Exploring an Old Abandoned Trailer Park. (So much left behind) 

I keep expecting feral ghoul swarms

A long gone era of families going to rent a cabin on the lake for a summer holiday. Imagine the place with 100s of kids on bicycles,Mon & Dad grilling burgers,teenagers experiencing first love,first kisses.Promising to write each other.Swimming,fishing,making out after dark while the parents catch up on a years past news. I did all this for 6 straight years probably 68-74 when I was 9-15. The tv series The Wonder Years had episodes where they spent time on the summer lake.

This is what families in the 50's 60's and 70's did together. The neighbors had cabins too, everyone went on vacation together. Sometimes the moms would take the kids most of the summer and dads would come on weekends. During that time dad got the repairs done on the house, had his neighbor friends over for scotch, cigars and cards, and people enjoyed each other's company. These days if you speak to your neighbors they act like you're trying to assault them!!

My family went to the lake from when I was 6 to 14 (1972-1980). I met my first crush (who later became my husband) there when I was 12. Those were such innocent times. I feel sad for most kids today who will never experience that.

Being someone who actually spent his childhood growing up in a Trailer park, they weren't as bad as the stereotypes say they were. Not even close. I guess some things the stereotypes claimed in some cases or some people, it was true. But overall I had a lot of great memories growing up there. When my parents bought our Mobile Home, it was the newest "State of the Art" in Mobile Homes. It was one of the biggest at that time. A 16' x 80', 3 bedroom, a sunk in living room, a massive kitchen and bathroom with a washer and dryer. The front was a large bedroom or office, then the living room, next a divider and a step and there was the kitchen. Next on the left was the hallway. The1st door on the right was the bug bathroom, next was a big linen closet, and then the 2nd bedroom, which wasn't as big as the others, wasn't tiny by any means. Then came the master bedroom. It had a built in "dresser" which had a top that covered it and it extended across the whole side of the bedroom. Then there was a closet that extended from the dresser to the 🚪door🚪 that let you into the bedroom. It was a nice big place, but yeah it was a "Trailer" and the stigma that accompanied that was tough for a kid, and that SUCKED! I said it before, KIDS ARE THE MEANEST MOST VICIOUSLY CRUEL PEOPLE IN THE 🌎WORLD!🌎 Painfully brutally honest or flat out NASTY AND MEAN! But no matter what was said, or what people thought 🤔? Living in a Trailer Park was a great place to live! Childhood memories and fun experiences, and since we lived near a woodland forest that had multiple ponds, one was called Mud Lake. We had biking & hiking trails that led completely around it. We built forts, we'd go fishing at Mud Lake, and in winter we'd sled down suicide hill. NOT from the top, THAT was how it got its name. There was a slant that could really nail you if you had too much speed, right into trees and a steep drop. We also had a huge field for 🏈🏉football🏉🏈 and ⚾️🥎baseball.🥎⚾️ So we had a lot of options for fun and adventures. In 1973 I was six years old. Looking back the 70's was a perfect time to be a kid. We relied on our IMAGINATIONS not our smartphones....lol. It was a great place and a great time.

imagine all the friendships that kids made with others spending weeks or months or summers there

I spent most of my childhood here. They had electric in the 70's no water in any of them ( mobile homes ). That was out house only. The spiders were huge and all over. You rent the cabin and people own the homes. It was Sony's Beach. Yes they used a neighbors boat ramp. No you was not aloud to live there.

This looks like the trailer park I tried to buy to save the residents. The widow wife and son quickly ran it into the ground. They had no idea how to run a park. People lived in those cabins year round. Most of the folks ended up homeless with the just the clothes they wore. Such a shame, a real shame

I am currently living in a 1962 10x55 Mobile Home and have been for 30 years :) I have updated most of it including windows, furnace, roof and floors....etc. Still a well made home if you take care of it !!!!

For some of us who love vintage trailers, this is a field of dreams!

