Our stay was great. Our site was gravel, clean and pretty flat and level. Now, this place has the amenities of a resort, but the feeling of a campground. With that being said, it does cater to many seasonal, long term sites where the campers do not ever move their RV. All of the people were super friendly, both the staff and the long-term campers. We were here during the week and it was super quite. I can see the weekend being a bit louder, but that is every campground. You are about a mile hike from the Western Maryland Rail Trail.or short 5min or sondrive to the C&O Canal Towpath. Both are very pleasant ways to spend your time if you're not using the amenities at the campground (pool, volleyball, basketball, mini-golf). There is a store that is pretty fairly priced for many items and a food service area that is only open on weekends (seems to not be busy during the week). The only negative would be that because most of the campers are seasonal/long-term, they all have golf carts or 4-wheelers that they ride around on and that can get old quick. I would say that it is well worth the cost and if you needed a place to stay, worth giving them a shot. read more

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My wife and I spent a weekend here recently . On Saturday night my wife and I were both trying to sleep. After 11:00 PM, we were both woken up by the constant loud music from one of the seasonal, permanent, guests. This is not a family campground . read more

I am not one to bash businesses but after losing another night of sleep because of this trip I decided to put my disappointment and frustration out there. We had a great family trip planned for this weekend that didn't go as planned. Upon arriving at Happy Hills Campground in Hancock, MD it looked cute and so I decided to extend our stay from leaving Monday until leaving Wednesday. That was before going to our site and discovering that not only were our reservations wrong but also that when the campground has too many people the wifi doesn't work. Since I work 7 days a week and the website says they have wifi I thought we would be fine. Nope. I spent a lot of my time at the camp store or near the barn or bathhouses trying to get a signal for calls, texts and emails. These are all things I should have been able to do from my campsite. I don't know how many of my clients are upset with me because I couldn't be reached. I know of at least one instance when an agent needed me and had to contact my broker for assistance. I never would have booked here had I known that so if you are like we and need access to the outside world while camping this may not be the place for you. That was my biggest complaint and the most stress of the trip. I couldn't relax and spend time with my family and couldn't sleep because of the stress of the work I wasn't able to do. In addition to all of that our reservations were completely messed up. I had booked side by side sites with my sister so we could camp together and the kids could just run back and forth without needed a chaperone. We also booked a 50 amp site for our motorhome and both sites were supposed to be pullthru. We paid $25 for each site to lock them in so we wouldn't get bumped. We arrive and our site is a pullthru (barely big enough for our rig), not beside my sister's site and not 50 amp. Her site was down the road a little and not a pull through so my brother in law was not happy. According to the office I didn't book side by side sites and booked a 30 amp site for both. Well, I have been doing this long enough to know how to book a site. I did find out that the person who booked our reservations is new. We decided to make the best of it since we had no other options at this point. The office said they would check with maintenance to see if they had an adaptor we could use for the 30 amp site. We were told if they didn't have one we could borrow then we could buy one from the store. That didn't seem right to us since we booked a 50 amp. If we had booked a 30 amp site we would have brought our own adaptor. We never book 30 amps because it is recommended by the manufacturer not to use anything but 50. Luckily, Josh (I believe was his name), with maintenance and he is also a manager, gave us one from the store to borrow. He ended up being the most helpful out of everyone. So after many trips to the office, because we couldn't just call when we had a problem because of no cell service, we had voiced our dissatisfaction on Friday and Saturday. By Saturday afternoon I was just done. My stress level from the lack of wifi and cell service was to the point I couldn't enjoy my time with my family. I went to the office and asked if I could cancel the extended 2 days and get a refund for them. The women at the office (one was the new person who never once stepped up to say she was the one who booked our sites) said they would check with the manager and let me know the next day (Sunday) if we could leave Monday and be refunded for the added days. Yesterday around 4:00, more than 24 hours after my request, I went back to the store to find out. Well, the manager just found out about my issues because no one from the office, which I had visited everyday since we had been there, and she couldn't make a decision. After a lengthy discussion and hearing about how busy they have been I was informed that they would not be giving us a refund for those days and that they have never given a refund. So much for customer service and hospitality. A few other things to mention if you do stay here.....the bathhouse was so bad even my marine son in law wouldn't shower in them and the sweatshirt I bought my granddaughter had a hole in it. I didn't even bother trying to take it back. I am sure there would have been no refund or exchange. The one part I will give props for and that is that they had a lot of things for kids and families to do over the weekend. Most cost additional money but I am ok with that since supplies do cost money. read more

