Any full timers in Connecticut?

[lucasland]

Anyone fulltiming and spend some or all their time in Connecticut? Could you suggest some spots you camp at for long periods of time ?

[snowcrustracer]

Try SunValley Beach Club in Stafford CT
Riverdale campground down by Hammonasset

There are others but these are the 2 that I personally know of but they are seasonal.
Most full timers here split the year and head south for the winter.

[Mike__Rose]

I know people who are seasonal at the Mystic KOA from May to October, then leave for warmer weather down south for the next six months. Ashaway RV Resort in RI also has seasonal sites from April 15 to October 15.

[2gypsies1]

Think out carefully how you and your RV will stay comfortable in winter.

[NYCgrrl]

Devocamper wrote:

NYCgrrl wrote:
In CT as far as the SPs are concerned you will have to contend with the fairly new rules that state you can camp a total of 21 days and then a "time out" comes into play. I'm paraphrasing but here's a quote from the the state's website so you can be fully cognizant of all nuances:

DEEP wrote:
Length of Stay
The camp day is defined as being from the time of arrival until 12:00 noon. Check-in time is 1:00 p.m.

At Hammonasset Beach and Rocky Neck State Parks, the maximum length of stay is twenty-one consecutive days. If you have a 21 day reservation, all members of your camping party and your camping equipment must leave the park for 5 days before you can return. At any inland state park campground the maximum length of stay is fourteen consecutive days. Following each stay at an inland campground, regardless of duration, a five day interim period is mandatory for all members of the camping party. Campers may not move to another camping area within the same park or forest during the interim. The camp areas within Pachaug State Forest and Hopeville Pond, and Kettletown and Black Rock State Parks shall be considered one campground. All equipment must be removed from the campsite at the end of each stay.

HTH

CT state parks are not open all year there is very short season for state campground and even shorter this coming season due to budget cuts

Yes I noticed the announcement on the web page! Something about waiting for a new budget to be made:S
Well I planned my long trip in NYS this year but was thinking I'd hit Hammo for a couple of weekdays. Think I better find another NYS site for that jaunt as well.

[Devocamper]

NYCgrrl wrote:
In CT as far as the SPs are concerned you will have to contend with the fairly new rules that state you can camp a total of 21 days and then a "time out" comes into play. I'm paraphrasing but here's a quote from the the state's website so you can be fully cognizant of all nuances:

DEEP wrote:
Length of Stay
The camp day is defined as being from the time of arrival until 12:00 noon. Check-in time is 1:00 p.m.

At Hammonasset Beach and Rocky Neck State Parks, the maximum length of stay is twenty-one consecutive days. If you have a 21 day reservation, all members of your camping party and your camping equipment must leave the park for 5 days before you can return. At any inland state park campground the maximum length of stay is fourteen consecutive days. Following each stay at an inland campground, regardless of duration, a five day interim period is mandatory for all members of the camping party. Campers may not move to another camping area within the same park or forest during the interim. The camp areas within Pachaug State Forest and Hopeville Pond, and Kettletown and Black Rock State Parks shall be considered one campground. All equipment must be removed from the campsite at the end of each stay.

HTH

CT state parks are not open all year there is very short season for state campground and even shorter this coming season due to budget cuts

[NYCgrrl]

In CT as far as the SPs are concerned you will have to contend with the fairly new rules that state you can camp a total of 21 days and then a "time out" comes into play. I'm paraphrasing but here's a quote from the the state's website so you can be fully cognizant of all nuances:

DEEP wrote:
Length of Stay
The camp day is defined as being from the time of arrival until 12:00 noon. Check-in time is 1:00 p.m.

At Hammonasset Beach and Rocky Neck State Parks, the maximum length of stay is twenty-one consecutive days. If you have a 21 day reservation, all members of your camping party and your camping equipment must leave the park for 5 days before you can return. At any inland state park campground the maximum length of stay is fourteen consecutive days. Following each stay at an inland campground, regardless of duration, a five day interim period is mandatory for all members of the camping party. Campers may not move to another camping area within the same park or forest during the interim. The camp areas within Pachaug State Forest and Hopeville Pond, and Kettletown and Black Rock State Parks shall be considered one campground. All equipment must be removed from the campsite at the end of each stay.

HTH

[PawPaw_n_Gram]

In 2015 we volunteered with the COE in Thomaston. Due to an electrical transformer fire, the volunteers sites were not available for the first two months we were there.

The Corps put us up at Branchbrook Campground on the south end of Thomaston off US 6.

Official open dates are Apt 1 to Nov 1.

We found it to be an acceptable campground with courteous owners. The CG is mostly full of people renting a site for the full season. Leaving their rigs in place the whole summer. Some rigs are left at the CG over the winter.

You might want to check that one.

[lucasland]

what about places open just for the season?

[Devocamper]

other than aces high I do not think there are any other campgrounds open all year round in ct and at aces high they charge for visitors , showers, extra car and anything else they can think of to charge you for so it can be very costly to stay there. Normandy farms in mass was the last one that stayed open all year but even they are now closing during the winter.

[NHIrish]

I'm not, but Aces High in East Lyme is the only place that I know of where people year round. Always a few every year.