Gay Campgrounds in the US: 32 LGBTQ+ Campgrounds by Region, With Who's Welcome, Seasons and Prices

Gay campgrounds have been part of LGBTQ+ travel for decades, and they get far less coverage than the bars and resorts. Oneida in Pennsylvania has been taking campers since 1980, Timberfell in Tennessee since 1978, Triangle Recreation Camp in Washington since 1975. Most of them are private, membership-based properties on 50 to 700 acres, an hour or two from the nearest city, with a pool, a clubhouse that turns into a dance floor on Saturday night, and a calendar of themed weekends from spring to Halloween. Many are men-only and clothing optional. A few welcome everyone in the community, one is women-only, and three are not clothing optional at all.

This guide covers 32 campgrounds across 17 states. Every fact here comes from the campground's own website as it read in October 2026: who is admitted, the clothing policy, what you can sleep in, the membership and day-pass system, the posted rates and the season. Where a site does not say something, we say so rather than guess. Policies and prices change, and a few of these places have changed hands in the last two years, so treat the numbers as a starting point and confirm when you book.

Gay Campgrounds at a Glance

• Men-only, clothing optional: Hillside, Jones Pond, Twin Ponds Lodge, Oak Hill Hideaway, Roseland (everywhere but the restaurant), Timberfell, CreekRidge (designated areas: pool and shower house), Camp Boomerang, Stag Run Club, River Ridge, Cactus Canyon, Camp Dawgwoodz, SIRenity Farms, Camp Woodpecker, Grizzly Pines, Boar's Rut, Magnetic Valley, Circle J
• Men-only, clothing policy not posted: Camp Buckwood, Freedom Valley (nudity in designated areas only), Camp Mars, D-Ranch
• Open to the whole LGBTQ+ community: The Woods (18+), Oneida, Campit, Sawmill, The River's Edge, Camp Nackte (18+), Triangle Recreation Camp (LGBTQ+ only), Rainbow Ranch
• LGBTQ+ membership resort, primarily men: Vitambi Springs (its tagline says LGBTQ+; its FAQ says primarily all-male)
• Women-only: Windover Women's Resort (not clothing optional)
• Not clothing optional: Windover, Rainbow Ranch, Campit
• Open all year: Roseland, Timberfell, Sawmill; Vitambi Springs posts no closing season and runs weekends through December; most of the rest run roughly April or May through October

How Gay Campgrounds Work

Membership and day passes. Nearly all of these properties are private clubs. You pay a small annual membership on arrival (The Woods charges $50, most charge $15 to $30, and Triangle Recreation Camp folds it into a $22-a-night visitor membership), sign a waiver and show government ID. Day passes let you use the pool, clubhouse and grounds without staying over, typically $10 to $60 depending on the campground and the day of the week, and almost always on top of the membership.

Clothing optional. At most men's campgrounds it means nude is fine anywhere inside the gate except the office, the dining room or cafe, and anywhere visible from the road. Several sites spell out that a towel goes under you on benches and that public sexual activity is not allowed. A few campgrounds limit nudity to designated areas (CreekRidge and Freedom Valley; Vitambi Springs keeps its main road and public buildings clothed), and three on this list are not clothing optional at all. Read each entry.

What you can sleep in. Every campground here takes tents and most take RVs with 30- or 50-amp electric; full hookups with sewer are less universal, so check if you need them. Almost all also rent cabins, and the bigger properties add lodge rooms, bunkhouses, rental trailers, glamping tents, yurts and the odd treehouse. Cabins and rooms usually carry a two-night weekend minimum and three nights on holiday weekends.

Seasons. Northern campgrounds open in late April or May and close by mid-October, often with a Halloween weekend as the finale. Sawmill in Florida, Timberfell in Tennessee and Roseland in West Virginia run all year, and the Florida and Texas properties put their busiest weekends in the cooler months.

Northeast: Pennsylvania, New York, Maine and New Hampshire

The Woods Campground, Lehighton, Pennsylvania

The Woods covers 161 acres in the Poconos with streams and a four-acre lake, about 70 miles north of Philadelphia. It opened in 2004 and describes itself as a membership-only, clothing-optional LGBTQIA+ themed camping resort, open to everyone 18 and over. All areas except the inside dining room are clothing optional. The season runs May through October. Sites take tents, trailers and big rigs (most sites are 50 amp), and there are 39 cabins and three park-model homes. Membership is $50 per person for the 2026 season or $25 for a seven-day temporary membership, and day passes run about $31 to $46 in peak season. On site: a pool, a dance club, a fitness center, a cafe, EV charging and a BodyShop for massage and haircuts. Named weekends include Bears at The Woods, Christmas in July and Illumination in late August.

