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Walker Island Family Camping

Walker Island Family Camping operates on private property along creeks in Chester, Massachusetts, providing full hookups for RVs up to 30 feet. The campground features electric, water, and sewer connections alongside standard amenities including restrooms, showers, and a dump station.

Recent camper experiences reveal maintenance inconsistencies, with one visitor encountering significant cleanliness issues including pet waste on sites and fire pits positioned extremely close to neighboring RVs. However, another camper described the property as very clean. The campground's location provides access to hiking trails in the surrounding area, and the creek setting offers water access for those seeking streamside camping. Sites can be closely spaced, with some positioned near septic connections. The facility allows pets and operates seasonally from May through October, accepting reservations for campers who prioritize full hookups over camping near Chester.

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Map & DirectionsWalker Island Family Camping is located in Massachusetts near Chester

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Directions

From east jct Hwy 8 & US 20: Go 2-1/4 mi E on US 20.

Coordinates

42.27594919 N
72.97401736 W

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Site Types

Tent Sites
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Standard (Tent/RV)

Features

For Campers

Market
Trash
Picnic Table
Firewood Available
Phone Service
Reservable
WiFi
Showers
Electric Hookups
Toilets
Alcohol
Pets

For Vehicles

Sanitary Dump
Sewer Hookups
Water Hookups
30 Amp Hookups

Contact

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Reservations

+14133542295

Drive Time

36 min from Pittsfield, MA
40 min from Springfield, MA
47 min from Amherst Center, MA
1 hr 2 min from Hartford, CT

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John R.

Legend

Reviewed Feb. 20, 2023

Small beautiful family oriented.

Small park on a property surrounded by creeks and trees. Very clean.

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Anna B.

Scout

Reviewed Aug. 30, 2020

Not what we expected :(

We had really high hopes for this place based on all the glowing reviews, but boy were we disappointed. We pulled in and quickly learned that there must have been a weeks worth of dog poop all over our site. I had gone to the camp store to ask if they had a shovel to help me clean everything up, but they didn’t. My husband and I spent 35 minutes instead of setting up, picking up someone else’s dogs waste. Despite our efforts of clean up, we still couldn’t figure out the smell. Turns out, their dogs had also went all over the rocks and ledges leading to the stream.

We then noticed that our picnic table was less than a foot from our neighbors leaking septic dump and hose, which might have contributed to the rancid smell.

Live and learn right? We will just eat inside, but then we noticed that our fire pit was 6” away from the corner of our neighbors older motor home, which had exposed wood. While the friendly woman at the camp store encouraged us to have a fire anyways, (two of our planned meals required the fire) we opted not to, since we noticed cigarette butts and what was more dog waste in the fire pit itself.

We ended up really testing out the inside of our trailer, eating, hanging out, watching tv - not something we wanted to do this weekend. Luckily we had a scented candle stashed in the camper, so we closed up the windows and tent ends and tried to make the best of this. While the full hook ups were nice, it definitely wasn’t worth the smell or energy.

What saved the trip was the beautiful area and the awesome hiking trails.

Everyone was friendly despite the lack of maintenance and sanitary measures provided by the campground, and I do have to say it was nice and quiet all weekend, but maybe that was just because we were hauled up inside our camper. You can’t win them all, I think we will definitely be sticking to state campgrounds and forests... I’m really hoping we just got a bad site on an off weekend... :(