New to RV, looking for campground in NE
My family is renting a 32' Class C in August. We have never RV'ed but have always been interested. I am debating whether to tow our Minivan with the Class C, it says we can tow up to 5000 lbs. We woul...
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I assume NE means New England in this case and not Nebraska.
I can think of a fair few options (and a few more if you can do without hookups). You already have one excellent one booked with Knoebels.
Many state parks have notable things to do beyond the campground proper but within walking distance. Watkins Glen is one such example, where you can get to the glen/chasm with a very short hike from the campground and then explore up and down it by foot. There's also a decent size swimming pool that's not too excessive of a walk. They have sites with electricity, but I don't think any sewer or water hookups, though there are shower houses and a dump/fill station. There are plenty of others, too, that offer hiking or water activities or other similar things.
HersheyPark has a campground associated with it that provides shuttle service to the park. Quite a few amusement parks have campgrounds associated or very close by, in fact: Cedar Point; Holiday World (a third party next door); Lake Compounce in Bristol, CT; Darien Lake (between Rochester and Buffalo, NY); the Great Escape in Lake George (several campgrounds in the area, some of which offer shuttles); and doubtless a bunch of others. I would put Knoebels at or near the top of this list personally; it's just a really neat and fun and relatively affordable place.
Liberty Harbor near NYC, the Campus Park and Ride in Philly, or Cherry Hill outside of Washington, DC are all very close to public transportation to see the respective cities. Of them, Cherry Hill is the only one that has ambiance beyond a parking lot. (Greenbelt National Park and Lake Fairfax County Park are also pretty close to public transit for Washington, DC, but probably not quite as convenient overall as Cherry Hill and certainly not quite as strongly focused on serving the needs of out-of-town tourists especially. Similarly, Floyd Bennet Field in Brooklyn offers camping and relatively close public transit, but getting there in an RV is not for the faint of heart or the new RV driver.)
I can think of a fair few options (and a few more if you can do without hookups). You already have one excellent one booked with Knoebels.
Many state parks have notable things to do beyond the campground proper but within walking distance. Watkins Glen is one such example, where you can get to the glen/chasm with a very short hike from the campground and then explore up and down it by foot. There's also a decent size swimming pool that's not too excessive of a walk. They have sites with electricity, but I don't think any sewer or water hookups, though there are shower houses and a dump/fill station. There are plenty of others, too, that offer hiking or water activities or other similar things.
HersheyPark has a campground associated with it that provides shuttle service to the park. Quite a few amusement parks have campgrounds associated or very close by, in fact: Cedar Point; Holiday World (a third party next door); Lake Compounce in Bristol, CT; Darien Lake (between Rochester and Buffalo, NY); the Great Escape in Lake George (several campgrounds in the area, some of which offer shuttles); and doubtless a bunch of others. I would put Knoebels at or near the top of this list personally; it's just a really neat and fun and relatively affordable place.
Liberty Harbor near NYC, the Campus Park and Ride in Philly, or Cherry Hill outside of Washington, DC are all very close to public transportation to see the respective cities. Of them, Cherry Hill is the only one that has ambiance beyond a parking lot. (Greenbelt National Park and Lake Fairfax County Park are also pretty close to public transit for Washington, DC, but probably not quite as convenient overall as Cherry Hill and certainly not quite as strongly focused on serving the needs of out-of-town tourists especially. Similarly, Floyd Bennet Field in Brooklyn offers camping and relatively close public transit, but getting there in an RV is not for the faint of heart or the new RV driver.)