Hillside Campgrounds, New Milford, Pennsylvania

Hillside is a private, members-only campground exclusively for men 21 and older on more than 235 acres in Susquehanna County, now in its fifth decade. It is clothing optional once you are inside the gates, with clothing required in the office and outside the gate, and it operates May through the end of September. Options run from community tenting and standard tent sites to RV sites, glamping, standard and premium cabins and a luxury rental RV. The posted rate card, still labelled 2025, lists tent sites from $50 a night midweek, RV sites from $60 and standard cabins from $90, a $30 seasonal membership and day passes from $10 on weekdays. The pool, Club Inferno, two cafes and a nightly bonfire are the social core.

Oneida Campground & Lodge, New Milford, Pennsylvania

A few miles from Hillside, Oneida has run since 1980 on about 94 acres and counted 2026 as its 46th season. Its camp policies say you must be at least 21 or accompanied by a parent or legal guardian, and everyone holds a membership card; clothing is optional except in the office, at camp meals and in the cafe, and swimsuits are required at the lake. The policies do not state a gender rule, so do not assume it is men-only from what directories say. There are tent sites, RV hookups, cabins and two lodges for groups. The 2026 rate sheet lists tent camping at $33 per person on weeknights and $50 on Friday and Saturday nights, RVs at the tent rate plus $10, and standard cabins at $82.50 midweek and $145 on weekends for two. The pool has a snack bar, there is a disco and a cafe, two private ponds and a lake, drag bingo on Saturday afternoons and movies on Fridays.

Jones Pond Campground & RV Park, Angelica, New York

Jones Pond is a gay-owned, members-only campground for men 21 and over in Allegany County, about 70 miles south of Buffalo. The land became a campground in 1963 and reopened as an all-male gay campground in 1991; the current owners took over in 2012. The season is May 1 to October 1, and most of the park is clothing optional. It has 175 campsites with 30-amp electric and water on more than 100 acres, plus log cabins, bunkhouses, rental RVs and a three-bedroom guest house. Membership is $15 per guest per season. 2026 rates start at $15 per person for tenting on a weeknight, $49 per couple for an RV site, $85 for a log cabin and $125 for a guest-house room, and day passes cover 12 hours with no reservation. A 65-foot pool, a three-acre pond, a barn for dances and an off-leash dog area round it out, with a themed weekend every week.

Twin Ponds Lodge, Albion, Maine

Twin Ponds is a men-only, clothing-optional campground and lodge in central Maine, about 70 miles north of Portland. Membership is $40 a year and is open to men 18 and over who identify and live authentically as men. What makes it different is the lodge: a full bar, a heated pool, a hot tub, a sauna and a steam room alongside cabins, travel trailers, canvas Never Tents, tent sites and RV sites. Posted rates start at $59 for a tent site and $119 for a Never Tent, with trailers, cabins and RV sites priced on the rates page; lodging includes the day pass. The season runs on weekends through the end of October and then two posted winter weekends, a holiday party November 20 to 22 and New Year's December 30 to January 3. The 2027 schedule is posted in December and reservations open January 15.

Oak Hill Hideaway, Washington, New Hampshire

Oak Hill Hideaway is a membership-based campground and social club for gay, bi and trans men and other male-identifying adults 21 and over (its own wording) on 55 acres about 35 miles west of Manchester. A gay campground has existed on the land since 2013. All 55 acres are clothing optional, and the campground's own phrasing is that this does not mean nudity is mandatory. Membership is $35 a year, with your ID uploaded before arrival. Sites run from primitive tent sites in the Back-Fifty to 20-amp tent sites, five full-hookup pull-through RV sites and 30-amp partial hookups, plus two rental RVs and a cottage. There is a heated salt-water pool with a sun deck, volleyball and basketball, and a Community Center for potlucks and karaoke. Day-pass pricing and pet rules are not posted, so ask when you book.

Northeast gay campgrounds

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The Woods Campground, Lehighton

Lehighton, Pennsylvania

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Hillside Campgrounds, New Milford

New Milford, Pennsylvania

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Oneida Campground & Lodge, New Milford

New Milford, Pennsylvania

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Jones Pond Campground & RV Park, Angelica

Angelica, New York

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Twin Ponds Lodge, Albion

Albion, Maine

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Oak Hill Hideaway, Washington

Washington, New Hampshire

Appalachia and the South: West Virginia, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama and Florida

Roseland Resort & Campground, Proctor, West Virginia

Roseland is a gay-owned and operated resort and campground for men 21 and over on 222 acres in the hills south of Wheeling, about 90 miles from Pittsburgh. It is open all year, and nudity is permitted in all areas except the Walnut Tree Restaurant; the resort describes its 11 miles of trails as clothing optional. Membership is $25 per person per season. Camping is priced per person: tent sites with water from $35, tent sites with electric and RV sites for rigs up to 40 feet at $40 per person; indoors there are rooms in the Granary, the Guest House and Rose Hall, and sleeper, JR deluxe and deluxe cabins from $130 a night for two. The grounds have a pool, two hot tubs, 11 miles of hiking trails and the Town Hall for music and dancing. The autumn calendar runs Fall Foliage, Pre-Halloween and Bones Halloween weekends, then weekends labelled Co-Ed Weekends on its calendar from early November to late December. A day pass is $35.

