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Black Bear Campground


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David Wexler

July 22, 2025

It's a nice, clean, quiet, fully hands off location with full hookups and 50 amps and nothing else. Its absolutely not worth $100/night to park the rv at but its supply vs demand and we couldn't find anywhere else to accommodate our camper during our timeframe.

Will Roberts

July 07, 2025

We had a great stay! The location is perfect—we loved exploring the beautiful Hudson Valley and all the great places nearby. The campground was peaceful, clean, and well maintained. Our site was easy to pull into and the hookups were all in great condition.

David Sanders

June 22, 2025

This campground was a convenient location for our visit to the lower Hudson Valley. It is only about an hour and fifteen minutes to New York City, so it could even be used as a base for visits there. It was quiet, and clean. There are no amenities nor on-site staff. The campground is recently under new ownership, and is now called Serenity Ridge Mountain Club. What had been the upper campground is being transformed into a "luxury park model resort." It will be interesting to see what happens to the RV campground. Hopefully, it will remain, and maybe even get some updates. It would be a shame if its days were numbered, since there are not many options in this part of the world. Details: We stayed on site 20, back-in FHU, 50/30/20 pedestal tall enough for Watchdog to clear ground, water, 4" threaded sewer. Water pressure varies from on the low side of okay to low. Utilities are toward the front of the site, but I had to back toward the rear of the site because it is more level toward the rear, so I had to use the extensions for both the electrical and the water, and multiple 10' sections of sewer hose. Toward the rear of the site, level enough to allow auto-leveling with nothing under the tires. Gravel with grass / weeds growing up through it. Spacing was snug on the awning side; with our awning extended, it went right to the edge of the adjacent site. Spacing is very generous on the other side. Water faucet is 1/4 turn and is low to the ground. Picnic table, fire ring. The odd numbered sites in our section are on the uphill side of the road so they slope down toward the front. The even numbered on in our section are on the downside side of the road so they slope down toward the rear. Big rig friendly. OTA TV: 2 France 24, one english, one french, old movies, shopping, that's about it. No PBS, no major networks. AT&T 9.00 Mbps down, 2.57 Mbps up; Verizon 1 bar 5G, 13.3 Mbps down, 2.61 Mbps up. There are a number of restaurants in nearby Florida, and just about anything you would need within a twenty minute drive.

SAL

June 21, 2025

Hwy 17A is restricted to 10 ton, so not big rig friendly. Site was 50 amp, but voltage dropped to 112v and with 3 a/c and appliances voltage dropped further, and our power manager shut down our power to protect our appliances and a/c. Paid over $95 for a site with dirt, sand, some rock, mowed weeds, and NO amenities. In our 11 yrs of full-time RV living, it's not the worst place, but it's in the bottom 5. They do have good water pressure!

Jessica Ammersen

October 16, 2024

We loved our stay at this campground. Very family friendly with a great new playground for kids. A paved loop by our site allowed our little ones to ride their new electric scooters till they wore themselves out. Lots of great hiking paths. Overall a very well maintained site but minimal, no shop or arcade or any jazzy extras. They’re working on adding some things in the coming year and we will definitely be going back. They are located only 15 minutes from Legoland which is why we went. Also, the customer service was fantastic. They were available via text and email and got back to us with any questions very quickly! Even later in the evening when we first arrived. Thanks for a great weekend, Black Bear!

Timothy reganelectric

December 30, 2021

Didn't see much, pulled in after dark and left before sunrise. But Rita was very sweet, putting us up for the night. Will def make it a routine.

elvison de la rosa

October 25, 2021

Excelente place, the best owner ever

Lauren Stainkamp

October 18, 2021

Just came back from a weekend getaway with my boyfriend and our dogs. It was our first time taking our trailer out and also going to black bear. I spoke with Rita who was very thorough and answered all of my million questions. All public areas were closed, which was fine for us as we just wanted to hang by our site. I called to let Rita know when we were on our way with an ETA and Rita gave clear instructions on where our site was. Everything was marked clearly. We stayed in the upper area. Everyone kept to themselves and it was SO quiet! There were other sites with dogs but no issues. We walked around to the trails which were clearly marked. Campground was very well maintained and clean. As we were newbies i asked Rita before we left how we could book again before the end of the year and she again was very thorough with what we would need to stay at a site in the winter. The site also has full wifi and cell service (T-Mobile). It was also 5 mins to town. We are people who are used to tent camping with no service and town being 20+ mins away so this was very convenient for us. Definitely can’t wait to come back again!

Victoria McRoberts

October 05, 2021

Well maintained and staff very thorough and helpful. Gorgeous SCENERY. ALL PUBLIC AREAS CLOSED INDEFINITELY, staff very upfront about this before they let you go forward with reservation process. Contact less check in and out. Call office once arriving to get site assignment and location. Sites well marked and well laid out so following directions was easy. No shade on campsites 1-26.

sharon brown

September 21, 2021

Love the park but not the price. They need to come down on the price for a week