Cooperstown KOA Journey

We stayed at Cooperstown KOA Journey in Richfield Springs, New York. (Campground Reviews listing.)

A convenient stop when visiting the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.

Dates:

  • Check in: 2025-06-10
  • Check out: 2025-06-15
  • 5 nights
  • We were going to stay 7 nights, but had a delay when our slide wouldn’t come in at the previous campsite

Weather:

  • Mix of cloudy and rainy
  • High temps 63-73°F, lows 51-56°F
  • A little wind, gusts to 29 MPH

Noise:

  • No road noise
  • No train horn noise
  • Little neighbor noise
  • Nearby cows gently mooing

Site:

  • #70, pull-through, gravel
  • Didn’t need to disconnect toad, parked in front of coach
  • Somewhat level site; high on passenger side; used hydraulic leveling
  • Gravel driveway about 65 feet long by 10 feet wide
  • 16 feet to neighbor on driver side
  • 25 feet to driveway on passenger side
  • Just grass between sites
  • Picnic table
  • Fire pit
  • No trees on site, but some nearby
  • Clean site
  • Elevation 1,520 feet, front facing north

Utilities:

  • 50 amp power, somewhat conveniently located
  • 40 PSI water, somewhat conveniently located (water was off when we arrived, but back on an hour or so later)
  • Good sewer connection, conveniently located (1 10-foot pipe needed)

Internet (in usage priority order):

  • Starlink: 80-340 Mbps down, 19-37 Mbps up, 19-70 ms ping
  • RoamLink: 8-12 Mbps down, 5 Mbps up, 160 ms ping (the RoamLink service picks the best network, so I’m not sure which one it used, other than not AT&T)
  • AT&T: 80-84 Mbps down, 3-10 Mbps up, 80-110 ms ping (I have AT&T on my iPhone)
  • Campground Wi-Fi: not used

Amenities:

  • Garbage dumpsters
  • Pool
  • Package delivery to office

Our review on Campground Reviews:

Convenient to Baseball Hall of Fame

Firstly, the staff here were super helpful and accommodating when we had mechanical issues that meant we had to roll in two days later than planned. I appreciated their flexibility and that they didn’t charge us to change our reservation at the last minute; they also provided excellent customer service. The campground is out in the middle of farmland, and the only noise we had to deal with was the gentle mooing from the cows next door. Our pull-through site had a nice view of rolling fields. The site was a little unlevel, and the neighbor’s fire pit was right next to our vehicle, which was the only drawback. We camped at Cooperstown KOA Journey in a Motorhome.

Campground map (some confusion when we saw the directions to site 10, when we had booked site 70, but all good):

Map

An interactive map:

Our site:

Our site

Our site

Our site

Our site

Utilities:

Utilities

A nice view out our windshield; we didn’t bother putting our Magne Shade on, since nobody was in front of us, and there wasn’t sun pouring in that window:

Nice view out windshield

Several packages in my foldable wagon:

Packages in cart

Cows in the field next to the RV park:

Cows in field next to RV park

Cabins:

Cabins

Other sites:

Other sites

Pool:

Pool

Dog park and an amusing sign:

Dog park and amusing sign

Playground:

Playground

Dump station and art:

Dump station and art

An older campground, but totally fine; we’d be happy to stay here again.

Travel from Youngstown to Richfield Springs, New York

We drove our coach 254 miles, about five hours of driving, from Youngstown to Richfield Springs, New York.

Here’s a map showing our route, heading east:

Map

An interactive map, with potential stops pinned:

Not heading to Canada:

Not heading to Canada

Bridge:

Bridge

Tolls:

Tolls

Bridge:

Bridge

Exit to I-290 East:

Exit

Exit to I-90 East:

Exit to I-90 East

Rest area:

Rest area

BK for lunch:

BK for lunch

Roadworks:

Roadworks

Another rest area:

Rest area

Rest area

Yet another rest area:

Rest area

Paladin on the dash:

Paladin on the dash

Rainy:

Rainy

Arriving at KOA:

Arriving at KOA

Our site:

Our site

Polishing wheel rims and headlights

The wheel rims on our coach were looking rather untidy, so based on some recommendations on Facebook, I purchased the Purple Metal Polish and Aluminum Deoxidizer:

Purple metal polish

Super easy to apply; just wipe on some deoxidizer, followed by the polish, and wipe off.

Here’s a rear wheel before polishing:

Before

And after:

After

A front wheel before:

Before

And after:

After

I also treated the tires with 303 Protectant for UV protection:

303

The polish worked on the headlights too; before:

Before

And after:

After

Much better!

Baseball: Toronto Blue Jays vs Philadelphia Phillies

We attended a game of the Toronto Blue Jays vs Philadelphia Phillies, playing at the Blue Jay’s ballpark, Rogers Centre, the only MLB team in Canada.

Jenn’s game summary:

Our first domed stadium. They can open the roof, but it was closed due to drizzle and maybe wildfire smoke. A lovely park with excellent food and a vibrant atmosphere. The Blue Jays came out for four runs in the 2nd and 3rd innings each to make total cream cheese of the Phillies, who only scraped together one run. Bassitt recorded his 1100th career strikeout, and Bo Bichette hit his 8th home run of the year. It was a fun game with a bit of local color—they sang a song called “OK Blue Jays” before “Take Me Out To the Ballgame,” and everyone knew the words and gestures, creating a great community vibe.

An interactive map of the ballpark environs:

This ballpark was a little more difficult to get to, as we had to cross an international border into Canada:

Welcome to Canada

Toronto:

Toronto

CN Tower:

CN Tower

CN Tower

Toronto Blue Jays:

Toronto Blue Jays

Toronto Blue Jays

Team store:

Team store

Mary Brown’s Chicken:

Mary Brown's Chicken

Poutine (of course) and chicken tenders:

Poutine and chicken tenders

Selfie from our seats in Section 119, Row 12, Seats 13 & 14:

Selfie from our seats

Closed dome:

Closed dome

Ace, the Blue Jays mascot:

Ace, the Blue Jays mascot

Cheerleaders:

Cheerleaders

Play ball:

Baseball

Baseball

Baseball

Baseball

Baseball

Baseball

Hotel rooms overlooking the field:

Hotel rooms overlooking the field

A run scores:

Run scores

Two more runs:

Run scores

The mascot “helping” the grounds crew:

Mascot helping grounds crew

Exploring the ballpark:

Exploring the ballpark

Exploring the ballpark

Exploring the ballpark

Exploring the ballpark

Exploring the ballpark

Exploring the ballpark

Exploring the ballpark

Exploring the ballpark

Exploring the ballpark

Chungchun rice hot dogs:

Chungchun rice hot dogs

Gamsung hot dog covered in potato, and half mozzarella hot dog:

Chungchun rice hot dogs

Cheerleader:

Cheerleader

Blue Jays win:

Blue Jays win

Ballpark