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Ponkapoag Outdoor Camp

4.5 (2 reviews)

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Canoe River Campground - Mill pond in the Fall

Canoe River Campground

2.5(50 reviews)
12.4 mi

I have mixed feelings. I stayed for three nights while on business in the area. I stayed in a tent…read moreon a pond. I loved the trees and sound of bullfrogs and sometimes could hear fish leaping. There are beautiful trees and the cabins look great. That's the good part. Like other posters, I noticed that there are many very rundown RVs, trailers and even busses occupying sites. They give the place a very rundown and even scary vibe. Some sites had trash on them that was there for at least the 2 days I was there. It looked like a former occupant had just dumped their bags of trash there instead of taking the task to the dumpster. The tent site was also fairly small but I didn't feel cramped only because no one was on either side of me. Had there been other tents on these sites I think I would have felt a bit crowded. But the trees were nice and just the right distance apart for my hammock. The bathroom was pretty awful. It needs a good to top bottom cleaning. There is dirt on the walls, in the shower stalls and floors. People dump their trash out on the counter and just leave it. Right now there is someone's food containers sitting on the sink counter. There was trash and hair balls on the floor my first night. And the showers only have cold water! I didn't know how to get hot water and it looks like there is some sort of coin box on the outside of the showers but it's not clear how much to pay, whether you put in a token, quarter or what. I was given no warning about this when I checked in and had to take cold showers each day which I wasn't happy about. I read some other posts and see that people were paying for hot water. This is not right. The price I paid for a tent site, $39/night, was far too high to not have wifi or hot water. The night I arrived there was a loud boisterous crowd in the tent a few sites down. The group apparently included visitors and they were playing their music at a loud volume. One of the girls got into a fight with someone and I heard a lot of loud profanity and screaming that went on for sometime. The guests left around 9 pm and the site was quiet by 930. I noticed a large group of rowdy teens hanging out by the office when I drove in late last night. Tonight I got to my tent a bit late, around 11 pm as I had to work late. The card they give you to enter the gate didn't work but they display their phone number and say you can call 24 hours. I called and someone answered right away and let me in. There was a large group of teens there again. I went to my tent without ncident. About an hour later, I heard cracking branches close to my tent. It sounded like someone was walking very close to my tent. There was also a car just across the little creek from my tent and people were settling in so I thought that the sound had just carried over. But the cracking sounds really sounded that they were behind my tent, not from across the way. I decided to go out and use the restroom. As I turned out of the tent area onto the road that leads to the bathhouse, I passed a rundown bus which seems to be a permanent fixture. There were about three men there from what I could see, just hanging out by the road in the dark. I walked past and they decided to try to make conversation.I don't know them and just wanted to use the restroom undisturbed. One asked how things were going and I said "fine" and kept walking. They asked if I was OK, not sure why but I didn't want to talk with them. I then had to get back to my tent but the only way was to pass them again. This time I kept my light off and walked on the road in the dark hoping to be able to pass undetected but there is nearly a full moon right now so there is still some light. As I approached the bus I kept as far from it as possible but I noticed two of the men quickly returning to the bus from the direction of the road to my tent. I don't know what they were doing but it seemed odd. They saw me anyway and started asking if I wanted a beer, when I ignored them I heard hello, hey, hey.... There was absolutely no reason for these creepy men to speak to me at all. I wasn't bothering them, I just wanted to be able to sleep in my tent on my site in peace and feel safe. After that, I did not feel safe.I didn't want to find out what would happen next so I got in my car and left my beautiful new tent there. I called the office on the way out and the person was very nice and offered to give me a different site but I said it was too late and I can't pull up my tent in the dark and set it up somewhere else right now. They offered to have someone come to my site to check it but at that point I didn't feel safe or relaxed. I am now in a $200 hotel. I wish this campsite would prohibit the gangs of roving teens, clean the trash from the sites and pressure wash and scour the bathroom, and most of all prevent these scary locals from bothering other guests. I also wish I could have had a hot shower and wifi. It should have been included in the price.

This place is just for parties. The pond is Mosquito…read morebreading habitat. Not cleaned at all. Bathrooms are not kept up and cleaned. We are here just to go to the football game.

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Lorraine Park Campground

4.7(12 reviews)
32.6 mi

We enjoy this place has nice sites usually with some good space between campers. They have a dump…read morestation plenty of sites with power and water. They do a very good job keeping the bathrooms clean etc..

Lorraine Campground at Harold Parker State Forest is one of the best camping locations in Mass.,…read moreespecially if you want to be in the woods and yet be close to civilization. The ~4000 acre forest has a dedicated entrance to the campground with several rangers assigned to it. The sites can be extremely spacious and isolated or be smaller and more social. It really is your choice. Safe swimming, fishing, bike riding, and hiking are abundant. The educational programs are posted, including weekly hikes, bike rides, and fishing lessons (they provide everything for novices). They even have a bonfire on Sat. nights during the camping season. The bathrooms are cleaned daily and are typically in excellent condition, including free showers and hot water. A donation is requested for the mandatory kiln-dried firewood ($5/bundle or $10/3 bundles). All sites have potable water. No sites have electricity. Alcohol is prohibited (and this is posted prominently). People who get caught drinking (typically because they are obnoxious) are asked to leave immediately. The state police barracks is just down the road, so help is nearby if others get rowdy. It is amazing to really be in the woods so close to Boston. Booking a site in advance online is highly recommended; walk-ins/drive-ups are permitted if there is space available. The fees are extremely reasonable ($12/night).

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