Dingmans Campground — Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area

Beautiful spot but extremely touristy. Bathrooms and showers where the nicest I’ve ever seen camping haha. Beautiful spots along the river but they where packed with screaming children. We found a beautiful nook away from everyone and had a great weekend.

Got there late at nite and nobody was in the office and ended up picking something randomly. It turned out in the morning the spot was near the water and paid $60 just because of that . Travelled for 10 days and camped in Ny and Vt and never payed that much . Most of the sites are half that price and on top of that it was noisy up to midnight .

I left Long Island without a destination in hopes of finding a place to camp for one night to decompress- I knew my chances were slim to none… but what the hell. I had lived in the Poconos in the early 90’s and knew about Dingman’s so I figured I would give it a shot. Low and Behold….. the place was not even half full!! I could not believe it. The 2 young staffers at the desk hooked me up with site 94 which was far away from everyone, grabbed a bag of ice for “sodas” and cup of noodles and had a great night. The only downside was there were a couple large groups that, even though far away, did not have any camping etiquette and were just way too loud…. not sure where the Rangers were that night, but it was a free for all. Woke up a took a hot shower, walked down to river and explored the rest of the grounds. Will definitely return with Bike and Kayak!!