Keewaydin State Park — Attraction in Town of Alexandria

Edit: I had my reviews pop up and I kind of have to laugh at this pathetic review for something so important in my life. Keewaydin saw me as a new born infant to this year when I will be 24. When I was younger I would sob when we had to leave. So, let me try and remedy my weak review. Keewaydin is settled about five minutes from Alexandria Bay and around 15 to the Thousand Island bait shop and Clayton. A.B. is your hot spot for Uncle Sam Boat Tours to Singer and Bolts castle as well as learning basic knowledge of the surrounding islands. It has shops and food. It's pretty over priced but if you like it it's worth the money. Clayton is kind of more scenic to me, prettier and with a little less of the commercialization. The boarder of USA and Canada isn't far either if that interests you. So, keewaydin. Quickly I wish to mention Keewaydin has !!!!! N O DUMPING AND N O ELECTRIC !!!!! They do have a marina and water! That being said, because you are staying at a state park you can go to Grass Point to dump for free, just flash your white slip like you would coming back into Keewaydin. Also, some of the sites are smaller. I dont think any are TO small, but they're small for a camper. Ps. One camper and one tent or two tents max per site! Make sure you know what site you're getting! With all that we get to the fun. I've never had any issues with staff, they've always been super friendly and patient. There was one guy that asked us to use white bags instead of black ones but I havent had anyone parrot that and he was super apologetic about asking us so I'd ask at the gate. I've had more issues with people that camp there than the staff. You can run into people that never stop running their generators, play loud music, have aggressive dogs. It's a game of chance you can get anywhere you camp. When you pull in to the beginning of the loops, the first camp sites are on your right, then a parking lot for the pool starts. Then you get sites on the left and you can go down and around into the circle or go straight down to a dock all the way down or store your trailer in the parking lot to the left. The pool is Olympic sized, but you can only go in the parts that have a guard, of course. They have a nice bath house there too, toilets and showers. In the middle of the bigger circle is the bathrooms. They have two, single stalled disability bathrooms with showers. Then mens and womens. If I remember right there is two showers to each men and womens and three bathroom stalls in the womens. I know there are bathrooms down at the marina too, but I have no idea how many. You can get sites that have nicer views so you can always walk around and see which sites you like better for next time. Half the fun is trying to find a full week where you can get it haha. Of course you can get right down to the river, so as you can imagine there are bugs especially if the water is high. Make sure to flea treat your animals and have bug spray/nets if you're sensitive to bites. There is a guy that comes on through with wood, The Wood Guy! He and his son are very nice, but their wood is pricey a bit. If you need it it could save you a lot of time though. Police do come through once and a while which is pretty alright. There is a HUGE hill on the top of the big circle. I can't tell you the amount of kids I've seen wipe out there, please have your kiddos wear helmets for that, at least. Fishing is good off the dock(not marina) but anywhere is good. There is also a nice playground with swings and a large couple of slides and a small rock climbing wall. Pretty fun, coming from a 24yr old. There pretty gazebos around. The fire pits for the sites are nice but I tend to clean mine out with a camp shovel and bag it. I clean the rungs and I also tend to bring a closer runged grate to put over it. I've lost a hamburger or two lol. There is water and I like it, but mom doesn't, be prepared for that. Skunks can be around but take care of your food and you'll be fine. I adore this camp ground. I hope you do too. Mo...

Just spent a week here as I have always loved Keewaydin. Sites are beautiful, scenery is second to none. It was a site to see with the water levels being so high, quite sad for the homeowners and boat owners though. Weather was perfect. I was however displeased with the lack of bathroom cleanliness as they only seemed to do one cleaning a day in the morning. I also felt this park was almost lawless as many people had fireworks and were very loud and disrespectful after hours. I enjoy having a good time but being very loud, singing, clapping, and swearing from 1am-on is ridiculous. Had park security come around during earlier hours only aside of one time park personnel came around about 10pm and WE get spoken to for running a whisper quiet generator trying to save a refrigerator full of food due to a faulty battery! Apparently if you come and "camp" in a Prevost bus you get preferrential treatment and can make as much noise, set off fireworks AND run your generator anytime you want! Sucks because everything...

The only time I visit the park is to launch my boat. It seems like a typical NYS park with the same amenities. The boat launch is not the best. Really only one usable side to launch. And then you need to pull your trailer to what I call the trailer graveyard, which feels to be at the other side of the park. I see some people disconnect from the trailer and drive back to the docking area to park. But I usually leave it attached and walk back. The problem being that at night when I am ready to get the boat out, I am walking in the dark to find the trailer graveyard. No street lights on the roads so bring a flashlight! While all this is happening, others are waiting for you to remove your boat from the launch area. So as you can now imagine, this area...