First of all the roads are very bad they have big holes in them , the bath houses are out dated, the fire rings never get cleaned out so if you want to use them you have to clean all the trash and beer cans out of them. There's a lot of overgrown weeds The electric goes out a lot They say they have free WI Fi but it never works honestly I think they turn it off . One of the owners daughters is very rude she says rude things to you then will swear to her family that she never said it so you look like the lier . The grandkids run the campground all the time doing bad things and cussing but of course their parents never see any of that . Do yourself a favor and go somewhere else. read more

The road to get to this campground is very winding and narrow. We scratched our RV driving past trees alongside this narrow road. When we arrived at the road to this CG, it was bumpy and choppy, and the rest of this CG was a disappointment. Our spot faces an old barn with an old, moldy RV parked in front. Once here, we didn't want to leave the CG, because it took too long to get here from the main road. We were in the mood to eat dinner out, but cooked instead. We won't come here again. read more

Happy Hills Camp Ground - Campgrounds Near Me - Hancock, Maryland

This campground doesn't even deserve one star! This place was awful! The roads had huge holes , the bathrooms are dirty and not update. There was no hot water! Water smelled like rotten eggs. The pool had black mold , the cable did work. There was no internet. No activities for the kids. No cell service, the office closed early due to staff shortage. So , if there was an emergency, you were screwed. Staff and management were rude! Lots and lots of noise from four wheelers and golf carts. A lot of the lots looked like junk yard's. The office is very unprofessional and unorganized! Rates are extremely high for the shape of the grounds. Will never ever go back! read more

A bit of a rough haul! The road getting to it was a typical country landing. Drive slow and be aware. Checking in was smooth and uneventful. I found the campground to be lacking in basic maintenance such as pothole filling, light grading of roadways, and trees and brush to be grossly overgrown around the roads and sites. There weren't trash receptacles throughout the campground like most, which requires you to accumulate your trash and dump it into a large open construction dumpster at the main office. It was putting off quite the aroma. There appear to be mostly permanent or long-term residents. They use gas-powered carts and some could use a quick stop at the muffler shop on their way to the liquor store. We took some harsh jolts from the washed out roadways riddled with potholes entering and leaving. I slightly damaged the very corner of my 5th wheel as I pulled into the site because the trees are far to close to the roadways and don't allow much maneuvering. Another camper assisted me in getting it in, otherwise, it would have been worse. Simple pruning would resolve this condition. Clearly, the management may be inexperienced in this sort of venture, they just don't care, or be non-existent. I definitely don't recommend this campground because it proposes too many conditions where your RV can get damaged or abused more than it should, and there appears to be no interest in upkeep. Attached photo is of a used baby diaper in the fire ring. Pretty appropriate for this campground. read more

Happy Hills Camp Ground - Campgrounds Near Me - Hancock, Maryland

This place is peaceful and relaxing. I walk my dog daily and of course clean up and toss in trash. The playground is clean, great for the kids. Mom or dad bench is there for sitting needs. restroom is good as the Laundry room a great need during pool days. Good fire wood also delivered, friendly workers. A must stop campground. read more

Happy Hills Camp Ground is definitely out of the way - so much so that you can't possibly get a cell signal. Knowing that, the campground itself is very rustic, quiet and the people are very friendly. Many of the people there seemed to be full time residents and the staff was all one big family - literally. If you're planning on eating or going to spas in nearby Berkeley Springs, WV, this is a good spot to park an RV - about 10 miles of secluded country roads to the town. WiFi was an additional fee ($9/day), but is necessary, as even my Verizon mobile WiFi card (which has been tested throughout the country) didn't work out there. read more

This campground just doesn't seem all that well thought it and maintained. Just from the start, the road getting to this place is narrow and I wasn't very comfortable taking a huge camper down it. The office closes at 5 which I think is a little early because it should stay open longer for people to check in or if they need help with anything. Everyone was friendly there at least so I'll just give it 3 stars. read more

Spent the weekend in our Camper since it was close to home, spent two days listening to 4 wheelers and gas powered golf carts going by. .. quite Noisy.... Close to the Wmd bike trail and lots of hiking trails but no peace and quiet at the Camper site. read more

