Campground Information:
Campground Name: Don Laine Family Campground
Campground Address: 790 57 Drive, Palmerton PA
Campground Phone #:610-381-3381
Campground Web Site: http://www.donlaine.com/
Campground Visit / Stay Information:
Date(s) of Visit/Stay: Toured 5/19/2012
Length of Visit/Stay: n/a
Site # / Type (PT or BkIn) / Hook-Ups (WES or WE or E or None): WES, EW Cable, EW sites are available
Site Amenities (Picnic Table (PT); Paved/Gravel/Grass; Pad; Cable; etc): Grass and gravel sties, picnic tables
Rate / night: Full Hook ups $33/night; $210/weekly
Extra Charges / night (Pets, Children, A/C, etc): Vistor charges $4 Anyone with pet must sign waiver
First Visit or Return Visit: First
Your Rating (1 Low – 5 High): 3 Though the campground was clean and neat, the staff was not friendly and the easily accessable sites for transients were Electric and Water only. If I needed a place to stay for a night, maybe 2 and was going through the area, ok , but we would not schedule this campgroud for an extended family vacation.
Campground Facilities Information:
Number & Type of Sites (PT / Back-In): Over 100 seasonal sites, approximately 48 transient sites. Pull thru and back in sites available
Hook-Ups (# with WES / WE / E /None): Seasonals - full hook up, transients area primarily WE, some full hook ups also availble for transient
Credit Cards Accepted (VISA, MC, Disc, None): VISA, MC, Am EX, Discover, Paypal
Discounts Accepted (Good Sam, KOA, other): Group rates and Senior rates
Interior Roads (Paved/Gravel; Wide/Narrow; Good/Bad): Gravel, adequate, fair condition, some areas tight.
Level Sites (Yes/No; rating: 1 low – 3 high): Yes, 2
Wide/Open Sites (Yes/No; rating: 1 low – 3 high): 2
Restroom Cleanliness (1 low – 3 high): not toured
Store (Yes/No; rating: 1 low – 3 high): Yes,3
Game Room (Yes/No; rating: 1 low – 3 high): not toured
Pool (Yes/No; Heated/Not Heated; Clean, rating: 1 low – 3 high): Looked nice, not open yet (out of season)
Campground Impressions:
Kid Friendly (Yes/No - Activities): Yes, though activities appeared to be more geard to adults
People Friendly (Yes/No): Yes
WiFi Friendly (Yes/No; - Charge?/Service Provider?): does not appear to be available
Cell Phone Coverage (Yes/No - Service Provider?): unsure
Pet Friendly (Yes/No): Yes - must sign release
Personal Comments:
My family and I went on a road trip today to scout out camp grounds, and one of our stops was Don Lain Campground.
They are located at: 790 57 Drive Palmerton, PA website
www.donlaine.com
We found the roads in and out of the campground area to be very accessible.
The campground is approximately 80% seasonal units, the units we passed by appeared to be well cared for, nice trees and the seasonal folks we saw seemed very friendly.
Approximately 48 sites are available for 'transient' campers. 13 of the transient sites are in the 'main' campground area, with a variety of options including E/W, E/W/C, and full hookup. 33 transient sites are in a seperate area, with no trees, but an awesome view, and sites that look very easy to get in and out of. These sites are E/W only, but are very close to the dump station (propane, showers, and restrooms too)
The transient area:
Campground features also include: Pool and playground
Check in is 3PM, Check out is 2pm
We drove through Palmerton on our way to the site. We appreciated that it is an active small town america setting, with all the typical mom and pop type stores that many of us miss in our big box store world. The campground itself sits more on top of the mountain, giving a very nice view of the area. The campground was also very quiet.
Our personal still of camping is transient and we have a 30 foot camper, we will consider this campground for future weekend retreats. Due to the length of our camper we would most likely request a site in the transient area, preferring sites N9 through N33