Fernwood Forest Campground

We spent most of the summer here and thoroughly enjoyed it. Marilyn and her family were very friendly, courteous and helpful. The sites are very roomy with huge stone fire pits. The bathroom was always very clean and the showers were great. This is a nice, low key campground filled with a good mix of seasonals and vacationing campers. You can’t beat the location with Plunkett Reservoir nearby where you can fish, swim and kayak. You are also very close to Tanglewood, Shakespeare & Company, Mass MoCA, The Clark and many other cultural venues. You can even enjoy a nice walk down to the center of Hinsdale and stop in at Ozzies for a great breakfast, lunch or dinner. The cell service and wifi was very good. This place really has it all!

A good place to stay and see a concert at Tanglewood. At $ 28 a night you will be laughing at those uppity vacation rentals up there. A very quiet campground.

Awesome campground! The owners are very friendly and helpful, the bathrooms are extremely clean, sites are a good size, and good wifi.
Tanglewood is a short drive away, as is Mt. Greylock, which is an easy hike.

This campground is a true mix of pitched tents and families in mobile trailer homes, with some fixed housing towards the middle. The campsites are all equipped with running potable water from a spout, a trashcan, a picnic table, and ours had a fire pit, but I don’t know if all of them did.
The charge is per adult per night at the campsite — our campsite had a limit of cars (3) and was supposed to be for ten people, but when we asked to bring twelve they said it was fine as long as we did not go over the car limit.
So, basic amenities are all there. What made this place really great was the community activities. Saturday night was a potluck followed by a country dance, which should not be mistaken for a hoedown or contra-​dancing. It was country music under a disco ball. The woman who ran the place was super friendly and my friends and I ended up hanging out for a while with the other people there, learning about the country.
Of course, drawbacks of camping around families include having to be quiet relatively early. The campgrounds aren’t too far apart.
But overall a good feel, lots of flexibility and no qualms about lots o’ drinking (as is appropriate to any camping, I feel).