I would love to meet some of the original owners of these homes, and hear their stories. I'd be afraid of stepping on nails or other sharp objects in those old places.

I find this far more fascinating than abandoned castles, mansions, chateaux & trillion dollar "homes". It would be so cool to see the "befores" of this place, what happened & "where are they now?". Thanks for a great video!!!

It’s sad that so many buildings just rotting away when homeless people sleep in the streets

It would be interesting to know the history of the property. Loved the video!

My parents used to rent a cabin just like those in the early '60's. No electricity, no running water. My Mom and I hated it. Community bath house to take a shower and toilet facilities. Talk about roughing it, lol

The owners should turn this place into a tiny home village! Some of the buildings and trailers are in unexpectedly decent shape for their age and being abandoned for so long!

I can tell it must have the early 1970's because I saw the Book Oliver's Story. It was a sequel the the movie "Love Story" that was released in 1970 with Ryan O'Neill and Ali MacGraw. The Mobile homes also look like early 70's or late 60's. The one room cabins are even older. I am 64 so I was young in those days but I still remember.

I would love to just park my van there and spend a few days

These are cabins provided for workers whether it be the rail road, logging or other types of work.My dad lived in a tiny trailer while he was working. There were 20 or 30 little trailers and they were old at the time.

I am having a visceral response to watching you go through these mobile homes. It's like going back to my schitty childhood and seeing the places we lived all over again. Even though I'm crying, I'm glad I'm watching this. Thank you for doing this video. Maybe I can put my demons to rest. 💙

Little "pickers" cabins like these were common in eastern Washington and used for temporary agriculture workers.

Back in the 40s that would of been a cool place to chill with the cabins

I'll bet that place was fun in the 60s and 70s nothing like today's fun.

Those small rooms remind me of the homes we lived in back in around 1979 when our family would be migrant workers in Iowa or Illinois. And those trailers omg exactly like the ones they had back then and even then they were already old.so they were probably like from the 60s or and 70s . great memories though. I can even feel the smell of those trailers interiors, wood work and those windows.

There's alot of History there. If you could only go back in time

Looks like the houses at the cotton gins in California, one room homes ,people had just one room to live in with their whole families 👪 and had to shower and use the outside facilities for eliminating. I can still remember them to this day.

Have you thought about checking with the local county to find out what this community was all about? I see a lot of the 60’s and 70’s represented here. Would love to know who all lived here. Very interesting. Thank you for sharing.

Thanks for the tour . It's a shame that the park was never kept up. I'm sure in it's day it would have been a pleasant area to vacation.

It reminds me of the court I lived in after buying my first trailer. The park was located right behind a drive in. It triggers my PTSD , super creepy!! Thank God there weren't any old children's toys still there!!!

I'm retired. Makes me want to slap the old tool belt back on and get to work🧔🛏🚽🛋🛁🚿

I'm with you there one hundred percent, there's no way whatsoever I could not go in each and every one of these small huts. Theres always at least a few things that are going to be different that would make it interesting to visit.

Looks like outcast places in my area. In a trash/caving-in travel trailer we found a lovely very 70s looking ceramic lamp lying in a corner unscathed. Took it home and hung in bedroom.

I love how your generation loves the stuff my generation (Gen X) grew up with. Wish we could all go back in time.

I live in a 1969 trailer surrounded by old trailers. I also work in plants. I'm seeing soft wood tree growth of about 10-15 years. The trailers are circa 1965-1985 by what I know of the trailers around me. I saw a couple that are the exact same model of my mine and my neighbors. I'll tell ya man, they ain't in much better shape here and they're still being lived in. Lol. I'd love to upgrade to one of those shacks. I suspect this was company housing for the rail workers. I bet the rail yard is close. Single persons got a shack, families got a trailer. It was common in the 60's and 70's. Doesn't seem so much now. Probably fell into disuse in the late 90's and abandoned entirely like 2000-2005 based on tree growth. Trailers fall apart very quickly without proper maintenance. Dude needs to be careful. I went through the floor and cut up my legs several times working on mine when I first got it. That sub flooring is not thick and once rot sets in it just disintegrates. Also... Wear a mask, mold son, and they could have been cooking meth in these places or god knows what else.

