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Jellystone Park™ Gardiner

136 RV Sites, 77 Cabins, 19 Tent Sites, 59 Cottages, 2 Houses, 2 Lodges

Jellystone Park Gardiner in Gardiner, New York, offers 136 RV sites, 140 cabin, cottage, house, and lodge rentals, and 19 tent sites across 100 rolling acres above the Wallkill River, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service, cable TV, and rigs accepted to 60 feet. A water park, lazy river, and full Jellystone activity program run beneath the Shawangunk Ridge. Sites run from premium back-in and pull-through to Red Carpet and riverfront categories — riverfront deluxe RV/tent, riverfront premium, and riverfront Red Carpet — all carrying 20, 30, and 50-amp with water and sewer, sized to 60 feet, with fire pits, picnic tables, and BBQ pits. One hundred forty cabins, cottages, houses, and lodges cover every lodging format, and 19 tent sites serve simpler camping. Cable TV reaches the sites, and a dump station, laundry, propane fills and exchange, restrooms, and showers handle the practical side. Note that a daily resort fee applies and covers mini-golf, playground, and the wider amenity set. Recreation is the product here. A water park, lazy river, outdoor pool, and inflatable water toys anchor the summer, with mini-golf, a jumping pillow, laser tag, an arcade, and a craft room besides. Tennis, pickleball, volleyball, basketball, shuffleboard, and gaga ball spread across the grounds, and a pond and lake support fishing. Walking trails, a dog park, community fire pit, and golf cart rentals round it out. On-site dining covers meals. Pets are welcome. The Shawangunk Ridge rises above the property — the white conglomerate cliffs that climbers know as the Gunks. Mohonk Mountain House, state park access, and Hudson Valley wineries are all close. Summer is the peak by a wide margin. Book well ahead for July and August weekends.

from $39/night

Wake in the Woods Aquapark & Campground

Wake in the Woods Aquapark & Campground in Lake Ariel, Pennsylvania, offers camping and cabin rentals on a private seven-acre lake with an inflatable aqua park on the water, behind a gated entrance in the Pocono Mountains. Boat docks, boat rentals, a bar, and food trucks serve families and group events on historic Lake Genero. Tent sites and cabin rentals make up the accommodations, with corporate retreat and group event infrastructure on site. A general store, boutique shop, propane fills and exchange, restrooms, showers, and firewood handle the practical side, with WiFi throughout and a gated entrance controlling access. The inflatable aqua park is the signature. These are large floating structures with water slides, obstacles, and climbing features, designed to give swimmers a safe, genuinely demanding play area on open water — considerably more engaging than a pool, and the reason most families book. Boat docks, boat rentals, swimming, fishing, canoeing, kayaking, and boating fill out the water recreation, with sports courts, basketball, volleyball, horseshoes, corn hole, walking trails, hiking, a playground, pavilion, and community fire pit on land. A bar and visiting food trucks handle evenings, and the property also serves as a wedding venue. Stargazing and birding are strong across the forested acreage. Pets are welcome. Lake Ariel sits in Wayne County in the northeastern Pennsylvania lake district, where private lakes, state forest land, and ridge-and-valley terrain built the Pocono resort region's identity for Philadelphians from the nineteenth century onward. Summer is decisively the season for the aqua park. Reserve well ahead.

Splash Magic RV Resort

127 RV Sites, 38 Cabins, 18 Tent Sites

Splash Magic RV Resort in Northumberland, Pennsylvania, offers 127 RV sites, 38 cabins, and 18 tent sites on the North Branch of the Susquehanna, with 30 and 50-amp full hookups and rigs accepted to 40 feet. Premium 30-amp and 50-amp pull-through categories join a water park, splash pad, hot tub, and beach. One hundred twenty-seven sites span 30-amp back-in, 50-amp back-in, premium 30-amp pull-through, and premium 50-amp pull-through categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric with site WiFi, sized to 40 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. Note the 40-foot cap before booking a larger rig. Thirty-eight cabins and 18 tent sites round out the lodging. A general store, laundry, propane fills, dump station, restrooms, showers, and firewood handle the practical side. A water park and splash pad anchor the summer, with an outdoor pool, hot tub, sauna, and beach alongside. A lake supports boating, paddle boats, canoeing, kayaking, and fishing, with mini-golf, a game room, arcade, jumping pillow, gaga ball, basketball, and volleyball filling the grounds. Bike rentals, golf cart rentals, walking trails, hiking, biking, a clubhouse, playground, pavilion, dog park, and snack bar round it out. Birding along the river is productive, and a state park is nearby. Pets are welcome. The Susquehanna's broad river valley gives the resort a natural backdrop that the water park programming sits within rather than replacing. Summer is decisively the season. Reserve well ahead.

