Harold Parker State Forest - Lorraine Campground
Reviewed Sep. 24, 2021

Local Boston gem, huge sites, quite noisy, plenty of mosquitos.

We stayed here in September 2021 and had a great time.

- VERY close to Boston. What a local gem.

- Quite close also to Lawrence Municipal Airport, so jet noise is an issue.

- You will need mosquito repellent. These are not Minnesota mosquitos which will carry off infants and small dogs, but they are plentiful especially when hiking. The whole area is a swamp/marshland, so they have a lot of space to breed.

- Bathrooms are great. FREE hot showers, flush toilets and sinks with soap. There are even outdoors/portable handwashing stations with soap/water and hand towels.

- Some sites have electricity and water hookups.

- Most sites have water hookups.

- Some sites have neither.

We originally booked site #7, but when we arrived, unfortunately, it's right across the street from a restroom/shower building (that is not shown on the reserveamerica campground map!) so we drove around and decided on site #19 which was AWESOME! It's HUGE. plenty of space for a few tents.

We hiked all over the place and each hike was a little better than the others.

Humidity was an issue. It's a swamp, and we had a light drizzle each day, so that was no fun. I don't think it's the site's fault, but it may be damp all season. I just don't know.

The fire pits are an unfortunate downer for this site. They are rectangular and completely enclose three sides to a height of about 18 inches, so you can't have a nice "outdoorsy" fire. The grate is not adjustable which also makes cooking on them very difficult.

There is a pole-mounted grill with adjustable grate for cooking with charcoal and those looks like they would work super.

The bathroom/shower buildings have a large two-sink with drainboard dish washing setup. Unfortunately, the station across from site 201 had the sink removed for some reason so we had to walk to the one across from site 111 It wasn't THAT bad, but I don't quite understand why there was all the plumbing, but no sink.

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  • Review photo of Harold Parker State Forest - Lorraine Campground by Alan , September 24, 2021
  • Review photo of Harold Parker State Forest - Lorraine Campground by Alan , September 24, 2021
  • Review photo of Harold Parker State Forest - Lorraine Campground by Alan , September 24, 2021
  • Review photo of Harold Parker State Forest - Lorraine Campground by Alan , September 24, 2021
  • Review photo of Harold Parker State Forest - Lorraine Campground by Alan , September 24, 2021
  • Review photo of Harold Parker State Forest - Lorraine Campground by Alan , September 24, 2021
  • Review photo of Harold Parker State Forest - Lorraine Campground by Alan , September 24, 2021
  • Review photo of Harold Parker State Forest - Lorraine Campground by Alan , September 24, 2021
  • Review photo of Harold Parker State Forest - Lorraine Campground by Alan , September 24, 2021
  • Review photo of Harold Parker State Forest - Lorraine Campground by Alan , September 24, 2021
  • Review photo of Harold Parker State Forest - Lorraine Campground by Alan , September 24, 2021
  • Review photo of Harold Parker State Forest - Lorraine Campground by Alan , September 24, 2021
  • Review photo of Harold Parker State Forest - Lorraine Campground by Alan , September 24, 2021
  • Review photo of Harold Parker State Forest - Lorraine Campground by Alan , September 24, 2021
  • Review photo of Harold Parker State Forest - Lorraine Campground by Alan , September 24, 2021
  • Review photo of Harold Parker State Forest - Lorraine Campground by Alan , September 24, 2021
  • Review photo of Harold Parker State Forest - Lorraine Campground by Alan , September 24, 2021
  • Review photo of Harold Parker State Forest - Lorraine Campground by Alan , September 24, 2021
  • Review photo of Harold Parker State Forest - Lorraine Campground by Alan , September 24, 2021
  • Review photo of Harold Parker State Forest - Lorraine Campground by Alan , September 24, 2021
  • Review photo of Harold Parker State Forest - Lorraine Campground by Alan , September 24, 2021
  • Review photo of Harold Parker State Forest - Lorraine Campground by Alan , September 24, 2021
  • Review photo of Harold Parker State Forest - Lorraine Campground by Alan , September 24, 2021
  • Review photo of Harold Parker State Forest - Lorraine Campground by Alan , September 24, 2021
  • Review photo of Harold Parker State Forest - Lorraine Campground by Alan , September 24, 2021
  • Review photo of Harold Parker State Forest - Lorraine Campground by Alan , September 24, 2021
  • Review photo of Harold Parker State Forest - Lorraine Campground by Alan , September 24, 2021
  • Review photo of Harold Parker State Forest - Lorraine Campground by Alan , September 24, 2021
  • Review photo of Harold Parker State Forest - Lorraine Campground by Alan , September 24, 2021
  • Review photo of Harold Parker State Forest - Lorraine Campground by Alan , September 24, 2021
  • Review photo of Harold Parker State Forest - Lorraine Campground by Alan , September 24, 2021
  • Review photo of Harold Parker State Forest - Lorraine Campground by Alan , September 24, 2021
  • Review photo of Harold Parker State Forest - Lorraine Campground by Alan , September 24, 2021
  • Review photo of Harold Parker State Forest - Lorraine Campground by Alan , September 24, 2021
  • Review photo of Harold Parker State Forest - Lorraine Campground by Alan , September 24, 2021
  • Review photo of Harold Parker State Forest - Lorraine Campground by Alan , September 24, 2021
  • Review photo of Harold Parker State Forest - Lorraine Campground by Alan , September 24, 2021
  • Review photo of Harold Parker State Forest - Lorraine Campground by Alan , September 24, 2021
  • Review photo of Harold Parker State Forest - Lorraine Campground by Alan , September 24, 2021
  • Review photo of Harold Parker State Forest - Lorraine Campground by Alan , September 24, 2021
  • Review photo of Harold Parker State Forest - Lorraine Campground by Alan , September 24, 2021
  • Review photo of Harold Parker State Forest - Lorraine Campground by Alan , September 24, 2021
  • Review photo of Harold Parker State Forest - Lorraine Campground by Alan , September 24, 2021
  • The lake/dam site was beautiful
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  • The bump-out part on the south shore of Field pond near location A30 (Skug road) on the map is easy to hike to and would be great place for a lunch in the summer.
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  • Site #19
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