The sites are rather pricey for seasonal, and cabins are still pricey given the fact there's no AC or bathroom and just beds and a small fridge. The carnival was... something. The prizes weren't really fun, like, PICTURE FRAMES? And old broken fast food toys? The Cotten Candy was smaller than I expected, but I'm not blaming them, the machine broke a few times because of the heat. They raise prices without doing anything new for the campground, especially the docks. read more

Oh my ... where do we start! Pros: Beautifully mature trees throughout the park with lovely foliage for the end of the year. Several playgrounds for kids that looked to be fairly safe to play on. Easy check-in and out with polite staff at the front desk. It was fairly cheap for a holiday weekend/3-night stay. Check-in time is 3p, but check-out is 2p which was really nice and relaxing for us. Cons: First of all, we have a 43'-trailer and we let them know this when when we scheduled it. It is thoroughly annoying to have to wait to get your receipt for booking in the mail instead of email or I'd have taken a text message. We also were not made aware before we arrived there was no wifi for free (although it says it listed in the wifi connections). They charge $4.99/4-devices every day. Once we arrived, the site was only big enough for about a 25' trailer on a loop that was extremely hard to navigate due to all the vehicles parked caddywhompus throughout the loop. Yes ... we hit something in the dark due to this. Additionally, damn near everyone (full-timers) in the park was drunk. The staff were nice enough to move us to a larger spot; however, one of the main reasons we wanted to come here was the proximity to the lake so the kids could fish. We bought firewood from the office upon arrival. The firewood was green as if they removed trees, split it, and left it damp/unseasoned. There were no picnic tables at the campsites (although we saw plenty of them stacked and/or broken down), no grates to cook over the fire rings, and the rings were at the very front of the site - no where near the entry of a standard camper. Our camper has an automatic levelling system; however, for those that don't, it will be a huge pain to level your camper side to side. Our wheels on one side weren't even touching the ground. The park is off of Sylvan Beach. It is poorly maintained and we are grateful we didn't bring the boat as that the boat launch was nothing but sand around and guaranteed we would have gotten stuck. The park looks like a cross between a run-down trailer park and a refugee camp with a lot of uncared for campers, unkempt lakes with green duckweed skimming the surface that hasn't been cleaned in forever. There are cabins and these grounds looked decent. We didn't see the bathrooms as that the doors were locked. Let's talk about the other campers: Most are seasonal long-timers. The ones we talked to were nice and polite during the day. At night, it was a whole different ball game. They were drunk, loud, had a loud speaker/karaoke machine blaring until past quiet hours, and seemed to ask A LOT of personal questions that made us feel really uncomfortable. If we, as weekenders, had acted like they had, there would have been all kinds of complaints and the cops called. All in all, this would have been a good "passing through" kind of campground if you just need to hook up for the night and keep going. We would probably never return or recommend to anyone else. read more

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Stayed here for 4th of July weekend. It was an okay experience. Seems like a fun place year round with lots of activities. The downfall is we brought our boat and there is a sand bar next to launch and docks. I saw plenty of people including us get stuck on sand bar. Campground did not warn us about it but thankfully some people fishing near by gave us the heads up. Another thing we did not care for was the fact that all the campsites are packed in super close to each other. Overall I give it a 3 out of 5 and I'm not sure we will be returning but maybe someday. read more

Riverbend West Campground - Camping area - Campgrounds Near Me - Blossvale, New York

As someone who has gone here for over 20 years I would have to say they have really gone down hill. The rest rooms and showers are never taken care of properly, but since we have a camper that really wasn't a problem. Yesterday we made reservations and explained to the person who took them that my wife and I are retired and we would be coming with my adult son, my other adult son and his wife and child, and my sister-in-law. No problem the first 4 adults are included and the other two would cost us $5 per night each. That was fine. Today when my wife called to check on something else she was told under no circumstances can we have 6 adults stay on 1 site. I have the receipt from last year showing that we were charged for 2 extra adults, but my wife was told that this has always been the rule nothing new. So of course have cancelled and will never go back. I guess I have to give 1 star, read more

