A Platteville (Wisconsin) campground is opening this weekend with additional sites.

As per a report, Platteville Mound View Park & Campground, located at 950 E. Madison St., will open on May 6 with 15 sites. The campground, which previously had eight sites, will be open until November 1.
Adam Bartels, recreational and community events manager for the City of Platteville, said that officials decided to expand the number of sites last year to accommodate the growing demand.
“At certain times of the year, especially around graduation time, we draw a lot of folks,” he said. “Instead of staying at hotels, they just prefer to camp. We also had a UTV trail added, and that’s been something that has been growing more locally. People come as far as three or four hours away to come and park their camper and go UTV-ing for a couple of days.”
Bartels said that new water and power capabilities for all sizes of units are being added to prepare for the upcoming camping season. In the past, Bartels said that there had been issues with not having enough electricity at each site.
The sites were previously booked on a first-come, first-served basis. Campers are now urged to make a reservation by phone or reserve a site online.
“I take some of the reservations through my office personally, and we’ve been booking quite a bit,” Bartels said. “We’re really looking forward to it.”
For online reservations, visit https://www.platteville.org/recreation/page/mound-view-park-campground.
You may also contact 608-348-9741, ext. 2238 or ext. 2245. Office hours are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekdays.
This story originally appeared on Telegraph Herald.