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    Reviews

    10 Reviews

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    Muneeb
    Oct 1, 2026
    Positive

    Stayed here a couple nights. Pretty chill, next to a public park and river and some neighborhoods. Space for about 8 or 9 vans, was 1 spot left around 9pm when I pulled in. Train goes by every 30 mins maybe? Even at night, so keep that in mind. Toilets 30 second walk from vans, cracked open at night. They are flush toilets but the metal kind without real seats. Long river walk nearby, dark at night but peaceful. Some stray cats like to get under the vans.

    Anonymous
    Aug 31, 2026
    Positive

    Awesome place you can stay up to 3 nights, short walk to new world. Great river walk. The train does go past but hey this is what living on the road is. I really enjoyed this place has public toilets and dump station

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    Michela
    Apr 29, 2026
    Negative

    Vomit in the toilet and music till late. Noisy because of the train line nearby.

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    Charlotte
    Apr 17, 2026
    Negative

    The place is nice (facing a lake) and there are toilets nearby. Facing, there are people next door, who make noise (music until late) and roam around the free camp. A person came to touch our window, we weren’t reassuring.

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    Anonymous
    Feb 11, 2026
    Negative

    Nice view but very noisy during night: cars with loud music passing by fast and parking nearby, guy singing loudly until late and resuming early morning, train passing by (horn and very loud on the bridge). Not recommended for resting at night

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    Anonymous
    Jan 10, 2026
    Positive

    We loved this campsite. It wasn't very spacious, but there were toilets, and it was very clean. There's a river nearby, a bit noisy during the day, but very quiet in the evening. A beautiful spot, I highly recommend it.

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    Sebastian
    Dec 22, 2025
    Positive

    When I was there it was a lovely spot near the river, a lot of other camper were there and it was very calm and quiet. There's a very clos toilet with Ok quality.

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    Patz
    Nov 19, 2025
    Negative

    Very sad to say this beautiful place is being ruined by the locals with goons using it as their raceway throughout the night. And looks like one local there full-time uses the free camping area as a drug outlet. The train run past several times a night.

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    Anonymous
    Sep 14, 2025
    Negative

    Very noisy place, we do not recommend, lots of noisy locals all hours of the night, I think it's the local drug hang out, our van was punched at 2:15 am by a drug affected person, trains all night, toilets are terrible.

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    Alex
    May 22, 2025
    Negative

    Toilets were already closed when we arrived at 20:00. Some strange people lurking around in the park. Just space for 6-7 vehicles. We didn't stay here.