Peaceful and calm setting. Beautifully designed rooms (cabins) with plush towels, comfortable bed, Scandinavian minimalism. There's also a lake, pool, sauna, tennis, restaurant. I'm writing this while here and Prospect Berkshire is only open under new ownership for 5 weeks. Staff is very friendly. About 15 min drive to Great Barrington. read more

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this place is literally out of a fairy tale and it's so worth a visit. the water, the pool, the people everything is amazing. the sauna!! the tennis courts the food!! read more

We had a wonderful week here in late July 2019. Campsite A1 is lakefront and gorgeous - see photo. Don't believe those few negative reviews -this place is a hidden gem. It's straight out of Dirty Dancing and the '50s, with cabins, tents, RVs, and a Rec hall. The lake is clean and fun to fish. You can splash in the roped off area or wing it across the whole lake. It's quiet both day and night. You'll hear children playing but no unpleasant rowdiness. It's not buggy. I'm guessing they treat for mosquitoes. There is a dog beach separate from the "people" beach. The camp store is well equipped. There are many fun daytrips from here as well, such as Tanglewood for classical music, the Arlo Guthrie center for folk concerts, and historic towns such as Stockbridge and Lenox. The only negative was that the shared bathrooms were dusty and cob-webby, although the sinks and toilets are clean. I think most visitors here use the bathrooms in their own cabins or RVs. It's family-owned, and the staff are very friendly. They don't nickel and dime you either. We will be back! read more

Prospect Lake Park - Parks Near Me - Great Barrington, Massachusetts

Im so glad that I found this campground before I read all of the reviews, especially the negative posts. My 10 year old son and I are camping here now in a tent with my 2 dogs. This is by far the cleanest, nicest campground we have ever stayed in in MA! The people are all so incredibly nice and helpful and extremely hard working! They have curbside trash/recycle pickup every morning making it so much easier. The security is what I like, a front gate with passcard for entrance and absolutely no chance of feeling unsafe. Our campsite is very big and has a solid large picnic table as well as a large fire pit with grill rack. They gave us directions to all area attractions as well as grocery/shopping sites. More to come as week progresses!!! Don't go anywhere else, this place has it all! We spent the last day/night hiking at Race Brook Falls and then swimming, jumping off the dock, and of course going down the huge slide 60+ times!!! Great time camping here! Hate to leave but cant wait to come back. read more

Prospect Lake Park - Parks Near Me - Great Barrington, Massachusetts

My boyfriend and I wanted to go see the Norman Rockwell museum and decided to camp nearby. I went online and chose this campground, was a little concerned after reading the negative reviews but decided to try it anyway. $40 a night for full hook-up is a bargain per my boyfriend who has been camping with a truck camper for many years. I called, spoke with the owner and reserved two nights for 8/26-8/27. He was friendly, no issues with the booking. He explained the process very clearly. We arrived Wednesday late afternoon to check in, again owner was friendly and had a sense of humor. My boyfriend asked if there was any cancellation so we could stay an extra night; at first the owner said no and then "let me look", and we were able to get that night plus we're moved into another site overlooking the lake. Very nice! Clean and tidy and the owner does drive around every morning picking up trash which is nice. Rules are clearly printed on the back of the campground map and seem to be respected which is a plus. Glad there are rules otherwise people would be running wild! We both enjoyed our stay very much and have already decided to return next year. read more

Beautiful lake in the Berkshires, close by to amazing cultural activities - all with a max of 75 minutes. Cute campground with a gorgeous lake, playground for children and a camp store. A wonderful escape!!! I'd like to say I was here one weekend, and believe negative reviews were intentionally written to cast a negative cloud over the campground and owner. The campers who wrote the reviews had violated several rules, and it is well within the owner's rights to address. The poster of the review had a clear vendetta and used yelp to settle her score. Anyhow, there has been a decrease in fun events, but camping is what you make of it with friends and loved ones. My place to be when it's open!!!! read more

