Campgrounds and Cabins for Kids
72 family-friendly spots across Hawaii, New York, Oklahoma, & Texas, with costs, best ages, parking tips, and what to bring.
72 adventures found
Adirondak Loj and Wilderness Campground
Lake Placid, NY
LodgingBunkrooms, cabins, lean-tos and tent sites at the High Peaks trailhead on Heart Lake, run by the …
Bastrop State Park Cabins
Bastrop, TX
LodgingHistoric 1930s CCC stone cabins among the Lost Pines east of Austin, among the hardest reservations …
Beavers Bend State Park Cabins
Broken Bow, OK
LodgingRustic and modern state park cabins in the pines at Beavers Bend, minutes from Broken Bow Lake and …
Blanco State Park Camping
Blanco, TX
CampingCompact CCC-era campground under pecan trees on the Blanco River, one of the gentlest first camping …
Broken Bow and Hochatown RV Parks
Broken Bow, OK
CampingPrivate full-hookup RV parks along the Highway 259 corridor near Beavers Bend, plus the hookup loops …
Broken Bow Treehouse and Glamping Stays
Broken Bow, OK
LodgingTreehouses, A-frames, geodesic domes and canvas glamping tents scattered through the woods around …
Cedar Lake Recreation Area Camping
Hodgen, OK
CampingNational forest campground on a small lake with a sandy swim beach and a flat shoreline loop trail …
Clayton Lake State Park Camping
Clayton, OK
CampingSmall quiet state park in the Kiamichi Mountains with lakeside campsites, a few cabins and some of …
Colorado Bend State Park Camping
Bend, TX
CampingRustic no-hookup river camping down six miles of gravel road, with Gorman Falls and guided wild cave …
Eagle Point Campground
Schroon Lake, NY
CampingBluff-top campsites above Schroon Lake with a swimming beach below, quieter than Lake George and …
Enchanted Rock Walk-In Camping
Fredericksburg, TX
CampingWalk-in tent sites and primitive backcountry camping at the granite dome, and the reliable way in …
Forked Lake Campground
Long Lake, NY
CampingMostly paddle-in shoreline campsites on a quiet Adirondack lake, a real step up from car camping for …
Garner State Park Camping and Cabins
Concan, TX
CampingCypress-shaded campsites, screened shelters and CCC cabins along the Frio River at the most …
Golden Beach Campground
Raquette Lake, NY
CampingLong sandy swimming beach with a gradual toddler-friendly entry on Raquette Lake, backed by …
Guadalupe River State Park Camping
Spring Branch, TX
CampingFour miles of cypress-lined Guadalupe River frontage with drive-up and walk-in campsites, forty-five …
Ho'omaluhia Botanical Garden Camping
Kaneohe, HI
CampingPermit-only weekend tent camping on garden lawns beneath the Koolau cliffs, one of the few quiet …
Hochatown Cabin Rentals
Broken Bow, OK
LodgingThe private cabin market around Hochatown and Beavers Bend, where hot tubs, bunk rooms, game rooms …
Hosmer Grove Campground
Kula, HI
CampingFirst-come tent camping at 6,800 feet in Haleakala, which turns the brutal predawn sunrise drive …
Hugo Lake State Park Camping
Hugo, OK
CampingQuiet lakeside state park camping on Hugo Lake, a calmer alternative to Beavers Bend about 90 …
Inks Lake State Park Camping and Cabins
Burnet, TX
CampingWaterfront campsites and small cabins on a constant-level lake with pink granite shoreline and the …
Kalopa State Recreation Area Cabins
Honokaa, HI
LodgingGroup cabins and tent camping in cool misty native ohia forest above the Hamakua Coast, a half hour …
Keuka Lake State Park Camping
Bluff Point, NY
CampingOpen lakeside and shaded wooded campsites with a swim beach and boat launch on Keuka, the quietest …
Kipahulu Campground
Hana, HI
CampingOceanfront bluff-top camping at the end of the Road to Hana, a short walk from the Pipiwai Trail and …
Krause Springs Camping
Spicewood, TX
