By:
Submission
Farmer Gene’s Campground, LLC is under new ownership. Gene Gagas purchased the former Kastle Kampground in May 2014. Our campground has over 500 sites offering both seasonal and weekend guests. We invite your family to join us and enjoy our swimming pool, kiddie pool and hot tub. The Barn and Feeding Trough Bar and Grill will be open for business Monday through Sunday starting Memorial Day Weekend, as will our poolside bar The Chicken Coop. We offer tons of activities to include miniature golf, numerous playgrounds and Kinney Lake with a dock and beach area.
Great sites to camp with decent amount of space. Lots of things to do there. The food was good but needed to be hot and fresh not just warm. It tasted good just not warm enough.
I normally don't post bad reviews, but I feel this one is necessary. Back in May, I reserved 2 water/ electric sites for last weekend. I was charged $90 per night per site. I thought that was quite expensive, but I was okay with it because of the new swimming pond with inflatables that was advertised. (We have been to their sister campground Oasis numerous times and loved their pond with inflatables). Well, the pond is not even close to being completed at Kinney Lake. I understand that things don't always go as planned, so I overlooked it. We met some super nice people while we were there and we were informed that the price of a nightly site was reduced to $60. I talked to a manager of C & D Hospitality hoping to get the reduced price as well. I was told the price we booked at is the price we get. In her words, "it's like when you book an airline ticket. Prices go up and down". WHAT???? I have never heard of such a thing for campground reservations. We have only been camping for 4 years, so I am by no means an expert, but that seems odd to me. I was hoping to get the reduced rate as I didn't feel I should be penalized just because I reserved early. Had I waited until last minute to reserve our sites I would have saved $180. The manager was not willing to work with me at all. Very disappointing. Guess we won't be returning to any of the 3 area campgrounds they own. As we all know, there are many other campgrounds to choose from.
I would have given 5 stars because we loved this campground. My husband and I were there a year ago and had a wonderful time. One of the nights was stormy so we went to the restaurant on site and had a nice meal. My husband bought a ticket to be put into a drawing for a signed packer jersey. About a month later he gets a call saying he won. We live almost 2 hours away so we weren’t able to make a road trip and they informed him to send a postage paid envelope which he did. A few weeks go by and haven’t heard anything back so he calls and they tell him they never received the envelope. Mind you he paid 15.00 to send this and went back to our post office where they looked up the tracking number and said it was delivered to campground. Phone calls go back and forth for months yet nothing’s happening. My husband says he’s just going to forget about it. Then a couple months ago out of the blue the campground calls and said they will mail him his jersey. Well— same scenario. Phone calls back and forth with the last call a few weeks ago where he was told it’s in so n so trunk of vehicle and will be in the mail. Well here we are a year later and still no jersey!!! I guess the bottom line is if you don’t live in the area don’t buy raffle tickets cause you aren’t going to get your prize. But honestly it’s a wonderful campground
It is a great place to get away with the kids enjoy your weekend. Every weekend they've got something different going on for the kids and the adults it is just a great family orientated Campground
Omg! I love coming here! we come up often. Very kid and family friendly. We have a year round membership BUT you can rent out spots for the weekend or week long passes. Everyone drives a golf cart because it’s pretty large but walking is fine too. They have a lot of amenities like pools, playground equipment, a lake with canoe and kayak rentals, mini golf, a bar/restaurant, a store, full bathrooms with showers and hair dryers, vending machines, bike/walking trail, football or large field to play games, a mini remote control car racetrack, a gated small dog park… so so much to do here! They have scheduled events as well for families and adults like concerts or trick or treat events for kiddos and seasonal activities like a firework show, parade, etc. We get service on our phone here and I have ATT for reference but sprint sucks here (sorry) NO WIFI anywhere but that’s the point right? Like I said very fun, very family oriented, kids everywhere! The campers are so nice and neighborly. A lot of them actually LIVE here full time all year! Not rustic AT ALL. I’m from the city and I did not feel out of place at all! bring your dogs!! Bring your friends!! A million times YES! Bonus, there are a lot of Amish families in the area . They have small stores that you can support and they make amazing homemade pies and jellies and baked goods. ONLY thing I wish could change would be adding solar lights throughout the trails because at night it gets dark YEP and if you’re walking and don’t have a golf cart or flashlight it can be a (little) daunting for your first couple times. I highly recommend coming and getting AWAY from city life for a few days. !! Didn’t take so many pics because I was too busy enjoying it but hopefully you get the gist. Truly a great place to relax and connect with family and friends!
