This campground offers a beautiful view of Lake Ontario, but has limited lake access. Sadly this…read moreis another corporate managed campground in need of some TLC. Sites are not level, and in need of added gravel. Website advertises Wi-Fi but was not working during our stay. When we ask about veteran/military discount we were told no discounts were offered on stays 3 nights or less. Sad, with just a little TLC and customer appreciation a beautiful location with great potential Tom & CeCe

We have been seasonal campers at Willows On the Lake for 15 years. We have always had a good…read moreexperience. Quiet, friendly, and so beautiful. Gorgeous Lake Ontario is steps away. This campground has always been privately owned until this past year when it was purchased by a company who is slowly purchasing local campgrounds that are for sale. We were very nervous about this, but for this first year it has been fine, very much the same quality. The company owner has had a few "bugs" to work out but has seemed very motivated to do so and has been receptive to camper input about any concerns. We will continue our seasonal occupancy there, and expect future summers to be just as enjoyable as the previous ones.

Absolutely stunning views, well maintained grounds. We came in early June, it was still a little…read morecold but that did not damper our stay. We found the paved trail around the entire grounds lovely for a walk, and noted it would make travel for those in wheelchairs easy access to the entire camp ground. Pet friendly, but could use more waste receptacles for droppings. Staff is outgoing and helpful, cites are no closer than anywhere else and some cites offer hook ups on both sides so they can accomodate various rigs. Our site had a nice composite picnic table, fire pit and a packed gravel bed even site. As others have posted, yes it can be buggy but it's to be expected while camping waterside-and these are not biting bugs just slightly annoying. An employee suggested using a qtip to put essential oils around the screens of our rv-which absolutely deterred the bugs. Would recommend without hesitation.

The 4 stars is very much about location and view.... the campground in and of itself could use…read moreupgrading. The pool is fine for kids but basic... the activity center has no AC and basically a pool table. Showers/bathrooms no AC but are relatively clean. Dog run is overgrown, a bit flooded and very buggy so we didn't bring the dogs down there it's also very small. Maybe 20 x30. Park staff is very nice and camp store is well equipped. We reserved a lake front pull through site on Sunset side.. site is great; they are very close together but we are on lake and it's beautiful. We have to walk around to actually see the sunset though because we are on the south side of peninsula and the other campers block the view.. We will definitely come back... for the location.

Great quiet location and the owners are as nice as they come. We are staying a month here and the…read moresites are great. The owners have been great and helpful with anything we need.

This is a great little campground. Quiet, clean and the staff are very friendly. A majority of the…read moresites are seasonal but they do have plenty of transient sites for any size RV and also have a few tent sites. They are located right on the lake and you can swim off of the dock. There is no lifeguard however. My family and I visit there a few times each season. I highly recommend this place. Close to Kingston, ON, Watertown, and Sackets Harbor. If you have a pet be sure to bring their rabies certificates. The campground does require them. They have a small store that sells wood and ice as well as other things. You can also rent kayaks there. They have a propane filling station in case you need it also.

Everything went wonderful for four years and running. Great place great owners we love it here...I…read morealso want to say that John & Pam go above and beyond all the time for anyone staying here. John has come to the rescue many, many times for us resolved and fixed quickly. Pam found us a site 4 years ago when we could not find one. Highly recommend!

We have camped all over New York State and have never had a bad experience until we tried Riverside…read moreAcres. One of the owners, Pam, asked that we call her when 5 minutes out. We did and wait until 10 minutes for her as she stopped to yell at other campers while on her golf cart. After tersely telling us her rules - including a 5 mph speed limit, which we felt was reasonable- she led us to our campsite. As I was driving 5 mph- we lost Pam who was indeed breaking this rule on her golf cart. The Campgrounds amenities were less than stellar. There was a dusty, dimly light game room that appeared to have not been touched in decades. The bathrooms floors were dirty. The coin operated 4 minute showers was something that I will never forget. The pool was very nice but we were told that we could only use it if there were two adults in there at all times. Our "campsite" was in the middle of an open field with other campers. There was no septic hook ups which we knew about in advance. I had to leave with our son for a few days. My wife and daughter stayed behind. That night, lights flickered in our camper and our AC went off and circuits were popping. My wife called for help and Pam's husband, John, showed. Up. He rudely accused of having a poorly wired camper- our 5th wheel was a new 2025- only on our second trip. He also rudely told her that she shouldn't have requested a 30 amp. She emphatically denied as she knows our 40 foot camper runs on a 50 amp. This was requested multiple times with as we had previously made our reservation over the phone. Pam admitted that it was her mistake and she also admitted to moving our site. John pointed out that no other campsite would help people in "the middle of the night".... It was only 9:15 PM at the end of June! We have been at Swan Bay as well as several KOA s in New York State, and had wonderful pleasant people help us well after his "middle of the night" time. John continued to insist as he yelled inches from my wife's face (witnessed by my daughter and reported by my wife) that our RV was wired wrong and he boasted that he had a degree in electrical engineering from Penn State. He stated that he knew what he was talking and that my wife needed to listen to him. My wife and I have several degrees but we both know that no degrees are needed to be kind to people. He kindly hooked a battery charger to our (labeled) Deep Cycle battery. My wife called me and said that nothing seemed to be working and I asked if the charger was on regular or derp cycle. It was regular so my wife switched it over to the correct setting. Unable to have any power, my wife and daughter, fleed early and paid for a Vrbo in the area. We had made arrangements to keep our RV there and John was nice enough to help us move it. The price for the unoccupied camper stay increased from the quoted $50 to $100 which I found out about when I arrived. It seemed reasonable at that time. Pam said that for our troubles that she would reimburse us the $100 with a check since we were taking it back home to the Finger Lakes area to have our RV dealer look it over. When I arrived for pick up - Pam indeed handed me a check - only made out for $50.00. No money was offered for the day that we had to leave. After a thorough check from our RV dealer- it was found that our camper was fine. We have enjoyed using our RV to its fullest capacities at other campgrounds the rest of this summer. We were greatly disappointed and are still aggravated by our experience this summer at the Riverside Acres campground in Clayton, NY

