Country Bumpkins Campground

We stayed at Country Bumpkins in July for 4 nights, renting one cabin for two friends and a trailer site for my husband and me. The trailer site was okay, though it lacked shade and it was too close to other sites, some of which contained children riding their bicycles recklessly. Our friends’ cabin, however, seemed quite nice. Both cabin and trailer site were located by a beautiful stream with a picnic table and grill and included a small deck overlooking the water with a table and two chairs. With the four of us being in our late 60’s, there was no cause for concern in terms of noise or wild behaviors. In fact, we all enjoyed the simple relaxing joys of those rushing waters. The disappointing part about Country Bumpkins is the list of rules we had to follow which limited our gatherings to the more chaotic trailer site. I urged you read carefully before choosing this spot to vacation. The restrictions did not allow us to enter the cabin of our friends to look inside or set foot on the property for the cabin or even to sit at the picnic table for any length of time. Believe me, I am not exaggerating! If we even approached the cabin, one of the owners would suddenly appear and chide us for breaking their rules. They were not friendly; bordering on hostile. Fortunately, our vacation was not ruined by Diane’s behavior because we spent most of each day far away from the campground. However, it did make for an unpleasant stay, especially in the evening, when the teens in the campgrounds were still up and making a lot of noise at the gaming garage, while us older folks only wanted to spend more quiet time with our friends. In short, I would not recommend this place to anyone. Also, the cabins are not air conditioned. There was a lot of rain which made the cabin muggy and uncomfortable. I hope that Diane and Mario eventually learn to be more flexible and hospitable. It goes a long way in making (or breaking) a camping experience.

We used this as our base of operations for exploring the white mountains and found it convenient for getting to all points. It’s right by the western entrance to the Kancamagus and just south of Franconia notch state park. Mount Washington, Conway and the Lake Winnipesaukee are also doable day trips.

The campground is surrounded on two sides by two different rivers with both have access from the park so you can splash around in them- looked awesome for the summer months but was a little chilly for that during our October visit, but we still enjoyed the sounds and scenery of it. The majority of the sites on the riverfront are tent but they are set up in a way that an RV could use them if they didn’t need hooks ups. The rest of the sites have less epic views but the feel of the park is overall cozy but can feel a little too close together when the park is full. We were there the first two weeks of October and it was only full on the weekends and mostly empty during the week.

This place would be great for someone with kids as there is the rivers to play in, a pond where you can feed ducks, a large playground and a game room.

The bathhouses left a little to be desired in terms of looks but the showers had the kind of shower pressure that dreams are made of- I just wish the stalls had locking doors instead of just shower curtains.

Our AT&T service was great most of the time but on the weekends I think the towers got overloaded by all the boards of leaf peepers coming into town and it would slow down dramatically then. The campground WiFi actually worked pretty well too- sometimes we had trouble picking it up at our site that was farther from the office but other times no issues at all- but if we could connect to it, it worked- so if you are relying on it I would try to get one of the sites right behind the office.

Everyone who worked there was super friendly, they have a campstore with everything you may have forgotten and they accepted packages on our behalf!

Last min decision and we got their last spot for Labor Day weekend. We paid for it a bit. Dogs and kids were EVERYWHERE and neither were well behaved. We heard lots of Massachusetts accents screaming to "knock it off already!" We also were in the spot right next to the walkway to the bathhouse, so had steady traffic going by. Our site #60 was gravel, back in, 30 amp, full hookup. It was slightly uphill, so we had to pull the RV all the way to the front of the site to be able to level.

Tent and RV sites were in our loop, which they called the North section. The center was grass, so we were able to park our toad there.

The check-in was a MESS, again Labor Day weekend, but still. It was almost dangerous. We followed the signs and turned in at the main campground. We quickly realized that multiple people were checking in, we had blocked in someone, and more were starting to back up on the road and were honking. I ran in to get our site number so Jason could move out of the way. The person working the desk said, "don't worry, they can wait" and proceeded the full check-in process. Meanwhile, Jason had decided to pull forward, and given there were no signs he turned immediately right to get out of the way. After I left the office, I realized quickly he had turned against a one way. Now all the rigs were coming in and we had no way to turn around to get out and over to the North loop. We had to detach the toad and back our RV up to get in a position to turn around. It was not fun.

The campground has sites that back up to the Pemigewasset River. As gorgeous as that is, on the hour, every hour, a tourist train comes through on the other side of the river whistling and firing some sort of prop gun maybe (?). It was unexpected to say the least. We didn't talk to anyone about it, and just figured it was the train from the Clark's Trading Post attraction down the street. If you're cool with the train and want a pretty view, go for #46 in the North loop.

The location was great to get to The Franconian Notch State Park to hike and to get on the Kangamangus Hwy for the gorgeous drive to Conway.

Our cell service was great and the campground's wifi most always worked for internet surfing and such.

Although loud with their kids and dogs, our neighbors were friendly asking lots of questions about our rig and why we were so far away from home. We'd stay again for a short trip.

Easy to find right on the highway but if your site is in the open area then the u-turn next to the office is very tight. Maybe call to see if you're in that area and get directions to take you directly there to avoid that turn.

We enjoyed our site in the open space although our satellite still didn't connect. The cable worked fine though. The park WiFi was sporadic, usually not working. We used the free WiFi at Subway in town.

Very nice staff, friendly and helpful, keep the place clean and well maintained. Didn't use the showerhouse so don't know how it is.

Quiet and good spacing between sites. Level gravel site with grass between and picnic table and fire ring. Our fire ring was up against the back fence which was weird but we didn't have a fire.

FHUs 30 amp, good water pressure. The trees in the park were changing color while we were there and absolutely beautiful. Lots to see and do in the area. Good grocery store and services in North Woodstock.