Best RV Parks & Resorts near Bristol, VT
Several RV-friendly campgrounds operate near Bristol with varying hookup options. Branbury State Park Campground offers electric, sewer and water hookups on spacious sites that accommodate larger motorhomes from Memorial Day to Columbus Day weekend. Brookside RV Camping provides electric hookup only with drive-in access to riverside sites. "Sites are basic with a picnic table and fire ring. Trash and drinking water are available, as well as flush toilets and hot showers," notes one visitor about Crown Point Campground, which offers full RV hookups across the lake in New York. Smugglers Notch RV Village features 60 pull-through rv pads with 30/50-amp service, water, and sewer connections in a more developed setting.
Motorhome access varies significantly between campgrounds in the region. The approach to Chittenden Brook has a 2.5-mile dirt road with steady incline that may challenge larger RVs, as one camper noted "not sure how well an RV would fair" on this access road. Most RV parks remain open from May through mid-October, closing before winter conditions make travel difficult. Pet policies differ between facilities - Brookwood RV Resort and Shady Oaks Camping Resort allow pets, while some state parks have restrictions. Dump stations are available at most developed RV sites, though Brookside lacks this amenity. Cell service becomes increasingly unreliable as you travel into more remote camping areas, particularly in the mountainous terrain west of Bristol where signal may disappear several miles before reaching campgrounds.
