Camping labor day weekend

[daveyboy12]

Is labor day usually pretty quiet at most RV parks. I've stuck to the KOAs in the OH, MI, IN area this year, they don't have a lot of great trails or anything, but the sites are level and full service.

[bikendan]

we don't camp on holiday weekends and rarely in the summer, unless it's the only time family can go.

we usually camp exclusively spring and fall and weekdays.

and especially avoid those 3 day holiday weekends.:E

[mdcamping]

Jbrowland wrote:

kknowlton wrote:
Since we don't enjoy crowds, Labor Day, Memorial Day and 4th of July have always been times of year when we have avoided campgrounds of all sorts (from KOAs to state parks) and stayed home. That was definitely our experience in the Chicagoland area when we lived there, and is true out here as well.

Same out West. We couldn't even get a spot for miles on those three weekends if we tried. Of course, we don't. I like to sleep at night when I camp, not listen to multiple people cussing and playing loud music all night long.

Though there will always be risk when booking on the big 3 holidays. That said I wouldn't think it would be fair to lump all campgrounds together. Sometimes you just need to do a little homework beforehand to prevent a bad camping experience. Find one that doesn't cater to the younger crowd, that enforces policies, and check the reviews. Those 3 usually will improve your odds.

Mike

[mike_brez]

mdcamping wrote:
Looking forward to returning to Cape Cod, Atlantic Oaks campground for labor Day weekend through next week. Campground is very tame. They enforce their policies plus they seem to cater to a quieter crowd.

Mike

X2 love this place. Backs up to the bike trail and get my fix at Arnold's next door. Try to make it there once a year.

[Jbrowland]

kknowlton wrote:
Since we don't enjoy crowds, Labor Day, Memorial Day and 4th of July have always been times of year when we have avoided campgrounds of all sorts (from KOAs to state parks) and stayed home. That was definitely our experience in the Chicagoland area when we lived there, and is true out here as well.

Same out West. We couldn't even get a spot for miles on those three weekends if we tried. Of course, we don't. I like to sleep at night when I camp, not listen to multiple people cussing and playing loud music all night long.

[ScottG]

Makes no difference to our State parks. They're always 90% or more full anyway.

[kknowlton]

Since we don't enjoy crowds, Labor Day, Memorial Day and 4th of July have always been times of year when we have avoided campgrounds of all sorts (from KOAs to state parks) and stayed home. That was definitely our experience in the Chicagoland area when we lived there, and is true out here as well.

[GordonThree]

I wish the crowds would flip off like a switch up here after labor day. The switch around here is the first frost, which can be late into October.

[LetsRV]

Since I retired we decided that doing the holidays isn't worth the hassels.

We will be going to the beach the day after Labor Day and staying for a week. Will be relatively quiet, everything thing will still be open and we'll have a great time.

[mdcamping]

Looking forward to returning to Cape Cod, Atlantic Oaks campground for labor Day weekend through next week. Campground is very tame. They enforce their policies plus they seem to cater to a quieter crowd.

Mike

[Halmfamily]

I wouldn't go near a campground this weekend. That being said I will be leaving on Tuesday, day after Labor Day, for the Talladega National Forest and will have the campground to myself for six wonderful days.

[brirene]

Considering it's one of only 3, 3-day weekends during "camping season", kids are or will soon be back to school and involved in weekend activities, weather will soon be getting cooler, and facilities such as pools, water slides, etc. are still open but will soon close, nah, won't be anybody there. You'll have the place to yourself. 🙂 Seriously, nothing wrong with it, especially if you have kids that are part of the fun. Just not for us anymore. Our main camping season starts the following weekend.

[naturist]

The three most crowded camping weekends of the year are Labor Day, Memorial Day, and Independence Day. I make it a point to stay home those three weekends. But then I'm not crazy like some folks.

[GordonThree]

If by quiet you mean packed in like sardines and plenty of drunken woots and hollarin as the sun goes down, that pretty much describes the parks in Michigan.

Not so much Labor day, pretty much any weekend mid June through early Sept.

There are some parks that are less popular, for example parks on Lake Huron are less popular than parks on Lake Michigan. Some of the downstate parks are "dry", no alcohol but it's not very well enforced, you'll see plenty of adults with the red plastic cups drinking their beverage, rather than a can or bottle in hand.

I don't know where I'm going yet. Druken hoots and hollarin is not my scene. Likely I'll end up in a USFS or MSF campground - no services usually means no crowd.

[Thom02099]

Out here in the west, Labor Day weekend is anything but quiet at most places to camp, commercial or otherwise. It marks the end of the season for a goodly number of places here in Colorado. I was at Glacier Basin in Rocky Mountain National Park this past weekend, it was completely full; they are only open 2 more weekends and then it's end of the season for them. Went past Elk Meadows Resort (commercial CG in Estes Park CO), they too were just about completely full, and will likely be that way until they close in October.

Many places out here start to close down shortly after Labor Day. Much of that is due to elevation. USFS CGs are dependent on snow and cold to determine when they close. Some close early; at lower elevations they close later. Commercial CG start to close around the middle of September, to mid-October out in this area.

I know you mentioned a tri-state area back in the Midwest, and KOAs. I would venture to say that many places back east that are popular camping spots will be like here in Colorado -- full and less than quiet. Guess it depends on what amenities/sights are in the area to make them popular.