Panther Lake Camping Resort, near Andover, New Jersey, is a lively campground that offers a mix of relaxation and fun for families and friends alike. With a beautiful lake at its center, visitors can enjoy fishing, kayaking, and lounging on the beach, making it a popular draw for those looking to unwind by the water.

The campground features a variety of accommodations, including tent sites, RV spots, and cabins, catering to different camping styles. Many campers appreciate the friendly staff and the well-maintained facilities, including picnic tables and fire rings at each site, perfect for evening gatherings. One visitor noted, “The campground has a lot of seasonal residents... the staff were very friendly and helpful.”

For those who enjoy a bit of activity, Panther Lake offers a pool, hiking trails, and organized family events on weekends. While some campers mentioned that the weekends can get busy and noisy, especially with children around, others found it to be a vibrant atmosphere filled with activities. As one reviewer put it, “Great during the week but very busy on weekends.”

If you’re looking to explore beyond the campground, the surrounding area provides plenty of opportunities for outdoor adventures. Whether you’re here for a weekend getaway or a longer stay, Panther Lake Camping Resort has something to keep everyone entertained.

An exceptional Resort in a breathtaking location. Panther Lake Camping Resort is nestled in 160 wooded acres featuring a pristine 45 acre lake just 50 miles from New York City. Swimming, boating, fishing or just soaking up the great outdoors, this north Jersey gem has it all!

Panther Lake Camping Resort

Andover is the perfect place for adventurous campers and RVers. There are tons of hikes and other fun activities to partake in, as well as sights to see and explore. You're sure to find the perfect campground for your Andover camping trip.

Andover

The Best Camping Near Andover, New Jersey

Fun camping place to books groups. Very kid and pet friendly, lake to fish and kayak on, lots of activities, great pool and awesome hot tub. Only down side is that even though they say they have wifi, you can't hook up to it unless you are at the pavilion. And good luck getting cell service! its like a black hole of signals there. Otherwise, we really love this place!

Great place for groups

We had a great time. Only issue was a skunk that visited our campsite multiple times in one night. Was not afraid of humans.

Family Fun

Great atmosphere for families. Liitte crowded for couples who want peace and quiet the staff was great to deal wwith

Great for families

Panther lake was a pretty good campground with lots of spots to camp at. Our campsite had a picnic bench and a fire ring. They offer both RV and primitive camping. The grounds were fairly large and each campsite gets their own space with decent privacy. The lake and pool were a big plus, especially for hot days. While I did not take advantage, you are allowed to rent boats and take them out on the lake. The welcome center has a store where you can buy essentials you may have forgotten and then some (cold drinks, milk, cups, pans, condiments, ice cream, etc.). There is an arcade room (fun for kids but kind of an odd thing to have at a campsite in my opinion) and a covered sitting area also next to the welcome center.

Great for kids and families 

Majority of sites are season all campers with LOTS of cottages. Went early in the season so many had not been maintained in months. Only a handful of full hook up sites surrounded by seasonal cottages. Other area of the place had water and electric but it would be hard to get in/out of if it had rained a lot as it was all on soft grass. Lake was not easy to get to due to the messy walkways and mud. Overall was not impressed. Felt like a trailer park. 

Mainly seasonal

Big campground, lots of sites, nice pool, big community hot tub, boating is great, good fishing, nice playground, basketball court and great amenities.

Big campground, big lake, clean and enjoyable

We went on 4th of July weekend so the place was packed. We were able to get a secluded spot in the woods which was great! 2 teenage girls had a blast in the lake and riding their bikes around. Pool was packed so didn’t spend time there but the ceramic class was fun for the girls. Lots of seasonal campers so not much room for spots for weekend visits unless you want to be in the field areas with not much shade cover. Overall we had a good experience.

Fun location

We stayed in the center lawn and it was lined with seasonal campers. We felt like we were staying in the middle of a neighborhood. Lots of activities to keep kids busy which was nice but this place is a party place for sure. One family had a large movie screen outside watching movies every night and another group of maybe 40 just partied all day and night. Most seasonal spots looked like it would be terrible to stay next to because they had fences and sheds set up so it would literally feel like you were camping next to someone’s house. If you can score a secluded spot in the woods that would be perfect but anywhere else can be a bummer. 

