Cooperstown Shadow Brook Campground Reserve

Rules & policies

Our mission is a family campground that is a place of peace and tranquility for all who visit, where everyone is welcome and made to feel welcome. These rules keep it that way.

Before you arrive

  • Bringing a pet? Bring an up-to-date rabies vaccination certificate for every pet, every stay, or they cannot be admitted. Rabies tags and vet receipts are not enough, and we cannot pull copies from earlier stays.
  • Staying in a cabin or rental trailer? Linens, blankets, pillows and towels are not provided. Linens and towels can be bought in the store.
  • Check-in is 3:00 to 7:00 pm. After 7:00 pm, your check-in package with a map to your site is in the paper sorter to the right of the General Store door. Need help finding your site? Call 917-831-0989.
  • Check-out is by 12 noon for RV and tent sites and 11:00 am for lodgings. Exceptions must be approved by management, and fees apply.
  • Only cash or credit cards at check-in. You can charge general store items to your site; please settle your balance the day before you leave (the store closes at 7 pm). A balance under $10 is charged as $10.

Deposits & cancellations

Payment in full at the time of reservation, including all online reservations. All holiday and Baseball Hall of Fame Induction weekend reservations must be paid in full when booked.

Off-peak

Opening Day to Memorial Day weekend and Labor Day to Closing Day, not including holiday weekends, Halloween weekends or Hall of Fame weekend. Cancel 31 or more days before check-in: refund less a $25 fee. 15 to 30 days: 50% fee. Under 15 days: no refund.

Peak season weekends

Friday before Memorial Day until Labor Day. Cancel 31 or more days before: refund less one night. 30 days or less: no refund.

Non-refundable

Holiday weekends, Halloween weekends in September and Baseball Hall of Fame Induction week.

No refunds, credits or changes for early departures, illness, work schedules, no shows or bad weather. The Hall of Fame may change its Induction date; please check whether your stay falls on Induction weekend.

Campground safety

  • Speed limit is 5 mph, bikes included. First time is a reminder, second a warning, third and driving privileges are revoked; after that, ejection from the campground.
  • Quiet time is 10:00 pm to 8:00 am Sunday to Thursday, and 11:00 pm to 8:00 am Fridays, Saturdays and holiday weekends.
  • Children under 8 must be with a parent or guardian at all times. Children under 18 must be at their site after dark or with a parent or guardian.
  • Firewood must come from less than 50 miles away (NYS DEC). No foraging or cutting trees ($200 fine).
  • Bike helmets are required for children under 16. Bikes at your site by dusk, and no riding on the hill near the entrance.
  • No golf carts or ATVs except by staff. Licensed drivers only, and no driving after drinking or using marijuana.
  • One RV or tent per site. A second small tent is allowed for children only.
  • No firearms, ammunition, air or BB guns, crossbows, bows and arrows, chainsaws, slingshots, fireworks or fresh kill.
  • Catch and release fishing only, and please return fish to the water quickly. No capturing any animals, including frogs, turtles or butterflies, without permission.
  • Paddle boats during office and store hours only. Life jackets must be worn for the whole ride. No outside boats, kayaks or inflatables in the pond (NYS DEC).
  • Display your campground car tag at all times.
  • Campfires in the provided fire rings only, attended at all times. Moving a fire ring costs $20.
  • No rugs on the grass: if a rug kills the grass, there is a $100 reseeding charge.
  • Bag your garbage for the dumpsters near the exit and use the recycling bin. Paper and cardboard may be burned in your fire pit. Trash left at a site is a $25 cleaning fee.
  • No disruptive behavior, underage drinking or illegal drugs. We may evict anyone violating campground policies.

Pets

Your well-behaved, non-aggressive, quiet pets are welcome. Visitors may not bring pets. Pets are allowed in rental units marked pet friendly only, approved when you reserve (pet fee applies).

