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TravelerCooperstown KOA
Great location and campground
Spaces were easy in/out. Mature trees between sites. Pool, office, pickleball, k9kamp, bathrooms were all nice.
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Green Lakes State Park and Bowman Lake State Park offer premium glamping accommodations near Hamilton, New York, with elegant canvas structures and modern amenities that elevate the camping experience. Both parks feature glamping options with comfortable sleeping arrangements, private spaces, and electric hookups. Visitors can expect picnic tables and fire rings alongside more upscale amenities like dedicated parking, hot showers, and access to modern restroom facilities. "This is a great example of what a state park should be. It not only preserves a place of unique biological diversity and geologic interest, it is also well set up and well maintained," noted one visitor about Green Lakes. The parks balance natural immersion with convenience, providing glamping guests with the comforts of home while surrounded by stunning forest settings and waterfront views.
Loomis Lair's yurt accommodations provide a distinctive glamping experience for those seeking unique overnight options in the region. Guests can explore the crystal-clear meromictic lakes at Green Lakes, with their distinctive blue-green waters perfect for swimming and kayaking, or enjoy the more secluded atmosphere at Bowman Lake. Hiking trails wind through both parks, offering glamping guests immediate access to nature without sacrificing comfort. The Herkimer Diamond Mine KOA also features glamping options with proximity to their unique mining attraction. A recent visitor mentioned, "The water is breathtaking!! And the beach and property is clean and wonderfully maintained!" Seasonal availability typically runs from May through October, with most glamping accommodations requiring advance reservations. The surrounding area offers additional activities including golf courses, wildlife viewing opportunities, and nearby access to historic sites and local restaurants.
Best Glamping Campgrounds near Hamilton (31)
1. Green Lakes State Park Campground
"The lake is a fascinating meromictic lake with clear calcium-rich waters that are not only pristine and beautiful to look at, but also great for swimming and snorkeling as the waters are crystal clear"
"There are many sites with electric available at every site. There are some sites with full hook-up available and also specific areas that allow pets. Swimming is available at the large beach."
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Get a text when availablefrom $20 - $116 / night
2. Bowman Lake State Park Campground
"We had a back in site with a fire pit, picnic table, and no hook ups. It was gravel and not super level, but we made it work."
"We had never been to site before so when we booked, we thought we were next to a bathroom. Turns out you had to walk through woods to get there in the mud."
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Get a text when availablefrom $17 - $65 / night
3. Gilbert Lake State Park Campground
"Two bedrooms, one with bunk beds and another with a full. There were dressers in each room. Also in the main room with a fireplace, futon, and table with benches."
"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."
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Get a text when availablefrom $17 - $156 / night
4. Loomis Lair
5. Delta Lake State Park Campground
"We stayed here a while ago while running the Boilermaker, at the time we had outfitted our twelve passenger van with a bed and used the electric hookups for our fans and chargers."
"It was pretty quiet especially after quiet hours everyone was very respectful. It got really windy at night which was nice to keep the bugs away. Friendly neighbors as well."
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Get a text when availablefrom $24 - $32 / night
6. Glimmerglass State Park Campground
"Very quiet small campground - friendly staff - large spots/mainly bigger setups. Only downside is there is not a hiking/walking path down to the lake from the campground."
"Beautiful views and great staff. Each tent site has its own fire pit with a grate for cooking."
Check Availabilityfrom $14 - $26 / night
7. Herkimer Diamond Mine KOA
"An incredible plethora of things to do - river floating, great play ground and pool, well stocked store, the restaurant across the street at the mines is delicious, the diamond mines were AWESOME."
"Clean ...clean bathrooms ...large sites lots of fun activities for the kids fishing and tubing on the creek...well stocked store reasonable prices...pool is clean well maintained...pet friendly...enclosed"
8. Cooperstown KOA
"Most people that stay here are in RVs but we were tent camping and they have a nice wooded area with fire pits and a view of the rolling hills. Beautiful!"
"This park is located approximately 12.5 miles from downtown Cooperstown and is set in the quiet rural countryside of New York. The mature trees make for beautiful scenery in the fall."
9. Treasure Isle RV Park
"The sites are a good size with water and electric on each site. There is a dumping station to use, some sewer sites. There is a nice bathhouse, playground, basketball court, Beach and walking trails."
10. Chenango Valley State Park Campground
"This is a beautiful park, the hiking is great with varied trails, nice changes in elevation due to the glacial geology of the landscape, and scenic vistas overlooking 2 beautiful lakes."
"Short easy trails. Lots of info about the glaciers that formed the lakes you can swim in. Great wildlife (wood ducks & kingfishers)."
Check AvailabilityCampground full this weekend
Get a text when availablefrom $17 - $123 / night
Drive Time
- 39 min from Utica, NY
- 48 min from Syracuse, NY
- 1 hr 15 min from Binghamton, NY
- 1 hr 27 min from Ithaca, NY
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LegendDelta Lake State Park Campground
Nice Park!
