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Salt Rock State Campground

About

State Park

71 tent and recreational vehicle (RV) sites. Utilities to some sites, bathroom, dumping station, showers, in-ground swimming pool (opens mid June).

Covering 149 wooded acres in a rural setting that was once farmland, Salt Rock offers walking trails, river and fishing access in addition to its 71 tent and RV sites, as well as 2 group campsites. Located in eastern Connecticut, the campground is near many tourism destinations including Mystic and New London attractions.

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Location

Salt Rock State Campground is located in Connecticut

Directions

From Exit 83 off I-395. Go left, follow Rte. 97 north through Baltic for 5.2 miles. Park will be on the left/west just north of Salt Rock Road. From Willimantic: Follow State Route 32 south. Turn left/east onto State Route 207 towards Baltic. Follow east for five miles to the intersection with State Route 97. Follow Route 97 north 1.9 miles; entrance to campground will be on the left/west just north of Salt Rock Road.

Coordinates

41.64175126 N
72.0937384 W

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Access

Drive-In
Park next to your site

Stay Connected

WiFi
Unknown
Verizon
Good
AT&T
Unknown
T-Mobile
Unknown

Site Types

Tent Sites
RV Sites
Standard (Tent/RV)
Group

Features

For Campers

ADA Access
Trash
Picnic Table
Firewood Available
Phone Service
Reservable
Showers
Drinking Water
Electric Hookups
Toilets
Alcohol
Pets
Fires

For Vehicles

Sanitary Dump
Sewer Hookups
Water Hookups
Pull-Through Sites
Big Rig Friendly

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General Info

Val H.

Scout

Reviewed May. 23, 2023

Potential - but needs work!

Quiet On opening weekend. Sites are a mix of field, shaded, and partly shaded. Bathrooms are atrocious - stall doors have no locks, metal fittings are rusty, paint is peeling, showers are lukewarm and temp cannot be changed. They aren’t really dirty, just poorly maintained. The site was level, it’s septic post on the site plugged with cement, its electric box a bit rusty, it’s fire ring filled with leaves from last fall. CT has some really fine recreational facilities - its state parks and conservation lands are first-rate - but it needs to pay more attention and put some money into its few state-run campgrounds!

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Month of VisitJune

Randy F.

Traveler

Reviewed Aug. 23, 2022

Camp partier's paradise

This campground is acceptable for what it is. There is the potential for this place to be a great campground. We don't regret camping here, but will not be coming back. We have a popup camper and needed hookups. This place provided all of that.

However, as other reviews have mentioned, this place doesn't enforce rules. Quiet hours are merely a suggestion, and folks turn up until 4AM on Friday nights. Music blaring from disrespectful campers until 10PM. Fights and arguments can be heard from across the campground, cussing and whatnot while kids play in the field during the day. This could have been stopped easily, had an employee stopped by.

Honestly, our stay wasn't terrible. We have also experienced much better locations for the same prices. This is not a horrible place to camp, but I believe this location draws in the younger/party crowd on weekends. If you're looking to relax and enjoy nature, save yourself the heartache, and stay in your backyard. Saturday nights there is a "movie night" on the field, and it's right off sites 1-7 and is horribly loud. I understand what they are trying to do with this, and don't hate the idea of it. I don't think it's something that should be done while camping, just got to the drive-ins.

Furthermore, I will say, the campsite itself was big, clean, shaded, and well maintained#47. There is also a very shallow river about 10 minutes walk from the site we were at which is absolutely beautiful, and we spent most of our time there. Firewood was softwood, but inexpensive from the camp store at$5 a bundle. We went through about 1 bundle an evening.

Site47

Month of VisitSeptember

Philip R.

Traveler

Reviewed Sep. 20, 2021

Nice and quiet.

Salt Rock, September 18-19, 2021:

Perhaps one-third full, this was a nice stop. The bathhouses are a bit outdated, but clean and functional. Good choice of campsites, from open to wooded, rustic to power and water. Nice open field for activities. Dump station needed to be pumped, and therefore not operational. The staff is sharing time at two parks, but were cheerful and responsive. There’s river access for fishing and boating, and group camping sites as well. I would return again.

Site49

Month of VisitOctober

Lilia W.

Traveler

Reviewed Aug. 16, 2020

This is not camping

If you DON’T enjoy privacy, or peace and quiet, or rules being enforced, such as quiet hours...then you will maybe like it here. You can basically see every Campsite from anywhere in the park, barely any trees in between sites to add privacy. My family and I happened to be here on a full vacancy weekend, and it was so loud, we might as well of been at a festival. Not to mention the group that BLARED their music until 4:00 AM...I am not exaggerating, I was awake from 1:45-4:30 listening to it, and the other group of people talking impossibly loud as well. I will never return, and not worth the outrageous fee of $33 a night for a state campground. This place sucks!!

Tristan M.

Scout

Reviewed Jul. 31, 2018

Great spot for groups

we had a group from work head out here. we reserved Coyote Run, and had the field to ourselves, it was a bit of a walk to the shower from there, but we had our own outhouse, bring a light for night time bathroom calls. the staff was friendly, we took our kayaks up to the dam and fished our way back. we went in early June and the pools were still closed, but we knew that when we made the reservation.

jackie G.

Guide

Reviewed May. 22, 2018

Fun spot

Went here with a large group of people and a few campers for a 4th of July weekend. We got the back circular field for all of us. Even though it rained, we had a blast. There are nice facilities and a pool and recreation area for the kids. We took a short walk/hike and were able to make it to a river where we floated in tubes and relaxed for the day. It was a blast and we had a great time. Everyone was friendly and the staff were accomodating.

Month of VisitAugust