CampingCamp above a spring-fed swimming hole and rope swing on a family-owned Hill Country property, with …
Lady Bird Johnson Municipal Park Camping
Fredericksburg, TX
CampingCity-run RV and tent camping ten minutes from Main Street, the practical base for Enchanted Rock and …
Lake Eaton Campground
Long Lake, NY
CampingSandy beach and calm shallow water on a quiet lake near Long Lake village, with Owls Head Mountain …
Lake George Battleground Campground
Lake George, NY
CampingWooded state campground within walking distance of Million Dollar Beach and Lake George village, so …
Lake Wister State Park Camping
Wister, OK
CampingShoreline camping areas and cabins on Lake Wister in the Ouachita foothills, an easy pairing with …
Letchworth State Park Camping and Cabins
Castile, NY
CampingCampground, cabins and a pool complex inside the seventeen-mile Grand Canyon of the East, so the …
Lewey Lake Campground
Indian Lake, NY
CampingBeach and boat launch between two lakes beneath Snowy Mountain, with wilderness trailheads and …
Limekiln Lake Campground
Inlet, NY
CampingLarge pine-shaded campground on a clear lake near Inlet, with a sandy beach, boat launch and the …
Lost Maples State Natural Area Camping
Vanderpool, TX
CampingRiverside campsites and hike-in primitive sites at the one Texas park with real fall color, and your …
Mongaup Pond Campground
Livingston Manor, NY
CampingSandy beach and motor-free paddling on the largest Catskill pond, with wilderness trails from camp …
Muleshoe Bend Recreation Area Camping
Spicewood, TX
CampingPrimitive lakeside campsites, family-friendly singletrack and a famous spring bluebonnet field on …
Namakanipaio Campground
Hawaii National Park, HI
CampingDrive-up tent camping in a eucalyptus grove inside Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, minutes from the …
Nicks Lake Campground
Old Forge, NY
CampingSandy beach and a flat lakeshore loop trail on a quiet lake three minutes from Old Forge and the …
Pace Bend Park Camping
Spicewood, TX
CampingDrive-up primitive camping right on the Lake Travis shoreline, with sheltered swimming coves on the …
Pedernales Falls State Park Camping
Johnson City, TX
CampingShaded campsites and walk-in tent sites under some of the darkest night skies within an hour of …
Pine Creek Lake Camping
Valliant, OK
CampingBasic Army Corps campgrounds on a quiet reservoir west of Broken Bow, for families who want an empty …
Raymond Gary State Park Camping
Fort Towson, OK
CampingSmall shaded lakeside campground and swimming area east of Hugo, and a workable overflow option when …
Robbers Cave State Park Camping and Cabins
Wilburton, OK
CampingClassic Oklahoma state park with campgrounds, cabins and a real outlaw cave in the sandstone bluffs …
Robert H. Treman State Park Camping and Cabins
Ithaca, NY
CampingCampsites and simple cabins beside the stone-walled waterfall swimming hole at Treman, the best swim …
Rollins Pond Campground
Saranac Lake, NY
CampingMotor-free Adirondack pond camping next door to Fish Creek, with glassy water, loons at dawn and …
Sampson State Park Camping
Romulus, NY
CampingBig Seneca Lake campground with a pool, marina and beach, and the most reliable availability when …
South Llano River State Park Camping
Junction, TX
CampingClear spring-fed river, four bird blinds and dark skies at a quieter western Hill Country campground …
Stony Brook State Park Camping
Dansville, NY
CampingWooded campsites beside two stream-fed swimming pools dammed right into the creek bed, a much …
Talimena State Park Camping
Talihina, OK
CampingSmall wooded creekside campground at the western end of the Talimena Scenic Drive, the ridge-top …
Taughannock Falls State Park Cabins and Camping
