Rocky Arbor State Park Campground

I don't like leaving bad reviews and I hardly ever do....but I'm primary doing it for the cost to camp here for the amenities that are here. The site comes to just under $40 with the reservation fee online ($8 really?) THEN they hit you with another $11 for a NR to have a vehicle there. Should also consider a military discount after all of these fees....This is NOT a $51 park compared to state parks in other states and we have been to MANY. There is highway noise and the park and spot we stayed was just fine (less hwy noise than some of the other spots) but this is a $25 a night park not a $50. Would have given it four stars if it wasn't for the cost....we only stayed here because we were passing through and everything else was booked. It did it's job but would not stay here again(NC parks are NICER and they get by, by charging $25 with a small military discount) On the plus side, there were berries lining our camp site and road which I thought was neat and the shower was warm and I liked the push shower so it limits water usage because it gives you a reasonable amount of time between having to push the button again for water....I had one campground that had the same feature but you had to constantly push button to keep water working....bathroom was clean enough but like most campgrounds not overly clean...

We stayed in site #59 for memorial day weekend. 

The campground is pretty close to the freeway, but you can avoid the noise if you stay on the opposite side. The freeway travels along the outer ring of campsites in the #70's.  I included a google maps picture of where the freeway is in relation to the campground. We tent camped at campsite 59 and it was just a bit loud, if it was louder I would maybe not have enjoyed our stay. After a couple minutes, it just became background noise and we didn't really notice it. If you are looking for the absolute farthest sites from the freeway, they would probably be anything in or near the sites in the 20's. 

Our campsite was very nice and spacious. It was well shaded near the firepit and mostly hidden from next-door neighbors. The site is just across the road on a diagonal from some vault toilets. The toilets were surprisingly very nice, always clean and no smells. However there were a lot of mosquitos in this park. So many that we drove to Walmart and picked up some 2 Thermacell Patio Shield Mosquito Repeller, they actually worked great. 

All in all, I was a bit nervous that camping in the dells was going to be undesirable, but it ended up being a great weekend. We really enjoyed that you can drive anywhere in downtown dells in less than 10 minutes. I was shocked that the strip was so close to the campground because after getting off the freeway and to get to the park, you felt like you were almost in the middle of no where.

Nice quiet campground, close to many parks in Wisconsin Dells but far enough away from all the traffic and noise. Stayed one overnight driving through.