I have stayed at several Hipcamp sites, all of which were super nice experiences. Not so much with this place. I probably should have noticed the mixed reviews on Hipcamp before reserving a stay, but there were limited options.
I arrived rather late the first night due to some delays. Got to the site around 945pm. The listing said that there were signs to the campsites, but there were none to be found. We tried to find our way, but ended up in a field at night, with a dog barking at a farmhouse.
No lights came on, nobody came to help. I just felt unwelcome.
We almost left, but we would have lost our money, so I texted the owner, who responded that she didn't know we would going to arrive that late. I said that there weren't any signs to find my way to the site.
She said she would send "Steve".
A few minutes later, I heard an ATV start up in the house with the barking dog, and it came over in the dark. He was really grumpy and unpleasant. I asked him where the signs were. He said it took them down at night.
I followed him back toward the sites, and he pointed in the direction and took off. There weren't any signs back in the woods either. The trails were overgrown, and we couldn't see where to go. We just dropped our stuff on a trail and set up our tents.
The next morning Steve told me that it was a working farm, and that we shouldn't have arrived so late. I told him that this should be in the listing. It felt tense and unpleasant for the remainder of our stay.