Rob Picchione

Review of Normandy Farms Campground

Very nice, very well managed, top notch amenities,...

Very nice, very well managed, top notch amenities, but pricey. For this part of the country probably the best you are going to find.

Excellent zero contact Covid procedures. We received an email with a printable car pass that can be scanned at the gate. Also a link so we could check-in via a smartphone.

Mostly easy maneuvering in our 45' motorhome plus tow. Gated entry area could be challenging for newbie big rig drivers - after turing in from Thurston St. stay in the left lane coming up the hill, this will make it easier to make the 90 degree right turn to the gate.

Very long pull thru's available. One ding is electric and water were far to the rear of our site in the 900 row, so a motorhome towing may not be able to reach them without extensions. Our tow (Honda Odyssey) would just barely fit with my electric cord at full extension, leaving room for two more cars at the front of the site. We detached anyway and parked the tow in front so for us this was not an issue. On the plus side, not only were the sewer caps further forward, but there were two of them spaced well apart providing good options for all rig types.

Sites are gravel and most appeared level. Spacing between sites is relatively generous for a private park but generally lacking in privacy as one would expect, although the older sites like ours, in addition to a strip of grass, had a smattering of vegetation in between. Generally we felt quite comfortable and not cramped. The spacing of the newer sites looked a bit less generous. Most sites have very mature trees providing lots of shade, but also blocking satellite reception. Pull thru sites in the 1100, 1200 and 1300 rows are newer, have fewer trees to the south and west, so probably have good satellite reception. All sites had a fire ring which appeared to be cleaned between occupants.

Regarding internet, we had mediocre AT&T service, adequate Verizon service and the campground wifi was very good while outside our rig (1/3rd or less of the sites were populated during testing at midday). Our phones had trouble seeing the access point from inside our rig, the closest antenna was about 3 sites away.

The location is central to many area attractions and just a few minutes from I-495. Patriot place, just north on US-1 has loads of shopping and restaurants, just beware (post Covid) of traffic on game days at Gillette Stadium. Boston commuter rail stations are nearby.

All rigs should approach the campground from US-1 turing east onto Thurston St. GPS is likely to try and take you in from the other direction, but there are sections of Thurston St. just east of the campground entrance that IMO are not even small-rig friendly. There is a truck stop with truck lanes between Thurston St. and I-495 which is convenient for diesel.