This used to be a great campground, but it has gone down drastically in the past few years. There…read morewas a change in ownership just prior to COVID and the current owners have done e very little to maintain the park. Basic maintenance is lacking. The previous owner used to ensure that plant growth never got out of hand. Now you can't even use the eco trail through the woods because it hasn't been cleared in years and the overgrowth inside the pool area is getting out of hand. The waterfall in the hot tub area is no longer functional and overgrown with vines. The emergency call button by the smaller pool is hidden behind bushes. There are weeds everywhere. Speaking of pools, the smaller pool has a small hot tub attached to it, but the jets stopped working and have never been fixed. The solution was to just remove the jet timer. The pools are supposed to be heated, but nowhere near where they should be during the cooler months. We used to enjoy swimming right up through to closing weekend (Thanksgiving) but the water is much too cold now. Even the adult hot tub is no longer hot. The facilities are supposed to be cleaned regularly, but the mold in the showers and bathrooms says otherwise, as do the cobwebs in the main hallway. The playground equipment is starting to get run down and has had only one update in 5 years. There has been no paint added, no new swing seats changed out (there's not even an accessible swing available), and has never had new sand brought in. The owners themselves are rarely seen and only interact with guests when absolutely necessary. That they haven't updated their own KOA page with a little biography of themselves since they bought the place shows how little they care. The previous owner was always out and about, socializing not only with the seasonal campers but with the transients too. Right now the campground is mostly run by the seasonal residents. The only good thing is the dog park. The poop bags are always available and the grass is always well kept. Too bad it's not the case for the rest of the property. It's such a shame. This campground used to be one of the best. Now they just keep raising the prices while the quality plummets.

Please RV and tent campground with easy access to Gananoque, Kingston and other 1000 Islands…read moredestinations. Sites available with electric, water and sewer hookups (no cable TV), and WiFi is functional (at least at the site we had that was close to the main building). Private shower stalls, clean bathrooms, recreation room, small pool, playground, etc. make this a good location for families. Lots of sites have shade, and there are wooded tent-camping sites within the facility. RV sites are typically close to one another, but not alarmingly so. A marina is located across the 1000 Islands Parkway (rental boats available), but access to most activities will require a short drive into Gananoque.

Very nice campground! I spent ten days there recently very cleAn and quiet. Nice Beach area and…read moreplayground.beautiful lake views. I'd go again in a heartbeat!!

We recently booked a weekend stay at Oneida Shores campground. This wasn't our first stay here but…read morewill most likely be our last. Upon arrival, we pulled in front of the office and decided to turn around knowing we would be going in the other direction towards the lake. As we were turning around, another car was pulling in but stopped to let us turn around. We were immediately met by the irate campground owner screaming at us telling us it was a one way and we couldn't go that way. So we tried to back up and he screamed at us to stay off the grass. My husband asked where do you want me to go and the owner just threw his hands in the air and went to the other car. I got out of the car to get our reservation as my husband was too upset. Side note, there are no signs marking the road as a one way. I told the owner my son would be camping with us and would be arriving later. He said he would have to park in the parking lot which is quite a walk from our site. The campsite allows two tents per site but apparently only one car although there was plenty of room for him to park there. My son arrived late as he had been attending the NYS Fair that night. He went to the parking lot as instructed and was met with a flashlight in his face and was questioned by police. He then had to carry all of his camping gear from the parking lot to the campsite. My sister and brother in law also had a run in with the police patrolling the campground. While we were camping in tents on the lakefront, they brought their camper and were in the RV side of the campground. They drove down to our site for dinner and a campfire. They left to return to their camper around 10pm. They were met at their site with flashlights in the face. Two cops questioned them separately asking if they were lost and said that they were observed driving in circles. My sister and brother in law explained that they were yelled at earlier by the owner for driving the wrong way so they were just making their way back. The police response was that they don't like strangers here. We have had a couple issues with the owners of this campground in previous years. One year they yelled at us for putting a tent on the border between two sites even though we purchased both sites. Another year they sold us green wood that would not burn and last year, our site was infested with bees. We keep returning because we love attending the NYS Fair and staying at the lakeside campground is a beautiful and inexpensive way to make a weekend out of it but between the irate owners and the police harassment, it no longer seems worth it.