Most of these trailers look like campers. Its crazy that todays trailer of "just getting by" would gave been a luxury to these families

My best quess is that at one time that trailer park was a thriving community that the owner may have passed away or couldn't keep up with the upkeep. The RR company may have also increased their easement in relation of the tracks to the property or finally enforced the easement. (The RR company recently did exactly just that in our town within the last couple of years, claiming almost the whole one side of our "downtown district"). Then it most likely was taken over by squatters and of course, subject to vandalism and the elements. Great video! I stumbled upon your channel purely by accident and immediately subscribed! I do photography too and I so wish I had a local group of friends/photographers to go exploring with like y'all do.

There is something very authorial about an abandoned home. As you walk around, you can almost see ghosts of the life's that once lived there, and for me anyway, I always wonder, why they left, where they went and where they are today. Finding old family photos makes this even more intense, and you often do find that sort of stuff.

What a strange place! Interesting that the cabins have full kitchens with water & electricity, but no bathrooms. I have to imagine there must’ve been a bath/activity/laundry building somewhere. One of the trailers had been retrofitted with a marine toilet, so there must not have been a full sewer system. Being so close to the lake there was probably a boat ramp nearby.

wow, thanks for sharing! Too bad it was left to just decay. It reminds me of some places from my childhood in the 1960s...

If I could win the lottery, I'd try to buy that property! Lots of potential, lots of repair, but yeah I'd try!

Gotta love trains!

Surprised people left their furniture and tvs behind. My mom had a floral sofa like you showed in one of the mobile homes. Old mobile homes came in crazy colors. First one I lived in was green and white colors like first one you went into. Last mobile home you showed with table and chairs with blue and white floor was in good shape compared to others.

Those places had help rotting away. You know people over the years destroyed those homes. It would be interesting to find places that were abandoned and undisturbed where there weren’t furniture and items thrown all over the place.

The books in the first few minutes are all really old thriller/romance novels. Like from the 50’s and 60’s mostly. Pretty cool

History of this would be very interesting!

I'm really amazed that the area isn't graffitied, vandalized, and/ or littered with empty beer cans and bottles.

Now you see why it's abandoned, the train tracks are practically in their back bedrooms! Those trains used to come through constantly which meant nobody got any solid sleep!

We think we have it better now. Better morals better technology etc. But do we really. I say overall no. Judging by the comments I have read and everything I have seen an overwhelming amount of people think and believe that we all long for the simpler things and simpler times. The closeness of our communities. Just plain family and life. Cheers where everybody knows your name and you know your neighbors. Thank you for sharing this video and thank you to everyone for sharing your opinions. I recently lost my dad to cancer. I have a cousin who is in recovery with cancer and I myself have thyroid cancer. Running into this video has put a smile on me and my 6 kids face. Thank you.

If anyone is curious...I have heard from locals (believe in the 90s) there was some kind of water contamination problem (why you see all those water jugs in each place) and residents had to evaluate. This makes sense as to why so much is left behind

First visited it in 2013...so sad to see how bad it looks now. Such a cool spot..I got a bunch of pics back when. The weirdest one to me was a trailer bedroom with stuffed animals pinned to the walls.

Cool video. Sad that these places were ran sacked and left a mess. Thanks 🤗

Thanks for taking me along. I really love these types of videos. Thanks for bringing us along on this exploration. I'll be checking back friend.

I agree with you, the furniture is FABULOUS!! And the metal cabinetry is so right on!! My new fav. Vid.

Yeah I think back in the day,cabins were very popular for vacationing families🙂 Traveling with my family,I recall staying in them. Although ours had bathrooms. Nice video,thumbs up👍😉 oh,and I love the train!!