We visited the weekend of 19 august. The staff was cheerful and helpful. The camp is crowded, mostly permanent residents, whom we found to be extremely nice. Everyone had a wave and or hello. Yep they drive around on 4 wheelers and golf carts, but slowly. Never feared our grandkids where in danger. It's loud at night but there must be a curfew because all was quiet around midnight. Sites are rough but level. We enjoyed our stay. If your looking for a place to spend the night it works. Not a destination vacation in my opinion. Thanks for a great stay folks we enjoyed it. read more

Happy?? Only to leave... Loud, crowded, not particularly pretty.. This place is occupied by a number of seasonal long term residents that drive their golf carts up and down the gravel pot holed roads all hours of the night. Loud until The wee hours of the morning. Wifi? Forget it.. Staff? Not particularly friendly. We won't be back... read more

Disappointed. After a long day of riding on the C and O trail, we stop in at 5:05. Their office is locked because they close at 5p, but you have to check in at the office. We parked our bikes temporarily on a walkway rail with plenty of room for people to pass, because they don't have a bicycle rack at the little store even though they are 1 mile away from the bike trail. A worker comes up and lets a little girl in to buy something from the store and completely ignores us and says "somebody left a bike here for me" to the sky when he sees our bikes. I can only speak for this guy, but it was clear he wasn't interested in bicyclist business, despite this campground being only a mile off the Western Maryland Rail Trail / C and O. If you are a cyclist, go somewhere else that respects and welcomes cyclists like Americas Best Value Inn a few miles down the trail in Hancock. read more

If you are suppose to be camping, you don't need Wifi. I don't go camping to talk on my phone or have my kids sit in the camper playing on a computer! If you don't like mountains, hills, or wildlife, don't camp here or anywhere else.....go book a resort hotel. There aren't a lot of trash receptacles around because of.... you guessed it WILDLIFE!!!! Take your trash to the dumpsters. We have been camping here for many years, and while I don't like being woken up at 6am by the guy behind us blaring classic rock, I do like it here. Would I recommend it? Yes!!! But...only to those who aren't going to compare it to a 5-star resort in the Bahamas. It's camping! There are bugs, dirt, ATV's, loud people, and all around fun!! The owners are friendly and helpful. You can usually find one of them around the campground if you need assistance. So if you actually want to enjoy nature with a bit of rowdy fun, this is your kinda place! If not, go to Yogi or contact a travel agent. read more

As a seasonal camper I enjoy the campground. It is far out and quiet. We have made several friends and enjoy our weekends at the campground. Great place if you want to relax. read more

Unhappy experience, and I didn't even camp there! I called the campground to make a reservation the day before I began cycling the GAP Trail and The C&O Towpath from Pittsburgh to DC. I was a little taken aback by the cost for one person with a tent-- $25, as compared to $8 to $12 at the other campgrounds along the route. But it seemed to be the only game in town near Hancock for camping so I went with it. The woman I spoke to told me I could either pay over the phone, or when I arrived as space was not an issue since there was no one else tenting at the campground that night.I didn't know when I would arrive and the office closed at 5PM, I decided to go ahead and pay ahead of time to avoid any hassles. Boy do I regret that! Since I was making great time on the trail, I realized the morning of the reservation that I needed to stay farther down the trail closer to Washington DC. So I called them early that morning and left them a voicemail explaining my situation and asking if I could get a refund. They wouldn't do it because they have a 48-hour cancellation window. (Even though I obviously wasn't taking up space they could have filled with someone else.) I get that they can have that policy, but I thought they might been a bit more customer-focused. So if you decide to tent there, don't pay in advance! read more

My wife and I went to Happy Hills Campgrounds for a look around with the intention of having our summer vacation a little closer to home. We ended up here on the recommendation of a friend. Let me start at the beginning we are campers with a lot of spirit for our ages. When we arrived early Sunday afternoon we were quite surprised as to the state of disrepair of the main service road and the roads leading around the site. We found one small map on the wall of the registration Office which was adequate I suppose, no-one manned the site from what I could see no-one for direction. After enquiring with a RV gentleman the site we needed to get to was off the back of the campground. I will say the signage was there to guide you, further than that who knows. We ended up asking someone else and so we followed her direction. We were in a 4x4 Titan, if we'd have been in a car we'd never have got to the trailhead. We were both appalled at what we found. Trash/Brush everywhere, the site was so unkept I struggled to figure out where we could have pitched our tent, the sites for tent pitchers was abysmal, if not dangerous if you had kids with you. As we travelled up the very deeply rutted track we had to maneuver around a dead animal. Please note this animal was partly consumed and pretty dried out. In other words it had been there some time. This site was atrocious and no way would I recommend anyone to take children in that (has been) camp area. And certainly not for $20.00 a night, they would have to pay me and then I still wouldn't entertain the thought. I am a camper over many years, but never have I seen a site so untidy and in need of repair. Thanks but no thanks. If you like advice on what you can do to make your site popular a crowd puller give me a call or take direction from Rocky Gap State Park. read more

