What do you want in a campground?

sgfrye wrote:

kfp673 wrote:
Great Topic and so many different opinions. For me its an equal combination of site size, shade, view, and feel. So in general I want full hookups if possible, but I prefer the state park feel with huge wooded sites. Prefer it fairly level but dont even care that much about that if it's beautiful scenery. I just curse the whole time setting up and then get over it when I see the view of the lake. Ha! Ideally the site is so big you could put 4 or 5 more campers between the next site in theory giving room to spread out. I also want the site to be walking distance to the lake, pond, river, or whatever if there is one so I can fish and kayak in the morning without driving anywhere. So basically I want the same tent camping experience I had growing up as a kid, but with the full hookups and comfort fo a camper.

pretty much what DW and i enjoy. we will also stay at private campgrounds looking like parking lots if its the best we can find if we are in a specific area for something like sight seeing.

in general we prefer state parks with large sites at affordable prices with water and electric on site

Agreed. If we are there for a place to stay rather than the campground itself then I am much more flexible. Just did it this past weekend at a KOA so that we could enjoy a local amusement park. KOA was actually really nice with large sites, but we basically slept there at which point location is the key.