Wine/Beer Tasting Nearby

New Earth Estate

6 Cabins, 7 Tipis, 1 Tiny House

New Earth Estate in Markdale, Ontario, offers seven cabin and tiny-house units and seven tipis across 50 acres of forest, river, and rolling hills in the Grey Highlands, open year-round. A pool, hot tub and sauna, spa, disc golf course, kayak rentals, and boat docks make this a full eco-retreat rather than a campground, within weekend range of Toronto. Accommodations run to seven cabins and tiny houses plus seven tipis — a small inventory, so book well ahead. Restrooms, showers, firewood, and WiFi serve the property, and on-site dining covers meals. The estate operates all year, which makes it a genuine four-season option in a region where many properties close. The 50 acres carry an unusually deep amenity set. A pool, hot tub, sauna, and spa anchor the wellness side, while a disc golf course, sports courts, volleyball, basketball, and a ball field cover active recreation. Kayak rentals, boat docks, a pond, and a river support paddling, with a beach and lake nearby. Walking trails and hiking run the forest, and the dark rural sky makes for strong stargazing and bird watching. The estate also operates as a wedding venue. Pets are welcome. A safety note the operators emphasize: this is a natural property with a river, pond, paved and unpaved trails, and forest with stones, rocks, and fallen branches, and it gets genuinely dark at night. Bring flashlights, hike in daylight where possible, and wear proper footwear. Markdale sits in Grey County in the southern Georgian Bay watershed. The Blue Mountains ski and recreation area is 40 kilometers south, with skiing nearby in season and wine and beer tasting in the surrounding countryside. Book early for summer and ski-season weekends.

from $128/night

Sun Retreats Sherkston Shores

66 RV Sites, 29 Cabins, 46 Tent Sites, 55 Cottages

Sun Retreats Sherkston Shores in Port Colborne, Ontario, offers 66 full-hookup RV sites, 84 cabin and cottage units, and 46 tent sites across 560 acres on four kilometers of Lake Erie beachfront, with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 70 feet behind a gated entrance. Waterfront and premium full-hookup categories join a 30-amp tier, alongside a water park, splash pad, and mini-golf. Sixty-six sites run in full hookup 30-amp, premium full hookup 30/50-amp, and waterfront full hookup 30/50-amp categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric with site WiFi, sized to 70 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. The waterfront category is the one to request. Eighty-four cabins and cottages and 46 tent sites make the lodging inventory far larger than the RV side. A general store, laundry, propane fills and exchange, restrooms, showers, firewood, boat storage, recycling, and food trucks handle the practical side. The property was formerly Sherkston Shores Beach Resort & Campground. A water park and splash pad anchor the summer, with an outdoor pool, hot tub, sauna, and the beach alongside. Mini-golf, a fitness center, clubhouse, game room, arcade, sports courts, tennis, pickleball, volleyball, basketball, golf cart rentals, a playground, dog park, and bar fill the rest, with boating, paddle boarding, canoeing, kayaking, fishing, hiking, biking, live music, and Niagara wine country nearby. The scale rivals dedicated resort destinations. Summer is decisively the season. Reserve well ahead.

from $37/night

Twin Bears Wooded Campground

139 RV Sites, 4 Cabins, 21 Tent Sites

Twin Bears Wooded Campground in Indian River, Michigan, offers 139 RV sites, four cabins, and 21 tent sites beneath a mature hardwood canopy, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 50 feet behind a gated entrance. Electric-only, water-and-electric, and full-hookup categories at several amperages join an outdoor pool, mini-golf, and boutique shop. One hundred thirty-nine sites span 20-amp electric only, 20-amp water-and-electric, 30-amp back-in electric only, 30-amp back-in full hookup, 30-amp back-in water-and-electric, and 30-amp pull-through categories, carrying water, sewer, and electric where noted, sized to 50 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. Read the category carefully — the electric-only tiers carry no water at the site, and they price accordingly. Four cabins and 21 tent sites round out the lodging. A general store, boutique shop, laundry, propane fills and exchange, dump station, restrooms, showers, firewood, and a snack bar handle the practical side. Bathhouses and the laundry are open 24/7 with your check-in code, and the owners are direct about expectations: rude or disruptive guests will be asked to leave without a refund. An outdoor pool anchors the summer, with mini-golf, gem mining, shuffleboard, horseshoes, corn hole, walking trails, hiking, a playground, pavilion, and dog park filling the grounds. Indian River sits in the Inland Waterway region, where Burt, Mullett, Crooked, and Pickerel Lakes interconnect. Summer is the season in northern Michigan. Reserve well ahead.

