Woodland Valley Campground

We had a great stay. Campsite and bathrooms were clean and well maintained. Staff was friendly and made to sure accommodate our needs with other campers were not following site rules. We plan to return.

This campground is in a beautiful location! The staff are very helpful and nice. I would love to give five stars, but unfortunately there was no access to clean water at the campsite so I took off one star. The bathrooms are clean and spacious! I didn’t get any pictures of our campsite but it had one picnic table, a fire pit, lots of space for a car and space for our big tent and small tent. The pictures I include in this review are of some views and places in the area around the campground, as well as a lovely deer who came very near to our site!

This is the perfect place for my family who are not too crazy but sometimes pursuit different experience like camping. The camping ground is a natural setting with gravel ground and cement-made fireplace equipped a huge metal grill. Wood burning is basically common that I've never seen anyone burns charcoal. Bunch of firewood has been selling $15 as a quite good amount for 2 nights by an outside vender at the site. About $8 for small pack of firewood is sold by the market in Phoenicia downtown. The crews are overly strict about closing time 9pm(cannot get in after sharp 9pm), the proof of levy vaccination for a dog, regulations for dog and garbage treatment. They have warm water indoor shower and dishwashing station. The water sound near the brook may give you relief or annoyance when you sleep.

The campground itself is mediocre at best. The sites are feet away from each other, and are filled in with gravel. All sites are right next to the road coming in, so it ends up always being loud. The access to hiking is great though. What made my experience terrible was the extremely rude staff on a power trip, who were downright abusive to campers. I arrived at 9:05pm because of heavy traffic, and the “security” guard blocked the entrance to the grounds, and told me to turn around. She showed absolutely no empathy for my situation (I was unable to call my friends already at their site because there was no service, and I stranded 3 hours from my home). When I asked her for advice on what to do, she threatened to call the police on me. This woman’s behavior was downright malicious and abusive. She seemed to get joy out of making others’ lives miserable. Good riddance.

Beautiful location, awesome hikes within walking distance. There’s a stream that runs right through the campground and most spots get a good view of it. The restrooms and showers are fine. Good old school camping experience. If you’re looking for luxury amenities, wifi, parking for 5 vehicles and to party all night this is not the place for you. The only negatives are that the sites are a bit close together and there’s nothing really separating some of them, and it would be nice if they cleaned some of the spiders off the buildings. Wouldn’t stop me from coming back though.