We needed a place to stay for just 1 night travelling home to Pa. We have been to campgrounds through out the states, and I was kind of shocked with some of the things I found here. Campground was really dark, and sites were not marked well when coming in at 10PM. Bathrooms were clean but the showers were a pain! To get water they had a lever you pulled down using what seemed like a plastic clothesline. Now it doesn't make it easy to wash and shave with one hand while trying to keep the water running, I am not sure how you would be able to bathe a small child? You would have to hold in 1 arm and hold the cord with the other hand if you wanted water not sure how you would wash the child. Also if you wanted to bring your family camping be ready to fork out some $ You will have the cost of your campsite which was 35 or 38, then if you want to pay for mini-golf $4 (which isn't unusual) , but you have to pay $4 pp to use the pool?!!! If you are there 2 days that starts to add up! All u can eat breakfast was around $8 but you can NOT bring a drink with you! You have to buy 1 there. It just seems like they nickel and dime you to death! read more

Don't camp here if it is going to rain on the weekend. Sites are not planned very well. Our fire ring was so close to our camper we were not able to have a fire. Our yard was a muddy mess all weekend. Most campground provide gravel sites to assist during rainy weekends. We had dirt for a site. There was a pond of water around in-laws fire ring because the sites are so uneven. Roads for the campground are dirt - no gravel or paved so makes for a muddy mess. This campground it not taken care of with campers in mind. Most sites are permanent so it leaves no room for weekenders. We are crammed in to fit as many campers as they can. The so called "dog park" is a tick infested mess of a barn with metal hazards everywhere. Grass needed to be cut and yard maintained to keep animals safe. No one else cleaned up after their pets while in there. NOISY! All the time. Listened to quads well after quite hours. Find another campground to stay at!!! read more

Of the nearly 200 RV sites available at this campground, about 180 of them are full time/permanent, or seasonal sites which are occupied by people using them as hunting camps, seasonal work houses, or seasonal retirement homes, etc. Not necessarily a bad thing, but could be if you're looking for more of a "campground" experience. Access to the Western MD Rail Trail is either 2/3 mi down a very rough (and rather steep) ATV trail or 2/3 mi down a very lightly used and paved road. The WMRT runs about 7 miles west and about 15 miles east. Hancock is about 6 miles east on the trail. There are multiple crossovers and easy access to the C&O towpath which makes for a nice loop. The campground has many ATV and light hiking trails although we didn't use any of them. The 20 or so nightly rental sites are all pull-through and will easily fit a 35' RV or trailer. Picnic tables and a fire ring are at each site. Not much seclusion at the rental sites. They were all generally level , but the campground itself is very hilly so we had to do a few inches of front/back and side/side leveling. Campground store was stocked with the necessities and fairly priced. Firewood available. There was also a small restaurant/grill that I believe is only open during peak season or on the weekends. VERY weak cell phone service and NO WiFi available. We only picked up 4 (very weak) digital TV stations. The last 4 miles or so to get to the campground are down a rather narrow and twisty road. Easy enough for us towing a 5th wheel, but watch for traffic coming the other way! read more

My family of 5 (2 adults & 3 children) showed up ready to experience something new, but unfortunately we were quite disappointed, so much so that we never unpacked the car. Upon arrival, the check-in area was very crowded and hectic. We then notice that the pool was still in the process of filling (2:00pm the Saturday before Memorial Day) with no indication of when it might open. We booked a tent site but were baffled at the horrible condition of the sites. They were directly on top of one another, with no shade on a rocky hillside. The RV sites seemed better but not our style. The camp store is less than satisfactory and they don't sell beer..You have to travel 20 mins, one way, back out to Hancock. Luckily I was able to call the campground we typically stay at and they were able to accommodate our last minute change of plans. When I informed the check in that we weren't staying, there was little concern for customer service and I was informed that I wouldn't be receiving a refund. It was worth the $66 to get my family away from there. read more