Had an overnight stay here and it was really peaceful. The reservoir had been drained but it was still lovely to look out across the property. You definitely can’t beat $30 for an electric site! Restrooms were a bit dated but clean. Staff was very friendly. Our site was spacious and next to a short walking trail through the trees.
- RRachel V.Traveler
Pleasant Lake Campground
Nice Friendly Rv park
Clean, safe RV park off a small lake. Functioning electric and water hookups as well as sewage. Very kind and helpful owners and friendly campers.
MJ W.
GuideOquaga Creek State Park Campground
Very Nice and would go again; but not the Adirondacks.
Really liked it. Love the layout, with camp sites having mowed paths to the restrooms and showers in the middle of each loop. Nicest showers and rest rooms we have seen so far. Each site has brush between them so you can not see your neighbors. Pretty, quiet, relaxing. The groomed hiking trails are the best and Arctic Lake is beautiful. Staff were so nice, and loved doing the scavenger hunt!
AnthonyTravelerDelta Lake State Park Campground
Nice Campgrounds, Beautiful Lake.
The campground facilities are very outdated. That's most likely due to the majority of "campers" having RV's and not needing to use the facilities. The restrooms/dish sink area Only having Cold water to wash up hands & dishes, the 1 and Only shower area for All 3 Loops reminded me of being in a horror film...full of dead insects everywhere, ther are signs posted letting you know its gonna take about 5 minutes to semi-heat up, and the shower spray directly on the floor vs staying contained withvh
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.
April S.ScoutPleasant Lake Campground
The worst campground I've ever experienced.
The problems started before we even arrived. When I called to make a reservation, the owner was rude and impatient, repeatedly complaining that he couldn't hear me, despite me having full service. I discovered cell service at the campground was spotty, which made his attitude even more frustrating in hindsight. I told him it would be us and our dog, his immediate response was,"IT'S NOT A PIT BULL, IS IT?" in a hostile tone. I said no, she's an American Staffordshire, and my husband's service dog. He rudely replied that it was"THE SAME THING" and that they have breed restrictions. When I asked whether he was denying us, he avoided answering and demanded"legal paperwork" for her. I told him that no such paperwork exists, but she is trained to perform a task. He completed the reservation, took my payment, gave us a site number, and hung up. Since the office was closed and we had already been assigned a site number and paid, we assumed we could go directly to our site and finish any details in the morning. While setting up, the owner drove over and confronted us for not reporting to the office first. He then demanded proof of rabies vaccination, which is reasonable. We apologized that we had forgotten the paperwork and said we'd email it to him first thing in the morning. We were extremely annoyed that we saw multiple pit bulls as soon as we pulled in the campground. The next morning, we emailed the records to the campground around 10:10 AM, exactly as promised, as soon as our vet's office had opened. About 11:00, the owner left a voicemail demanding that we leave the property immediately because he had not received the paperwork. I called back and asked him to check his email again, he accused me of sending it to the wrong address. I told him that if he still couldn't find it after checking again, I would come to the office once I was dressed. 30 minutes later, he left another voicemail saying he had escalated it to the sheriff's office because we had not complied. Meanwhile, my husband was already walking to the office to handle things and the owner informed him that we were no longer welcome and that he had called the sheriff's office. Again, my husband told them to check their spam folder, and the email had been there all along. We communicated throughout the entire process and did exactly what we said we would do. The owner's son was far more reasonable and they did apologize, but it didn't make the situation right. The sites were tight, muddy, unlevel, and had awkwardly placed hookups. We were packed so close together that the row behind us overlapped the rear of our camper by a few feet. We had to share water with the neighboring site through a splitter at the spigot. We didn't use the restrooms or amenities because after our interactions with management, we felt completely unwelcome. We only stayed because we were in town for our grandson's first birthday and couldn't find another campground on such short notice.
- MMark M.Guide
Herkimer 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.
Guide to Hamilton
Green Lakes and Bowman Lake State Parks stand as regional glamping destinations near Hamilton, New York. Campers can explore the Chenango River watershed at elevations between 1,100-1,300 feet, with summer temperatures typically ranging from 55-85°F. Fall camping season extends through mid-October with seasonal park closures occurring around October 9 at most state parks.
What to do
Hiking trails with lake views: At Chenango Valley State Park, visitors can explore miles of trails surrounding two glacier-formed lakes. "There are miles of trails to explore that go all the way around the lake," notes Mary P., who visited with her 5-year-old grandson.
Mining for Herkimer diamonds: The Herkimer Diamond Mine KOA offers a unique geology experience. "The mines are so much fun," says Kelly F., who spent three nights at the campground. The site allows visitors to search for double-terminated quartz crystals, locally known as Herkimer diamonds.
