edge-of-Vermont campground can match.

from $66/night

Ladd Pond Cabins And Campground

6 RV Sites, 4 Cabins

Ladd Pond Cabins and Campground in Stewartstown, New Hampshire, offers six full-hookup RV sites and four cabins in the far northern Connecticut Lakes region, with 30-amp service and rigs accepted to 45 feet. Open all year with on-site fishing guides, this is a genuine four-season wilderness base in one of the Northeast's most remote environments. Six back-in sites run in water-and-electric and full-hookup configurations carrying 30-amp service, sized to 45 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. Four cabins provide enclosed lodging. A general store and firewood handle the practical side. The operators note that in the event of a pandemic or government shutdown preventing your stay, you receive a voucher good for two years or as local law requires. Pets are welcome. Fishing guide services are the distinguishing amenity, and they matter here — this is remote water where local knowledge separates a productive day from a blank one. A pond on the property supports fishing, swimming, canoeing, kayaking, paddle boats, boating, and water sports, with hiking, biking, and birding from camp and off-roading nearby. Stewartstown sits in Coös County where New Hampshire narrows to a corridor between Vermont and Maine, and the Connecticut River's headwaters flow south from the Canadian border through boreal forest and cold-water ponds. The remote sporting camp tradition has drawn anglers, hunters, and wilderness campers here since the nineteenth century, and little about that has changed. Year-round operation makes hunting season, ice fishing, and summer angling all viable. With six RV sites, reserve well ahead in any season.

from $45/night

Pemi Cabins

Along the Pemigewasset River in Lincoln, New Hampshire—at the foot of the White Mountains in Grafton County where the Franconia Notch corridor concentrates the most dramatic granite mountain scenery in New England and where the Pemi's river sound, the mountain air, and the proximity of 800,000 acres of White Mountain National Forest create the outdoor setting that Lincoln's lodging community has built its identity around—Pemi Cabins offers 18 one and two-bedroom cabins with fireplaces, screened porches overlooking the river, kitchens, high-speed WiFi, and flat-screen TVs, alongside an outdoor pizza oven, fire pits, picnic tables, park grills, a shuffleboard court, complimentary morning coffee, and direct snowmobile trail access with trailer parking—pet-friendly and open year-round in a riverside cabin property where 14 of the 18 units sit directly on the Pemigewasset and the White Mountain National Forest's trail network begins within walking distance. The river is under the porch. The mountain is the view. The 18 cabins—14 of which sit directly on the Pemigewasset River—provide the one and two-bedroom configurations with fireplaces for the cool White Mountain nights, screened porches where the river sound creates the sleep environment that Lincoln's lodging competition charges extra for, full kitchens with the equipment for self-catering the week's meals, and the WiFi and flat-screen TVs that the modern cabin guest requires regardless of how completely the mountain setting absorbs the daytime hours. The outdoor pizza oven, communal fire pits, picnic tables, park grills, and shuffleboard court create the shared outdoor social infrastructure that a cabin community needs when the individual units' porches aren't enough space for the evening gathering. Complimentary morning coffee, the pet-friendly policy, and the snowmobile trail access with trailer parking extend the practical hospitality across seasons and travel styles. Lincoln sits in Grafton County at the foot of Franconia Notch on I-93, at the southern gateway to the White Mountain National Forest's most visited corridor. The Pemigewasset Wilderness—the 45,000-acre roadless area south of Franconia Notch that the Wilderness Act protects in one of the largest wilderness designations in the Northeast—creates the backcountry hiking and fishing environment that the Pemi Cabins' location at the wilderness edge makes immediately accessible from the riverside property. The Pemigewasset River's east and west branch confluence in Lincoln creates the main stem that flows south through the Pemi Valley toward Plymouth and the Lakes Region. Franconia Notch State Park, 5 miles north on I-93, concentrates the White Mountains' most iconic attractions in the 8-mile granite notch—the Flume Gorge's 800-foot natural chasm with boardwalks and covered bridges along the Flume Brook, the aerial tramway to Cannon Mountain's 4,080-foot summit, Echo Lake's swimming beach and mountain reflections, and the Basin's pothole-carved granite bowl at the base of a waterfall. Loon Mountain Resort, 3 miles east of Lincoln on the Kancamagus Highway, operates ski lifts from December through March and mountain biking and the gondola scenic ride from May through October. The 34-mile Kancamagus Highway east through the national forest to Conway delivers the most scenic fall foliage drive in New Hampshire during October's peak color weeks. Pemi Cabins operates year-round in the White Mountains' four-season climate—the winter snowmobile season from January through March on the groomed trail network accessed directly from the property, the spring and summer hiking and river season from May through September, and the October foliage peak that makes the Franconia Notch corridor one of New England's most photographed autumn landscapes. Reserve your riverside cabin at Pemi Cabins and let the Pemigewasset River's sound, the Franconia Notch backdrop, and Lincoln's White Mountain National Forest position deliver the four-season New Hampshire mountain experience that the screened porch and the fireplace were built to frame.

Jericho Gateway Family Campground

4 RV Sites, 7 Tent Sites

Jericho Gateway Family Campground in Berlin, New Hampshire, offers four back-in RV sites without hookups and seven tent sites across 300 family-operated acres in the White Mountains, with a big-rig-friendly layout taking rigs up to 100 feet and a dump station on site. This is genuine dry camping at the northern gateway to the White Mountain National Forest. Four back-in sites operate without hookups, and the big-rig-friendly layout accommodates rigs to 100 feet — an unusual combination that suits large self-contained coaches. Seven tent sites cover simpler camping. A dump station serves RV guests, and firewood is available on site. Guests should arrive fully self-contained and plan water and power accordingly. The 300 acres are the amenity. Walking trails run the wooded property for hiking and biking, and the family operation means guests deal directly with the owners. The scale gives a real sense of remove that smaller White Mountain campgrounds cannot match. Pets are welcome. Berlin sits in Coos County on NH-16 at the confluence of the Dead and Androscoggin Rivers, 20 miles south of the Canadian border. The Androscoggin carries fishing and whitewater, the Mahoosuc Range offers some of the most demanding hiking in New England, and Dixville Notch's mountain pass is within reach. This is the edge of the Great North Woods, the largest unbroken forest in the northeastern United States. The campground serves the northern New Hampshire season. Summer hiking and fall foliage are the two peak windows, with foliage in late September and early October drawing heavily across the White Mountains. With four RV sites, reserve as far ahead as you can.

from $35/night