Maple Park Recreation Area

I’m giving this place only 3 stars. It would be very easy for them to get more stars with a few minor changes. From about the mid 70s to the late 80s my family had a seasonal site at maple park. Some of my greatest childhood memories are from here. My mother worked part time in the store and I even worked there for a summer as a young teen earning some important candy money. It was really a great place to camp. Fast forward to present time. I’m now in my 40s and my girl and I buy a small camper to take the kids on some family camping fun. We go to a few camp grounds and I decide to go back to maple park remembering how much I loved it as a kid. It’s gotten quite a bit bigger but with the same awesome essentials like clean swimming ponds, entertainment etc. Now for the dislikes. Many more rules, and I understand that you have to have rules, but you also have to have common sense when enforcing rules. You cannot light a camp fire until after 430 and it must be out by midnight. Ok. Fine. Those are the rules. Not too many people set an alarm for midnight and at 1202 a guy comes flying over to our site and rudely tells us to put out our fire. Fine, my girl gets up to get a pitcher of water and use that bathroom (number 1) and before she gets back to the fire he comes flying back in and says «I told you once to put out the fire and if you have a problem doing so, I can come over and help you». Just a total hard ass and really no need for an attitude and quite frankly, I don’t need help putting out a (small) fire due to the fact I am a firefighter. It was now 1205. So we put out the fire and put a very small lantern (1 aa battery) on a rock and continue to sit there sipping a drink. Some other guy comes flying over with a golf cart telling us he was just at the bathroom and could hear us laughing and we needed to either shut up or go to bed. First off, our site was in full view of the bathroom and he came from the complete opposite direction so he is lying. Secondly, I’m 44 and this clown is not going to tell me what time I’m going to bed. So for the next two hours he drove back and forth past our site with lights off in golf cart just waiting for us to be «loud». gimme a break. I understand they must deal with partying a lot but that wasn’t us. We were 6 adults having a drink after the kids are in bed. Nothing more, nothing less. I even asked the guy in the tent trailer next door if he heard us and his exact words were «I didn’t hear a peep out of you guys and my bed was only about 30 feet from your fire separated by a plastic and canvas wall» He too could not believe how they treated us. The rest of the staff were nice. Hey maple park, here’s a tip. If you want people to come back, train your staff on how to talk to people with respect. It takes years to build a good reputation and 5 minutes to ruin it… All in all, the kids were well behaved and had fun so we will probably try it again hopefully without the pissy attitudes of the night «park police»

We have been coming to this family oriented camp ground for years. It is fantastic. For everything from Tent dwelling up to major RV’s. Good campsites if you looking for wooded sites. Quiet time after 10pm and lights out at midnight. So no real concerns about «non-​family» sites up all night next to you. Very pet friendly as well.