Timberfell Lodge, Greeneville, Tennessee

Timberfell is a membership-only, clothing-optional camping resort for men, exclusively for the 21-and-older crowd in its own words, on 189 acres in the Appalachian foothills of northeast Tennessee, between Knoxville and Asheville. It has operated since 1978 and is open 365 days a year; its gender policy is a single line: all male members are welcome. All areas except the inside dining room are clothing optional. Membership is $20 per person per year and a day pass is $20. There are 72 cabins and rooms including the historic lodge, big-rig-friendly RV sites with 30- and 50-amp service, water and sewer, and tent sites with electric and water, with rates quoted through the booking engine and midweek rooms discounted. A lodge restaurant and bar, a pool, a sauna and steam room, a dance club and the Brooks Stage carry a 2026 calendar that includes Gay Gaymes in May, Mr. Timberfell in August, Silver Foxes in September, OctoBEARfest, Rocky Horror, Illumination and Friendsgiving.

The River's Edge, Dewy Rose, Georgia

The River's Edge is a private, 21-and-over, clothing-optional campground for the gay and lesbian community on 65 acres in Elbert County, about 90 miles east of Atlanta. It says it has been going for more than 30 years. It lists 30 indoor cabins, 44 RV sites, 38 electric tent sites and 71 non-electric tent sites, and bookings are open into late 2027. A valid membership is required to book; prices show in the booking system. There is a heated in-ground pool, a hot tub, a clubhouse and pavilion, a seasonal cafe from Memorial Day to Labor Day, EV charging and trails. The late-year calendar runs a Pirate Weekend, a Phantom of the Rose Halloween, the LumberSexual fall shot crawl, Thanksgiving and a New Year ring-in.

Camp Woodpecker, Eutaw, Alabama

Camp Woodpecker is a private, members-only retreat exclusively for men in Greene County, west Alabama, southwest of Tuscaloosa. Its site calls it a clothing-optional campground for adults 18 and older. Stays run from lodge B&B rooms and poolside rooms to private cabins and RV and tent sites, around two salt-water pools, two hot tubs, a sauna, a dining pavilion and an outdoor kitchen. Day-pass hours are posted but prices and the membership fee are not. The 2026 calendar included a Labor Day weekend, a leather weekend with ONYX Atlanta, a furry and pup weekend and an 80s Halloween party.

Sawmill Camping Resort, Dade City, Florida

Sawmill is a private-membership LGBTQ+ camping and residential resort for adults 21 and over about 50 miles northeast of Tampa, open 365 days a year. Its rules put the welcome broadly (an LGBTQ+ camping community where everyone is welcome), and clothing is optional in most areas except the office, store and restaurant. Day memberships start at $15, and RV sites, cabins and the tenting area are booked by date through Campspot. The nightlife is the distinctive part: four bars including Woody's Nightclub and a cigar bar, a main stage, a cafe, a 24-hour general store, a heated pool and a spa.

Vitambi Springs Resort & Camp, Clewiston, Florida

Vitambi Springs calls itself an LGBTQ+ private-membership resort, and its FAQ calls it primarily an all-male private membership resort for adults over 21, on 269 acres of scrub and hammock south of Lake Okeechobee, about 90 miles west of Fort Lauderdale by its own directions. It opened in December 2011. The majority of the park is clothing optional; the main road and public buildings are not. Membership is $30 a year. Lodging runs from homes, cottages and the eight-room Pine Tree Inn to cabins, barracks beds, tent sites and the 38-site Palm Forest RV park; 2026 starting rates are $125 for a home, $60 for a cabin, $25 for a barracks bed, $20 to $30 for a tent site and $55 to $65 for an RV site, before tax. Day passes are $20 for members. The cool-season calendar is dense: Burning Bear, Bears in the Buff, an anniversary weekend in December and Illumination over Christmas.

Camp Mars, Venus, Florida

Camp Mars is a private-membership RV park and campground for gay men on 40 acres of meadows and oak hammocks in Highlands County, in the middle of the peninsula. It has served the community since 2002. Membership is $25 a year. Tent sites have 15-amp electric, RV sites run 30 and 50 amps, and rentals include cabins, cottages, park trailers, a mini sleep cabin and a yurt; the rate sheet effective April 2026 lists tent sites at $25 to $30, RV sites at $45 to $65 and cabins at $50 to $180 a night, with monthly RV stays at $850 to $900. A $10 day pass runs 10 AM to 6 PM. Days revolve around the rec hall and pool, with outings to Lake June for sailing and kayaks, group motorcycle rides, Friday bingo and an Oktober Leather Fest.

