How early do I need to arrive for a good weekend site?

[batavia1358]

I see most sites are first-come-first-serve. On a typical weekend in August, how early do campsites start to fill up? Do I need to be there crack-of-dawn Friday, or just sometime Friday, to get a nice site? (Lake view, towards the playground for the kids.) Suggestions?

[bobj]

Going on Thursday is your best bet if you want your choice of site. Check out time is 2 or 3pm (I can't remember), so getting there early on a Friday won't help too much unless the prime sites weren't taken on Thursday. We've gone on Thursday morning, put a tent on the site (required), and paid the extra night to get a good site, and came back on Friday. There are only a couple lake-view sites, two are the cabins, two others are reservable, so that doesn't leave too many.

Bob J.

[John Barleycorn]

We have found that it is well worth the extra trip to go and "stake out" a nice spot on Thurday afternoon/evening. That way there is less stress(no hurry and less to do once you do arrive) on get-away day.