Frances Slocum State Park Campground

Pros: Park is very clean and well maintained.👍 The campground trail is moderate with a decent step climb. Plenty of other hiking trails also. Campground itself isn't huge, which is nice. 9pm quiet hour was mostly observed - there's always one group wherever you go that thinks the rules don't apply and go for hours after quiet time. 🤷‍♀️ Camp hosts are amazing - friendly and very helpful. ❤️ Love that the campground has a potable water fill for rvs and a dump station. Cons (for us): Sites are very close together for the most part. There are few dog sites. There are a few really good sites that offer a bit more privacy, though. Lake is not dog friendly due to cyanoalgae bloom, which makes it toxic/ deadly to animals. So one of us had to stay behind with the dogs while the other went out. Fishing is not great due to an overabundance of catfish. Mostly cats and sunnies in there.

Enjoyed the park itself for hiking, but the organized group tent camping site leaves ALOT to be desired. Yes, it's a large site, but it's on a hillside which means very few flat spots to actually put up a tent on. The parking lot is downhill from the camping area so you have a bit of a hike to haul your gear. The bath house with flushing toilets & showers were nice (even if the lights did turn off on you if you stood still too long).

The park is beautiful. The trails are everywhere for hiking. The camping park is very tight. The bathrooms are extremely dirty and seriously lacking in toilet paper for when the campground is packed. It is very quiet tho for as full as it was. 50 amp service worked for only 20 mins at a time, ended up not being able to use it. Box kept over heating and tripping the breaker. This campground needs a serious electricity upgrade at the campsites.

We were expecting some rain but nonetheless had already scheduled our getaway. Lo and behold, the weather pattern worked us in and we thoroughly enjoyed our weekend. While exploring, we came across an angler who had, on his stringer, a nice 10" or better Rainbow Trout. I left my kayak and fishing gear at home though because I needed a break from work and wanted to spend time with my Wife and bestest friend.

Wonderful campground with plenty of shade!!! None of the sites have water hook up, but many have 30 and 50 amp service. Most of the spots are on the smaller size, with lots of trees and shade. The campground road is paved but the driveways are not. Parking for the camper was tight but the spot was fairly level. Almost filled to capacity on the weekend, but you really don’t feel it or even hear it. Lots of families and everyone seemed to be enjoying the campground. Each loop only has one bathhouse, not very up to date, but showers worked well (plenty of hot water) and very centralized location. A great place to stay and relax or stay and enjoy the pool or large lake. Two negative comments: the entrance to the campground has a sign which reads, “ campground amphitheater”. What the sign SHOULD read is “campground AND amphitheater”, as we mistook that and missed the turn. Other negative is we did NOT need to stop in at the camp office to register as we were told. Instead, we could have just driven into our spot and set up.