Twin Groves Campground

Location: Pine Grove, PA

Date of Stay: January 15, 2013 – January 18, 2013

Our Site: V08

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This campground is one that we definitely want to go to again! Our stay there was for three days on our way south, and the weather was cold and dreary while we were there.

The campground itself was very easy to get to, being only a few miles off I-81.

The sites are open, level, and most are pull throughs. The sites and roads are blue stone, and nicely angled for easy access.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There seems to be a really nice pool and office area. There is also a restaurant on the premises, but it’s closed during the winter season.

 

The campground is open year round; the office hours are limited in the off season though, only open between 3 and 5 pm. There is a night check-in area where they leave information about open sites and how to get in the gated entrance.

Twin Groves Campground is 25 miles from Hershey, PA. and this campground looks like it would be a good base to see the sights. I expect that we will be returning another time when the weather is more pleasant.

Brook ‘n’ Wood Campground

Location: Elizaville, NY

Date of Stay: July 18 – 23, 2012

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Our July stay was at Brook n Wood Campground in the Hudson Valley area. This campground had a good number of big rig sites. No pull-through sites though.

 

 

 

 

We were in an area that backed up to the woods, but there were a number of open sites in the field across from us.

 

Our reason for going to this park was to spend time with our niece and nephews, and their favorite part by far was the pool. We went to the pool every day. When we first arrived, it was pretty crowded with families, but the majority left after the weekend, and we had the pool to ourselves for the most part for the rest of our time there.

Other than the pool, there was a small playground and miniature golf. We didn’t really check it out, because the weather wasn’t the greatest while we were there, but from the sign it looked like they charged a few bucks to play the miniature golf, and I don’t think we would have spent any money on it.

 

 

The campground does have a pretty extensive schedule of events for the summer on their website. But I’m not sure how they really go off. The weekend that we were there was supposed to be Christmas in July, with cookie decorating etc scheduled for Sat., Sunday and then repeated on Monday and Tuesday, but they didn’t have any of the events on the weekdays – I assume because the campground was not full of families at that point.

If you like relaxing in the middle of nowhere, enjoying the serenity of nature, then you will probably like this campground. But if you’re looking for a lot of places to visit, shopping, restaurants, I don’t think you will find what you are looking for here.