from $64/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

Atlantic Blueberry RV Park

104 RV Sites

Atlantic Blueberry RV Park in Port Republic, New Jersey, offers 104 full-hookup RV sites with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 80 feet behind a gated entrance. Premium pull-through, premium back-in, and deluxe back-in categories join an outdoor pool, clubhouse, craft room, and game room in Atlantic County. One hundred four sites run in deluxe back-in, premium back-in, and premium pull-thru categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp with site WiFi, sized to 80 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. Eighty feet is generous for a New Jersey park. A general store, laundry, propane fills and exchange, dump station, restrooms, showers, and firewood handle the practical side. Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day, and other holidays require a three-night minimum, and rally rates are available on request. An outdoor pool anchors the summer, with a clubhouse, craft room, game room, sports courts, basketball, volleyball, horseshoes, and a playground filling the grounds. Live music and planned activities run through the season. A casino, amusement park, water park, beach, lake, river, state park, golf course, and wine and beer tasting are all nearby. Pets are welcome. The rural setting amid South Jersey blueberry farms sits between the Jersey Shore's beach communities and the Pinelands National Reserve — close to Atlantic City without being in it. Summer is decisively the season on the Jersey shore, and holiday weekends carry the three-night minimum. Reserve well ahead.

from $66/night

Jellystone Park™ Quarryville

118 RV Sites, 88 Cabins, 7 Tent Sites, 2 Lodges

Jellystone Park Quarryville in Pennsylvania offers 118 RV sites, 90 cabin and lodge units, and seven tent sites across 63 wooded acres in southern Lancaster County, with 20, 30, and 50-amp full hookups and rigs accepted to 55 feet. Red Carpet, premium buddy, and deluxe categories join a water park, hot tub, disc golf course, and laser tag. One hundred eighteen sites span deluxe back-in 30-amp, premium back-in, premium buddy RV, Red Carpet back-in RV, and preferred standard tent/pop-up categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric, sized to 55 feet, with fire pits, picnic tables, and BBQ pits. Buddy sites suit two families traveling together. Ninety cabins and lodges and seven tent sites round out the lodging. A laundry, propane fills and exchange, dump station, restrooms, showers, and food trucks handle the practical side. Activity availability varies between peak and non-peak dates — check the calendar before booking. A water park and outdoor pool anchor the summer, with a hot tub and sauna alongside. Mini-golf, a disc golf course, laser tag, an arcade, jumping pillow, gaga ball, gem mining, inflatable water toys, sports courts, basketball, volleyball, corn hole, and horseshoes fill the grounds, with a pond and creek for fishing, walking trails, hiking, biking, a playground, pavilion, dog park, community fire pit, and on-site dining besides. The property shares a natural boundary with a 100-acre county park, effectively doubling the green space, in the heart of Pennsylvania Dutch Country. Summer is the season. Reserve well ahead.

from $43/night

Wawaloam Campground

128 RV Sites

Wawaloam Campground in Richmond, Rhode Island, offers 128 RV sites across roughly 100 wooded acres in South County, with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 45 feet behind a gated entrance. Categories are named for exactly what they carry — water and electric, water and electric with a pad, water and electric with sewer — alongside a water park, splash pad, mini-golf, and a 287-foot waterslide. One hundred twenty-eight back-in sites span water-and-electric, water-and-electric 30/50-amp, water-and-electric 30/50-amp with pad, water-and-electric 30/50-amp with sewer, and Safari categories, carrying water, sewer, and electric where noted, sized to 45 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. Describing each category by its hookups rather than a marketing tier is refreshingly plain — you know whether you are getting sewer before you book. A general store, laundry, dump station, restrooms, showers, and a snack bar handle the practical side. A water park, splash pad, and outdoor pool anchor the summer, with the signature 287-foot waterslide as the centerpiece. Mini-golf, a recreation center, craft room, ball field, basketball, a pond, playground, pavilion, and dog park fill the rest, with fishing, swimming, and planned activities through the season. The campground has served families in one of southern New England's quietest corners since the 1960s, and its Good Sam and TripAdvisor ratings reflect a loyal returning base. Newport, the South County beaches, and Mystic are all within reach. Summer is decisively the season in Rhode Island. Reserve well ahead.