So this is how our experience at the camp ground started, We drove from NYC and arrived at the campground 10 min before they closed. The Owner did not seem pleased. Before we even got in the park, he showed us bad attitude and yelled at us for ringing the entrance bell too many times. We had no option but to ring the bell couple of times cause no one was answering nor buzzing us in for 5 min. After we registered and got into the park, we did not need to interact with the owner that much. We liked the campgrounds that we were assigned. It was convenient, spacious, clean, quiet and had electricity and water. The restrooms/Showers were located in 1 minute walk and were very clean compared to other campgrounds that I have been to in the past. However, they could definitely put some hand soap up, currently they have none. We didn't have to go drop the trash somewhere. The trash and recycle were collected every morning by the camp personnel. The firewoods were available in the camp office for resonable price until 9:30 pm every night. Each camp ground had table and benches. We didn't have any problem putting up our tent in the ground. We put up 4 tents in 2 grounds. The ground was pretty flat with few roots sticking out. The lake was beautiful. One afternoon, we got to spend few hours in the lake swimming. The water looked clean and wasn't so cold. However, there was a lot of weed in some swimming areas. It kept hitting my face, feet, hands. The swimming experience would have been lot better if it wasn't for the weed. This campground is also very conveniently located. It is 10 min away from Great Barrington; where most of the shops and restaurants are. We were hiking 2 days to two different trails and they were both very close to the Prospect lake park. If you are looking to camp for 1-2 days at a small family owned campground and don't mind the rude owners, this place can definitely be an option for the campgrounds. read more

Location: Beautiful Ambiance: quiet Experience: dreadful. The people running this place should not be in the hospitality industry. I don't believe they understand the meaning of the word "hospitality". I didn't feel welcome. I didn't feel that my business was appreciated. They are very rule oriented. They are not reasonable. My friend and I arrived in separate vehicles. They have a "one car per campsite" rule which they were unwilling to compromise on even though there was an abundant amount of space for two cars and two tents. I had to park my car a great distance away from the campsite which made it inconvenient. I asked them nicely to make an exception showing them the amount of free space around my site. "No. We have a rule!" Was their answer. Cleanliness: no soap in restrooms. Welcome to the dark ages. Isn't this against health code? Campsite quality: too many sites crammed in to too little space. No level place for our tents. Lots of rocks on the ground and below the surface made it hard to pound in our tent stakes. Not coming back. There are so many other wonderful places to camp around here. And they cost less and have soap in the restrooms. read more

Prospect Lake Park - Parks Near Me - Great Barrington, Massachusetts

We had the hardest time trying to pitch our tent at the site we were assigned. To begin with, there wasn't any flat ground. We had to work slightly downhill. Next, we couldn't get our stakes into the ground. There were rocks and tree roots just below the ground which interfered quite a bit. We just barely managed to get the main stakes in. We couldn't manage to get our cover stakes in the ground because of how solid the ground was, which lead to no air flow in the tent. We got a site with water and electric and the drinking water tasted minerally and wasn't cold. I'd also recommend while walking around the grounds, watch where you are watching because tree trunks are protruding from the ground everywhere and it's very easy to trip if you're not watching the ground. My parents also joined us at this campground, but they rented a camper site. My father said the roads that lead around the grounds were just big enough for his truck and trailer. He said he had a hard time maneuvering with such limited space. The appearance of the place is nice - it was a gorgeous lake, but it's just not practical. We will not be returning. read more

It's a nice area .. the campground itself is set up very poorly sites are SMALL and brining in your camper is at best barely safe especially if you happen to be an amateur DUE TO THE TWO PILLARS AT THE ENTRANCE AND GATED ENTRANCE HOUSE. Like everyone said the owners a stickler for the rules even asked us to be quiet BEFORE quiet time. Why ? Trees line the sites with gates in between in the A section ... who designed this place ? If you've never been camping in your rv don't expect the room you need for an easy backing in. Lake was weedy and visitors are made to park off site a good half mile away it seemed. Owners are constantly doing rounds so don't expect any wiggle room with any rules. not a well maintained campground and most sites I saw were rocky and sandy. Positives? Quiet at night . Nice camping folk. Fair price on wood .. Negatives ? Too many won't be going back . read more

