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ScoutCooperstown KOA
Great location and campground
Spaces were easy in/out. Mature trees between sites. Pool, office, pickleball, k9kamp, bathrooms were all nice.
Cabin Camping near Esperance, NY
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Cabins near Esperance, New York range from rustic to furnished accommodations at various campgrounds throughout the region. Frosty Acres Campground offers cabin rentals with electricity and water hookups, while Max V. Shaul State Park Campground provides more secluded cabin options within a forested setting. Caroga Lake Campground features cabins with picnic tables and fire pits, though specific interior amenities vary by location. Most cabins include basic furnishings and access to shared restroom facilities with hot showers. According to one visitor, "The bathhouse is clean and modern. $27.50/night for non-resident."
Rustic and deluxe cabins are both available, depending on the location. Royal Mountain Campsites offers cabins open from May to October with electricity and access to sanitary facilities. A Promise to Gaia/Garden of One provides more intimate cabin settings with only three sites total, offering drinking water, firewood, and picnic tables. Crystal Grove Diamond Mine & Campground features cabin rentals with both water and electric hookups. One camper noted, "The bathrooms and showers are clean and well-kept. The staff is friendly and helpful, and check the campground regularly so you can feel safe."
Most cabins require visitors to bring their own linens, pillows, and cooking supplies. Campground stores like those at Country Roads Campground offer basic provisions, firewood, and ice. DevilDoc Campsites provides cabins with access to showers and trash disposal, though cooking facilities are typically limited to fire pits or personal equipment. Winter accommodations are limited, with Frosty Acres being one of the few offering winter cabin options. Nearby general stores supplement on-site provisions, though planning ahead with groceries is recommended. Firewood is commonly available for purchase at most cabin locations, with one visitor mentioning, "We paid for wood and the owner drove it to our site and gave us half a tree for $10!"
Best Cabin Campgrounds near Esperance (47)
1. Frosty Acres Campground
"Dumpsters, laundry with coin machine. Very remote. Windy as all get out. Elevation about 1409 feet. View of the sunrise over the entire valley are awesome. Very very cool place."
2. Glimmerglass State Park Campground
"It is pet friendly. We stayed with our 3 small children. Enjoyed bike riding through the park. water was beautiful. Lots of waterfront access."
"Both the Glimmerglass State Park and the Glimmerglass Festival Opera House list their location as Cooperstown, but in actuality the Park is 8 miles outside of Cooperstown on the northeast side of Otsego"
from $14 - $26 / night
Check Availability3. A Promise to Gaia/Garden of One
"Book your stay in this sweet cabin and come back here to leave them some love."
from $75 - $239 / night
Check Availability4. DevilDoc Campsites
"Rustic camping with all the amenities awaits you at Devil Doc campsites. You will find three tent sites and a small cabin with loft on the property presently."
"He and his buddy, Rick, live on acres and acres of forested property, with my favorite campsites located at a seemingly magical pond surrounded by beautiful pine and birch trees."
from $15 - $25 / night
Check Availability5. Wilder Woods
from $60 - $200 / night
Check Availability6. Royal Mountain Campsites
"The ice cream shop at the entrance was a huge bonus. We both ordered a small and it was near enough to consider a full meal! A very pleasant stay!"
"I’m sorry but I gotta start by saying that we ate ice cream every night!!!"
7. Country Roads Campground
"There are water spigots near all the tent sites and they are nice and spread out. They have special events in a pavilion near the RVs including bingo"
from $34 - $55 / night
Check Availability8. Caroga Lake Campground
"We were there 4th of July weekend, and the park was fully booked. Very friendly rangers, electricity in bathrooms, hot showers, and a nice dishwashing and recycling center."
"This site also is bordered by a small stream so expect mosquitoes and the occasional visit from wildlife (we had raccoons at our site each night, so kept food in the car)."
from $20 / night
Check Availability9. Crystal Grove Diamond Mine & Campground
"Along with staying at this peaceful wooded campground, one can “mine” Herkimer Diamond quartz crystals adjacent to the campground via a bridge over the stream. I enjoyed a site next to the stream."