Southern gay campgrounds

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Roseland Resort & Campground, Proctor

Proctor, West Virginia

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Timberfell Lodge, Greeneville

Greeneville, Tennessee

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The River's Edge, Dewy Rose

Dewy Rose, Georgia

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Camp Woodpecker, Eutaw

Eutaw, Alabama

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Sawmill Camping Resort, Dade City

Dade City, Florida

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Vitambi Springs Resort & Camp, Clewiston

Clewiston, Florida

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Camp Mars, Venus

Venus, Florida

Midwest: Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky and Missouri

Campit Outdoor Resort, Fennville, Michigan

Campit is a private, 21-and-over LGBTQ+ camping resort on 33 wooded acres near Saugatuck and Douglas, Michigan's lakeshore gay town. Its inclusivity page is explicit: trans, cis, gay, bi, straight, questioning, women, men and nonbinary people, couples and singles, friends and allies. Campit joined the Saugatuck story in 1982 and runs April through October with more than 30 themed weekends a season. Every guest needs a $15 annual membership. Stays range from the nine-room Outpost Lodge and a set of cabins to vintage 1950s-to-70s trailers, full-hookup 50-amp RV sites, water-and-electric sites, tent sites and glamping tents, booked by date online. A heated pool, the Big Top deck, a clubhouse and a cafe fill the middle of camp. The 2027 calendar already lists an Out of Hi-Bear-Nation weekend in April and Mardi Gras in August. Campit is not clothing optional: its FAQ lists appropriate attire required and no public nudity among its policies.

CreekRidge Campground, Stockbridge, Michigan

CreekRidge is a private, membership-only campground for gay and bisexual men 21 and older on 60 wooded acres between Lansing and Ann Arbor. It opened in 2016 and has 145 sites: seasonal lots, primitive and water-and-electric tent sites and 30/50-amp RV sites sized for big rigs, plus a rental RV, two cabins and a six-bed bunkhouse. Clothing is optional in designated areas, including the heated pool and the shower house. Membership is $25 the first year and $15 to renew; day passes are $15 to $20 with a $10 surcharge on event weekends. 2026 nightly rates start at $15 per person for primitive tenting, $55 for a trailer site and $120 for the standard cabin. Club Solitude is the dance club, there are two fishing ponds and trails, and a themed weekend runs nearly every week from the end of April to mid-October, GLOW among them. 2027 reservations open January 1 at noon Eastern.

Camp Boomerang RV Park & Campground, Orleans, Michigan

Camp Boomerang is new: construction began in 2021 on more than 80 acres about 30 miles northeast of Grand Rapids. Its site describes it as an adult, all-male, private membership, clothing-optional park for men 21 and older, with clothing required in the office, eating areas and at the entrance. It is an RV park first, with back-in and pull-through full-hookup sites at 50, 30 and 20 amps and a shaded tent area with electric at each site; there are no cabins. Membership is required but not priced online. A resort-style shower house, a pool and hot tub, the Boomerang Ballroom and the licensed LowHangers poolside bar carry a late-April-to-mid-October season with a Bear Bash, a Pride weekend, Halloween in July, a leather and fetish weekend and Oktobeerfest.

Windover Women's Resort, Owendale, Michigan

Windover is the one women-only campground on this list: a private, members-only resort for women over 18, owned and operated by women, in the farm country of Michigan's Thumb, north of Detroit. It was founded in the 1980s and marked its 40th season in 2026. It is not clothing optional, and children are not allowed. Membership is $25 a year or $15 for a one-time temporary membership, plus a $10 day pass for visitors. Camping runs from rustic tent sites to 30- and 50-amp RV sites, pull-throughs and seasonal sites, with rental trailers and one rustic cabin; posted nightly rates for two members run $30 to $106. There is a renovated heated pool, a clubhouse, a camp store, a multi-sport court and dancing at the Toad, and the resort names Music in the Valley and Fright Night as its crowd-pleasing weekends. Windover's own site does not describe itself as a lesbian campground; it appears in LGBTQ+ camping directories as one.

Camp Buckwood, Morgantown, Indiana

Camp Buckwood is a private, male-only members' retreat on more than 48 acres in Brown County, 20 miles from Bloomington and an hour south of Indianapolis; its rules call it male-only and trans-friendly. The owners bought the land in 2001 and 2026 was Season 23. Membership is $20 a year. Lodging is wide: tent sites with electric, a glamping tent, RV sites with 50/30/20-amp service and water, a park-model camper, cabins including a vintage camper called Blanche, lodge rooms and an eight-bed bunk room. 2026 rates run from $27 per person for a weeknight tent site to $45 for an RV site for two, $75 and up for cabins and $160 to $249 for lodge rooms; day passes are $27 midweek and $32 on weekends. Two heated pools, a hot tub, a 2.5-acre lake, a weekend food truck, an entertainment barn and a fenced dog area fill the grounds, and Buckwood runs a Caribbean cruise each January. The site does not post a clothing policy or a general age minimum.

