$50 - $88 / night

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Shady Knoll Campground

14 Reviews

About

We are located just one mile from Cape Cod Bay and one half mile away from the Cape Cod Rail Trail. The campground’s amenities include shady hookup and no-hookup campsites, most campsites with Cable TV, clean modern restrooms, free private hot showers, free Wi-fi, a laundry and a playground. Additionally, our beautiful lodge features a camp store and game room. Campfires are permitted until 11:00 PM, so bring along the marshmallows! Shady Knoll Campground accommodates tents, pop-ups and RV’s up to 38 feet.

Location

Shady Knoll Campground is located in Massachusetts

Directions

From jct US 6 (exit 11) & Hwy 137: Go 4 mi N on Hwy 137 to jct with US 6 A.

Address

1709 Rte 6a
Brewster, MA 02631

Coordinates

41.7569339 N
70.08900967 W

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Access

Drive-In
Park next to your site
Walk-In
Park in a lot, walk to your site.
Hike-In
Backcountry sites.

Stay Connected

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

Site Types

RV Sites
Standard (Tent/RV)

Features

For Campers

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

For Vehicles

Sanitary Dump
Sewer Hookups
Water Hookups
Pull-Through Sites
30 Amp Hookups
50 Amp Hookups

$50 - $88

/ night

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Reservations

Chris E.

Scout

Reviewed Jun. 13, 2023

Where customer service and business sense go to die

EDIT: Astonishingly hostile, shrill, and unprofessional phone call received at 11:30am on 6/12. Owner/manager (?) called about "nasty" reviews and "slander" (note: nothing above is "slanderous"...just because someone doesn't like what you have to say about them, doesn't make it untrue).

Generally just confirmed my initial impression surrounding the lack of professionalism exhibited by this establishment. If they are willing to call someone up and, instead of try to address and rectify any misunderstanding are INSTEAD looking for a fight...clearly these folks are just a hot mess. DEFINITELY stay away.

Original review: "POLICY IS POLICY", even when it is detrimental to their business.

So unfortunate. I run an event that tries to support local businesses. We reserved and paid for 5 campsites one weekend, and referred a number of our vendor to this location as well.

Despite that, the campground would not hold reservations for the following weekend without full payment in advance. We asked them to hold it for three days and were told "policy is policy".

Also, apparently one of our campers taking their child to the comfort station in the rain, so they drove over. Apparently they had barely parked for a moment before somebody in a staff shirt came out berating them for parking there. At 2:00 a.m. Ridiculous. But again, apparently, "policy is policy", logic and business sense be damned.

Terrible way to treat a business looking to grow a relationship and not only paid for a number of sites, but directed campers there as well.

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Month of VisitJuly

Whitney L.

Guide

Reviewed Oct. 1, 2022

Well situated and established private campground on the Cape

My family of three recently stayed there for six nights (site 57). As many have already mentioned, the campground is quiet, especially after 10pm. Everything is well maintained and clean. Well situated within Brewster, with a great small grocery store a two minute walk from the campground entrance. Centrally located to the sites and ports along the Cape (about 45 min to Provincetown, 35 min to Woods Hole for MV ferry). Reasonably priced for the location and campground amenities. The owner’s adult daughter is your main poc, but all the staff are incredibly helpful and can recommend things to see while on the Cape.

The showers/bathrooms were always very clean. The showers offered plenty of hot water and water pressure (these aren’t your typ state park showers!). Laundromat available at both bathhouses. I might add super hot dryers, so $1 and 20 min will dry most things. $3 for a standard washing machine load.

Lots of sites to select from. Most seem relatively easy to get into, based on the rigs there. Sites are level and ground cover is either grass, gravel, or wood chips. Didn’t notice bare ground at the sites. Ample variety of hookups from water only to full service. Good cell service (AT&T); free Wi-Fi offered by campground but a little weak in the back area near 57.

Only gripes I had was the lack of vegetation screening between my site and others, but suggest calling the camp host to get recommendations for a site that offers better privacy. Also, and admittedly this may be the nature of sharing a campground with big rigs, people typically leave on their travel trailer/class A exterior floodlights/amber lights till late in the evening. With the limited vegetative screening, and the tiered campsites due to the campground’s topography, it was hard for us to enjoy a naturally dark campsite while trying to enjoy a campfire. As mentioned, alternative sites there may not have this issue so call the staff beforehand.

We’ll definitely be back to this great campground that has been in business for more than 50 years!

Site57

Month of VisitJune

emily H.