Absolute nightmare, drunks, loud music, dirty facilities, families with children living there, teens and adults using profanity loudly, unsupervised children. Uncaring staff, and our cooler was stolen. The previous negative are accurate 100%. Our horror story. We selected this campground randomly, when we arrived all seemed nice, very nice entrance, the office was nice though cluttered with nick knacks and general thrift store objects, nothing of interest to anyone as apparent from the dust. The person who tended to us was generally nice, we had a site near a boat launch and main road with a bridge that local traffic crosses. People next to us were from Vermont, we asked how they liked it, they said they would never come back. We asked why, they said with a chuckle "you'll find out ", explaining how poor the place is managed, the colorful clientele, and about not leaving our belongings out at night. Day 1, we set up camp and left to visit family who live at Verona Beach. Around 9pm my wife and I returned and started a campfire, we'll this is where things got interested, there were teens under that bridge cursing, smashing bottles, and talking about drugs, children walking around smoking cigarettes more profanity loudly along with sexual conversations. We notice one of the workers driving around on a green john deere gator atv, we inform him of the situation, he lets us know he will handle it (appeared drunk), we thought this was amusing. From here my wife and I decided to explore the park, we'll this was an enlightening nightmare, we spotted the worker in the john deere, apparently he was handling the situation we brought to his attention by drinking beer at a seasonal campsite near a fire pit made of cinder blocks, accompanied by more loud drunks spewing profanity. We'll that was amusing and me and my wife chuckled with disbelief. The bathroom, we'll it's true they are no better than a State Fair outhouse, hold your breath, it's outdated, rundown, I don't understand how parents allow their children to walk in there bearfoot, the smell of urine was overwhelming. Some sections of the campground areas were nice, but much of it look like a refugee camp, contraptions built on, sheds, decks that appeared to be made of scrap pallet wood on cinder blocks . It was very apparent that families with children were living here out of necessity. When we returned to our site nothing changed, we sat near the campfire only to hear the sounds of the green john deer atv driving around full speed, children yelling, profanity. There was even music across the road, across the river with 2 campers and the traditional cinder block fireplace, drunks profanity, music, abundant noise. Someone yelling in the park at their kids at 2am!!! 2am looking for their kids!! We finally got some sleep around 2am ish. Day #2, Our outside igloo cooler was stolen, had cold cuts and juices, beer in it. The thieves were kind enough to leave our cold cuts behind on the ground, but me and my wife declined to consume them. As for birds in the morning, not on your life, the sounds of traffic, children, people going to work we found out. Yes people were living here with children, it was an absolute nightmare, more profanity, clanking, etc. We headed out to Sylvan Beach to get some breakfast and escape, meet up with family then returned to the campground. More children riding bicycles barefoot all around the park, no helmets, no parents in sight, me and my wife uneasy this time, asking each other what we got ourselves into. We thought this must be what happens when the world economy falls, it was like a bad movie, that we were witnessing live. We couldn't shake that this was real. We informed the office about our stay but they seemed to care less. Day #3 we couldn't take it anymore, the drunks, staff , obnoxious seasonal, noise, We just counted our blessings and left to Verona beach state park , forfeiting the rest of our stay we paid for. Absolutely do not Recommend. read more

We stayed in a cabin, which was what we expected. The bathrooms on the other hand were completly nasty, for the 4 days we were there not once did I see one staff member come in and clean them. I was not expecting anything fancy but at least clean and useable. The staff was nice, but the seasonals we nasty and rude. The lack of unsupervised children made me sick, riding bikes with no helmets in the middle of the road. We also saw a woman put her yr old baby in the front seat of her car and drive away. read more

I've never been so happy to leave a "campground", if you can actually call it that. It is very clear that they have no care for the cleanliness of their bathrooms or shower houses. The amount of privacy in the showers is about as little as it comes, and not to mention everything is filthy. "Opening weekend" to me means cleanliness and politeness and we did not receive any of that while we were there. The staff was rude when I went in to ask for help after our keys had gotten locked in our car, with our two dogs, during a torrential downpour. Told me our dogs would be fine while we waited for "someone else" to come help. I understand it was not their fault that the keys were locked in the car, however they made it very clear that their customers were not a priority to them. I would not recommend this "campground" to anyone, and will not be returning. read more

Because finding a place inexpensive is a hard thing to do we thought we scored big finding this place. The first day was fine until we met some of the locals. They were rude.luckly there were also a few that we're nice enough. The bathrooms were filthy and hadn't been cleaned in a long time. Sinks we're overflowing and dirty. Children werent being watched and were playing in the woods behind our cabin were there is a small swamp. Next time i will do more research before staying someplace. read more

