Ricker Pond State Park — Attraction in Groton

We stayed two nights in early September 2018. Easily found with google maps. Was greeted by a friendly staff member and shown how to get to our site. Arrived in the pitch black but was easy to find out site. Tent site #10.

It was very quiet, everyone seems to be enjoying their own spot. You can see your neighbors but there is some room in between sites. Clean bathrooms and relatively clean showers. Out site hand a picnic table and fire ring with grate.

We were a very short walk to the beach, where you could swim. Perfect spot to practice some night photography with minimal light pollution.

Also had a fire going all night by the building attached to the bathrooms. They offered wood, ice and small things to buy if needed.

*Note we had no cell service at our site. BUT we did on the beach. Ham radio worked fine for noaa weather updates.

Definitely recommend staying here. Pricing would be the only slight negative, it is about average from what we have looked at. Wish we could have...

They say if you camp too close to the water at Ricker Pond State Park, especially on a foggy night, you might hear the low gurgle of something… not quite human.

Years ago, a fisherman named Clyde went missing on the lake—obsessed with catching the biggest walleye Vermont had ever seen. One stormy evening, he took his boat out alone and never came back. Search parties only found his torn waders and a tackle box full of strange, custom lures—half fish, half bone.

Now, campers whisper of a creature that slithers from the water under the moonlight. Scales where skin should be, gills that pulse with a wet hiss, and eyes—cloudy, unblinking—searching for fresh bait.

They call him The Walleye Man. If you hear the flick of a lure dragging along the shoreline, don’t go check. And for the love of God, don’t leave your feet dangling off the dock.

Because Clyde’s not fishing anymore…...

We've brought our family to this campground year after year since our kids were quite little (even coming multiple times a year).

My favorite things about the campground are: (1) Small size without the party atmosphere, (2) Quiet setting, (3) Nesting family of loons breaking the quiet, (4) Stuff for the kids to explore, (5) Water activities including swimming and canoes/kayaks, (6) Rail trail bike path.

Recommended sites: 8 gets you right next to the swimmers beach (great when the kids were smaller), 2 has a "stone picnic table", any site on the 1-10 loop is close to the pavilion in case of rainy days, a combination of 22+23 or Spice Mountain Cabin + 21 would be great if you have a larger group or two families camping. Lots of good leantos on the north end, but I haven't...