"A fine campground with it's own Herkimer Diamond Mine walking distance (or you can drive up your vehicle) to the mining area. A fairly small, nicely wooded campground."
10. Little Lake Campground
"Great place that’s about 50/50 permanent sites and rentals."
Drive Time
- 26 min from Albany, NY
- 1 hr 3 min from Glens Falls, NY
- 1 hr 6 min from Utica, NY
- 1 hr 13 min from Pittsfield, MA
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Cabin Reviews near Esperance, NY
187 Reviews of 47 Esperance Campgrounds
Rae B.ScoutRip Van Winkle Campgrounds
Owners are rude
Rip Van Winkle Campground
Catskills NY
The Good:
1. The location
2. The actual campground itself. There are roomy sites with trees.
The Bad:
1. If you are lucky enough to get an assigned campsite away from the busy road, it is a HALF MILE walk to the only showers in the ENTIRE campground. They have nearly 200 campsites and ONE set of showers.
2. The speed bumps are beyond ridiculous. Two humpers and high as Bob Marley.
3. If you call the office for help (our electrical post was out) they record you without your knowledge.
The Ugly:
1. The campground lost power on my electrical post and tried to blame ME for it. I own a Bulldog surge protector, yeah, so it wasn't me. How it was handled was unbelievable. I have never been treated so rudely. A simple apology would have gone a long way.
- AAimee K.
TravelerCamp Catskills
Nice
People are super friendly and helpful. Campground is well maintained and very secure. RV site was very large and mostly level. Good location. Close to Hudson River and Albany.
Howard S.ScoutGilbert Lake State Park Campground
Staff is great as well as the campgrounds
Gilbert Lake State Park is located about 11 miles north of Oneonta, New York. I have camped here for a number of summers at their Hilltop Section, never dissapointed. There are a few trails that traverse the park for a few miles that are always green and shady. The lake offers swimming and kayaking. There is a concession stand and even a small museum that chronicles the efforts of the national CCC program under Roosevelt that constructed the park in the 1930's. After a long day of hiking, the campgrounds hot showers offer a great reprieve.
- Howard S.Scout
Deer Haven Campground and Cabins
New management is awful.
Now that All Star Baseball purchased this Oneonta campground this year, don't expect to stay here if you are not a baseball family. I went there in person yesterday for two nights at their"primitive" tent sites. After Hanna checked her computer, my dates were all cleared...great, then let me pay the $70... but no... she had to check with management first. I thought that was strange since that never happened to me before when getting any campsites elsewhere. I was told I'd be called later that day but nobody called me. I went back the next day only to be told all sites for the summer were rented out. Clearly that was not true based on her computer check the day before. BOTTOMLINE: if you are not a baseball family spending $1000's here, don't expect to even get the time of day. Therefore, they do not deserve anyone's business.
- MMark M.
GuideHerkimer Diamond Mine KOA
Interesting things to do at this campground
We've stayed here half a dozen times, usually for an evening along our camping trips. We did stay an extra day once to do some of the activities available.
It's a bit of a haul to get to the campground and the first time we were sure that we had missed a turn as we left Herkimer and headed up smaller and more winding roads to the campground. The turn off to the campground comes up fast and is quite sharp so be on the lookout for it.
The campground has many sites including back in and pull through. Not the largest of sites, but lots of green space to give the campground a park like feel. Some camp sites are right along the West Canada Creek. You can swim/wade in it, in addition to riding rafts along it.
There is a working "diamond" mine at the campground where you can try your hand at mining, or just buy some of the crystals that someone else did the work to get. There is a nice restaurant open most days (we have always managed to miss the days that it's open) in addition to stands near the mine that sell hot dogs and burgers.
There is a nice, large pool. In the park like area around it they have stands that sell mixed drinks, and others that sell ice cream and other deserts. The camp store is medium-large and has supplies, food, souvenirs (including Herkimer Diamond), etc.
