Our first time camping here was Memorial day weekend. We have an 11 and 14 year old and both brought friends. They had so much fun they didn't want to leave. Their friends want to know when we are going back because they want to come with The campground was beautiful. It was clean and the bathrooms were the cleanest I've seen camping. The showers were great too The staff was wonderful. Def went above and beyond We will Def be back!! read more

One positive is that it was a very quiet facility. It seems that it needs a lot of overall maintenance. Roads were not well maintained. Couldn't believe that the rental sites were 100% grass/dirt/sand. No gravel. And it rained two days. Inside of the camper is a disaster. Also - never would've thought to ask this but no campfire ring? Just a small dug out area. read more

We have been seasonal campers at GRO for 4 years. The owners of the campground have been wonderful to us. The park is clean and we'll maintained. So many kids activities and the cutest store ever! read more

While this is a mostly seasonal campground, rentals are $70/night. It is not worth it. The grounds are not that well maintained, all roads need a layer (or two) of gravel, I saw one public restroom and the owner spoke to our friends very rudely. The speed limit is 5, but if you're not a seasonal camper you'll get yelled at no matter if you're obeying that limit. There are 2 pools and playgrounds but don't look like the pictures. I called, left a message and called probably 5 times before I got someone on the phone. Their outgoing recording says to leave a message and they'll call you back but they don't. They state they won't "nickel and dime you to death" but they charge $10 to check in early and $5 for each visiting person to your site. I've camped at way nicer places for half the price. read more

Their are 2 pools advertised, 1 is functional (not heated) The shower water smelled like sewage. Also advertised pickleball, courts present, 0 nets. The free bikes offered for transportation should probably be in a dump. After speaking with the person at the desk they informed us we probably wouldn't get a refund, leaving early. Don't waste your time or gas to camp here. read more

Just got home from the weekend here, what a fun time! My 5 and 8 year old had a blast. Went fishing in the pond, both boys caught little sun fish while dad ended up empty handed. The next day we caught frogs out of the pond and large tadpoles! They had a ton of activities for the family, fun fair games, white elephant bingo, huge hay ride! The staff was super friendly, the other campers were also very helpful when needed. Trust me I needed help, left the lights on in the car= dead battery! Thankfully the friendly campers had jumper cables and helped out. We are definitely going to come back next year! read more

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I am rating this campground with 2 stars as I'm torn between the positives and the negatives. I'll start with the positives. The biggest positive is the other campers. We feel blessed to have met a lot of great people and are grateful for the friendships and memories we have made. The activities - The weekly activities and special events are planned very well. If you have school aged children there is a lot for them to choose from. My favorites were the water and Halloween weekends. No golf carts- definitely a plus. Now for the negatives and unfortunately the biggest negative is the management. There is not a welcoming culture. When you walk into the store and read all the signs/quotes around the counter the message is.... you as the customer are not important. I guess I should have expected it from the first conversation we had with them at the RV show in Rosemont in 2018. They shared multiple negative stories about how horrible it is to have to deal with campers. I believe that dealing with the public is an inconvenience and is only tolerated because of the revenue stream. Issues with the electric - The increase in seasonal sites has been significant. This has put a lot of strain on the delivery of electricity. During all three holiday weekends electricity was lost multiple times and for lengthy periods of time. Weekly when we returned to our camper our microwave clock would be flashing; indicating that at some point the electric delivery had been disrupted. The pools - Although having 2 pools on site is a positive, both are antiquated. In addition, the management of pool chemical levels should be taken more seriously. Most of the time the water was cloudy and on a couple of occasions the water actually turned green. Cleanliness of bathrooms during weekends - This goes back to the culture of the customer not being important. It was my impression that the bathrooms were cleaned once a week on a weekday; not on a need basis and never on the weekends. Often times the bathrooms would be disgusting during the weekend; most importantly the handicapped bathroom that is located in the main building. Water/well - I have concerns about the water. Arcade/Mini golf - Old. Both need to be updated. read more

The good: our car broke down and a staff member loaned us tools to try to fix it. The bad; Staff was very rude, bathrooms were filthy, the water went out while we were there, the electricity went out while we were there, toilets overflowed and no one cleaned them in the 3 1/2 days we were there. There is a river near by to float down,which is why we came here. The staff could not tell us where to launch, had no tubes or kayaks to rent (website said they did) and no services to and from the river. Bottom line, stay somewhere else. The staff is mean and really seemed to not care less about the enjoyment of their guests or even just keeping their facility decent. read more

My friend came to visit us at our campsite. She paid, parked where she was supposed to, hung out for a bit then left to get pizza for our party. When she returned she pulled up to drop off the pizza and one of the owners rode up in a golf cart and scolded her for speeding. She was adamant that she wasn't. Then, after dropping off the food she drove to the desginated parking area and the guy followed her and scolded her AGAIN for speeding and berated her in front of another camper, mocking her and having a laugh with another camper at her expense. Then told her if she didn't like it she could leave. He then proceeded to stalk our party and generally just make her and us feel uncomfortable and unwelcome. Also pretty tacky to have political signs right at the entry of a business. Never again. read more

Camped here for the first time recently and we will definitely be back! The entire staff was welcoming and very helpful. The owner even went to her own home to get us taco seasoning since they didn't have it in the store and gave it to us at no charge! So many things to do and no extra fees to do them. They do enforce the rules especially for speeding and registering guests but that's only right as the safety of their campers is obviously a priority to them. Our family cannot wait to go back again! read more