So sad that these mobile homes are going to waste now

Thanks for the video. Takes me back to good old days. Fantastic!!!!!

Good morning. I'm a new subscriber and I just came across your channel by accident when I was looking for a video and I'm glad that I found you guys. This is so fascinating , exploring old abandoned buildings because you can just imagine what their life or story was . I just wish that someone can or would fix up those buildings and make them liveable because can't you imagine what that would mean to a homeless person or family that have lost everything ? Thank you for taking us along .

When I lived in Florida, I lived near a campground and once a year they took old trailers out of lots because no one has paid for it in a while and put them out by the road for sale, they sell fast too for like $500 or $1000... No matter the condition.. Last one I saw before I moved away had ferns growing out of the roof and was green with algae or whatever.. that was out for sale for at least a week before it was gone

Those doors on those cabins would make for some really cool table tops. You could also make some rustic furniture from the siding from this structures. I do this all time. Good money, fun projects.

Just saw this video on You Tube's recommended . . . WOW!! I LOVE exploring & photographing abandonment! :) :) :) Great video! Thanx for sharing it. Ive seen some amazing places like this over the years. Incredible things people leave behind. I cant wait to see your channel, I subscribed. Just leaving for work, cant wait to get home tonight! . . .

Some of those old trailers had beautiful wood paneling other woodwork.

All of the metal cabinets look like they are from the 50’s 👍🏻

Even problems with a particular area could possibly explain people leaving a certain place. Research can sometimes explain reasons why.

I'm sure that was very nice place at one time. I'm thinking 60's and even into the 70's. Lake behind the trailers. Lake camps is what they are.

This place is amazing. Sad to see it in this condition. Great video.😊

I understand the interest in going threw these trailers just remember they were peoples home at one time.

Theres a little camp ground such as this on the chesapeake bay. Just a little spot to eat and sleep for people who spend the day fishing for flounder, clams and maryland crabs. Sadly, a lot of them that sat on the bulk head were destroyed when sandy came thru

I like adventures like this, exploring abandoned structures of any kind. Each one is it's own little time capsule. But I need a shower just watching this one.

This would be a great opportunity for a tiny home community for the homeless since all of these buildings are already there to be redone for somebody who really needs a place to live instead of on the streets

Need to get in there with some metal detectors. I bet you'd find all kinds of goodies.

OMG 😳 The first mobile home you went in (green and white) had the same floor plan as a 1960 Buddy Caravan I had back in 1992 - 96. Only 9 feet wide.

Love these these old videos!

I was wondering if these campers were rentals too, they have places that do that near Myrtle Beach, also did you come across any abandon bathhouses for the people that used the cabins, since I did not see any bathrooms inside. this video was very interesting to see. Dont see many places like this to explore.I would love to know the history of this place and what happenned to it. maybe the trains drove them to a new location? LOL

That's what I want, a nice little vacation shack near the train tracks!

I just remembered once about 25 years ago in Lancaster,TX (Suburb of Dallas; borders Dallas) as I was wandering the area immediately around while I was waiting while getting a tuneup/oil change, there wasn't much around, and there was an abandoned house. I entered it, and it hadn't been tampered with much since being abandoned, apparently in the mid/late 60s. Major urbanity was only 1/4 mile away, but all it had was a little graffiti, and it was pretty time-capsuled and preserved. Bookshelves which were cleared of books and records, but there were "Look" and other magazines, set up in holders keeping them upright as to not clash with books, and they were in near-perfect shape. I sat down in a still fairly viable cushy chair and read magazine articles from like 1966 for awhile, before going back down to get my car. I used to remember more details..there were pictures and clocks on the walls. It was surprising there was so little vandalism, I remember. Pretty weird and unexpected thing to happen upon.

great video guys , i can feel the energy of what it ounce was

Did you check with the town to see if they knew any history on this row of the past that was obviously once a lively little corner of the area? It would be so cool to have the backstory ☺️. Rock on guys and gals, be careful 😉

I noticed something that you didn't take into account. Since there wasn't any bathroom's in the cabins. I didn't see any public restrooms in the trailer park. Most of the trailers look to be manufactured from late 1950's to the middle 1960's. None had no real hallways. But instead a walkway through the bedroom, bathroom and the master bedroom.

