Shady Acres Campgrounds

Wow. What a piece of crap campground. Even just from the start. As we were pulling into the campground, not even at the front gate yet, the owner ran out of her house screaming and waving her hands at my wife, child and I about how fast we were driving. I was going 10mph, as I had my eyes on my speed since it was a campground and possibly children nearly (there weren’t any, but having a child of my own I was cautious.) She came up to my window screaming with my 15-​month in the back seat, something about «WHAT PART OF THE 5mph SIGN DID YOU NOT SEE?!» I first apologized and said we were going 10mph and I’m sorry I did not see the sign. She kept screaming. We didn’t know what to do so we decided to just leave. Many more kid-​friendly and kindly-​run campgrounds in the area that deserve my family and I. Shady Acres sure doesn’t. What a huge disappointment. Oh and we are from NY and it is Memorial Day weekend so you can imagine how impossible it is to find a campground with a vacancy. Thanks for nothing Shady Acres!

The owner is a complete bitch and doesn’t know how to speak like a normal human being. She just sits and screams. My first time there. She approached me with an attitude and I immediately left. Wouldn’t recommend this place at all

Really great space. Peaceful and not too far from civilization. Go for a day of fishing or kayaking. The owner’s are in a remodeling phase and things are looking really good! They are building a new 80′ dock! There are new beanbag games that are available for everyone. The outdoor bathroom is so cool! The soap dispenser even gives out powdered soap just like back in the day! We had a really nice time here. Can’t wait to go back and relax by the creek! Make reservations early ’cause certain times of the year can be completely booked.

Clean, level sites, close to the Delaware and its many amenities, and in a neat little town just off I-​80. Plus they have peacocks, goats and turkeys on the property that you can pet and/​or stare at.
Everything at this camp site is a little old (last remodel of the bathroom was probably 1955) and they still employ pull showers, but very clean and well kept. The prices are also hard to beat, so pulling a chain to get kind of clean is acceptable in my book.
It seems most campers are seasonal trailer campers, so everyone knows everyone and will scream at you if you drive over 5MPH. It seems a kid was hit by a car in a recent past season, and management make no qualms about telling you that you will lose your site if you speed.
The store on site (though rarely open) carries everything you need and you can get your camp wood straight from them and spend $ 10 for the weekend since they give you an over filled wheel barrow of wood.
There is a bear and a mountain lion supposedly that frequent the grounds, but we didn’t see or hear them all weekend. Moral here is: keep your site clean and the food away and you probably won’t have a problem.