NYCgrrl wrote:
Tvov wrote:
mdcamping wrote:
Wouldn't it be wonderful if they could upgrade the rest of our state parks like Hammonasset State Park. I have been trying off and on the past 5 years to book hammo to no avail, too much local demand...
Mike
You are trying only to get holiday weekends and/or electric hookup sites? Holiday weekends are always packed, and 3/4 of Hammo is no hookups.
Electric sites need to be booked the moment they become available, although non-holiday weekends are sometimes open.
non-electric sites are usually available throughout the year.
I go back and forth on "upgrading" the state park campgrounds. It is really nice to have hookups, but so many state parks are beautiful and inexpensive to stay at as they are. Upgrading will increase the rates, and the crowds.
As I said in my first post, Macedonia Brook has become our favorite state park for camping, and it doesn't even have bathrooms with running water! Maybe the outhouses keep people away? lol
x2 on reserving. I can generally book any non holiday weekday @ Hammo but got to reserve far in advance for weekends and holidays. The only time I ever got a spot on Beach Rd was a fluke and uhm I dinna need the electricity but still had to pay for it .
Will give Macedonia a look see this summer after we return from Indian Lake SP in NY. Where we'll have to bring in all supplies including water by boat and I'll introduce my loved ones to the joys of pit toilets. If they don't tar and feather me after this vacation I'll count my blessings more often, hehehe.
I generally do my booking from Jan to March, we for the most part do not book holidays. Beach area campgrounds like Fishermans Memorial in RI and Salisbury Beach in MA have plenty of W/E sites which is what we look for. Would like to try Hammo just once, not enough W/E sites.
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My other small pet peeve is the campground doesn't open to almost June. We would have loved to book in early May this year, well before the schools gets out in CT.
Mike
