Winter Island Park – Salem, MA
(12 visitors have rated this campground.)
Loading ...If you like camping in a parking lot, Winter Island Park is your place to go! It is in located Salem, Massachusetts, and they charge alot! This was originally a Coast Guard post, and still looks like it, minus the campground atmosphere. When we finally found it, we came to a guard house… then we finally found the office, which is in the back of the armory, the people are nice, but don’t seem to be very knowledgeable! They each say you need to talk to another person to get any answers. Then they had us park in a camping spot, in the parking lot… that was our site! If you get there when fishermen are trying to load their boat into the ocean, you are asked to move.
We didn’t have any room for our slide outs, so don’t even think you can use them along with an awning. And don’t worry about dog poop, you couldn’t even distinguish it from all the goose poop everywhere. Then there is the noise from the electric plant next door. When we were done camping, we had to drive a mile down the road, back into town to get your septic tanks dumped at the City Sewer plant.
We had a very bad experience at this campground.
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We made the mistake of making reservations last summer at this “campground”. I use this term very loosely.
Who would have thought that Salem has it’s own redneck yacht club right next door to the power plant. After we got there and were given our site which we couldn’t set up on because people with boats were using it to park their trucks. So moved to the next site over set up and went into town. When we came back not 2 hours later the tent and site had been taken over by large black ants that bite (the office was closed at this point so we made a judgement call and called our next campsite in Maine dropped the tag at the gate and headed for the Interstate.
Anybody expecting a beautiful campground will be very disappointed. As far as the staff in the office they are nice people but they really should find a different word than campground to describe this place.
I have stayed at Winter Island RV park for years. The comments which prompted me to write were from a person who had to park in a parking lot. Obviously the park was full and reservations had not been made. There is nice parking on grass. Water front parking is right on the water, not great but on the water, ok! Dog poop is picked up. Sea Gull poop is generally not a problem. I know the mgr. and he and his staff are courteous and helpful. I would remind the writer who parked in the parking lot that he has a holding tank on his rig. I suggest Webster for septic tank. The park is within walking distance to the Salem Willows park which is a super place to eat and feed the Sea Gulls and watch the activity on the Atlantic. I am from Phoenix, Az.
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We read these reviews before we cautiously booked a six week stay at Winter Island Park. When we arrived we were skeptical to say the least but we were directed to a very nice campsite (we have a 40 ft class a motorhome) just inside the park on the grass. There are several other motorhomes, 5th wheels and campers here. We just LOVE LOVE LOVE it here. We’re so glad we didn’t go by the nay sayers on this site. It is quiet clean and beautiful here, and so much history. It is VERY clean and the campers that choose to stay in the “parking lot” are right on the water with views of moored boats and a beautiful lighthouse. If you are planning on going to Winter Island please do not heed the negative comments, you will miss out on a wonderful experience.