from $73/night

Sun Retreats Cape May Wildwood

52 RV Sites, 3 Cabins, 38 Tent Sites

On Route 9 in Cape May at the southern tip of New Jersey's Shore, Sun Retreats Cape May Wildwood provides a full-service family campground within five miles of the Victorian resort beaches of Cape May and the Wildwood boardwalk's roller coasters and salt water taffy shops—a private lake, sandy beach, swimming pool, and 60-foot pull-through full-hookup sites that serve both the destination visitor who comes to the Cape May peninsula specifically for its historic architecture and world-class birding and the Shore-bound family who wants an affordable base for the full Cape May-to-Wildwood entertainment corridor. Kayaking, tennis, pickleball, volleyball, basketball, fishing, a fitness center, and planned activities create the on-property recreation calendar that makes Cape May Wildwood genuinely resort-grade rather than simply a well-positioned campground. Full-hookup pull-through sites on gravel pads with concrete patios accommodate rigs up to 60 feet with room for slide-outs, and each site includes a fire pit, picnic table, and Wi-Fi connection alongside 20/30/50-amp electric, water, and sewer service. Cabin and cottage rentals extend accommodation options for guests without RVs, and tent sites serve the traditional camping community. The private lake, sandy beach, swimming pool, snack bar, fitness center, and the dedicated pet area for well-behaved dogs complete the amenity suite for a property that serves the full family recreational spectrum on the Cape May peninsula. The private lake and sandy beach provide the campground's central aquatic recreation feature—a sheltered freshwater environment for kayaking, fishing, and swimming in the calm conditions that the Atlantic Ocean's surf and Cape May Harbor's tidal current make more challenging for casual water recreation. Fishing the lake's resident bass and panfish population, kayaking on still water, and the pool's controlled environment give guests multiple aquatic options without the car transport and parking competition that Cape May's ocean beach access involves during the summer peak season. Cape May, five miles south, provides the most historically intact Victorian resort community in North America—a National Historic Landmark District of more than 600 Victorian-era buildings in gingerbread Queen Anne and Italianate styles that define the 19th-century resort aesthetic that Cape May's peninsular isolation preserved when Atlantic City's boardwalk model transformed the rest of the New Jersey Shore. The Cape May Lighthouse at Cape May Point State Park, active since 1859, and the Delaware Bay's world-famous spring horseshoe crab and shorebird migration—when millions of migrating red knots and ruddy turnstones converge on the bay beaches in May to feed on horseshoe crab eggs—provide the natural spectacle that makes Cape May the most significant birding destination on the Atlantic Flyway. New Jersey's Shore camping season runs primarily from April through October, with the peak summer period from late June through Labor Day filling the campground's site inventory during July 4th week and August weekends when the Cape May-Wildwood corridor reaches maximum visitor concentration. The shoulder seasons of May and September offer the Cape May experience at its most locally authentic—the spring shorebird migration on the Delaware Bay beaches and the September and October hawk migration through Cape May's famous hawkwatch, the single most productive hawk-counting station on the East Coast, extend the peninsula's appeal well beyond the summer beach season for guests who discover that the off-season Cape May is an entirely different and equally rewarding place.

from $45/night

Jellystone Park™ Cranberry Acres

118 RV Sites, 70 Cabins, 47 Cottages

Jellystone Park Cranberry Acres in Carver, Massachusetts, offers 118 RV sites and 117 cabin and cottage units with 30 and 50-amp full hookups, ADA-accessible sites, and rigs accepted to 90 feet. Premium back-in, pull-through, patio pull-through, and combined RV/tent categories join a water park, mini-golf, laser tag, and jumping pillow. One hundred eighteen sites span premium back-in RV, premium back-in RV/tent, premium pull-thru RV, and premium with patio pull-thru categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric, sized to 90 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. Ninety feet is generous for New England. Accessible sites are available. One hundred seventeen cabins and cottages make the lodging inventory nearly as large as the RV side. A laundry, propane fills and exchange, dump station, restrooms, firewood, and food trucks handle the practical side. A water park and outdoor pool anchor the summer, with a pond supporting fishing, kayak rentals, and water sports. Mini-golf, laser tag, an arcade, jumping pillow, gaga ball, gem mining, inflatable water toys, sports courts, basketball, volleyball, horseshoes, and corn hole fill the grounds, with walking trails, a playground, community fire pit, dog park, and pavilion besides. A golf course is nearby. Pets are welcome. Carver sits in Plymouth County's cranberry bog country, where the working harvest, Plymouth Rock, Cape Cod's shoulder-season beaches, and Great South Pond are all close. Summer is the season. Reserve well ahead.

from $65/night