Bring your family to Lake Rickabear Camp for our Family Fun Days and Family Camping and have an outdoor adventure with us during Memorial Day and Labor Day Weekends!
Family Swim & Picnic at Lake Rickabear
(No advance reservation required to visit for the day.)
Memorial Day Weekend: May 24, 25, 26, & 27, 2024
Labor Day Weekend: August 30-31, & Sept. 1 & 2, 2024
Daily from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
- $10 per person, per day for Girl Scout families.
- $13 per person, per day for non-Girl Scout families.
Lake Rickabear is a 40-acre, spring-fed lake with a 700-foot sandy beach. The facility offers fishing, hiking & outdoor lawn games, volleyball, basketball, and more! Swimming and boating are permitted when a lifeguard is present at no additional cost. Charcoal grills and picnic tables are available, first come, first served.
Identification bands are issued when you check-in. All participants 3 years of age and older are required to wear their ID bands at all times. Replacement bands cost $13.
Check-in is at the picnic area. You must check in upon your arrival at Lake Rickabear.
Lake Rickabear may close due to inclement weather at the discretion of the site manager on duty. There are no refunds. If there is no lifeguard on duty, waterfront activities will be shortened or cancelled.
Family Camping at Lake Rickabear
(Online reservations must be made in advance.)
Memorial Day Weekend: May 24, 25, 26, & 27, 2024
Labor Day Weekend: August 30-31, & Sept. 1 & 2, 2024
RESERVE FAMILY CAMPING NOW
Enjoy the natural beauty and recreational facilities available at Lake Rickabear with your entire family. Each campsite offers an outdoor cooking grill and picnic table. Flush toilets and hot showers are provided nearby. There are no electric or water hook-ups available. Tent and cabin sites may be shared unless your group rents the entire site. (You will not have to share your tent or cabin.)
Accommodations available at Lake Rickabear Camp
(Minimum 3 Nights, based on a Family of 4)
- Platform tents (3 or 4 tents per site): $25 per tent per night
- Pitch your own & pop-up campers: $25 per tent per night
- 3 small cabins (w/ electricity): (Tumbling Bear Cabins) $55 per cabin per night
- 2 medium cabins (w/ electricity): (Maple Glen Cabins) $65 per cabin per night
- 1 small lodge (w/ electricity, refrigerator, stove, microwave): (Patio Lodge) $105 per night
- 3 yurts $80 per yurt per night
- Additional person is $9 per night.
- Daytime visitor fee is $13/$10 per day.
Email camping@gsnnj.org for more information.
