Timberline Lake Camping Resort

Spent two nights here two weeks ago for my sister’s birthday. She had a lakeside tent site and we stayed in a cabin (303). My husband and I LOVE camping and prefer tents but with our two young rambunctious daughters, we figured the cabin was an easier option. The cabin is super cute with two bunk beds, closet, TV, AC, refrigerator, and microwave. There is also a picnic table out back. We got lost on the way, after GPS took us to the middle of a forest. When we finally arrived, the staff were very friendly.
The pool is very nice, the place is VERY kid friendly with activities going on. The only inconvenient thing is the bathrooms. There is a porta potty at the pool, bathroom at the main store, and a bathhouse with toilets, sinks, showers, and laundry room. Everything worked well and was decent. There are bugs everywhere, it is unavoidable. The lake is beautiful and the beach is clean. There is a 5 mph speed limit so it takes some time to get around. And you will need flashlights or fire for sure at night, it gets pitch black. The stars were beautiful, we had all the great parts of camping with our little cute cabin.
I would recommend this place.

Camped here in June as a place to stay during a 2 day music festival on the Seaside Heights beach.
~Location: Good, about 25 minutes from the shore. Easy to find, close to the highway and there are places for food, supplies, and gas (gas station, CVS, fast food) on a nearby main road.
~Overall Property: Quaint and rustic. The store/​front desk/​café/​rec room building is located at the entrance and adjacent to the playground. Pool was clean, life guard on duty. Café has coffee, breakfast sandwiches, wings, pizza, etc. Basically like a concession stand. The store has any supply you could ever need. Around the main building and pool is a large field with RV spots. The owners have 6 exotic birds that have a habitat near the main building. I enjoyed watching the birds and talking with them! The birds are only there during the day, so no worries about them making noise at night. Definitely some permanent residents, but does not have a trailer park feel or anything. As we drove towards the tent sites, it became more wooded with small dirt roads to get around. We drove by the cabins, which looked cute from the outside.
~Service: Very pleasant and helpful front desk staff. Café staff was also very nice and accommodating. A very nice security guard is at the entrance at night that only allows people with passes to enter. I thought it was a nice touch to make sure no one enters the site that shouldn’t be there.
~Tent Site & Camping facilities: Our site (T38) was pretty isolated and wooded, as we requested. Good sized site, pretty clean. Picnic table was a little busted. Bathroom facilities left a lot to be desired. If the bathrooms were nicer, this place would be 4 stars for sure. Bathrooms were usable, but stalls were cramped and uncomfortable. Showers were not very clean. Lots of spider webs and spiders and bugs in the bathrooms. Outlet in women’s room did not work. The bathrooms just seemed neglected by staff. There was some paper and a disposable razor on the floor for 3 days while we were there, clearly no staff was regularly going in to clean the bathrooms. Showers were warm, not hot. Honestly, I expected them to be cold, so warm was a nice surprise. Noise levels were acceptable at night.
~Overall Experience: I would recommend this campsite for people who are looking for a cheaper place to stay and enjoy the Jersey Shore instead of a crappy, overpriced motel. Very family friendly. Bathrooms need more attention and should be better maintained and cleaned. That being said, we were happy with the campground and price and would go back.

We had the most amazing time here. Everyone was super friendly, very willing to help with any questions, and even let us rent a canoe after season. We stayed in one of the rental cabins and it was adorable! We are booking another trip ASAP!