Review: White Birch Campground

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  • (2.5)4 reviews
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Daniel Andrews

2 years ago
3/5

Sigh... I gave this place a shot and hoped for the best after reading a bunch of widely varying reviews. I saw it all, from the one star fire pit filled with trash from the previous campers to the five star laidback atmosphere that the place has. First off, if price is a determining factor for your camping experience then go somewhere else. This place is almost twice as expensive as other places where you can book online. It cost me $100 to camp for two nights and get 20 pieces of wood. I was also confused about their pricing since they advertise "weekends $40" but that doesn't mean you get the weekend for $40, it is $40 a night on weekends (and even more on holiday weekends). When I said that the way they phrased their pricing was a little misleading the owner stated to compare their camp to KOA and other national campgrounds, which they do not hold a candle to by the way. They still run this place on a pad of paper and that caused some more confusion on their end because of how the forms were laid out (they switched between number of days and number of nights on the forms). She then tried to offer me sites with electric and water hook ups since I complained about the price but I was tenting so the electric hookup was not something I could make use of, the water access at the site was definitely a plus though. So then we get the wood. She leads me into this dilapidated barn with pieces of broken furniture strewn about and for a second I thought this was going to be my fire wood. As it turned out there was a meager pile of split wood and the "bundles" are actually just sold as 10 pieces of wood picked by hand from the precariously balanced stack which almost fell down on me. In the end the wood was at a good price, it was just shocking to hear $10 a bundle where I have paid $6 a bundle at other places. The overall camping experience was pretty decent. The place wasn't super quiet or that far away from the road but the surrounding campers were quiet for the most part and there wasn't many campers there to begin with. Their pool was nice, a bit small so more than like 5 people would be too crowded for me but me and my friend were able to cool off for a bit with no issue. Their bathrooms were clean, a bit worn but definitely ok. They also have a single shower but I did not make use of it. I did have a good time there and there were no super big issues but the owners need to get up to date with a better booking system and the place could use some restoration to justify the higher price per night. All of the picnic tables were in need of replacement, raised wooden platforms were too weak to support my body weight, my fire pit was filled with trash. If I go back I know what I will be getting in to and I will expect these sorts of things but for the price and inconvenience of booking I think I will be sticking to the campsites that use Reserve America. Unfortunately this appears to be a dying campground.

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