Stag Run Club, Mauckport, Indiana

Stag Run Club at Overlook Farm is a 21-and-over, all-male, members-only camping retreat in southern Indiana, a short drive across the river from Louisville. Its FAQ says trans men are welcome and that the clothing-optional atmosphere is not a sexual one. Membership is $20 a year. You can book a lodge room, a glamper camper, a cabin, a 30- or 50-amp RV site (no sewer hookups) or a tent site, with tent rentals available; posted rates for two run $115 to $160 for lodge rooms, $100 to $125 for glampers, $110 to $120 for cabins, $50 to $60 for RV sites and $40 for a tent. Day passes are $20 Thursday through Sunday. The lodge hosts dance parties, drag and karaoke; outside there is a heated pool with a wood deck, a hot tub, an infrared sauna and a fire pit. The season runs May through Halloween plus a New Year's Eve bash.

Freedom Valley Campground, New London, Ohio

Freedom Valley is a men's campground on 120 acres of woods along the Vermilion River, 58 miles southwest of Cleveland by the campground's own mileage table and 32 miles from Cedar Point. It opened in 2007 under the tagline Where Men Camp and marks 20 years in 2027. The season is April through October with a themed weekend every week. The rules allow nudity only in designated areas. A season membership is $15. There are 14 cabins, four rental trailers, a bunkhouse for eight, 36 RV and pop-up sites and tent sites; posted rates before tax start at $25 per person for a primitive tent site on a weeknight, $40 for an RV site, $100 for a standard cabin and $180 for a rental trailer. Day passes are $20 on weekdays and $28 on weekends. The heated pool, pond fishing, a dog park and Club Steampunk for dancing and karaoke are the draws.

River Ridge Campground, Mount Olivet, Kentucky

River Ridge is an exclusively male, members-only, clothing-optional RV park and campground for men 21 and over on more than 2,200 feet of Licking River frontage, about 50 miles south of Cincinnati. It opened in 2018. The park is clothing optional throughout unless an area is marked, with a wrap required along the river. The 2026 season ran April 10 to October 26. Membership is $30 a year or a $10 Traveler's Pass. Sites are full-hookup 30/50-amp RV sites up to 45 feet, electric and primitive tent sites and seasonal lots; rentals are two cabins, a deluxe RV and a four-bed bunkhouse. 2026 rates for two start at $55 for an RV site, $35 for an electric tent site, $110 for a cabin and $130 for the rental RV, and day passes are $25 to $45. A salt-water pool, two hot soaking pods, the Club Rosey's rec hall, kayaking and fishing fill the days; events land about every other weekend.

Cactus Canyon Campground & Resort, Ava, Missouri

Cactus Canyon is a members-only retreat for adults 21 and older who identify as men on more than 700 acres in the Ozarks, about 70 road miles southeast of Springfield by its own directions. It opened in 1999 and the whole property is clothing optional. The 2026 season ran March 1 to the end of October, and the campground's home page says the property is for sale and will operate as usual until it sells. The pricing is unusual: a camping fee of $25 per person per night ($30 on holidays) applies to everyone, with RV sites adding a flat $11 and improved tent sites $6.75; lodge rooms are $85, cabins $65 and dorm rooms $55 for one or two people. A solar-heated pool, a hot tub, a dry sauna, creek swimming, trails and kayak rentals anchor a calendar that ran from a Spring Bear Weekend through Pride, Christmas in July, Leather in the Woods, Puppy Weekend, Dolly Weekend and Hal-o-Bear, with potlucks most Saturdays.

Camp Dawgwoodz, Glenallen, Missouri

Camp Dawgwoodz is a membership men's-only campground about 100 miles south of St. Louis, and it is under new ownership as of the 2026 season. Its site describes it as a clothing-optional retreat for men 21 and over, with shorts required when service staff are on site. Seasonal membership is $25. Lodging is the King Cabin, the Lil Cabin and The Den, a cluster of units sharing a deck, plus electric, non-electric and RV camping; posted nightly rates before tax run $85 for the King Cabin, $55 to $70 for The Den and $25 to $35 per person for camping, with a two-night minimum. Day passes are $20, or $30 on event weekends, and end at 6 PM. There is an on-site cafe, a heated salt-water pool, a large hot tub, a game room and a fire pit, with Glowz, Pride, Fire & Flannel, Bears in the Woodz and a Halloween closer on the calendar.

