1000 Islands / Association Island KOA

The very best thing about this park is the scenery. No matter where you are, you’re waterfront! Our spot was «Lake View» (as opposed to 2 grades of premium lake view) which means we had 2 rows of RVs between us and the lake. But that left PLENTY of lake view and at a much better price than the more expensive premium spots that would have come in at about twice the price. This was our first KOA and the fairly solid reputation of the chain was maintained here. Lots of activities for adults and kids including a huge inflatable bounce contraption that was actually kind of fun, even for this 48 year old body! The grounds are very well maintained and clean. They do morning trash pickup site-​by-​site which I thought was nice, but by design trash bins did not seem readily apparent for self-​disposal. When we didn’t want to wait for the morning pickup we walked over to the islands trash area. I’m sure there’s a reason for this but I don’t know what it is. This was actually the first time we never left the park during our entire stay. Watertown is about 15 miles away and there are a couple of tiny towns a little closer. There’s a store on-​site with basics as a convenience and there’s a pretty good pizza place that regularly delivers to the island. I would rate it ¹⁰⁄₁₀ if the value was a bit better. KOAs are known to be a little pricy and while there was decent value in our 3^rd tier spot, we’d have preferred a premium spot but couldn’t stomach the premium price. We will definitely stay here again though!