East Coast Camping in April

[AGC]

Any suggestion on where to go camping in April. Would love to go to Acadia but a bit too cold and campgrounds are still closed.

[DrewE]

Weather in April is very unpredictable in New England, as you're probably aware.

I remember one week a few years ago, the week of April vacation, when I had to mow my lawn (in Vermont) on Monday for the second time in the year (and it definitely needed it) in decent warm weather...and then on Wednesday had to run the snowblower to clear 6 or so inches of snow off my driveway...which snow was all melted again on Friday.

[PastorCharlie]

OBX, NC

[monkey44]

Not sure if Acadia is open in Maine but its state parks are open all year - at least last time we went up the coast in winter. Some may be closed part of the year --

[dieselbobcat]

Lots of places to go in April....where are you located in the NY/NJ area?

Bunch of state parks open at that time... but none with W/E in NJ...

Turkey Swamp County Park in Freehold NJ (W/E)open 4/1

Croton Point Park on the Hudson River (W/E/S) open year round

Spruce Run Recreation Area (Dry Camping) open 4/1

Worthington State Forest (Dry Camping) open 4/1

Swartswood State Park (Dry Camping) open year round

Allaire State Park (Dry Camping) open year round

Cheesequake State Park (Dry Camping) open 4/1

Promise Land State Park (W/E and W/E/S) open year round (limited)


These are locations within about two hours of Paramus, NJ

There are plenty more....we tend to do three or four trips before Memorial Day almost every year with our kick off to the season in the first couple weeks of April...

[Veebyes]

How far are you prepared to drive & what are you looking for? We store our rig on the Chesapeake Eastern Shore & our season usually starts early April with the first week or so on the Eastern Shore, MD.

The weather is mild & MD has some nice SPs in the area. Our goto first stop for supplies & general getting ready to head out on an extended trip is Martinak SP, Denton. Nice & quiet with a Walmart SS 5 minutes away.

[352]

Apalachicola, Cedar Key, Homosassa Springs.

[K_Charles]

Fisherman's memorial state park in RI opens April 14, I think

[yrusoslo]

Myrtle Beach, S.C.