Glen Ellis Family Campground

Absolutely fantastic place to stay! I’m not a big camper but I really enjoyed my time here. The river was very close to our site and the swimming hole was beautiful. All the staff at the campground were very nice. Also nice to have a privately owned convenience store right at the top of the road (patches). Wonderful place to go for a quick breakfast sandwich and coffee, they pretty much have everything you may have forgotten on your camping trip. I wasn’t traveling with any young kids but every kid there looked to be having a great time. Between the pool, the river, the playground, the game barn, the tennis courts and simply just riding their bikes around, every kid was having a great time. I really recommend you stay here!

We camped over memorial weekend and had a great time. Loved our camp spot along the river and it was beautiful and quiet! Its great that they drive around at night to keep noise levels down. The younger staff were so nice and friendly. The only down side was the showers are gross and the bathrooms close to our campsite were not finished. We will definitely return despite this!

I really really like this campground and have been wanting to try it out for quite some time now… first of all, IT IS HUGE and SPACIOUS! The tent sites by the river are very nice. We stayed in a «no frills» campsite on the Ellis River side on the last weekend of September. In the middle of the campground, I love the OPEN field concept which they have many of. Lesser campgrounds would of quickly turned these into RV pull through sites. Great for laying out a blanket and looking at stars on a clear night.
VALUE:
I think the rate for the off /​non summer season was a little on the high side but this seems to be consistent with the area. The campground was definitely not sold out. I probably could of stayed at a state park for a lesser price but I don’t regret the decision.
Staff:
The young adults in the store were very friendly and helpful picking the best site for our needs. During checking the older gentleman at the gate checkin was cheerful and very pleasant. I’m not sure what the negative reviews are about. They seem to be for a specific situation.
Site:
The tent site was very spacious and came with a rock built fire pit and picnic table. I loved the river site and fall colors during our late September stay. I loved seeing the Conway Scenic rail road drive on the other side of the river.
Activities:
There was no activities during our fall stay. There was a private wedding and reception at the campground on Saturday during our stay. We didn’t crash it :-)
We loved the Arcade barn. A game of pool is only $ 1.00 (sweet) and they have a hockey game the kids loved for 50 cents, and air hockey. Some of the actual arcade games needs updating. We may of lost 50 cents. We spent our evenings
here after the fire.
This is a great campground to bring your bikes and a walkers and joggers paradise! There are lots of places to explore.
The playground looked OK. We didn’t use it.
Bring your tennis rackets. They have some nice courts.
The pool was closed for the season. The area looks nice but with this large campground they probably could use two pools in the summer. Not sure.
Security:
They have a gate and silly me forgot to return my key into the office the night before. I’ll mail in back and hope I get my $ 10 back.
Friday night a bunch of 20 somethings pulled into sites next to ours and I was kept up til midnight. I don’t think they have security going through the park. However, I didn’t hear them on night two but we went hiking so maybe I could sleep though anything at that point.
Bathrooms:
The bathrooms were super clean and adequate.
Two minor nits. First I didn’t like the push button hand faucets… they don’t work well with kids. Also I don’t like coin-​op showers especially when you are paying top dollar for site. We did manage to find a shower that had lots of time on it for some reason and used that one. Even though this campground is huge with lots of sites on the edges there was never a wait for the shower during our fall stay. The showers were hot which we appreciated after a day of hiking. They also have lights on a timer too which shut off on an elderly gentleman showering next to us. I think we was panicking and confused.
TIP: Take West Side Road in Conway to 302, take a right back to Glen to avoid North Conway traffic.
TIP: Breakfast at the Sunrise Shack is a great choice
TIP: Bring your own NH wood… it cost $ 6 a bundle here!

We were taking our toddler camping for the first time, and wanted to visit Storyland. The convenience to the park was well worth the price. (We normally use state campgrounds, so somewhere a bit more expensive and privately owned was new to is!)
Campground is in lovely shape — bathhouse was very nice. Sites are smaller and close to each other. We could hear the river from our site which was nice. Nice playground and quiet time was enforced. Staff was very friendly. Overall, we were very pleased!

This was the first paid campground we have ever used and it was a terrific experience. Glen Ellis is clean, quiet, and accommodating. I made a reservation at the last second before a holiday weekend and scored a picturesque spot right next to the river. Their website says «No Dogs Allowed», but there were dogs everywhere, even an awesome St. B in the Office.

Don’t come to this camp ever !!!
Owners don’t care about your vacation !!!
Son of the owner driving drunk and treating to kick you out for no reason!!!
Do your self a favor — find something better.
Place in nice but the owners are dickheads !!!

This place is great! Close to StoryLand and North Conway. The campground is clean and the owners are friendly. Like any campground you can’t pick your neighbors and sometimes they are not enjoyable, but other times they are great. Book ahead of time, like 1 – 2 years ahead for a good spot. That is what we do for a spot on the river. Check out the website it has all the accommodations listed.

This place is paradise and has something for everyone, from the scenic river perfect for tubing and jumping off the rope swing to the playground, ball field and arcade. They even have karaōke!

Love this place! Camping for both car camping, RV’s, & either primitive sites or sites with water & electric.
Thought the prices were $$$ until we started looking at hotels in the area. I’d rather pay 25% the cost of a hotel & camp than stay in a dirty motel (read the reviews, the «cheap» ones sound awful).
Yes, it’s camping. But what you get is amazing. Your choice of field, wooded, more open, or river front site. Plenty of bath houses (although honestly they could be cleaner…), indoor game areas, ball fields, pool, laundry, on-​site convenience store, playground, & the Saco River is great for kids. Not too deep & fast, very tranquil & shallow. The beach is part sand, part river stone. Very pleasant.
The staff is SERIOUS about quiet hours too. The people camping next to us (in 3 – 4 spots on one side & diagonally across from us) were SO LOUD one night that we called the office & they came right out & reamed them out. There is a ONE warning policy too, so it’s pretty quiet.
EDIT NOTE: the bathhouses have gotten a LOT cleaner (I think they clean them 2x/​day) & the staff has gotten friendlier. YAY!
Still, love this place & we come back every year. Close to the Kangamangus & Storyland. :)

Really nice campground tucked away in a small town in the white mountains of NH called Glen which by the way, was not a town listed in our GPS! We need to update our maps but still… funny.
There is a large RV section of this park and there are also tent-​only woodsy sites as well. There are some «walk-​in» wilderness sites too if you want to get away a bit further from the electricity and bright lights of the RV sites.
We arrived on Saturday of Columbus Day weekend without a reservation (although we did call on Friday to see if there would be space) and they had about 5 – 7 tent only sites left. Many of them were right on the river (Saco and Ellis) including ours, site number 80. We could easily see our neighbors — it was what I would classify as semi-​wooded but not super private but you didn’t feel right on top of each other.
We paid $ 83 for our campsite for two nights ($ 37 per night) plus two bundles of wood ($ 5 each). Slightly on the higher side in my opinion… but this place does seem to cater to those who want electricity and water so I can understand charging those sites more money but I wish they would give those with just tents a slight break. I was hoping the site would be no more than $ 20-​$ 25 or so and wood $ 2.50-$ 3 a bundle
The bathrooms are nice and clean although you have to pay .25 cents per every 5 minutes. A nice feature is that the showers are in their own closed off stalls with a door so they are pretty private and you don’t feel like people are waiting for you to finish.
There is also a game room, playground, baseball field and laundry facilities.
I would stay there again for sure. It was a really nice well kept up place and the staff were SUPER friendly and recommended a nice bike ride for us while we were there… go to the end of Jericho Road right near the campground.