Sun-Air Lakeside Camp — Hotel in Jefferson Township

If you are wondering why you cannot find any reviews on this "worst campground" in the USA, read on..... This was our first time in the New Jersey area. Since we live out of state, we searched for hours online to find an rv park within reasonable proximity to the New York City area. We did a Google search and found Sun Air Campground. We phoned the owner to ask if he could accommodate a large motorhome, if it was easy to get to New York City by mass transit and what amenities they had. I was led to believe that everything was fine; no sewer, but good electric and water hookups, a dump station and fishing just steps away with a nice view of the lake. We believed we would be staying in a nice country setting with good access and modern amenities. So here is what we saw upon arriving in town. Without a GPS we never would have found this place. No directions were given on the website. When we turned onto Cozy Lake Rd, it was a very narrow road in a residential neighborhood with low overhanging trees. There were no signs along the road to provide direction until we finally came upon a small weathered sign nailed to a tree by a driveway. This was our first clue. The driveway entrance was rutted and rocky with pot holes, heavily wooded and very narrow. We pulled into a turn around area and straight ahead was a rundown modular residence with a little sign "Office" above the door. I knocked on the door (9:15 am) - no answer. My wife and I walked down the road into the campground only to be met by a vicious barking boxer, luckily on a chain in front of what looked to be a permanent trailer residence. The available sites were uneven, difficult to get into and covered in leaves and tree limbs. All occupied spots looked like permanent residents. We immediately decided this campground would not even rate a negative one star rating. There is a reason why there are no photos of the campground on the website. Cut-out areas in a heavily wooded area does not make a decent rv campground. We knew we were taking a chance on this place with so little information online, but we thought we'd check it out. Couldn't see any satellite images on Google maps because the area is so overgrown and the buildings are trashy and in horrible shape. In our 20+ years of motorhome travels, this is truly the worst place we have ever seen. Needless to say we drove on down...

A nice, small, private, family owned and operated campground. The family\management seems nice enough and were quick to answer questions about the campground via email. Although, I would recommend they further develop/update their website to include more information about the campsite like the amenities, facilities, camp map, area stores, medical facilities, etc. so that prospective campers can do their research ahead of time.

Overall, the sites are nicely wooded and secluded for the most part, you can see your neighbors, but they're not right on top of you. We stayed in the number 6 site, right along the lake with a nice canopy and layout to accommodate 15 people with 6 tents and parking for 6-8 vehicles.

The small lake has a small beach roped off for swimming and has plenty of fish and some growth along the edges, but that's a minor hassle considering no fishing license is required.

Some issues we felt need to be addressed are that fishing should be restricted from the swimming area, the access road requires some maintenance, the water and electric in the tent sites could be better designed for access/safety. The biggest fail are the bathroom/shower facilities which seem like they're only cleaned, at most, once/month and look like something straight out of a horror movie.

Another rather large issue is that the site we stayed in had such extremely poor drainage that we had 3-6 inches of standing water during a storm as the site appeared to be the water collection area for all the runoff in the campground.

As much as we would like to support the small businesses and mom n pop establishments, we will not be returning to this campsite.

One other point is not so much for the campground as much as the guests who stay there and just an overall observation about the human condition: BE CONSIDERATE - people will be using the site after you so CLEAN UP AFTER YOURSELVES (think minimal impact) and don't compromise the safety of others (e.g. breaking GLASS and not...

I really like this place, for that reason I uploaded 4 photos where my RV Fifthwheel appears to the shore of the lake. The view of the lake is so beautiful, with its large trees with different colored leaves. Everything I see around my RV fifthwheel I like. The tranquility of the place is priceless, far from the bustle and you can only hear the birds singing, I can see campers in different lots in the distance from me, I think they are permanently, but there is no movement and when we rarely see Some family, they are truly friendly. The leaves of the trees fall through the season and my batch of orange leaves fills, but even that I enjoy. When the time comes we will sweep them and enjoy doing it. Time and place for reflection and closer to God. I comment about what I see. This campground is very big, we have already walked, we walking around it and we have not known everything, I like to see the trees so tall and so beautiful and their colorful leaves, I like to hear the rustle of fallen leaves when I walk on they. Clean air is breathed, because the trees do their work. Thank God for this place and for this...