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10 Reviews
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25 October 2017
Great campsites --large wooded area --clean rest rooms!
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18 October 2017
The most beautiful camping I have seen yet in Virginia. I do wish they had a few more trails but overall a 5 star park in my opinion!!
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10 August 2017
Poor Management causes headaches for campers
We had a horrible experience at this site and as things unfolded it became clear the site is poorly managed and there are signs of consumer and labor abuse.
We got to this campground after being told
There were plenty of still sites open, there was was actually only one free that wasn't the best but we took it anyways (many reserved sites that no one had showed up to for days but that's another story of poor Management) We started setting up and cooking food and about 30 minutes goes by when this other camper stops short and looks at our open site tag and then moves on. The posted rules as you pull in state to look for the camp host and or put your stuff down to claim an open site, look for them or wait until they drive by to pay the fee. The host was no where to be found (apparently he was stretched so thin he had to cover the beach and our campground but I'll get to that later) so we waited. After this camper moved on, about another 20 minutes go by and he returns with another car and two other campers saying they paid for the site and proceeded to kick us out. We told them we had already been here quite awhile and put our stuff down but he just kept condescendingly showing me his receipt like that gave him ownership of the site. We realized what happened is he went to an on site marina to purchase the site, but the staff there told them to go by and make sure it's free still, which it wasn't, so they lied to her. I told them I wasn't leaving until the camp host came and explained how this could happen and how it was allowed. When he finally came down, I realized it was an elderly gentlemen, probably sick with heat stroke, had an open ulcer on his face, and is charged with manning both our campground and the beach. To me that's incredibly risky labor practices for such a large site. So I asked him how it was allowed and that aren't you supposed to put your stuff down to claim the site and he basically brushed it off saying "this happens all the time". I basically said that thats a poor system and is easily fixable and would save a lot of grief. We could have made a big stink and been obstinant to three people who were not only planning to move to another site the next day, but clearly were lying and could care less how inconvenient it was. Management did nothing to mitigate this issue so we just bit the bullet and moved to another site down the road. Interestingly, we met our neighbors over there who said they had booked a double at the campgrounds we just came from, they arrived and it was not a double, instead of refunding them, management let them stay in a completely different and cheaper campsite for free (because management still made extra money by keeping the more expensive fees they already paid) That's consumer exploitation every day of the week and twice on sundays and it's not even a question. Don't bother with this site, make the extra distance and go to a park near virginias coast or the great smokey mountains recreation area. All youll find here is lies, rude people, and frustration.response / report this review -
24 July 2017
This was a nice campground. The section we were in did not have on site water but there was a water source near by. The electrical hookup was on the wrong side of the site for some reason. Good place to trout fish.
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22 July 2017
Beautiful countryside. Nice area to big game hunt.
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21 August 2016
We have been to this campground and have stayed in loops 1, 2, and 3. We have a 31 foot travel trailer and have not had any problems getting into any of the sites we have stayed on. The sites were large and fairly level. Not many with water and electric. Quiet during the week, but is full every weekend. Roads getting to the campground are quite steep and twisty in spots. Restrooms have always been clean when we have been here.
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20 August 2016
Very nice nature experience. However, Campground host in campground 3 were not very nice. BEWARE when making a reservation. AA&L does not make it clear that you may only stay for 21 days and you must leave for 14 (unit as well as people) Camp host will say it's okay and then sell you out to the forest ranger, CHIP, who loves to write tickets to people who have stayed in this campground, helping clean and weed over the past 5 years. He likes to kick people out of the campground the day after he tells them it is okay. Stay out of his way. He is sneaky. We will not be going back. My friends got tickets and went to court. One won the case and one did not. Also, take your checkbook. Do not pay cash. Camper beware of small town maybarry like politics
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04 August 2016
Nice campground. Water in the lake was great. Water in the showers were warm or hot, wasn't able to get cold
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14 July 2016
Very quiet, little campground, off the beaten path. Right on the water. Great hikes above in the mountains. Very limited facilities.
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14 March 2016
Beautiful scenery and great campgrounds. Off the beaten path.
Of course I am prejudice.response / report this review
