Review of ARA Lake George/Schroon River Resort

I definitely didn't take enough pictures this time! As usual, when I plan an outdoor event, it rained.  I admit, when I first entered this campground, it was not what I expected from a fancy time share type, but then I stopped and thought, but this is exactly what I expect in an Adirondack resort! It's mostly wooded sites, which I love. It has a small in ground pool which was cold, but it's early in the year. It offers cabins, five of them, but it mostly caters to the big rigs. Most sites are pull though and size varies. There were very few tent or pop-up sites and they were TINY. I would not tent at this location.  The upper level is the area for the big rigs and it is full hook-ups. We were there the first weekend in June 2016 and that section was fairly full. Being more of a naturalist myself, I don't care about hook-ups. I chose a spot down by the river where there was access for our kayaks. It was near the beach. And it was almost empty!  Nobody comes here to use the river or the beach by the looks of it.  That suits me fine. I had nobody across form me, or next to me on either side and I had a waterfront site!  The waterfront sites only have 30 amp electric and water, no sewer, so everybody stays up on the hill. Silly them! I liked this little resort, it was old fashioned, the rest rooms were clean but not new. There were trees still! It was quiet, the workers were very friendly and helpful. The river was that golden brown color of the Adirondacks. I will definitely go back again.

restrooms in the back of the office

restrooms behind the office

showers behind the office, water is well water and very full of iron, the wall was not dirty, just some iron staining.

shower area, cute rustic doors on shower stalls.

playground

view of sites from back of office, these are the upper level big rig sites with full hook-ups

another view of full hook-up sites

lounge. they let you borrow DVD's for free. I don't take a DVD player camping, but then again, I have no young kids, but I still don't think I need DVD's. Nice touch for the full hook-up folks tho.

my friend and her son at the beach, we had the whole beach to ourselves.  a little steep, but very nice and sandy and clean. There were a few lounge chairs to use. The swimming area was small and parental supervision should definitely be required as it always should be when children are in the water. The pool was more poplar than the beach. Go Figure?

I was standing in my site looking through an empty site to the one beyond. The sites down by the water were quite large.

my water view. yes, it as raining as usual for me.

They had canoes you can rent located down my the beach.

The sites come with a picnic table and fire ring. My site had a fire ring of rocks. I like the old-fashioned rustic stuff. If you aren't a rustic type and can't cook without a grill on your fireplace, make sure to check out your site's fire pit before claiming it.

Here's the view of the top of the beach from inside my truck window because it was raining too hard to get out and take a real picture.  

site map, I'd stay in the 99 through 120 section if you are a naturalist.