SIRenity Farms Camping Retreat, Sullivan, Missouri

SIRenity Farms is an all-male, inclusive private retreat on 65 acres less than an hour west of St. Louis off I-44, open to gay, bi, straight-curious and trans men 21 and over; its FAQ answers the trans question with a plain yes. It is clothing optional. The 2026 season, its seventh, ran seven days a week from March 27 to November 1. Lodging options: a lodge, a cottage, suites, cabins, duplexes, vintage RV rentals, a bunkhouse, 19 numbered RV sites including six full-hookup pull-throughs, and tent sites, with rates quoted through its booking system. There is a two-acre lake, two pools, four hot tubs and the Pole Barn for events. A current membership is required for a day pass.

Midwest gay campgrounds

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Campit Outdoor Resort Saugatuck, Saugatuck

Saugatuck, Michigan

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CreekRidge Campground, Stockbridge

Stockbridge, Michigan

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Camp Boomerang RV Park & Campground, Orleans

Orleans, Michigan

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Windover Women's Resort, Owendale

Owendale, Michigan

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Camp Buckwood, Morgantown

Morgantown, Indiana

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Stag Run Club, Mauckport

Mauckport, Indiana

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Freedom Valley Campground, New London

New London, Ohio

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River Ridge Campground, Mount Olivet

Mount Olivet, Kentucky

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Cactus Canyon Campground & Resort, Ava

Ava, Missouri

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Camp Dawgwoodz, Glenallen

Glenallen, Missouri

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SIRenity Farms Camping Retreat, Sullivan

Sullivan, Missouri

Texas, Arkansas and the West

Rainbow Ranch Campground, Groesbeck, Texas

Rainbow Ranch sits on almost 700 acres on Lake Limestone, roughly halfway between Dallas and Houston, and it is built for LGBT men and women alike, with men's and women's weekends on the same calendar. It is not clothing optional: the rules say no nudity in public areas, pool included. The year runs on alternating event weekends with quieter off weekends between them. Sites include luxury and primitive tent sites, back-in and pull-through RV sites from 32 to 42 feet and monthly sites with sewer, plus large cabins with kitchenettes, small lakeshore cabins, sleeper cabins, an apartment and a house; rates sit inside the booking system. There is a resort-style pool over the lake, a pavilion, a fishing pond, a pier and trails. The 2026 autumn calendar ran a Fall Women's Fest, a Fall Bear Roundup, a Men's Halloween Party, a Fall Men's Fest, Fire & Flannels women's weekend, a Men's Cowboy Roundup, a Trailer Trash Cook-Off and New Year's fireworks over the lake.

Grizzly Pines Resort, Navasota, Texas

Grizzly Pines is a clothing-optional resort and campground for men 21 and over on what its FAQ calls 65 wooded acres, about an hour northwest of Houston. All areas inside the gate are clothing optional, with a towel required on benches and at least underwear at food gatherings. A day pass is $20, and overnight stays add a nightly amenity fee. Lodging runs from cabins, glamping tents and treehouses to RV sites, tent sites and tent rentals, with a cafe called Trace's Kitchen, a pool and hot tub, a clubhouse and a camp store; posted camping promos list water-and-electric tent sites at $35 and primitive sites at $20 a night for two. Bear rallies and themed weekends are the calendar, though no dates were posted when we checked.

D-Ranch Retreat, Oakhurst, Texas

D-Ranch is a private men's retreat for adults 21 and up on 130 acres in the Sam Houston National Forest country north of Houston, currently open weekends only. It is not LGBTQ+ branded on its home page, but says it serves the LGBTQ+ community and allies by hosting special events and private groups, and it appears in the gay-camping directories. There is an 11-room lodge, the Fire House Lodge for five, six private cabins, tent sites with power, primitive camping and four 30-amp RV sites for rigs of 25 feet or less. Posted rates run $25 to $30 for tent sites, $45 for an RV site, $68 to $108 for lodge rooms, $135 for cabins and $220 for the Fire House Lodge, plus a $15 entrance fee per person; day passes are $20. There are trails, an on-site kitchen and horses. The site does not state a clothing policy.

Circle J Guest Ranch, Eustace, Texas

Circle J is a clothing-optional campground exclusively for adult men on 100 acres about 70 miles southeast of Dallas, open to, in its words, young, old, straight, gay, married, single or otherwise. It is geared to naturists and nudists, its calendar cites 21 years of service to the Texas gay community, and it says plainly that it is not a sex club. The camping season opens March 1 and runs through a New Year's party. There are primitive and electric tent sites, 30- and 50-amp RV sites, three private cabins and four rooms on the campground side, and a lodge with a pool and three more rooms; posted rates are $30 to $35 for tent sites, $35 to $50 for RV sites and $95 to $160 for cabins and rooms. Day trips are $20 from 8 AM to 8 PM. A two-acre spring-fed pond with canoes and a paddle boat, a weekend cafe and a media lounge round it out.