Abby H.ScoutHerkimer Diamond Mine KOA
Disrespect & Discrimination
Long read, but so worth it! Below is the review that I posted last August after our vacation. Mind you, the vacation for my immediate family has been 10 years in a row and when I was a kid the same! The incident that happened was with our friends and therefore when I wrote the review, it stated what I witnessed! I was hoping that management changed and/ or they fixed the problems so I was willing to give it another try, I mean, this has been apart of my childhood and my children’s so why not! I called today, lady was super nice and helping me look through all the campsites because we come with so many people! I paid and then friends of ours called. After they called, our friends said that my reservation was cancelled. What??? So I called back thinking it was something on my end. I then had to wait for management to call back. Called back, and whoever I spoke with was extremely rude! She basically told me I was never welcome back and that the owners said so! Now mind you through this whole thing, I never talked to the owners. So do the owners only take one side of the story? I’m not even someone that this incident directly happened to! I said, well can I please speak to your manager or the owner. No, i am the manager, you are not welcome back. I told her that everyone in our party will probably cancel as well and her response was“I’m just waiting for 1 person to call me”! I said a few choice words and I hung up. CRYING. WHAT????? Are you discriminating me because of an issue you had with another camper???? I can’t believe what this has amounted to. So instead of dealing with your issues you just don’t allow people back? Instead of having the owner or management actually call and have a respectful, which was not had, conversation with someone you just brush it off! I have come to Herkimer longer than some of these people have worked there! I really don’t have words for how I feel. And to make matters worse I always go over my dad’s anniversary of his death, August 5, because this was his favorite place and now I can’t go and neither can my children. Great job herkimer diamond mines koa! I applaud you on your discrimination, disrespect and the lack of empathy you have for your campers! Especially the ones who have been a constant! I’m assuming Phil and his wife are still management, good luck! And to the campers that wish to go there, I really hope you enjoy yourselves because it truly is an amazing place. Unfortunately, my memories had to stop here! August 2025 This review is extremely hard for me to write, but what I had witnessed for a week of being there is disgusting& just simply not right. My family has been coming to Herkimer KOA for decades. Throughout the years, we have shown many other families this"gem"... or so we thought. This year was a bit different, there are new camp managers... This week I have witnessed human waste being sprayed all over campsites, management that discredits everything you say, management that thinks its okay to have charges on your bill that they cant even explain, ice cream cart that closes right before the last kid orders& leaves in tears, bathrooms that are disgusting! This is NOT THE HERKIMER I REMEMBER AS A KID! If you look on google, the owners of this campground is a family that has owned it for 50 years! That's amazing& kudos to them! But Phil, Phil is going to ruin every ounce of what they have worked so hard for!& being a business owner, you want management there representing YOU! Doing what YOU would do if you were there. Those owners should not be receiving mine& my friends reviews today if management did their job! Unfortunately, again very hard to say, we will not be returning if Phil is there.& I can honestly say, that the 14-20 families we bring every time, that spend thousands of dollars, will not be as well! Thank you Phil for ruining a vacation I personally held so close to my heart.& because you don't care about how you treat people& how you manage, you have lost years& years& years of loyalty.
Chelsea B.
RangerBrookside Campground
Not a recreational campsite
Full disclosure, we did not stay here. PLEASE, folks that leave reviews on this app, PLEASE say whether it’s a full-timer campsite or a recreational campsite. We paid for two weeks in advance of arriving at this site based on reviews available on Google and Dyrt. However, when we arrived we were surprised that this was mostly a trailer park. Call me picky, but I really prefer not to camp in an area where folks are living full time. Just not the vibe I’m going for. We decided to leave without staying. We called to see if we could get a refund and they were very kind and it wasn’t a problem. But just be warned… this is not a recreational campsite.
Jennifer H.
LegendHartwick Highlands Campground
Closest campground to Dreams Park
Great campground very well kept and closest to Dreams Park. We drove around to the three closest RV parks to Dreams Park and would definitely stay here with the team and / or on your own. Security gate to enter and exit, pool, store, arcade, wide open where the RV’s are.
Guide to Esperance
Camping cabins near Esperance, New York can be found within the Mohawk Valley region at elevations ranging from 600-1400 feet. Winter temperatures in this area can drop below 0°F while summer averages 70-80°F. Cabin availability varies seasonally with most sites closing after Columbus Day, though several properties maintain winter operations with added heating options.
