Buck Pond Campground — Hotel in Town of Franklin

I enjoyed my stay at the buck pond campground. I was only there for two nights but I feel like I got a fair amount of activities in. I had a reservation at campsite number 59 but when I arrived I noticed there was very little privacy to the next campsite. I jumped on my bike surveyed some of the neighboring campsites and asked the friendly staff if I could switch to campsite number 60, no problem. Most of the campsites seem quite large with ample privacy although quite a few sites are not flat. I would say 30% of the campsites were empty during my middle of the week stay at the end of June. I spent a lot of my time on my bike at buck pond. The campground is quite large and it was a pleasure to bike around. I don’t have kids but it looked to me like a safe place for them to be on bikes. On my one outing off the campground I took my hybrid bike on the hiking trail that went up to Kushaqua-Mud Pond rd, from there I took a right at the bridge and followed the rough dirt road for a few miles. Much of this road and trail skirts the Kushaqua Lake and Mud Pond. No time for lingering off the bike though, the deer flies were out in force. I turned around, crossed the bridge and followed the dirt road that eventually led back to the small town near the entrance to the campground. This route is only appropriate for mountain bikes and sturdy hybrid bikes with good tires. This would be a great trail and road to walk your well behaved dog off leash. In the afternoon I rented a kayak ($20 a day) and paddled around the pond. I got a nice view of an eagle and saw loons in the distance. All in all it was a great stay, I will return (and with any luck I will score one of those nice looking pond side campsites). FYI: I’m a Verizon customer and I was able to get one bar...

Stayed at Buck Pond for 4 nights, went based on location and proximity to activities we were interested in up north. Had high expectations after reading multiple reviews, and sadly our experience fell a tad short. Sites itself were great and spacious, and well cleared for tents. We fit our 2 large tents, 15×15 screen tent, and a canopy with no issues. Our site was extremely close to another site on the one side which was challenging at night time but otherwise super quiet with some privacy. Fireplace was falling apart badly on our site, noticed others were newly replaced however. Grounds itself were clean but the facilities were atrocious. Bathrooms didn't have basic necessities like soap or toilet paper multiple days. Not well maintained, showers inoperable in several locations. Rustic is perhaps saying it politely and we've almost exclusively camped at NYS sites. Beach was not well maintained either, needed clean up along with the bathhouse, and note no showers there either. However, great trails to hike and bike ride along the lake and pond. Rental opportunities for water activities was super convenient. Staff were very friendly and helpful. FYI cell coverage is extremely limited on the grounds which was fine with us looking to unplug, but make sure you GPS ahead of time as you can easily be turned around in a long stretch of dead zone. All and all, 3/5 definitely seems as though they don't have adequate funding or perhaps staffing to keep up the grounds which is incredibly sad. Has excellent potential, great location and beautiful...

Beautifull camp ground, well take care of. Camp sites are pretty private. Bathrooms with hot water and met cleaning crew every morning make sure it is clean. Dumping site easy to find. I would give it a 5 star review but we came with a dog (dogs are welcome on site) and there was bad customer service experience. First night we camped at one loop which out of about 35 fields had only 6 occupied. From us closest was 10 numbers away in either direction. During first night it was also raining. Our dog barked about 3 times for 20 seconds during that rainy night during quiet hours (11,1,4). Lady from service came right next morning saying that somebody complianed about it and if hour dog will bark again we will be expelled right away. We spend entire day stressed and when we came back after hike and went to talk to somebody else from customer service they mentioned that there is no even official complaint, and also they do not remove people only after one complain. Entire day of stress because somebody could not properly deal with an issue. We stayed for another two nights with no barking or anything. No one else came over to clarify if there is an issue. Long story short this is an amazing camping spot but service during our visit...