I've stayed in shacks like these for a couple nights when I was hitchhiking many years ago,,,but I can tell you it was dangerous in many aspects

So cool thanks for sharing

Summer bungalows is what I would call the little cabins.👍😁😎

The trailer look like fifties style. Eight track we played those early to mid sixties. Before that we had four tracks that could be plug so they would play in eight track players. I liked the pink one.

I use to live in a trailer so I know all about them. There is a section for all year round which I lived in. There is also a section for just the summer ones. In the summer part there are shacks like that. This camp is still running today and it is a fare sized one. I had a larger trailer than thought it was a 14 foot wide one. This look to be about 12. I got mine all renovated on the outside with a peaked roof. So of curse it looked nice with a nice big deck.

There’s some cool mid century stuff in that last house you went in. The flooring, the yellow ash tray, the kitchen chairs. So cool.

Wow that place is awesome, so many vintage caravans and chalets. It's like a place stood in time, keeping so many memories of many a family in days gone by. I loved this video, new subscriber, I'll be sure to check out your other videos too. Happy new year guys and stay safe 🤜🤛

Wish I knew the back story of what this place was lol.

That's pretty cool. I would like to do that Explorer places like that

The noise from the trains would drive me bonkers, especially because I lived full time in an rv, so I know those walls aren't that thick. Great video. Too bad the son didn't want to continue

Lived in a community like this many years ago. Got my first time using the community shower with my mom's friend and her kids. Kinda wasn't the vacation I was looking for. Been into the lady's ever since.

Maybe it is an old railroad camp, people lived in camps like this when they we’re putting in the tracks. Maybe they were migrant housing for farm workers.

When I was a teen, I went to a lake in Missouri with family-friends during weekends. The other kids and I would drive around the lake town in our golf cart, and we would find little trailers off the beaten path that were abandoned like these. They went in some trailers, but I felt like it was wrong because their stuff was still there, and it felt like we were invading someone's privacy. I can't.

I love all the metal cabinets...

Sad to look at a abandoned trailer para. I lived in one for 18yrs mine was a brand knew 14x70 it was very spacious and beautiful with 3bd rm and 2bathr. those 18yrs were the Best of My life. I hace the Best memorias from ther , i sold mine, mykids got me a Home now Ive been here for 20yrs and getting more old. And yes it would be a wonderful place for the homeless to live. And now i wish i lived in a smaller mobilehome for me. My kids left got married.

So many homeless people. These could have been fixed up, maybe some could still be. Then quite s few people could have homes.

When I was young, I went to a similar place along the Allegheny River north of Pittsburgh. There was no water, sewage or garbage pickup. There was electric. The "town" was one long strip situated between the RR tracks and the river. The RR owned the land and would lease out parcels. People built wonderful summer vacation homes along the river. The "home" I stayed in had been built by the grandfather consisting of a large rock fireplace in the back aside the hill with timbers as beams. The sleeping loft was above the common area and above the fireplace. The bathroom was built over a sewage vault 10 foot from the main house. Nobody stayed in the winter. But they would party all summer with their own dock on the Allegheny river. You can just "reply" if you want to know more about what this was like.

It's interesting to see how fast neglect of these cabins and mobile homes has taken a toll on them. I'd would watch more of these and seeing some photos of the lake would be nice too.

If I had some money I'd scoop that place up. Would be cool to offer it to vanlifers as a home base during the pandemic . Plus I love trains.

I bet they're all full of mold. You have to be careful because that stuff can make you sick.

With that lake there , it looks as if it was a pretty spot to be at one time. Wonder why the trailers were just left to rot next to a lake.

If you a railroad fan this is perfect place to vacation!!