Strawberry Park RV Resort

Jaime Goss

What a fun place to spend an early halloween weekend. My son loved all of the activities. The site was large and clean. The people were very nice. No issues with noise, the staff were all amazing and helpful. Great place to bring your bike. We had a fantastic time.

Gina M.

Pros - Lots of fun activities for the kids. A full calendar and the activities are different (creative) than what you typically see at campgrounds which made it fun. A lot of seasonal guests, which gave it a nice neighborhood feel. Some were very friendly. A food truck or two there with good options if you didn’t feel like cooking. The entertainment they hire is great. We enjoyed the band on Saturday night. Horse racing was such a fun event. Cons - There is no oversight of campsites keeping their noise levels to a respectable level. Unless you go to the front office and complain, it isn’t very relaxing to be next to three different sites all blasting different music over each other. Activities were regularly running behind or canceled completely without notice. I understand some of it being due to lack of interest of kids but made it tough to plan our day out. This campground has so much potential! We started our weekend off thinking we could see ourselves getting a seasonal site, but not restricting the noise of other campers made us change our mind by the end of our stay.

Michael Simonelli

Disappointing Stay – Would Not Recommend We recently stayed at Strawberry Park in Connecticut, and unfortunately, it was not a positive experience. While the campground boasts a long list of rules, none of them are enforced, leading to a chaotic and uncomfortable environment for weekend campers. One major issue we encountered was the strong smell of weed throughout the campground, despite it being strictly prohibited. The lack of enforcement on this and other rules created an unsettling atmosphere, especially for families with young kids. To add to the frustration, a random man approached our son and told him he couldn't ride his bike without a helmet—even though dozens of other campers were biking around without one. It felt arbitrary and unnecessary, especially when this was the only "rule" we saw someone try to enforce all weekend. Loud music from the site behind ours blasted until 12:30 AM, keeping our entire family awake. We reported the issue to the office and we were told Secuirty would take care of this, but nothing was done. It was clear that complaints were being ignored. The campground community was not welcoming at all. The large population of seasonal campers—who prefer to be called "owners"—act as if they own the park, often with an attitude that made us feel out of place. They weren’t friendly, and their presence dominated the campground in an uninviting way. Since the new management took over, it's clear that things have gone downhill significantly. It feels like they’re focused solely on bringing in more seasonal "owners" and cash, rather than maintaining a welcoming experience for weekend campers. Overall, we highly do not recommend Strawberry Park. It's a waste of money for weekend visitors, and there are far better experiences to be had at places like Thousand Trails parks, which offer more value and a friendlier atmosphere without all the drama.

The Bates Motel RV

Hold on to your hats folks this is going to be a bumpy ride.Arrived at 1 PM for checkin handed a map that was basically unreadable.As we pulled up to our site there was a broken down golf cart with a flat tire sitting on our site.A seasonal informed us that security had left it there days ago.We pushed it across the street thanks to our seasonal savior.We tried to back into our site only to discover that leveling would require lowering the front by 14 inches and raising the back by 10 inches.Site 409.The seasonals said they weren't sure why the campground would rent this site as this happens weekly.We tried calling the office 5 times but they kept hanging up.At the office I explained the situation to the girl at the desk. She said Let me see what I can do & handed me a list of 3 site numbers.I have to go check them out?Isn't this the campgrounds job?I was grateful for the seasonals who became our personal tour guides.All 3 sites proved equally unfit same pitch or lacking FHU.Back to the office I went again.At this point, my eyebrows rose in disbelief when she said,I have 2 more sites across the park, but she did not know if they were FHU because the computer doesn't provide that info.A campground computer system that doesn’t keep track of the basics?Perplexing.Her manager would call me.I headed back to the truck, where my partner was waiting now an hour and ten minutes.20 minutes later still no call.While waiting two different seasonals knocked on our window trying to barter their available sites for cash.It felt like we had unwittingly walked onto a reality TV show.I called the office back & I asked for a refund only to be told We will not do that for you.It’s not our fault you do not fit in the site.I mean who wouldn’t be surprised to rent a site that looked like a mountain range?Just then Bill the maintenance guy arrived.He whisked my husband off in search of the elusive level site.Husband called to say Bill had found us a site but I wouldn’t like it.The new site was a gravel parking lot at the entrance.The kicker?We couldn’t park the right way without raising the hitch three feet.We started setting up under the blazing sun, exhausted & suddenly we were met by Dan,just a casual aura of authority.With all the charm of a brick wall he says The Bates Motel is open for business.We exchanged glances searching for the hidden camera.Dan let us know our car needed to be moved during our setup in a unfriendly tone.I calmly explained that we’d be happy to move it once we settled in but Dan clearly wasn’t here for pleasant conversation.As we continued setting up in our site Dan parked himself across from us watching as if he were our personal audience.Because nothing says relaxing camping trip quite like feeling like you’re on stage while trying to level an RV.It took from 1pm till almost 4:30 to setup. Day 2 Dan rides up on his golf cart ready to argue with the neighbors like it’s the Olympic sport of the year. It was like a trailer park drama unfolded right in front of us.Who knew the owner could double as a reality TV star.Day 3 No water. Whole park was out & no email from campground.Water out from noon to 5pm during a heatwave.Day 4 Hunting for dumpsters.The camp map seemed less like a guide and more like a treasure map with Xs marking places that didn’t exist.Day 6 Email alert! Do not use the water without boiling it! No explanation offered.It was like a bad horror flick, cleverly leaving us to guess whether it was E. coli or the plague in the water.Welcome to the to the mystery of the week!And the final touch? The gate unlocked after 10 PM.Security? What’s that? I guess it's just a suggestion! Dirty pools with more debris than a garbage site, rundown buildings, and laundry facilities looking like they were rescued from a rusty graveyard. The food truck was the cherry on top or should I say, the only option left, because the onsite food was closed! The seasonal sites were the only bright spot, as if they were the hidden gems in this treasure trove of chaos.The best part of Strawberry Park was leaving Strawberry Park.

Jesse James

Loved our stay here so far. Dan went above and beyond to get us a golf cart at least our last 2 nights here. Love bingo. Won 3 times so far… need adult softball back, and adult beach volleyball back…. And the food court !!! Other wise great place for every one!!