Rondout Valley RV Campground Thousand Trails

We are on a trial membership of Thousand Trails and this was our first campground of theirs. This is a "Destination" campground and if you have kids it would be a blast. The actual sites we were assigned (95) wasn't very good. Very close to everyone else, not level, and muddy at the door. The staff were very friendly. The bath house near us was clean but terrible. The men's showers were out of order and taped off.

Second time here. Lots of rain before we arrived so a good deal of mud. Decent back in full hook up spot. Could have been a bit cleaner, fire pit full of trash. Table cloth still on picnic table. We love this place for the proximity to Minnewaska state park preserve and its carriage trails for bike riding. Also, the Westwind Cidery is awesome. Both very close. Plus lots of rail trails. Seems to be a lot of kids and there was a DJ on Saturday night until 11pm if that's your thing. We stay for the location more than the campground. Oh, and if you're a campfire lover, you can get quite a bit for $40 at Standing Rock farms about ten minutes away. Cheers!

Campground Name: Rondout Valley RV Campground
Location: Accord, NY
Overall Campground Rating (1-5): 3
Maneuverability*: Most of the spots were fine but some of the spots back in the woods would be pretty tight.
Campground Notes: Very friendly staff. A few groups of very noisy campers who thought the RV park was their personal nightclub a couple nights, mostly weekends. They did turn it down after 11pm but you could hear their music on the other side of the campground from their site.

Site #: 33
Site Rating (1-5): 3
Site Notes: Water, 50-amp electric, & sewer grass/gravel site with picnic table and fire ring.

Amenity Rating (1-5): 4
Amenity Notes: Mini-golf unplayable and bounce pad on map but not actually there. Pool was nice, fishing pond, decent playground especially for smaller kids, large pavilion with activities for kids and gatherings like the pig roast.

Reason for camping here: Just visiting beautiful upstate New York
Miscellaneous Notes: Lots of beautiful State parks, like Minnewaska, with beautiful mountain scenery. All the stores you need about 30 minutes away in Kingston or New Paltz. There is a Walmart about 10 minutes from the campground. We also visited a cool waterpark called Zoom Flume which was about an hour away. Great pierogi right down the street from the campground. Kids will love Kelder’s Farm.

Dates Stayed: 8/15/2021 – 8/29/2021
Price Paid: $0 with Thousand Trails membership
Weather: Hot – mid 80s to 90s, humid, almost daily thunderstorms, Hurricane Henri
Verizon Cell Quality: 4 bars but very slow – 4 Mb/s down & up, a couple times it was unusable during the day
T-Mobile/Sprint Cell Quality: 3 bars but very slow, slightly better than Verizon 8Mb/s down & 3Mb/s up, a couple times it was unusable during the day
Mail: We had Amazon & FedEx packages delivered to office. They also will collect outgoing letters.

For reference we are pulling a 33’ long Jayco travel trailer with a 2016 F350 Crew Cab Short Bed 4x4 which is 22’ with hitch giving us a total length of 55’.
For hotspot data we have an Inseego 8800L on Verizon’s expired prepaid unlimited hotspot plan. For Sprint/T-Mobile, we use an Alcatel Linkzone 2 on Calyx Institute’s unlimited plan.
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Have stayed here multiple times with decent results. Prior to this visit we had an incident where our daughter (8) was ganged up on and hit with branches by 4 young boys who then proceeded to follow her home as she cried. We confronted the issue and thought it was resolved.
On our return trip 3 weeks later we again encountered group bullying and thought that was the biggest problem. We were very wrong. At approx 10:25pm on July 17th I was in the women’s room taking a shower. No one else was there until I saw a pair or shoes quietly enter the bathroom stall right beside me. I didn’t think anything of it and went about my shower, thankful for the time alone after a long busy day with kids. After 2 or 3 minutes I noticed a camera under my stall recording me. I screamed hysterically and thankfully scared them off. The police were called and staff immediately notified. I can not say that the initial response was poor at all, they jumped right into action and showed concern.
With only a description of the shoes there was little to do on but with 2 cameras in the passageway outside we had hope there would be something more to go on. No such luck as they are only live stream, virtually useless.
The next day, still upset, I approached the office to see what they were Doing, what would be done to prevent this from hppening again (or worse). The manager, Crystal, was as snotty and condescending as they come, her only answer was “we’re not required to have cameras on the grounds “. Absolutely beyond frustrated and still sick to my stomach I DARED to “talk over her” and was told to get out of her office.
I warned women and children, added flyers in the bathrooms to tell women to be on guard. They were promptly removed.
I received a call from a higher up and was first told that the staff felt attacked by me. The victim victimized the staff by demanding someone answer what was going to be done. Then they asked what I wanted them to do to improve the safety of the place. Me? Unmm put up Cameras that actually record instead of live stream. Add more security. Inform (don’t sweep under the rug) women and children that a potential predator is on the loose, don’t remove the only warning they have. Etc. Add some compassionate training to the management.
Disgusted and angry beyond belief. Would never recommend visiting if you’re a woman or child.

We were just at the TT Rondout Valley RV Park in Accord, NY. Thousand trails member. Mostly a nice campground and lots of great things to do nearby (hiking, biking both at Minnewaska State Park, cider, wine and whisky!). We were in a decent spot #16 right next to a creek, full hook-up. Sunny from 10am-2pm, then shade. Creek view from near the back of the RV. This is where they seem to put many big rigs, which is fine. However, we stared right at the septic and 'backyard' from our neighbor. That is not uncommon as many of you know. What makes matters worse at this campground is that the 2 dump stations are literally across the street. So we were somewhat frequently treated to some interesting odors when someone would dump and even when an RV on our side of the street dumped into the onsite septic, the odor would basically come back across the street. Not the end of the world of course. But a weird placement to say the last for the dump stations and something folks should know going to Rondout. Other full hookup sites had other downsides, so this is a minor complaint to add to the comments here. Local cidery Westwind and brewery Arrowood within a mile away are both great!

Stayed here over Memorial day weekend. They had a DJ. And then again the following weekend. Lots of families. Good atmosphere. Water and 50 amp were good. They didn't have a sewer site for us so we got pumped out. First time they didn't charge (oversight I think) second time $10. Third time (not on their schedule i.e. emergency $20. Filled up with propane $3.50/gallon. Some pot holes but sites and lawns were well maintained.

Stayed 4 nights for free as part of our Thousand Trails membership. Full hookups. 50amp, water 45 psi, sewer.

The 50amp sites are on the main road near the bridge at the entrance so all traffic goes by. We stayed in site 20 through a weekend so it was definitely busy but the hum of our AC basically blocked out any noise (except the bugs at night, they're loud!)

We had a problem with our sewer backing up. We called maintenance the next morning and they came to take a look. They explained how the system has a filter and some elbow pipes going down to the tank so it often looks backed up but isn't. But then later in the day they came back to work on things because it certainly didn't smell right and didn't drain very well. So keep an eye on things when you open your valves!

There's a Walmart not far from here and a couple little towns, but most of the hikes and sightseeing was a bit of a drive.