from $45/night

Alpen Bluffs Outdoor Resort

80 RV Sites, 25 Cabins

Alpen Bluffs Outdoor Resort in Gaylord, Michigan, offers a modern Northern Michigan getaway with full-hookup RV sites, spacious cabins, and glamping yurts. RV guests can choose from back-in and pull-through sites with water, sewer, 30/50-amp electric service, Wi-Fi, picnic tables, and fire pits. The resort is designed for guests who want more than a traditional campground experience. Spend summer days at the Bluff Club’s outdoor pool and hot tub, relax in a private cabana, or enjoy games and live entertainment. Additional activities include pickleball, volleyball, mini golf at Alpen Point, gem mining at the Matterhorn Mine, a dog park, playgrounds, lawn games, golf cart rentals, and bicycle rentals. Inukshuk Shores features a beach, floating water park, floating cabanas, concessions, and adult beverages. Some activities and amenities may require an additional fee or operate seasonally. Mulligans at the Bluffs offers on-site dining, cocktails, an all-weather patio, free outdoor games, and seven indoor golf simulators. Guests can also visit the Alpen Market for snacks, beverages, gifts, beer, wine, and other vacation essentials. Cabins sleep up to eight guests and include full kitchens, bathrooms, heating, air conditioning, and comfortable living spaces. Glamping yurts sleep up to four and include a private bathroom, kitchenette, television, heating, and air conditioning. Located near many of Northern Michigan’s most popular golf courses, ski resorts, ORV and snowmobile trails, lakes, and outdoor attractions, Alpen Bluffs makes a convenient home base throughout the year. Gaylord is widely known as Michigan’s Golf Mecca and offers four-season recreation, including golfing, skiing, snowboarding, snowmobiling, hiking, fishing, and elk viewing. Summer weekends, holidays, and peak winter dates can fill quickly, so advance reservations are recommended.

from $61/night

Cherry Hill Campground

12 RV Sites, 1 Cabin, 33 Tent Sites, 4 Glamping Sites

Situated directly across the road from Darien Lake Theme Park in Darien Center, New York, Cherry Hill Campground occupies one of the most strategically positioned campsites in western New York—offering lush, shaded tent and cabin sites with immediate proximity to one of the region's most complete family entertainment complexes while maintaining the rustic, natural character that distinguishes a genuine campground experience from a resort parking lot. The campground's tree canopy and open meadow spaces give it a self-contained outdoor character that serves guests equally well whether they spend their days at the theme park across the street or entirely within Cherry Hill's own wooded grounds. Shaded campsites are individually appointed with picnic tables and fire rings, and the campground's cabin inventory provides a covered lodging option for guests who want the campground environment without tent setup. Large open areas on the property support a recreational program built around group games—volleyball nets, horseshoe pits, and tetherball courts give families with children an active outdoor option that functions as a natural complement to the more structured entertainment available at Darien Lake. A general store, firewood sales, clean restrooms and showers, and walking trails through the wooded property round out the on-site amenity picture in a format consistent with the campground's straightforward, nature-first philosophy. Darien Lake Theme Park, located steps from the campground entrance, is western New York's largest amusement park—a full-day family entertainment destination with roller coasters, water park attractions, live music, and a seasonal concert amphitheater that brings major national touring acts to the Genesee County countryside each summer. The geographic positioning of Cherry Hill directly across from the park gates eliminates the transportation logistics that complicate most theme park camping arrangements, letting guests walk to the park in the morning and return to campfire and hammock in the evening without moving their vehicles. Western New York's natural and cultural landscape surrounding the campground provides substantial day-trip depth for guests extending their stay beyond a single-night theme park visit. Letchworth State Park, approximately 30 miles south, protects a 17-mile gorge of the Genesee River with waterfalls, canyon overlooks, and hiking trails that have earned it frequent recognition as one of the most spectacular state parks in the eastern United States. Niagara Falls, accessible within approximately an hour's drive to the northwest, anchors the region's larger tourism circuit alongside the Erie Canal heritage corridor and the craft brewery and wine trail culture of the greater Buffalo metro area. Cherry Hill Campground is open through the summer and early fall outdoor season, aligned with Darien Lake's operating calendar and the peak family camping window in the Genesee County area. The campground's proximity to the theme park makes it the logical choice for families planning multi-day Darien Lake visits, and the open-air campfire culture and wooded site environment offer a natural decompression from the stimulation of a full day at an amusement park. Reservations are recommended for summer holiday weekends and any dates coinciding with major concert events at the Darien Lake amphitheater, when the surrounding accommodation options in western New York fill across all formats.