Camp Nackte, Stockdale, Texas

Camp Nackte is an LGBTQ+ owned and operated campground and event venue outside Stockdale, about 40 miles southeast of San Antonio, open to adults 18 and over; its own line is that every identity is welcome. The pool has, in the camp's words, zero dress code, and the site does not state a clothing policy for the rest of the grounds. Accommodation is tent sites, a cabin and a bunkhouse, with check-in at 3 PM, checkout at 11 AM and early check-in for $10; standard lodging rates are not published, so ask. Day passes are sold for events with a signed waiver, Friday 4 to 9 PM, Saturday 11 AM to 9 PM and Sunday 11 AM to 5 PM. The pool deck and lounge are the center of camp, with communal grills, picnic areas, an event space and the Nackte Honey Farm on the property; the autumn 2026 calendar opened with an Oktoberfest and runs events through December.

Boar's Rut Men's Campground, Camden, Arkansas

Boar's Rut is a volunteer-run non-profit men's campground in south Arkansas whose stated mission is to help the gay community in the rural South, welcoming gay, straight, bi and trans men. It is clothing optional with one rule: if you can see the entrance or the street, do not be naked. Yearly membership is $25 and a day pass is $20. Tent and 30/50-amp RV sites sit alongside king and queen cabins, a five-bed bunkhouse and B&B rooms in the Rut House; posted weekend rates are $40 for a primitive site, $60 for a full-hookup RV site, $100 to $120 for cabins and $140 to $170 for Rut House rooms, with weekdays $10 to $20 less. The pool and hot tub are open 24 hours. The site mentions construction upgrades to meet state code, and the autumn 2026 calendar ran a Pup Play weekend, a drag show, a Lumberjack weekend, a Renaissance weekend, a Bear Weekend and New Year's Eve.

Magnetic Valley Resort, Eureka Springs, Arkansas

Magnetic Valley is an all-male, clothing-optional resort for gay, bi and straight men 18 and older about a mile from downtown Eureka Springs, operating since 2008. It is a resort first, with queen and king en-suite rooms and a single-occupancy hostel, but its home page also lists RV spots with full hookups and campsites, which is why it is here. Its FAQ says the time to come is late March through October. Day passes are $25 on weekdays and $30 on Saturdays, and a season pass is $275. There is a pool, a cafe, a gift shop, covered cabanas, a hammock village and trails. The resort does not publish room, RV or camping rates, counts or a street address on its site.

Triangle Recreation Camp, Granite Falls, Washington

Triangle Recreation Camp, or TRC, is a volunteer-run non-profit established in 1975 on 80 acres of rainforest along the Mountain Loop Highway, 21 miles east of Granite Falls and about an hour and a half from Seattle. It is LGBTQ+ owned and operated and membership is for LGBTQ+ adults 21 and over only, with one Friends & Family weekend each August open to straight allies. Nudity is permitted except where the highway or parking lot can see you. The camp opens the second Saturday of April and closes the second Saturday of October. Visitors camp on a limited membership at $22 a night, tent only; regular membership is $195 a year for unlimited camping, with RV camping by reservation and power on a schedule. There is no cell service past Granite Falls, so download directions. The 2026 calendar ran Neon Jungle over Memorial Day, Camp Furwood, Pink Party, Black Forest over July 4, White Sands and Dark Desires, a K9 Campout and Jurasslic Park over Labor Day.

Texas, Arkansas and Pacific Northwest campgrounds

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Rainbow Ranch Campground, Groesbeck

Groesbeck, Texas

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Grizzly Pines Resort, Navasota

Navasota, Texas

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D-Ranch Retreat, Oakhurst

Oakhurst, Texas

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Circle J Guest Ranch, Eustace

Eustace, Texas

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Camp Nackte, Stockdale

Stockdale, Texas

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Boar's Rut Men's Campground, Camden

Camden, Arkansas

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Magnetic Valley Resort, Eureka Springs

Eureka Springs, Arkansas

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Triangle Recreation Camp, Granite Falls

Granite Falls, Washington

Not on the List, and Why

• Copper Cactus Ranch, Morristown, Arizona — the all-male clothing-optional B&B and campground's site said in October 2026 that it was settling into a new location northwest of Phoenix and re-opening, while listing event weekends from Halloween to New Year's. Call before you plan around it.
• Rainbow Mountain Resort, East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania — the Poconos resort's website is a Launching Soon placeholder with no address or lodging information, so nothing here can be verified.
• Parliament Resort, Augusta, Georgia — an all-male resort with an RV park, but the RV lots are 12-month leases only, so it is not a place to camp for a weekend.
• The Highlands Resort, Guerneville, California — the Russian River resort rents furnished canvas scout tents from May to September rather than taking your own tent or RV, its pool is no longer clothing optional and day passes have ended, so it belongs with resorts rather than campgrounds.
• Camp David (Inverness, Florida) and Bluff Creek Falls (Steele, Alabama) — both are listed in directories as men's campgrounds, but neither has a readable official site, so we could not confirm policies or whether they are operating.

