American Legion/Austin Hawes Campground

B. Gonggrijp

Great campground with lots of privacy and nice in the Forrest. You do need to pick a spot that is not close to the road as the campground is just next to a road that is relatively busy so can be noisy if you have one of the spots closest to it. Great hikes in the area.

SAM DUCHARME

Camped here recently and loved it! The staff were friendly and helpful, the sites were large and well-spaced and the area has lots of places to explore and fish. The bathrooms could use a repaint but they were campground-clean (also, they hadn’t turned the hot water on yet). The site and proximity of the river outweighs my negative comments about the restrooms and I hold firm on 5 stars.

jeffrey french

Great place. Enjoyed black bear activity, kept me on my feet. Best rangers you can ask for. See you on 4/22- 4/24

Amber Lavallee

I really love a quiet, heavily wooded, small campground with large, private sites and that is EXACTLY what you get here. Sites on the lake are lovely, but sites by the road seem noisy and lousy imo. I was at site 18 and it was honestly perfect! This was the quietest campground I've stayed at all year. Not much for kids, but I think it's lovely for people who want a relaxing getaway in the woods. Wood to buy on site, but that's about it. The water is off now but should be back on today or tomorrow they said; that did not impact my stay. Loved it!

debi mangi

Loved this camp site. Fewer spots means fewer people...😉 Bathrooms were great-3 toilet stalls and 2 warm showers with plenty of space. Bathrooms were freshly cleaned each AM. 4 stars only because we couldn't hear or see the river from our spot. Nothing at camp to do but relax, walk paths, or bike, walk down to swift river which is great. If you want more to do we went to other spots for swimming or kayaking. Camping spots larger and flat with nice trails. River was swift and we went to other close by locations for playing in the river.

Kelley Delaney

Really enjoyed the site. Staff was helpful. Plenty of space between sites. Clean and stocked facilities.

Jeff Nickel

Great campground. We (my son's, brother in law, nephews) have been coming here since 2016. Great location on the Farmington river. We kayak and fish the area lakes. Lots of space and privacy between sites. Cabins have electric. Staff is always pleasant and bathrooms are clean. My only issue is that the bathrooms need de-cobwebbing and a scraping and painting on the interior masonry.

Adina Wolf

The camp sites are nice and wooded with the river right beside. If you’re looking to fly fish; this is an ideal location (lots of anglers in the river). However, the camp office closes at 6pm, so if you have an issue (like another group taking your registered campsite - which happened to us), you have to call an emergency number which isn’t meant to receive calls like this. Or, if there is a group that is playing loud music until 5:30am (which also happened), there is no one around to monitor. You also can’t buy firewood and ice after 6. Additionally, presumably since there aren’t staff after hours, the restrooms aren’t kept up (nor was the overflowing trash). Also, the public water spigots weren’t working in the camp loop, which wasn’t told to us - the road is also right next to the loop. We still enjoyed the forest and river, but I wish I knew some of these things about the vibe of the camp!

David Johnson

Great way to camp out.

Lissette Hidalgo

We have been coming here for years to be exact over 15 year and love this place clean bathroom, hot water quite and nice place to relax... have recommended lots of people here 🙂 and so far they love it🤩