from $30/night

Colden Lakes Resort

In the rolling countryside of Erie County south of Buffalo—in a New York Western Region landscape where working dairy farms, forested ridgelines, and the four-season climate of the Great Lakes transition zone define the character of the outdoor experience—Colden Lakes Resort has built a comprehensive family camping destination around four man-made, stocked fishing lakes and a recreation program rich enough to sustain multi-day stays without requiring a single drive off the property. The resort's heated pool, on-site restaurant with waterfront seating and live music, camp store with eight flavors of hand-dipped ice cream, and horse stall boarding create the specific hospitality combination that defines a true Western New York camping institution. Full hookup RV sites with water, electric, and sewer connections serve the campground's overnight and seasonal populations, and cabin rentals provide the fully sheltered alternative for guests who prefer enclosed accommodations. A heated in-ground swimming pool with a separate kiddie pool provides structured aquatic recreation for all ages, and the four stocked fishing lakes—kayakable, fishable, and bikeable around their perimeters—provide the natural aquatic environment that the resort's name references. A heated pool and stocked lakes operating simultaneously on the same property represents a meaningful dual aquatic offering. Basketball, playground equipment, horseshoe pits, a regulation softball diamond, hiking trails, and arcade games provide the recreational diversity that keeps family campers engaged across a long weekend. The laundry facility, propane fill station, and dump station address the practical infrastructure needs of extended stays. Horse stalls with boarding availability serve the equestrian-traveling guests who represent an unusual and appreciated accommodation for Western New York campgrounds. The four man-made lakes are the resort's most distinctive natural feature. Stocked and maintained for active fishing, the lakes support bass, catfish, and panfish populations accessible from the bank, from a kayak, or from the resort's water access points throughout the property. The lakes' setting within the resort's rolling Erie County landscape—surrounded by the mixed hardwood forest typical of the lower Great Lakes zone—gives the fishable water a natural character that stocked ponds in more urban settings can't replicate. The kayaking circuit around the lakes provides a peaceful morning activity that blends physical recreation with natural observation in a way that the pool and game facilities alone wouldn't supply. The Erie County landscape surrounding the resort provides the Western New York outdoor and cultural itinerary for guests with day-trip energy. Niagara Falls—one of the world's most visited natural wonders—is accessible for the dedicated day trip that its scale and spectacle justify once per visit. The Erie County Wine Trail along Lake Erie's southeastern shore produces cool-climate wines of surprising quality, and the combination of lake shore scenery and boutique winery stops makes for an easy half-day excursion. The Buffalo-Niagara region's broader cultural programming—the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Canalside waterfront, and the Frank Lloyd Wright architectural heritage—gives guests with urban interests a genuine city destination within reasonable range. Colden Lakes Resort operates seasonally in the Western New York camping calendar. Summer represents the peak family season, and the resort's programming calendar of organized activities creates the kind of community rhythm that repeat-visit families find easy to re-enter each year. Reserve your lakeside site early for summer holiday weekends, rent the kayak from the resort, and let the four stocked lakes and the ice cream selection at the camp store make the case for Erie County's quietly excellent camping country.

from $55/night