When to Go

In the North, the season is short and front-loaded: opening weekends land in late April or May, Memorial Day through Labor Day is peak, and Halloween weekends close most parks in mid-to-late October. Jones Pond, Camp Boomerang, River Ridge and CreekRidge all end their seasons in October; CreekRidge opens 2027 reservations on January 1 and Twin Ponds on January 15, and the popular weekends go early.

In the South the pattern flips. Sawmill, Timberfell and Roseland are open all year, Vitambi Springs posts no closing season, and all four put big weekends in November and December, when the Florida heat breaks and the Appalachian leaves turn. Timberfell runs Friendsgiving and a Christmas open house; Vitambi runs Burning Bear, Bears in the Buff and Illumination over Christmas; Roseland runs its Co-Ed Weekends from November to late December.

If you are driving a loop, the densest cluster is northeastern Pennsylvania and western New York: Hillside and Oneida are a few miles apart near New Milford, The Woods is about two hours south in the Poconos and Jones Pond is about three and a half hours west. In the Midwest, Campit, CreekRidge and Camp Boomerang are within about two hours of each other in western Michigan, Windover is another three hours northeast in the Thumb, and Camp Buckwood and Stag Run Club bracket southern Indiana. Pair a campground stay with a city weekend: Saugatuck for Campit, Louisville for Stag Run, Tampa and St. Pete for Sawmill, Fort Lauderdale for Vitambi Springs. If you would rather have a pool deck without the tent, our guides to gay resorts in Palm Springs and the best gay resorts in the US cover the hotel version, and the best gay nude beaches cover the day-trip one.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is a gay campground?

A private campground, usually a membership club, that admits LGBTQ+ adults or, more often, adult men, and runs on a calendar of themed weekends. Most have a pool, a clubhouse or dance hall and a mix of tent sites, RV hookups and cabins. Many are clothing optional. They are not public parks: you join at the gate, show ID and agree to the rules.

Are gay campgrounds men-only?

Most are. Of the 32 here, 22 admit men only, and Vitambi Springs calls itself primarily all-male. The Woods, Oneida, Campit, Sawmill, The River's Edge, Camp Nackte, Triangle Recreation Camp and Rainbow Ranch welcome the whole community, and Windover is women-only.

Are gay campgrounds clothing optional?

Most men's campgrounds are, inside the gate and away from the road, office and dining areas. CreekRidge and Freedom Valley limit nudity to designated areas. Windover, Rainbow Ranch and Campit are not clothing optional at all. Camp Buckwood, Camp Mars and D-Ranch do not post a policy on their sites.

Do I need a membership to camp?

Almost always. Expect $15 to $50 a year, paid on your first visit with photo ID; Triangle Recreation Camp folds it into a $22-a-night visitor membership, and Magnetic Valley sells a $275 season pass instead. Day passes are usually sold on top of the membership.

How much does a gay campground cost per night?

Tent sites run about $15 to $50 per person or per site depending on the campground, electric and RV sites about $40 to $65 for two, cabins about $65 to $190, and lodge rooms up to about $250, based on the 2026 rate cards posted by the campgrounds in this guide. Weekends and holidays cost more and usually carry two- or three-night minimums.

Can I bring my dog?

At most of them, usually on a leash and out of the pool, buildings and rental units unless the campground says otherwise. Jones Pond, Camp Buckwood, Freedom Valley and Campit have dog parks or fenced dog areas; several charge a $25 to $50 pet fee in cabins; Camp Dawgwoodz allows dogs but not cats and bans pit bulls, and Camp Boomerang bans pit bulls too.

Which gay campgrounds are open in winter?

Roseland (West Virginia), Timberfell (Tennessee) and Sawmill (Florida) are open all year, and Vitambi Springs (Florida) posts no closing season and runs weekends through December. Rainbow Ranch and Circle J in Texas, Boar's Rut in Arkansas and The River's Edge in Georgia run events through New Year's. Twin Ponds Lodge in Maine opens for a handful of winter event weekends.

Are there lesbian or women's campgrounds in the US?

Windover Women's Resort in Michigan is the one women-only campground we could verify from its own site. Rainbow Ranch in Texas runs dedicated women's weekends, and The Woods, Campit, Sawmill, The River's Edge and Triangle Recreation Camp admit women alongside men.

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