Guide

Reviewed Jul. 25, 2022

Best campsite in New England

We had a long weeknd celebration to attend at the start of the summer. We love camping so we thought this is perfect save some money and camp. We ended up at Shady knoll and we absolutely loved it. We had stayed at another campsite last year nearby. Not even close to this one in term of everything listed below. One of my favorite things about this campsite were the bathrooms! They were so clean and comfortable. Nice toilets. Really it matters!Showering rooms were separate. Beautiful shaded campsites with privacy you just can’t beat it when you’re a minute or two from the beach! The little camp store was fully stocked and our kids loved it. Such friendly people!! We spent a lot of time at Paynes Creek -the sunsets!!! Also a favorite the rail trail which was fabulous. We will absolutely be back

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Month of VisitJuly

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Bowen B.

Scout

Reviewed Sep. 20, 2021

The desired site

They offer several kinds of sites with or without electricity, all have water. The sites also range in size depending on need.

The office staff is very nice and will set aside your packet if you're arriving after they close.

The sites are well maintained and have a bit of foliage separation.

Each site has a fire pit and picnic table.

They do have quite hours which is nice when you're tired.

Safe location with several beautiful parks, sites and establishments fairly close to enjoy.

Month of VisitOctober

Kathy L.

Ranger

Reviewed Sep. 7, 2021

Lovely campground

Lovely campground with good shade and layout. Privately owned and managed - staff very nice. Small camp store at registration office (with firewood) and a slightly larger small market store about a block away. We stayed in campsite 56 and it was lovely - level, clean and shaded. There is a shirt nature trailhead on Eddy Property at back of campground near campsites 98-100. It makes a loop including through shady areas and some beautiful public vegetable and flower gardens. It also connects to Lower Road. If you’re go left on Lower Road after the gardens you will walk about 1/4 mile and then get to the other Eddy Property. There’s another trailhead there and it takes you about half mile to some bluffs overlooking the bay abs Brewster Flats. Beautiful at sunset. Campground is also near the rail trail for biking. Nice place. We would return.

Site56

Month of VisitOctober

Michele S.

Guide

Reviewed Aug. 26, 2021

Small clean and friendly campground

Really nice little campground. My only complaint is that the sites are very close together but it is the Cape! Facilities and store are clean and nice. Great location, close to beach and bike trail.

Month of VisitJune

ZAK

Scout

Reviewed Jul. 30, 2021

Super quiet after 10pm

Very close campsites, made it impossible for me to eat chips at around 10:30pm without everyone hearing and some dogs barking

Month of VisitAugust

Joshua B.

Scout

Reviewed Apr. 28, 2021

Child friendly with permanent campers

Child friendly cramp ground with people who rent spots year-round, although the campground is only open seasonally.

Month of VisitJune

Jennie

Traveler

Reviewed Sep. 6, 2020

Close to everything

We reserved a group site right by the nature trail. Perfect for a large family and 7 min bike ride to two beaches

Stephanie

Traveler

Reviewed Aug. 30, 2020

Great spot!

Sites are private. There’s a great walking trail connected to the campground. They have good access to the bay beaches and the Cape Cod Rail Trail- although you do have to drive ona busy road to get there.

Sandra B.

Scout

Reviewed Jun. 28, 2020

Very peaceful and close to the beach.

I enjoyed Shady Knoll , it was very quiet and in a convenient location. The staff was super friendly and helpful.

Molly G.

Legend

Reviewed Oct. 11, 2019

Solid place to set up base camp

This was a very nice campground. Our particular site was a little on the small side, without much greenery to separate from the other sites but the weather was horrible so we spent most of our time inside playing games anyway. The restrooms and showers were very clean! The people who run this spot are nothing but friendly and helpful. There was a short but very nice nature trail within the grounds. There are also full hookups for those with RVs. The tent sites looked very nice and more private, but not sure about hookups in those spots.

There are many things to do close by- a lot of bay side beaches, coffee shops and a wonderful bike trail. Nickerson is right down the street as well which opens up a lot of recreation options.

Would totally recommend and would stay here again.

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Peter G.

Traveler

Reviewed Sep. 11, 2018

A great Cape Cod experience.

Nice tent sites. Near Nickerson State Park which is a must see by bike trail and to cool off after at a forest lake beach.

Month of VisitSeptember

Alana S.

Scout

Reviewed Sep. 11, 2018

cute camping destination for the cape bound

I really like this campground. The sites were on the smaller side and closely packed but there was good foliage between sites to lend a little privacy. The bathrooms are very good. Private unisex showers were very clean and had great water pressure/temperature. I believe all sites are hooked up with water which is amazing to me and most have power.