Myles Standish Camp Headquarter

Great camping grounds been here many years. Gave two stars because of how the state maintains grounds / facilities / and website. First -the website you go on has a 1990s outline map set up, shows basically a kindergarten drawn map with little if not false data. It would be nice to have pictures of each site before you reserve knowing what you are going to camp on. Second -The grounds are over stuffed with sites. 6 yards if not a foot between sites. Going camping to me is to GET AWAY FROM PEOPLE, not be corralled like sheep all on top of each other.. Third- the bathroom facilities are in need of a professional maintenance person and/or crew, hand dryer doesn’t work in one of the men’s bathrooms that could be easily fixed, clogged sink drains, broken if not missing soap dispensers, cheap toilet paper with broken duct taped dispensers, broken windows, infested with bugs and spiders, AND MOST OF ALL ———FIX THE COLD SHOWER SITUATION FOR THE LOVE OF GOD !!! Fourth- one rule is “can’t bring outside wood and to purchase wood at HQ” but only can purchase by credit card.. hahahha if the state REALLY wants to protect the natural habitat and encourage people not to bring their own wood, then make it as easy as possible to purchase in any way possible LIKE CASH!! Really? Like is this really a government operation.. sad. This all could be fixed during the off season very easily but I guess the state of Massachusetts likes taking money but not giving back.

Easy to check in. Was given a simple map to our camp location at Charge Pond. Would have liked to have been given information about what to do around there. In case you are wondering - there are plenty of bike trails, hiking trails, and equestrian trails. And a nice pond to swim or paddle board. No dogs on beach near section A. But some still bring dogs on leash and it’s not the end of the world unless you are that person. We arrived on a Sunday evening. Bathrooms could have been kept cleaner. Same with the area around the pond. Some patrons including myself picked up after others who left their mess behind. Monday evening and Tuesday day were better and well kept in most areas. There are plenty of visitors who don’t clean up after themselves. Yet, the pond is clean. We basically spent two beautiful summer days basking in the sun and cooling off in the water. Not buggy at all. We still sprayed repellent to be certain. Would come again.

My sister and I had a lovely and mostly quiet time. The woman at the front desk, Ellen, was very nice and informative, answering all our questions and concerns. We will be back soon to explore the other parts of the forest and trail system.

Very mean and grumpy front desk women. As with all government operations, not easy to navigate, need to give your first born over, and always a line!

We stop here on every bike ride to use the bathroom and during the hot summer months we stop by at the end of our ride to refill our water bottles.

Easy Check-in process.