Trumansburg, NY
CampingHillside campsites and cabins above Cayuga Lake, with a flat stroller-friendly trail to a 215-foot …
Wai'anapanapa State Park Cabins
Hana, HI
LodgingSimple state park housekeeping cabins at the Hana black sand beach, one of the few affordable ways …
Watkins Glen State Park Campground
Watkins Glen, NY
CampingCamp above the gorge and walk the Watkins Glen trail at eight in the morning, before the tour buses …
Wilmington Notch Campground
Wilmington, NY
CampingRiverside state campground in the notch between Lake Placid and Wilmington, minutes from High Falls …
North-South Lake Campground
Haines Falls, NY
CampingPremier Catskills campground with twin lakes and a swimming beach - campsites from about $22/night …
Burnham Point State Park
Cape Vincent, NY
CampingQuiet waterfront campground where Lake Ontario meets the St. Lawrence River. Paid entry. Works from …
Camp Olowalu
Lahaina, HI
CampingOceanfront camping and glamping with excellent snorkeling right off the beach. Paid entry. Best from …
Cedar Point State Park
Clayton, NY
CampingWaterfront camping on the St. Lawrence River with Thousand Islands views. Paid entry. Works from …
Cranberry Lake Campground
Cranberry Lake, NY
CampingRemote lakefront campground on one of the largest and wildest Adirondack lakes. Paid entry. Best …
Eighth Lake Campground
Inlet, NY
CampingLakefront campground with beach and calm water on the Fulton Chain of Lakes. Paid entry. Works from …
Fish Creek Pond Campground
Saranac Lake, NY
CampingMassive waterfront campground with beach and access to a chain of Adirondack ponds. Paid entry. …
Grass Point State Park
Alexandria Bay, NY
CampingRiver campground near Alexandria Bay with beach and easy Thousand Islands access. Paid entry. Works …
Hearthstone Point Campground
Lake George, NY
CampingWaterfront state campground on Lake George close to the village. Paid entry. Works from toddler age. …
Indian Lake Islands Campground
Indian Lake, NY
CampingPaddle-in island camping on scenic Indian Lake in the central Adirondacks. Paid entry. Best from …
Kenneth L. Wilson Campground
Mount Tremper, NY
CampingLakeside Catskills campground with sandy beach and boat rentals. Paid entry. Works from toddler age. …
Koke'e State Park Camping
Waimea (Kauai), HI
CampingMountain camping at 3,600 feet above Waimea Canyon with cool forest air and stargazing. Paid entry. …
Lake Durant Campground
Blue Mountain Lake, NY
CampingLakefront campground in the central Adirondacks with beach and paddle access. Paid entry. Works from …
Lake George Islands Camping
Lake George, NY
CampingBoat-access island camping on pristine Lake George. Paid entry. Best from about age 5. Plan to stay …
Malaekahana State Recreation Area
Laie, HI
CampingBeachfront camping with a wadeable offshore island on the quiet North Shore. Paid entry. Works from …
Rogers Rock Campground
Hague, NY
CampingWooded lakeside campground on the quiet north end of Lake George. Paid entry. Works from toddler …
Saranac Lake Islands Camping
Saranac Lake, NY
CampingPaddle-in island camping on the Saranac Lakes with 87 primitive sites. Paid entry. Best from about …
Selkirk Shores State Park
Pulaski, NY
CampingBluff-top campground on Lake Ontario with beach and Salmon River access. Paid entry. Works from …
Taconic State Park
Copake Falls, NY
CampingTwo camping areas with swimming ponds, waterfalls, and ridge trails on the Taconic Range. Paid …
Beavers Bend State Park Campgrounds
Broken Bow, OK
CampingFamily campgrounds along the Mountain Fork River in Beavers Bend State Park. Paid entry. Works from …
Rough Creek Lodge
Glen Rose, TX
CampingLuxury family ranch resort with outdoor activities near Glen Rose. Paid entry. Best from about age …