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Most people mentally close out camping season the day after Labor Day. Coolers get packed away, the RV goes into storage, and everyone quietly agrees that summer's over. Here's the thing nobody tells you: September might actually be the better month to book. Fewer crowds during the week, an events calendar that's still going strong on weekends, and weather that's usually easier to camp in than the middle of July. If you've been searching for campgrounds in the Finger Lakes ar

This Friday marks 25 years since September 11th. This weekend, September 11–13, is our FIREFIGHTER weekend, honoring our modern-day heroes, both fire service and military. It doesn't look like our other themed weekends, and it isn't supposed to. If you've seen "Firefighter Weekend" on our calendar and wondered whether it's the same thing as our Casino Glow & Hunt weekend, it isn't. This one stands on its own, built around a memorial service, a fundraiser, and the people it ho

The first question a lot of guests ask us isn't about the pool, the marina, or which themed weekend is coming up next. It's about the dog. Can he come? What's it going to cost? Is there somewhere for her to run around? Will anyone care if he barks at the neighbor's golden retriever? Short answer: yes, Rivers Crossing Campground & Marina is a dog-friendly campground, and dogs are part of the family here just like they are at home. But "dog-friendly" gets used pretty loosely ac

Rivers Crossing Campground & Marina is a riverfront campground from the nearest winery on the Cayuga Lake Wine Trail. A themed weekend covers your evenings: the live band, the costume contest, and in summer, the pool party. Your mornings are open, and the wine trail is close enough to turn one camping weekend into two experiences. How Close Is the Cayuga Wine Trail, Really? Closer than a lot of first-timers assume. The trail's northern wineries, the ones nearest Seneca Falls,

You pull in on a Friday, and there's already a costume contest sign-up sheet taped to the office window and a hand-drawn schedule with a live band listed for Saturday night. If nobody explained any of this to you beforehand, here's the rundown. If you're just looking for campground themed weekend ideas, the full list of what we run is right below. How Do Themed Camping Weekends Actually Work? Most themed camping weekends follow the same basic shape once you strip away the cos

July gets all the attention, peak lake weather, packed wineries, a campground running at full tilt. But there's a specific window right after that, before the leaves turn and before the region shifts fully into fall mode, that a lot of people overlook. Here's the case for booking a cabin rental in the Finger Lakes during that window instead of fighting the July crowds for one. Reason 1: The Space Actually Fits How You Want to Spend It A cottage sleeps up to 6 across two priva

The Clyde River runs right past Rivers Crossing Campground & Marina, and it holds more than most visitors expect: walleye, bass and catfish, plus northern pike and yellow perch. Clyde River fishing changes with the seasons, though, and so do the rules. Here’s what you can realistically catch and when, what it costs to be legal, and the special walleye limit that applies on this stretch of river. What Can You Catch on the Clyde River, Season by Season? Spring (May–June): Walle

Mardi Gras is supposed to happen in February. Beads, parades, jazz, it's tied to Fat Tuesday and the start of Lent. So why does a campground calendar in upstate New York list a full Mardi Gras weekend right in the middle of summer? Here's the short answer: because at a themed camping weekend, the name isn't about the calendar. It's about the format, and once you see how that format works, an August Mardi Gras stops being confusing and starts making a lot of sense. What's the

If you're the type who picks a campground based on "is there anything to actually do this weekend," August is going to be a good month for you. Four weekends. Four completely different vibes. A different band (or DJ) every single Saturday night. And somehow, a golf cart parade thrown in the middle of it. This is the kind of stretch that makes people start calling this one of the better campgrounds with live music in the Finger Lakes — not because we said so, but because the c