Holly Lake Campsites

I did not like this place very much. First of all, there is no lake. There is a lot of swamp. Second, they have a bunch of pens with goats, deer and chickens that is noisy and smelly, and I kind of feel bad for the deer. Third, the bath houses need to be rebuilt as they are small, old and stuffy. Mosquitoes need to be mitigated. Trees should be thinned to allow a breeze and clear up the humidity. Potholes are big and plentiful. Staff is OK, management and owners aren't very accommodating. Campground is immense with a strange and difficult layout. Pool is in the middle of nowhere, behind an odd 10-ft stockade fence, not visible from the outside, not within walking distance from cabin and tent sites, far from many RV sites. Food is 1/2 mile from pool and there is nowhere to eat near the pool. That kind of ruined my plans to have dinner poolside with the kids on a 90-degree day. Large seasonal population kind of trashing the place up with Trump flags. Store is huge but poorly stocked. They have great potential, but they really need to invest, hire some more maintenance people and see what the surrounding campgrounds are doing if they want to compete. I will not return anytime soon.

The grounds are nice and the folks running the campground are very friendly, but there is definitely a party atmosphere. Quiet time is at 11:00 pm, which is pretty late for most campgrounds. Even then, many guests didn't respect it.

There was a group directly behind our campsite that was playing music, shouting, and shining bright lights until early in the morning. To the staff's credit, they did kick the group out, but it wasn't until 2:30 in the morning. While the staff can't control everything people do, it was crazy that they gave so many warnings and waited so long to remove the guests.

The only other improvement area was the bathrooms, which were pretty run down. They did clean them consistently, but the way they're set up makes them very difficult to stay clean.

The place is nice but there is little privacy and there seems to be a late night party culture at the campground. We stayed two nights over memorial weekend and both nights there were golf carts cruise around until like 1am driving through every trail in the campsite- playing loud music and yelling through a megaphone! It was pretty ridiculous! The campsites are really close to each other and the lights from the cars really shine into the tent at night. That said the facilities are nice and the people running it are really nice!