We had a wonderful experience w this campground. It's very family-oriented, so I felt very comfortable letting my 9 and 5 year old boys take a walk to the game room/snack shop and to the playground by themselves-- they also loved feeling independent. We loved the water slide and swimming area; it had a large shallow area so non-swimmers can still play safely. The bathrooms were clean and I appreciated that the lights that were on a timer. We participated in Bingo night which was a lot of fun! And the ice cream portions were huge and delicious! I felt that the owners didn't overcharge for things but also were smart in having just the supplies and services on hand that we may need. We had made our reservation last minute and had a tent site at the far end of the grounds, but we loved it for the privacy and yet it wasn't too far from the bathrooms. There are quite a few roots in the wooded areas so we would bring another air mattress the next time (we had one single and the rest of us were on sleeping bags w pads). I gave 4 stars only bc it's not luxurious camping, but pretty great for family camping. It was fairly quiet by 11pm also-- not a big all night partying site like other places we've been to. And plenty to do in the area so that you can get off site and explore. I chatted w the owner and his family and found them to be really gracious and helpful. read more

Prospect Lake Park - The old-fashioned water slide! - Parks Near Me - Great Barrington, Massachusetts

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Horrible me and my family hated it on the website there was false advertising, there was supposedly a floating dock out in the water and also on the website the slide seemed to be open but when we arrived there was no floating dock out in the water and the slide was very much closed. The owners were very rude to my family and I. The lake was mucky and gross. The lake was filled with chemicals the first day I was there so I now think the fish were poisoned. And don't get me started on the bathrooms they were just terrible. Pretty much the only good thing was boating and even that I got sunburned and we left 2 nights early. I would say never ever go there please! read more

Friend of mine called in advance, and was told that there are plenty of sites available for the last weekend. I did the online reservation foolishly thinking that this should be enough until I get there. For the online reservation they had 2 types of sites, one with a lake view and one in the forest. I picked the lake-view one on the reservation form and since the information provided earlier was that there are "plenty of available sites" I assume that this should be enough. On the way to the place I noticed that I have a response email stating that the type of site I requested is not available due to some construction. This was not mentioned during the registration, and this type of sites are pretty much 50% of all tent sites showing on their map. Since I was already driving, I decided to get there first, and just to pick an available site, no matter from what type, so I just kept driving. Unfortunately, there was a lot of traffic, so my son (14 years old) and me managed to get to the park at 9:55 pm and it was already dark outside. No one responded to my call from the gate (they have a system for communication at the gate if the office is closed). I spent about 20 minutes trying to get a signal on my phone so I can call the number form their website, and finally managed to speak to someone who sounded like a manager, or most likely owner. He put considerable effort to make sure that I understand that this is private property (although there is a huge sigh on the way there that states exactly that), after which he told me that the office closes at 9pm (something that I could not find on their site, because it is either missing or well hidden). After telling me that it is past 9pm, so he "cannot do anything" about it, he stated that we are better of finding a hotel in the area (gave us some vague directions). I was really frustrated, because we were prepared for camping and drove for hours to get there, but said that this is fine and turned the car around. Before leaving the place someone in a truck drove next to my car and started asking me for more information. His voice and attitude matched the ones I heard on the phone, so I am assuming that this was the person I spoke to, few minutes earlier. He repeated that the office is closed, so ....this is it for tonight, and pointed me again to hotels. At some point he said that if I had a reservation, something can be done after all, and asked me if I had a reservation. I told him that I sent the form few days earlier, but assumed that this is enough (since they stated that there are "plenty of sites available" for the weekend), and did not follow up after that assuming that it is not crowded, and I can make the payment and pick a site when I arrive. He said that he is sorry, but sending a form is not a reservation, and I should have called in addition to the form with a credit card number, which would have made it a reservation. His tone and attitude were very frustrating, so I said that this is OK, and drove away. Apparently for this place it is really important to make sure people know that it is a private property, but whoever manages it acts like a government employee, for whom the office hours are determining if some business can be done or not. In my opinion, if someone runs private business, and a client comes trying to pay for services, it is obvious that the transaction should be done, especially when in this case all that needed to be done was to take the money and lift the barrier. I am not sure why this attitude was displayed since I was with a nice, couple of years old car, there was a rack with bikes on the back and kid on the back sit, but apparently if I didn't "call with a credit card number" all bets are off. The only thing that might have confused this person is the fact that I have some eastern European accent, but I don't believe that this fact might stop someone who wants to make a sale from making it, or someone that want to help from helping.... or both. read more

