State Park / State Forest · Connecticut campground guide
The numbers
Fee range
$35/night
Season open
Mid-April through Columbus Day
RV size limit
Up to 35 ft
Reservation window
11 months ahead via ReserveAmerica CT
The insider read
Smaller and quieter than the shore parks — 78 sites in oak and hickory. Pond swimming with a lifeguard 11-5 daily July-Aug. Hill loop has the best privacy; flat loop is family-loud.
Original analysis from PickRV — synthesised from public sources you can verify, pulling the operational details competitor guides typically skip.
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Book it right
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Match the campground's size limit and hookup level to a vehicle category, then plan the rest of the trip.
Keep exploring
Near Sharon
StateInsider tip · Best CT camp for fly-fishing — Housatonic River runs the length of the park. Trout-zone fly-only signage is enforced; barbless single hook only April-Sept. Sites along the river fill first; Site 28 has the best riffle view.
Near Kent
StateInsider tip · Primitive backcountry-feel only 90 min from NYC. Cobble Mountain trail leaves directly from camp — 360° from the summit on a clear day catches Taconic + Catskill ridges. 22-ft RV hard limit; narrow access road.
Near East Haddam
StateInsider tip · Chapman Falls is 60 ft and only 100 yards from camp — best photo at 8am golden hour before day-trippers arrive. Sites 1-21 are nearest the falls; sites 22-50 are quieter back-of-loop.
Near Torrington
StateInsider tip · Site of the first condensed-milk plant in the world (Borden, 1857). Now: 88-acre pond with a 2.5-mile loop trail. Taylor Brook camp area is in the woods 1 mile from the pond — drive or walk in 30 min.
Your next step
Black Rock State Park Campground takes rigs up to 35 ft, so what you arrive in decides whether the loop works at all. If you don't own one, the same trip runs on a motorhome rented in Connecticut.
Nothing in Connecticut is bookable today. Dated requests are what we take to owners, so give us the window you actually want — you get one email the day a rig covers it, and nothing else.
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