https://www.localsyr.com/news/local-news/point-peninsula-community-fears-proposed-limestone-mine/amp…read more POINT PENINSULA, N.Y. (WWTI) -- A proposed limestone mine has left a Lake Ontario community angry and fearful. J.E. Sheehan Contracting Corp., a company out of Potsdam, has submitted a permit for a 15.2-acre limestone mine in the Village of Point Peninsula. This project proposal was submitted to the Department of Environmental Conservation. Sheehan owns a campground and restaurant in Point Peninsula. However, residents who live in the village just learned of the project in mid-December. "They will be blasting and mining, they will be pulling stone out," Year-Round Resident Laney Hastings-Taylor explained. Hastings-Taylor has lived in the village for decades and has worked to educate neighbors about the proposed mine, which would be located off Jefferson County Route 57. Many people have rallied with Hastings-Taylor to voice why the mine does not belong in Point Peninsula. "There's one road in, one road out. We didn't buy to have this kind of traffic out here. People walk the roads, they bike. A little girl across the street roller skates," Year-Round Resident Jeannie Koster shared. "You can't have that with that kind of traffic." Aside from work within the mine, the contractor has shared that the mine would increase daily traffic to a minimum of 50 large trucks. "To me, this is a resort area, not, you know, not an industrial type area for mining," Gene Taylor, Laney's husband added. Site work has already been completed on Sheehan's 92.5-acre property, which Taylor explained, has destroyed ecosystems. Point Peninsula and surrounding areas are home to migratory birds, such as snowy owls, bald eagles, ospreys and waterfowl. Taylor also owns three AirBnb's in the village as well as the only you-pick berry farm in Jefferson County. She is worried that this mine will ruin the fragile balance. "People's wells will be contaminated. The runoff from the blasting from the mining, the water is going to go right down that hill and right into the lake," she expressed. "People come and they have a magical vacation because of this lake, because it's just so beautiful. And all those things will be impacted." The DEC is hosting a public comment period on this project. Comments will be accepted through Friday, December 22. Point Peninsula is located in the town of Three Mile Bay, in Jefferson County.

The food has been very good this year and the atmosphere is beginning to fall into place. Nice and…read morerelaxing and the drive is beautiful.

One week away from my stay for just one night and they called to leave me a message that my cabin…read morereservation is going to be canceled due to "issues". No other explanation. It took a full day to get ahold of a representative to tell me that they are renovating the cabin the day I'm supposed to be there. Now I have no where to stay while I'm up there for my show and event. Wouldn't recommend this place for anything.

This was the first year with new owners and management. Overall, we love the campground and are…read morelooking forward to many years here however, there have been some changes that I know many people including us are not fond of. Which is the reason for the 3 stars. First, the seasonal rate increase. While we appreciate the gradual increase for us existing campers, the amount it's going up to is a bit extreme in my opinion compared to what we were at with the previous owners. Also, the jumping pillow hasn't been replaced and that was a huge hit with the kids. With the increase rate, I feel the jumping pillow should be replaced. The store was open sporadic hours and electric readings were not done on consistent dates each month. Again overall we love the campground and just stick to our group to relax and have a good time.

One of the cleanest campground bathrooms so far. Staff is all very friendly and helpful. The ice…read morecream place, Gal's right out front is a plus. Campground itself is very clean and meticulously maintained. The ONLY negative I can find is, they could use more trees between and around the sites. I understand there may be more Fall clean up, but it is so level, I don't think it would be all that difficult to clean up. Sorry, coming from the Adirondack area, we're used to alot more trees. But again, overall, I would definitely recommend this campground, and can forsee future travels there.

From booking to leaving our stay was absolute perfection!! All of the staff was accommodating at…read morebooking for the weekend, the ENTIRE campground is beautifully manicured! Not a blade of grass out of place! Our cabin was clean, smelled like pine, comfy bed, and amenities were as listed. Bathrooms and showers were so clean and well stocked. We'll definitely be back! Thank you to all the staff they made for a great stay