Writing this review as I overlook the beautiful lake. The campground is very clean and the owners have been nothing but nice and we have chatted with them on a number of occasions throughout the week. They have not stopped working since we have gotten here. The cabin is a fabulous deal for the money. It is clean enough and fridge, stove, and good shower have made it a home away from home. I would definitely recommend this place to friends. read more

The bathhouse ruined our experience at this campground. They smelled like pee, needed a very good cleaning and paint job. I refused to shower! It's sad because we loved the view of the lake from our site (S2), and the beach (although quite small). The playground is also small, but has a cool 3-spiral slide. The campground was quiet, but the roads need new crusher run as it was hard to tell road from sites. read more

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Great campground except for the owner. He is very rude. Lake is nice but we won't return due to the people who run it.

We haven't been to the campground for about 3 years due to illness from a stroke, but we really miss it. We used to camp there the first two weeks of October. We found the campground and the owners to be delightful, notwithstanding all the negative reviews. We brought our own kayaks and used them every day free of charge, and enjoyed the lake. Our kayaks were conveniently parked, when not in use, on the beach right beside our campsite. Before we could use the kayaks, they were inspected for foreign bacteria, a precaution for the purpose of protecting the lake; no big deal for us. We found the owners to be very helpful to a couple of "city slickers" to whom camping is merely an enjoyable hobby and who are far from experts. We hope we are healthy enough next season to stay at this campground. jimglacier@cox.com read more

I wouldn't recommend this place to my worst enemy. The owners are arrogant, mean and nasty. They hate kids. They can't even dig in the sand on the pathetic beach. The slide can't be opened until 1 pm without a specific reason and many many times it is not opened at 1 at which point you have to ASK to open it and the response is "Ill get to it when I can". Now you have a sad child on your hands. He's a complete control freak. Never ever any soap in the bathrooms and they are filthy. On Memorial Day weekend they had a pathetic pancake breakfast not to honor the Vets but to celebrate Jims (the owner) birthday! How rude and obnoxious is that! They don't belong owning this campground. They are sinking it. It's too bad because it's a gold mine. Or children no longer wanted to go here in fear of him...... read more

It a nice tree covered campground. The staff acts like marine drill Sargents. The bathhouse was nice in 1970. Nothing has been done to it since then. If you like verbal abuse, this is your place. There have to be better places to stay in the Berkshires. read more

Owner was completely out of hand and crazy rude! Was screaming at us in front of my children. That my brother was there too long. He was setting up my nieces little tent and blow up bed. Literally he was there half an hour ... Owner was screaming that this was his property and HIS rules!!! That he needed to leave immediately! That I said he wasn't staying. True my brother wasn't staying I told them that when I registered and paid for my niece in advance of her coming. I had just paid for a week .. Right before rude owner came to start screaming at us I had just lighted the fire starter and was trying to get the fire started in the last rays of daylight . He wasted the fire starter on us and it was the only one I had gotten in his store. I told him to stop yelling and carrying on in front of the children and to leave my site as I was trying to feed the kids and now he wasted or fire starter and I had no way to feed the kids. He said that was my problem. He didn't care and wasn't going to help us . My brother tried to explain he was just setting up his daughters tent and then was leaving . My brother even offered to pay him an entrance fee. Rude owner said it was too late for that and to leave immediately!!! Really crazy guy! He told my daughter to get off her bike for no reason ... She is 6 and did have a helmet on. Scared her .. She was literally at the end of our camp site. Why would you go up to someone's kids like that? It wasn't even starting to get dark yet either. There was no apparent reason for stalking her . Then the bathrooms have no hand soap and are germ infested with mold in shower. Pictures posted on the mold issue. This owner drives around the camp in his gater and watches everything felt like I was in a prison camp. I don't believe he like people or children. All the kids were afraid of him. At one point the kids were swinging on the swings and they just had to come at that time to take the playground putting dust all in the air for my kids to breath???? I have a boy with severe lung issues.. He was coughing the rest of the day! The lake is nice! read more