Buyer/camper beware!!!! The first time we camped here we thought it was wonderful also - so much so that we ended up signing a seasonal contract and stayed for two seasons. Prior to signing a contract they will be and seemed to be friendly - however once you sign on the bottom line that changes. Any thing you made need done or requests you have -better not interfer w/ anything their family happens to have going on at the time or you will receive a VERY nasty letter from Mrs. Gillian. (I would be happy to share one such letter with anyone that asks.) This was received after I sent an e-mail requesting a decent picnic table (during our second season) that they had promised us prior to signing our contract and several times since. This was the one and only request we ever had after signing a seasonal contract. Prior to signing an elderly couple which were coworkers of mine had decided they wanted to be right next door to us. We have four children and two dogs and these co-workers are definately not what you would call easy going!! I work with them 5 days a week, 8 hours a day - I absolutely did not want to be right next to them at my weekend getaway. Prior to signing I called Dennis and asked him if there was anyway he could pursuade them to take a different spot. He said no problem he knew them personally and could totally understand us not wanting to be next to them - he said he would tell them the spot next to us was already rented. Which was an outright lie! And one we DID NOT ask him to do. As I matter of fact we thought it very strange that a deacon in the church and someone who claims to be religious would suggest he lie to them. So he lied to them - and the spot next to us stood empty for that entire 1st season! During the second season when I called to talk to him about the nasty e-mail his wife had sent us he threw that in my face and said they had been uncomfortable from day one when we asked them to do that! All he had to do was say no - he was the one who suggested and carried out the lie. Keep in mind this was PRIOR to us signing on as seasonals. He would do anything to get the lease signed and my coworkers were already seasonals just in a spot on the other side of the park from us. Well his accusation explained what we had always thought we were being paranoid about - that his wife did not like us and was outwardly rude to us, our children and any visitors we had!!! Other campers in the park confirmed to us they also received such e-mails that always ended with "if your not happy we would be glad to rent your spot to someone else!") Yes they did remodel the pavillion - for their daughter to get married in last summer! The park is beautiful but there is not really anything to do. If you are an older retired couple that likes to sit around or have toddlers it may be good for you - but if you have children over the age of 7 or lead an active lifestyle there is really nothing to do. The pools are small and always freezing cold. The miniture golf is in total disrepair and the "activities" are for 2 year olds. The biggest thing we have an issue with is the VERY unprofessional way they treat people that are paying their bills!!!! Go spend your money somewhere where the business owners will appreciate it and you can enjoy yourselves!! Also - when I first checked YELP there were several reviews on here complaining about the way campers were treated and yet today there are only wonderful raving reveiws??? How does that work? And please notice NONE of the reviews are from seasonal campers - they are from one timers. BEWARE!!! read more

I dont even know where to start, this was supposed to be "family friendly" the owners are the rudest people we've ever met, the first year was fine, after that it all fell apart, once we signed that contract they became the owners from hell. When you read the reviews make sure to note the year the positive were posted and the negative, and also the similarites of the negative ones. Nanette and dennis seem to think that because you camp there that they are doing you a favor, without going into details i have an email i will post in a few days, but what it comes down to is we were told its best that we dont stay for the 2020 season because my husband had emailed and asked about their plans concerning the virus to which nanette replied that she would not meet nor discuss this with us and that we should not stay another season, that they had a list of people waiting for spots, and no one else had asked about their plans. when we signed our contract their daughter jessica told us they might raise the rates, but it wouldnt be more than 50.00 a year. they raised it every year we were there by 100.00 we now are up to 2500.00 a year, if we had known that we were lied to and it was going up every year we would never had signed a contract. They have kicked out several seasonals in the short time we were there and many have left on their own, and they all said the same thing, the owners are extremely rude. feel free to contact me as i have all the emails, ours and theirs, and i am very willing to share them if it would keep anyone else from having to go through thisl read more

We were told there was tent camping here. We were the only tent campers. We were under several very large trees that constantly shed small baby spiders and bugs into our hair, onto our arms & down our shirts. There were literally hundreds of spiders crawling on everything. We've been camping before and never had a small spider invasion. The "grass" (weeds and sand), was very dry and filled with ant hills. By the end of the trip, I had several fingers covered in some kind of bumps from either bug bites or something else (never figured it out). Some things that were good was the convenience store had plenty of ice cream and treats, tie dye shirt event and a patio party by the pool with a DJ. Kids had fun running around doing that. But the lady DJ-ing, was not a DJ and would cut every song half way through, it was hilarious after a while, we'd laugh at how bad the music would get cut out of nowhere. The pool was open but very dirty. I had picked up the mesh water strainer and strained out the muck myself before allowing my kids to go in. I'm not sure if the filters were working or if there even were filters. We opted to only go in with our feet after that. Bathroom we were in was small and not the cleanest. I've been to many camp grounds before, but we will not return here. read more

We had the best time. I was very impressed with the friendly staff. Clean grounds, nice pool. The best part was Green River. The kids caught tadpoles, picked and ate mulberries, and had a blast. We will definitely be back. read more

Had a terrible Labor Day weekend......we will not return! It was heat index over a hundred & about 20 campers didn't have power! No power equals no air conditioning, no coffee, sick dogs, & very angry campers. After power was restored late Sunday afternoon. Our friends camping with was still getting intermittent power, so all they're food went bad in fridge. They left early & ask for partial refund & owner said no, & said he should be taking up a collection to pay for this. I'm sorry but $50 a night is a steep price to pay for a campground with minimal activities for kids. They've made enough money from us suckers! I've been camping 20 years & have never experienced a worse weekend. read more