River tubing: Several campgrounds offer water recreation beyond swimming. "The creek is AMAZING. Both kid and adult friendly and it's free, just bring a tube or purchase for cheap at the camp store," writes Julia P. about the KOA's creek. "Lazy river flow with some faster spots, truly a perfect way to spend the days in the sun."
Boating options: Multiple lakes in the region offer boating experiences. "You can rent a kayak and enjoy the beautiful lake," explains Cindy H. about Green Lakes. For those bringing their own watercraft, Delta Lake provides convenient access: "Site was very close to water and boat launch and that was great," reports Tate T.
What campers like
Privacy between sites: Bowman Lake State Park offers secluded glamping close to Hamilton, New York. "Campground is a maze of campsites through densely wooded forests so it's pretty private and shady even though it's full no matter what season we visited," shares Kim B., who appreciated the campground layout.
Family-friendly amenities: Parks maintain facilities specifically for younger visitors. "Swimming is available at the large beach. There is a camp store, laundry room, recreation room, playgrounds and much more," explains a visitor to Green Lakes State Park. Delta Lake has recently enhanced its offerings: "They have recently added electricity to the sites and a new playground at the beach."
Proximity to area attractions: Cooperstown KOA provides convenient access to regional points of interest. "Approximately five miles away is Glimmerglass State Park which was great for hiking and kayaking Otsego Lake. There is a also a historic house at the park that you can tour and the country's oldest covered bridge," notes Nancy W.
Glamping accommodations: For those seeking upscale overnight options near Hamilton, several parks offer premium structures. "Bring your bikes, the swimming is great and the entire swimming/boating area just underwent a major renovation," says Courtney Z. about Chenango Valley State Park's facilities.
What you should know
Shower facilities vary: Delta Lake State Park offers electric hookups at all sites. "They have recently added electricity to the sites and a new playground at the beach. The concession stand at the beach will deliver to your camp site," notes Amy W. However, at some parks shower quality can be inconsistent.
Reservation requirements: Most glamping sites require advance booking, especially during peak season. "We go here at least twice a season if not more. Spacious, mostly flat sides. Complete shade and a lot of sites right on the water," explains Marlene H. about Delta Lake.
Seasonal considerations: The camping season typically runs from May through October. "The park is opened for winter activities such as xcountry skiing and snow mobiling," notes Brian O. about Bowman Lake, suggesting year-round opportunities for outdoor recreation, though camping ends in fall.
Park regulations: Each park maintains specific rules regarding pets, alcohol, and generator use. "You cannot bring your own kayaks you have to rent," notes Sara H. about Green Lakes' boat policies, which differ from other area parks.
Tips for camping with families
Beach access for children: Glimmerglass State Park offers excellent swimming options. "The beautiful beach is well attended with life guards on duty keeping you safe but still allowing much fun on the very clean white sand," writes Brian O. "There is a very nice playground for the children and ample bathroom facilities."
Activities beyond swimming: Parks provide various entertainment options. "There is a mix of sites varying from tent, RV, rental trailers, and camping cabins/cottages/lodges," explains Nancy W. about the Cooperstown KOA, which features "a swimming pool, a playground, volleyball court, basketball court, jump house, pavilion, recreation room, bicycle rental, and horseshoes."
Educational opportunities: Several parks incorporate learning experiences. "There are 2 Great Lakes to hike around with awesome views. Fishing and boat rental if you want to be closer to the water," explains Kelly J. about Green Lakes, where children can observe the unique meromictic lakes with their distinctive coloration.
Weather preparations: The region experiences variable conditions, particularly in spring and fall. "We had never been to site before so when we booked, we thought we were next to a bathroom. Turns out you had to walk through woods to get there in the mud," shares Kelly J. about a rainy experience at Bowman Lake.
Tips from RVers
Hookup availability: For RV glamping near Hamilton, New York, Treasure Isle RV Park offers essential services. "The sites are a good size with water and electric on each site. There is a dumping station to use, some sewer sites," explains Heather R., adding that amenities include "a nice bathhouse, playground, basketball court, Beach and walking trails."
Site leveling challenges: Some parks require additional preparation. "Sites are gravel and not super level, but we made it work," explains Oleńka S. about Bowman Lake. "There was a potable water spigot a few sites over and a bathroom with showers a short walk away."
Accessibility considerations: Campground layouts vary significantly. "Our site (#41) was a pull-thru but there was no way we could drive our 45' motorhome forward out of the site because of a large tree and narrow roads. So we ended up having to back out," shares Nancy W. about navigating the Cooperstown KOA.
Seasonal RV options: Some parks offer extended-stay options. "Owners and seasonals are very friendly, well maintained," notes Keri about Treasure Isle RV Park, suggesting opportunities for longer-term arrangements for those seeking an established base for regional exploration.
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