NEWE (Northeast Wilderness Experience) Campground

For anyone who's planning to kayak and camp on the Upper Delaware River, NEWE is the perfect spot. Dan, who runs both the campground and the livery, is a really nice guy, and really knows his stuff. You can set up your own tent, or use one of the large Outfitter tents that Dan has set up, and kayaks are available for rental, with life jackets included. Although this is "primitive" camping, there are Porta-Jons set up, with handwashing stations. The campground is large, with a couple of fire rings, and is a beautiful place to spend a night under the stars before continuing on your river journey.

Great little RV Park right near the river. Pros: The River is a short jaunt away, to swim, paddle, or rent tubes, kayaks, canoes and spend the day floating down the river. The owners and staff Dan and Marc are incredibly nice and helpful with anything you need. Water and wood on site. A beautiful thoughtfully planted native Pollinator garden of flowers between each camp site, against an active alfalfa farm field makes for a beautiful view of the adjacent mountain where bald eagles have a nest. The long riverfront property is wonderful to walk and picnic, I dont believe the river front sites are for rental, and nobody was there all weekend so you can use them during the day to picnic. I would do that next time. Spent the day wading in the river in private little eddies, watching bald eagles who had a nest hear by. It was wonderful. Cons: Music & Lights. because of the setup, you're 10ft from your neighbor. Both of my neighbors had loud music going. It was a cacophony of music ALL DAY like being at Rockaway Beach. One neighbor was nice and one was not. I come up from the city to hear the river, birds, crickets and om. Dan, I recommend that subwoofers should not be allowed. It felt like purgatory at times with the bass all day. Grunge in one ear and Bachata in the other. Marc did speak to them about quiet hours but the daytime blasting beat continued all weekend and you are so close that there is no serenity here, so plan your mindset for club atmosphere if you go on a busy weekend and you will fit right in. Lights - the new way of camping apparently involves bringing your house outside, my neighbors had a full Time Square light show on until 4 am so we felt like we were sleeping in a parking lot. Just setting expectations as it's not a bad thing if you're coming with your RV, large groups, music and lights, but if you're coming for "camping" serenity, come during the week or go elsewhere.