Prospect Lake Park - Mold in bathroom showers and no soap to wash your hands. - Parks Near Me - Great Barrington, Massachusetts

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Well, after reading about "Hitler's Campground," we were, at best, apprehensive as we drove up to the gate. The owners were abrupt, but not exactly rude and their mood improved as our weekend went on, so we found them to be quite amicable. Our campsite was great, super flat, no roots right near the bathroom. This campground has curbside trash pick and recycling, an excellent amenity I have never experienced at a campground. We were pleasantly surprised at every turn by this campground. I'm not sure why the hideous reviews, that was not our experience at all and I would recommend this campground to anyone. I will say that when I go camping, I do expect to rough it a bit, and maybe this old school campground is a bit too rough for some (I'm thinking the Normandy Farms type campers). We had a great time here and it was convenient to Tanglewood. Would definitely return. read more

Had a great time. Waterfront site. Clean place. Friendly campers. Will go back there again. Thanks read more

This is a great campsite! All of the staff are very nice and there is tons to do. It has great views of the lake and a great beach area. The cabins are very nice and everyone is very friendly. I love the activities such as bingo night. All the food is very good. If you are looking for a fun place to go camping and to get away this is a perfect place to go. I would highly recommend it. read more

I, unfortunately, knew about the hospitality issues before staying here but campgrounds are limited in the area so my husband and I really didn't have a choice. We arrived in the afternoon but had to ring the buzzer a few times to get a response. A woman came on and stated to proceed straight ahead to the green building to register. Registration was a nightmare even though we did have a reservation made online. If you don't have cash, go get some because you need it for the gate key deposit if you plan on going out of the campground to explore. Once the female owner gave us the paperwork and map showing where our site was, we left. Their map of the campground is horrendous!!! We were told to pass a little dirt road and then turn right. Well we were supposed to turn at the dirt road. Well needless to say we kept on the road until we discovered there is NO spot to turn around so according to the map there looks like a road that goes back to the main road so we started going that way. UNTIL the male owner chased us down in his golf cart, way faster than the posted 6 MPH that the campers get yelled at for. He started yelling at us about being in private area and I explained we missed our spot and he began to berate me for not listening to the directions given on how to proceed to our site. I can't believe they still have business and year round campers with the attitude of these owners. The site says they can handle 36' trailers. The spots MIGHT but the width of their roads for the trailer site most definitely can NOT. The roads for the tent spots are nice and wide and cleared but the trailer roads are extremely narrow and have many overhanging trees with sharp turns that make it difficult to maneuver even smaller trailers like our 28'. Once into our pull through spot, we got set up okay. It did have a nice fire ring and picnic table but the spot for the sewer hookup was in a weird spot. The day we left, even though it is a pull through, you can't leave that way because the road to get out is about 115 degrees BEHIND the spot so you have to pull forward to try and back it back out or pull onto the private road for which you get yelled at. We tried backing it out three times but kept hitting the sewer hookup. We finally pulled onto the private road far enough so we could back down the road so we could leave this place. It is a shame the owners are so rude and the prices are high for the facility. The beaches aren't beaches. It would be beautiful if it weren't for these things. 2 bucks extra per night per dog made our three day two night stay roughly $120. This stay cost me more in camping than an entire trip across country with the same amenities. read more

