Susquehanna Trail Campground Oneonta NY — Hotel in Town of Oneonta

This campground has a great location, close to an interstate, but not so close you hear the traffic noise all night. It is a nice setting and has a river making a 'U' all the way around the campground, but there is no access to river - either to see it or walk up to it. Campground has thick bushes keeping everyone from the river. Our site was nice, plenty of room lengthwise and side-to-side. The campsites are spacious on the sides. You are not on to of your neighbor. There are lots of trees on the front half of the campground and a pretty grassy meadow at the back. All the sites are really deep so there is lots of room behind or in front of your trailer. Plenty of tenting sites on grassy meadow with fire rings. Even though the campground was worn and old, the swimming pool looked very nice and clean. A wooden deck surrounds the in-ground pool. There are train tracks nearby, but we didn't not hear any whistling, just humming by.

The negatives:

Our site was long and plenty wide, but the hookups were so far from the gravel parking that we had to park one wheel on the grass off the road so that we could reach the sewer with our hose. Site was not quite level before parking off the gravel road, after it took quite a bit to lift the one side. Water pressure is pretty low, but water seems clean and clear. There is a regulator that is not removable that might impact the water flow.

There are many long-term campers that appear run down and bedraggled. There were not many people here on a Sat. night in Aug when we camped.

The bathroom leaves a tremendous amount to be desired. The floor is wooden planks and the poles that hold the walls of the stalls are cut into the floor and you can see the dirt right under the floor. The facility is old and worn. The showers were clean from hair and scum, but the shower curtains and floors were not clean and I imagine insects would be a problem, although I didn't see any during the day. The wooden floor had never been cleaned. It has a layer of dirt on it. You would not want to be in here without shoes. I was grateful we did not have to use the bathrooms.

There were lots of mosquitos as we were setting up and walking around the campground. There is a river close by and lots of trees and grass, so that may be the reason, but we couldn't stay outside to enjoy...

First impressions off putting. Lots of “stuff” laying around and old been-around-the block RVs greet you. This mostly a long term park. The owners were very responsive when making the reservation. They were also friendly and check-in was a breeze. WII FI wasn’t mentioned, and it wasn’t on the information sheet but it was available and worked sporadically. It had been heavily raining so there was lots of standing water in the interior dirt and gravel roads. Our pull thru 50 amp FHU site had drained fairly well. The site is grass so we were concerned but it wasn’t a problem. The site was fairly level with a tilt on the passenger side. There only appears to be 2 50 amp sites. Most of the sites are heavily treed although ours just had one big tree on the passenger side. The park is located on Otego Creek which had tons of water from the rain. They are also directly across Rte 7 from a railroad track. We heard several trains but thankfully no whistles! There is road noise from somewhere although it was pretty quiet at night. There are no over the air channels, and they don’t have cable. We didn’t try Directv. Verizon...

This is our third season at Susquehanna Trail Campground. And I will say that although for the first two seasons the owner struggled after losing her husband, she did try to make our stay pleasant. The new management that took over in July were making improvements even before they got their contract. The lawns and sites are mowed weekly and weedwhacked, they have been very helpful and try to make every camper feel special. They put a new filtration unit in the wellhouse. They repaired the pavilion and the pool is clean and very nice to swim in. They now have food items in the camp store. They also installed a propane filling station. They are cleaning up old brush and downed trees, and pick up garbage and clean the fire rings when sites are emptied. I have seen more campers here this year than since we first came. We love the location, very close to Oneonta, and large level sites, as well as plenty of area to walk our dogs. A very nice place to call "home...