My experience at this campground was disturbing and alarming. Families with children or women alone should absolutely not stay here. The staff/owners I experienced are verbally abusive and potentially violent. I had arrived to visit my brother who had rented a cabin on the grounds because his girlfriend's parents have had a seasonal camp on the property for many years. I drove an hour to see him for a short time on his birthday. The camp's policy is to have visitors purchase a pass for their vehicles if going on the grounds. My brother's girlfriend went in to the "store" (decorated in Christmas lights and wreaths - it was July, P.S. and smelling extremely foul) to purchase the pass and came out with a woman who was treating her with such disrespect that I expected the woman to be a stranger and not the owner of the facility. I got out of my vehicle to see if I could help with the situation. The woman would not let my brother's girlfriend speak and berated her over and over, spoke to her in a condescending, rude and unprofessional way that left me almost speechless. Be aware, the issue she was being treated so badly about? My brother did not have a pass for his car, because his girlfriend thought her pass for both of their cars was adequate as the rental came with two cars for parking on site. Trained in conflict resolution and difficult communications, I interjected. The woman said to me: "And who are YOU?" I answered her politely that I was there to visit my brother for an hour for his birthday and that I would be leaving before midnight. (It was 10 p.m.) I said "I believe there is a solution here for you and everyone involved, but I need to understand the policy and the issues overall." She now turned her condescending, berating tone toward me. I said: "I am not comfortable with how you're speaking to me. Can you be clear about where this tone is coming from? It seems like you're angry and I am trying to help and understand why." She then apologized and finally we were able to explain to her the car situation. We paid for a pass and received a pass for my brother's car. He made a sincere apology , which truly wasn't necessary, for the misunderstanding and the owner apologized for her disrespectful, unprofessional tone. I paid for my pass, went out to my car and waited for my brother's girlfriend. (Side note: When I arrived another camper was being treated in the same way by this woman. That camper was not as calm and professional as I was and came out of the store yelling.) Within about five minutes, a man who appeared to be on bath salts or some other psychotropic drug, bursts into the store, flailing his arms and screaming at the people there to leave and he wouldn't put up with this anymore.He then barrels down the stairs to my car window and screams in my face that I am to leave immediately and to get the hell out of there and off his property. Extremely startled by his almost violent approach and abusive language, and extremely confused by this random person, I said "Who are you and why are you asking me to leave?" He started screaming and waving his arms at me telling me to get the hell off his property or he was calling the police. It was bizarre. "I'm trying to understand what happened. Why are you asking me to leave? Who are you?" "I'm the owner," he screams this repeatedly while stamping his feet. Now, a younger psychotic version of this man lunges at me repeatedly screaming "get the hell out of here". He seemed to have a violent nature as the people around him began to hold him back. I'm a 120-pound, 4' 11" woman. This man was likely 6' and tipping 200 or more. I told him if he got any closer to me I would have him arrested and press charges. I truly believe this man would have hit me, so, scared of the violence, I left. I still don't know what set off this man and his younger version. Having worked with mentally ill and emotionally disturbed people in my past career, they exhibited these types of behaviors. Please do not stay here. You will risk being unsafe. read more

Have spent quite a bit of time here, over the past 2 years, most of it pleasent. Owners their family and some staff are very friendly and helpful. I do have to agree with others that some of the seasonal campers can appear rude and unwelcoming. Facilities are generally nice, tho housekeeping staff is lacking in ability which prompts caution when using bathrooms and showers. The personality and lack of customer service skills of some staff make them unapproachable, and i can see how that would cause an unpleasent stay. Amenities are out of date, playgrounds for kids are old and run down. The game room is decent and the food at the birdsnest cafe is edible. It is great that it is family oriented and pet friendly, tho in my opinion some parents watch their children well while others pay absolutely no attention. Children under the age of 18 should be accompanied by a RESPONSABLE adult if they are going to be allowd to wander the campground. Good news is the over priced amusment park is close by for childrens entertainment. read more

In our many years of vacationing here we have had some really great experiences. This unfortunately was not one of them. The only experience we did have with this business was renting a pontoon boat. The initial service was good, it was during and after that was a nightmare. We were assured of there were any issues, to simply call the 800 number and someone would assist us. This was not the case, two hours into the boat rental the boat began to make a shreeking noise that was only stopped by turning the boat off. All being unexperienced boaters (which we discussed with the staff) we didn't know what to do, so we called the campground. No one answered, after several attempts we left a very detailed message. In the end they NEVER called back. Later we found that there was an issue wit the safety cord and fixed, no thanks to the campground. Once we finally got the boat back to the dock, there was no one there to greet us, we had to drive all the way up to the camp store. At the camp store, there were 3 staffers but only person helping. We inquiered about the call for service while out in the lake, they didnt know nor seem to care of the issues on the lake. They were happy yo send us BACK down the hill to meet the boat inspector. This young lady attempted to charge us for two new rudders, stating we hit something. We explained we weren't aware we hit anything, so she went back and examined again. That time there was only one damaged rudder that we had to pay $35 for. She did explain that it happens all the time and people don't realize hit things?!?!? At this point both my dad and were over this frustrating experience, and running late to meet our family for dinner. So we were directed BACK to the camp store, once there is was realized that the boat inspector did not give us the paperwork, so someone had to go get it. After 5 infuriating minutes where they couldn't figure out how the get the receipt or statement to us (the boat dock is 500 yards away). We asked if we could just go, so the lady behind the counter diligently wrote a receipt another three minutes of completely wasted time. So in summation this place seemed great, but it was not lack of communication between staff, no assistance once your gone and (in my opinion) erroneous charges once you do the return the boat. So beware, this is NOT the only game in town! read more