Oh, my gosh, I wish I'd read these reviews before spending the Labor Day weekend at Camp Ogre. I should acknowledge that the lake is pretty, but that did not compensate for an owner who was consistently rude, and dismissive. His wife was quite congenial, but the husband, with whom we had to deal primarily does not seem to like people much. He chose a strange line of work. He is abrupt, unhelpful and arrogant. If he has kids, they should force his retirement. He ruined our weekend and we won't be going back. I actually said to him that if he would only apologize for talking over my 80 year old mother who had a simple question then I wouldn't resort to Yelp. Needless to say no apology was forthcoming. Stay away until there is a change in management. read more

The campground is on a beautiful lake in a wonderful part of Western MA. However, the owner was extremely unpleasant and rude during every interaction. He was upset that the other member of our campsite had not arrived at the same time as us, that we swam in the lake within the designated swimming area (which was not swimmable anyway due to being full of weeds up to the surface), and even yelled at a child for playing in the common area. I've never experienced this type of treatment at any other camp site, and neither should anyone else. read more

I'm going to struggle really hard to cite some positives about this campground. First of all, we camped here two years ago and had booked two sites in advance. Six days before our date of arrival, a few friends backed out so I called to cancel the second site. Tough luck, I was told. They have a 7 days in advance cancellation policy and despite the fact that campground was nearly empty the weekend we went, we were still charged in full for the two night stay on the empty site. On top of that, we had five people in our party, so we were charged for an add'l person for two nights. As if they weren't already making money on the EMPTY site we already paid for, they had to nickel and dime us for an extra person in our camper on the site we actually occupied. Were it not for having friends that had a permanent site there, I never would have returned there this year. So, it's coming up on Labor Day weekend; I call the campground on the Thursday before and ask about reserving a site for the Sunday night during the long weekend. We wanted a specific site so we could be close to the friends we were visiting. I was informed that they have a 3-night minimum stay for holiday weekends. I was told I could just show up there on Sunday but the woman I spoke with refused to hold that specific site for me, so I would be taking my chances that I wouldn't be close to my friends if I didn't pay for 3 nights. I agreed to pay for 3 nights (it was still cheaper and more convenient than getting a hotel room down the road). When we checked in on Sunday, I was told we had to vacate the site by 1pm the next day. I reminded the woman that I paid for THREE nights. She acknowledged this, but still told me I had to be out of the site by 1pm the next day. Apparently when they say they have a 3 night minimum on a holiday weekend, they mean Fri, Sat and Sun night, despite the fact that we didn't come in until Sunday. WHO DOES THAT? The woman that checked us in, the owner's daughter, was rude and had absolutely NO personality. Likewise goes for the owner. I have been camping collectively as a child and now as a parent for over 40 years and it's always been my experience that camping is one of those "family" activities everyone enjoys and that campgrounds normally promote that good-will kind of feeling. The upkeep of the campground left a lot to be desired. I ditto what a previous review said about not having soap in the bathrooms. They also could have been a lot cleaner. We didn't go swimming in the lake, as I was not impressed with the gross stuff on the floor of the lake in the roped off swimming area. Most places I've been to have the swimming areas of fresh water cleaned out and treated during the swimming season to avoid just that kind of growth. Yuck. We went to bingo that Sunday night. I might as well have gone to church because that was about the speed and atmosphere of the game and the woman calling the numbers. I think I would have had a heart attack if someone actually got excited and showed some enthusiasm there. And to top it all off, I came in with a canned drink in my hand and before I could sit down at the pool table, where we were told to sit to play bingo, the owner yelled at me not to put my can on the table. I STILL HAD THECAN IN MY HAND. If you don't want your pool tables to get wrecked, put something over them or set up separate tables to play the damned games. It's a beautiful place surrounded by mountains and fresh water; when we went two years ago, it was mid October and the views around the lake were spectacular. Sadly the ambiance was overshadowed by the owners' lack of customer service and lack of family values. Will I ever return here?? Hell no. Thankfully my friends are moving their camper to a more family friendly campground that we're looking forward to visiting next summer. Would I recommend this place to anyone?? Hell no. Well, not anyone I like, at least read more