What to do
Hiking nearby trails: Royal Mountain Campsites is located near various hiking paths and outdoor recreation areas. One visitor mentioned, "We stayed at this campground over the weekend to visit the Crystal Grove herkimer diamond mine in St. Johnsville, NY!"
Diamond mining adventures: At Crystal Grove Diamond Mine & Campground, campers can hunt for Herkimer Diamond quartz crystals. "A fine campground with its own Herkimer Diamond Mine walking distance to the mining area," notes one visitor. The mining area is accessible by foot or vehicle from the camping area.
Beach and water activities: Glimmerglass State Park Campground offers water-based recreation on Otsego Lake. "The lake is pristine and wonderful to swim in. Nice beach. Also a place for showers and a bathroom and small place for food and extras things you might need for camping," according to one camper.
What campers like
Peaceful pond settings: Many cabins provide water views and sounds. At DevilDoc Campsites, one visitor appreciated "staying up by the pond and exploring all the old relics around the area. Our spot was peaceful and quiet. You'll fall asleep to the sounds of bull frogs, oh and the star gazing is pretty darn nice as well!"
Accessible nature: Camping cabins provide varying degrees of natural immersion. "Stayed in The Pines section. Spacious sites. Super friendly and helpful staff," reports a visitor to Country Roads Campground. Most cabins are situated to maximize privacy while maintaining access to facilities.
Modern facilities: Max V. Shaul State Park Campground features recently renovated facilities. "They have new bathrooms/showers and family bathrooms. There's a playground, a pavilion, they do fireside jams," notes a camper. Several campgrounds have invested in bathroom updates within the last 5 years.
What you should know
Seasonal operations: Most cabin rentals operate within specific timeframes. Royal Mountain Campsites runs from May 12 to October 9, while Max V. Shaul is available May 19 to October 10. At Frosty Acres Campground, one winter visitor found, "You'll have the entire mountain side all to yourself! Snowshoe, cross country ski. Winter campfires."
Location considerations: Some properties offer more remote experiences than others. At DevilDoc Campsites, "It is definitely off the beaten path but well worth it if your just trying to escape a little bit. But Verizon does get service." Cell coverage varies widely throughout the region.
Reservations recommended: Popular cabins book quickly, especially during peak season. The small capacity of sites like A Promise to Gaia/Garden of One, which has only 3 total sites, means early planning is essential for weekend stays from June through August.
Tips for camping with families
Playgrounds and recreation: Glimmerglass State Park Campground offers family-friendly amenities. "The beach is great and well kept," mentions one visitor. Another adds, "The sites are a great size for accommodating two tents and have many people gather at meals."
Cabin selection for groups: Family cabins vary widely in capacity and layout. At Caroga Lake Campground, a visitor observed, "The campsites were spacious for two tents, a 4 and 2 person and there was space to have a run for two dogs." When booking, confirm cabin occupancy limits which typically range from 2-6 people.
Nearby attractions: Families should consider proximity to regional destinations. "With Cooperstown 15-20 minutes away no lack of things to do for adults and kids. Great restaurants also. No reason to ever get bored," notes a Glimmerglass visitor, referring to the Baseball Hall of Fame and other attractions.
Tips from RVers
Utility connections: Max V. Shaul State Park Campground offers both tent and RV camping options. A recent visitor mentioned, "Electricity and water available at or near each campsite." Most cabins near Esperance with RV hookups provide 30-amp service, though some like Royal Mountain Campsites offer 50-amp connections.
Dumping stations: When staying in cabins but traveling with an RV, access to sanitary facilities matters. At Royal Mountain Campsites, visitors can use the sanitary dump station. DevilDoc Campsites has limited water resources, as one visitor noted, "Only con was that they were limited on water so could not dump tanks during our stay, had to travel to another place, a little hassle."
Site leveling: Many cabin properties have mixed terrain. "Site was level for the travel trailer," mentioned a visitor at DevilDoc Campsites. When booking cabins at properties that also serve RVs, check whether sites require leveling blocks.
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