Indian Hollow
- Right now
- Nobody has saidNo season, no closure, no bookings to read
- Sites
- 2All of them booked ahead
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 5 notices
In the agency’s own words
With abundant wildlife, lush scenery and waterfront views, Indian Hollow Group Campground, located at the Knightville Dam and Reservoir, offers groups and clubs a recreational oasis. Keep reading
Recreation
The rivers and streams at Knightville offer excellent trout fishing, and the river is stocked with trout in both the spring and fall. The surrounding hills provide prime upland game habitat, and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts stocks pheasants for the fall hunting season. Hunting and fishing are permitted in the area in accordance with posted restrictions and Massachusetts laws. Visitors can enjoy hiking, mountain biking or horseback riding along several miles of trails and old country roads. Interpretive programs on the cultural and natural resources, water resources, water safety and flood control are provided by Park Rangers.
Facilities
Indian Hollow accommodates community groups such as schools, scouts and clubs. Flush toilets, showers and drinking water create a comfortable camping atmosphere.
Natural Features
In summertime the open areas of the river basin have spectacular blooms of wildflowers. These old fields attract many species of songbirds and butterflies. This area is within a Massachusetts Watchable Wildlife site, and visitors may catch a glimpse of deer, coyotes, beavers, grouse, turkeys or waterfowl while exploring the area. The area sits alongside the East Branch of the Westfield River, which is nationally recognized for its scenic qualities.
Nearby Attractions
The 2-mile long Claude M. Hill Horse Trail, which connects the campground to the Knightville Dam area, provides horseback riding and other non-motorized recreational opportunites. Chesterfield Gorge is a scenic natural feature along the Westfield River, approximately 4 miles upstream of the camping area. The East Branch Trail, a 6-mile hiking trail, follows the river from the Chesterfield Gorge to the Knightville Wildlife Magagement Area, and can be accessed from the campground.
What the agency tells you
Burn only clean firewood; any wood with nails or brackets is not allowed
This facility is for community groups such as schools, scouts and clubs
Don't Move Firewood: Protect your forests from tree-killing pests by buying your firewood locally and burning it on-site. Visit Dontmovefirewood.org for further information.
Everything else this campground posts · 2
Upon check-in, key must be picked up at the Knightville Dam office at 49 Knightville Dam Road in Huntington, MA. At check-out, all gates and doors must be locked and key returned to dam office.
CHECK-IN TIME: 2 PM CHECK-OUT TIME: 10 AM All departing campers must be out of campground by check-out time.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 2 · 2 group
- Hookups
- None
- Longest rig
- 35 ft
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Pets
- Allowed
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Toilets
- Flush Toilets
- “…such as schools, scouts and clubs. Flush toilets, showers and drinking water create a comfortable…”
- Drinking water
- Yes
- “…and clubs. Flush toilets, showers and drinking water create a comfortable camping atmosphere. Natural…”
- Stay limit
- 14 nights
- recreation.gov facility rule maxStay
Around the campground
- On the water
- Reservoir, River, Creek
- Amphitheater
- Birding
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Horseback riding
- Hunting
- Mountain biking
- Stargazing
- Wildlife viewing
- Night sky · 9th darkest of 11 in MA
- Bortle 4
- Fall color · reported 7 days ago, 38 km away
- Patchy color
No reading yet, book on recreation.gov
Every site here is reservable, and the record lists none held back for anyone who drives up.
No availability snapshot inside the last 36 hours, so this page draws nothing rather than ageing a reading into fiction.
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We make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.
Every line of the receipt · 12
What you actually pay
Who keeps the booking fee
The agency’s own policy text says the reservation fee and the cancellation processing fee are “retained by the reservation service contractor”, and that a campground concessionaire will decline to refund them because “they did not receive these fees”. Recreation.gov is run under contract by Booz Allen Hamilton. What share of your booking fee the contractor keeps isn’t published in any federal dataset we can read, so we print no number for it. Our reporting on the contract →
How we know this receipt · 5
rules read Oct 1, 2026 · rates Oct 1, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
2 sites · the site map
All 2 sites
The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 2 of the 2 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| GROUP | IHC | group standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 283 ft | $180 |
| group standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 203 ft | $180 |
OpenStreetMap has no toilet mapped within 1 km of this campground, so no site here carries a toilet distance. That’s a gap in the map, not a finding about the campground.
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Tully Lake Recreation Area (MA)39 mi
Westville Recreation Area44 mi
Grout Pond CampgroundGreen Mountain National Forest · 49 miGrout Pond Recreation AreaGreen Mountain National Forest · 49 mi
Townshend Lake Recreation Area50 mi
Surry Mountain Lake Beach53 miDriving directions to the campground: Address: 200 Indian Hollow Rd, Chesterfield, MA 01012
From intersection of State Route 143 and South Street in the center of Chesterfield, turn south on South Street. Follow for approx. 2 miles and turn right onto Indian Hollow Road. Follow Indian Hollow Road to the end, campground gate is at end of the road.
For Key Pick-up / Drop-off: Address: 49 Knightville Dam Road, Huntington, MA 01050
From intersection of State Routes 66 and 112 in Huntington, head north on State Route 112. In 1/3 of a mile, turn right onto Knightville Dam Road. Dam office is located at the top of the hill at the end of the road.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Huntington, MA
Typical weather
Typical October night 36°F, day 59°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical January night 12°F, below freezing. Bring a bag rated colder than that, and expect ice in the water bottle.
Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or more
A normal is the 1991-2020 average for the month, not a forecast: about half of all Julys are colder than the July line. The seven-day forecast above answers the other question.
The land, and who answers for it
who answers for it
Who answers for this land
Indian Hollow is in Massachusetts’s 1st congressional district. Its representative, Richard Neal (D), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: A+. See every public-lands vote →