  • A current rabies vaccination certificate at registration for every visit, plus each dog’s name, age, description and breed.
  • Pets stay inside your camping unit during quiet time and are never left alone.
  • 6 foot maximum leash or run. Do not tie pets to trees or tables outside your own site.
  • Clean up after your pet and use our pet waste stations ($50 fine).
  • No pets in campground buildings, the pond or the pool area without management’s consent. Owners are fully liable for any injury or damage.

Pool

Open Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend, for registered campers only. No lifeguard on duty. Two adults 18 or older must be inside the pool fence for anyone to swim, and children under 18 need a parent or guardian in the pool area. Please sign the NYS Department of Health pool rules form at the office before swimming; full rules and hours are posted poolside.

Visitors

  • Day guests: $5 per person Sunday to Friday, $10 on Saturdays and holidays. Overnight guests: $15 per person per night.
  • Guests of registered campers only. All visitors register and pay at the office before entering, and leave by 10:00 pm (or pay the overnight fee).
  • Maximum 4 visitors and 2 vehicles per site, and no more than 6 people on a site. There is no overflow parking.
  • We cannot host team parties. Glimmerglass State Park has great facilities for teams: 607-547-8662.

Fees

Early check-in or late check-out (if space allows: in no earlier than noon, out before 3 pm)$10 per hour
Mobile sewer service (honey wagon), per time and outlet, 10 am to 5 pm$15
Mobile sewer service after hours (none before 10 am or after 8 pm)$20
Paddle boat rental, per person per half hour$5
Firewood bundle$6.99
Firewood tractor bucket (tax included)$40
Extra adult or child per cabin or trailer site, per night$10
Smoke cleaning fee for any lodging$150

Please leave rental trailer awnings out only while you are sitting outside, turn off every faucet before leaving, and complete the cleaning checklist before check-out, or damage and cleaning fees apply.

Bed sizes

Park model 27 (large)1 queen and 3 fulls: queen in the bedroom, full futon in the living room, 2 full mattresses in the loft
Park model 28 (small)1 queen, 1 full and 4 twins: queen in the bedroom, full futon in the living room, 4 twin mattresses in the loft
Deluxe cabins2 fulls and 3 twins: full futon in the main room, and in the bedroom one twin over full and one twin over twin bunk
Rustic camping cabins3 fulls: 1 freestanding bed and 1 full bunk bed
Tracer trailer1 queen, 1 full and 4 twins: queen in the main bedroom, full sleeper sofa, 4 twins in the bunkhouse
Catalina trailer1 queen, 2 fulls and 2 twins: queen in the master, full futon in the living room, 1 full and 2 twins in the bunkhouse
Avenger trailer1 king and 3 fulls: king in the bedroom, full sleeper sofa, 2 fulls in the bunkhouse
Transcend trailer1 queen and 3 fulls: queen in the bedroom, full bunks in the bunkhouse, full sofa bed
Hideout trailer1 queen and 4 twins: queen in the main bedroom, 4 twins in the bunkhouse
Layton trailer1 queen, 1 full and 2 twins: queen in the main bedroom, 2 twins in the bunkhouse, full sofa bed
Gulfbreeze trailerQueen bed, and the sofa pulls out

Campground policies

We want everyone to feel comfortable, welcome and at home, so we ask that your site and speech not express words that would make anyone feel uncomfortable, unsafe or unwelcome.

  • Flags and signs allowed: American flags or national flags of another existing country, sports teams, and welcome signs, family names or similar.
  • No political flags, banners or signage, no Confederate flags, no swastikas or Nazi images, and nothing promoting hate or discrimination against any race, religion, nationality, sexual orientation or gender.
  • No profanity audible outside your own campsite and no hate speech at all. Words of kindness are strongly encouraged.
  • Site rates include 4 people, with a maximum of 6 in cabins, rental trailers, RVs and tent sites (4 to 6 in rental trailers, depending on the unit).
  • Some sites fit only 1 vehicle. There is a 2 vehicle maximum per local code; contact us to arrange a second.
  • Camping has inherent risks. The campground, its owners and employees are not responsible for injuries or damage that are part of those risks. Complete rules are posted at the campground and given out at check-in.

All rules are at the discretion of management, and anyone behaving in an unruly way will be asked to leave.