It was ok

The campground is clean, the people who live there are friendly, very well organized, sites are big, street are easy to travel, the amnesties are good, the welcome center store is has the basic needs, showers and bathrooms are decent, and most important to me, to assure my family's well-being, the security detail is good ,and patrols all areas throughout the night(this coming from a executive security consultant) . Now comes the BUT, but there's no wifi, or phone signal, anywhere other than near the entrance, pool area, pavillion, lake, and welcome. You would have to go over to that area, to get any emails, call, or messages, or get a weboost.  Maybe, you can do what I did. I called a relative, and gave them the phone number to the campground office. Instructed him. "Only if someone is dead or dying, call the office, and tell them what happened, so i can call home." I wouldve not left if the person is already dead, haha. what can I do? Cant ruin my kids having fun. We really enjoyed the place. Spent July 2 to the 6th 2021

Most Honest Review

It is a nice campground with lots of shady RV sites. Fire rings and picnic tables provided at each site and cabin. Lots of family activities on the weekend. Enjoyed the pool and hot tub, Hiking trails and paved roads to ride bike. Staff is friendly and helpful. WiFi only around office and bad cell service with Verizon.

Nice campground

Love the place ! People were nice. Bathrooms were clean.  Only issue is the internet is terrible u have to be near the wifi zones.

Great spot!!

The leaves are changing, quite during the week. Fire rings, picnic table common. Store on property, with wood, charcoal, snacks,  

Panther Lake October 

We stayed at Panther Lake as full timers all season.  Great during the week but very busy on weekends. Could be noisy with children not very well supervised.  
Friendly, helpful staff.  Cable TV poor when it rains. Cell service spotty all carriers.  No internet at sites. Lake beautiful and pool nice. 

Stayed all summer

I travel the country racing road bicycles(at Augusta, GA now for the Master's Nationals) and the last 10 weeks or so have stayed at 5-6 other RV Campgrounds...at ALL the other RV places they drove me to my site, helped me back in,(I have a 2022 Tundra and a 30' pull behind), provided great Wi-Fi service, cell phone reception was great even in the KOA in the mountains in VA 2 days ago, picnic tables were clean, no bugs or mosquitos to speak off, sites well marked, and all were quiet, this one was relatively quiet as it's a park of 98% permanent sites with cabins, RV's that look like they haven't been moved in years, and other "permanent" type looking sites so adults/families had small fires and were outside until maybe 10:30 which kept me awake...so it's a New Jersey summer camp/place to stay for adults and families with movies at night and bands and tennis courts, and pools, etc. it's NOT for a 1-3 night stay when driving through and all one wants to do is chill and get to sleep early!! No one offered to drive me to my site and it was a MAZE of very small 1 lane roads and the few sites they had for 1-2-3 night guests were impossible to see with the small signs and #'s covered with moss and black mold...so I had to call them and they finally took me to my site...as soon as I got out to detach my camper I got attacked by mosquitos and it was impossible to let my dogs outside my camper and we all got bite a lot, especially when re-attaching it days later...the picnic table was covered in mold and moss, not habitable, there was NO Wi-Fi!! I have NEVER been to a RV park with no Wi-Fi...cell phone reception was terrible, half the time didn't work...and I have never encountered this before but one needed to put in their security code when leaving?? I am not from the region and had no other place to stay as it was 7:30 on a Fri night...every day I left at dawn and didn't come back until almost dark...never so glad to leave a RV park!!

DISASTER

Overall a very pretty campground and a nice place for a weekend getaway. We have a tiny camper and we had a great site with power and water. The campground has a lot of seasonal residents, in the summer it's probably very busy and loud. We went early Sept and it was lovely. The staff were very friendly and helpful. There is a section that is wooded and the sites feel more private. There's another section that's more open for the bigger rigs. The Lake is the gem of the campground with a really nice beach, good  for fishing and kayaking. The negatives were the bathrooms. They are very primitive and quite dirty. No one cleaned them the entire weekend we were there, even the ones next to the camp store. There's only one decent bathroom with showers and that was really far from our site. The other thing I didn't like is that they charged us $20 to launch our ckayak but only charge $15 to rent one of theirs. We had a good weekend despite all that though.

The Lake is the Draw

Nice staff but water smells horrible! The staff know about the water smell and told me there’s a lot of iron in the ground. I was charged $105/night for a basic back-in pad. When I consider that plus “trailer park” feel of all the permanent patrons with the clutter and crap everywhere- not worth it!!! The CG needs some work. 

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