What do you want in a campground?
Main reason I got into camping over 40 years ago was to live in nature for awhile. No manicured campgrounds with a mowed lawn or pool. Wanted to camp in woods, desert or mountains. I've changed a bit ...
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I agree with the other posts saying it depends. We owned 3 motor homes and only stayed in "campgrounds" a handful of times. When we had the motor homes it was more about getting to our destination, many times family located a long distance away. We would drive until we got tired, and pull off in rest areas or truck stops. We did occasionally go to campgrounds. Fort Wilderness at Disney, state parks, and a few "regular" campgrounds.
Now that we have the travel trailer, we prefer to have full hookups. But the reason for the stop is the determining factor of what's a good campground. For instance, if we are stopping for a night en-route, cheap, level, clean power, and convenient access is a good campground. If we are going to make it home base for site seeing in a particular area, level and clean power are still important, but proximity / access to what we are there to see becomes, to a point, more important than price.
If we are going just to enjoy the campground, then space, scenery, and quiet become significantly more important.
I don't know that there is a "perfect" campground for everyone. We found Disney's Fort Wilderness to be an extremely nice campground. It has lots of amenities to offer, but for some those "amenities" like outdoor Disney Movies, or central campfire with lots of kids would be more of a nightmare than an amenity. It's also very pricey which would make it less than perfect for many. Etc...
Now that we have the travel trailer, we prefer to have full hookups. But the reason for the stop is the determining factor of what's a good campground. For instance, if we are stopping for a night en-route, cheap, level, clean power, and convenient access is a good campground. If we are going to make it home base for site seeing in a particular area, level and clean power are still important, but proximity / access to what we are there to see becomes, to a point, more important than price.
If we are going just to enjoy the campground, then space, scenery, and quiet become significantly more important.
I don't know that there is a "perfect" campground for everyone. We found Disney's Fort Wilderness to be an extremely nice campground. It has lots of amenities to offer, but for some those "amenities" like outdoor Disney Movies, or central campfire with lots of kids would be more of a nightmare than an amenity. It's also very pricey which would make it less than perfect for many. Etc...
