shelbyhalligan

We stayed here for two weeks in November & it was fantastic for our first time to the Outer Banks!

The sites were paved and mostly level with varying lengths depending on site. Our site had water and electric, but other sites had no amenities. Dump station is across the highway at the marina, which was a little odd but not too difficult to deal with. Bathrooms were super clean. Camp hosts were friendly and informative. Shower houses were beach style showers, so a little chilly in the fall but they were clean and easy enough to use. Site angles were a little weird and tight on some sites making initial setup a little difficult on some, but nothing we saw looked impossible.

A short walk to the Atlantic and some fun hiking through sand dunes within the campground. You can charter a fishing trip at the marina across the street. Nags Head has groceries, tourist shops, and lots of restaurants as do Kill Devil Hills and Kitty Hawk further north. Manteo on Roanoke Island also has stores and restaurants, a wonderful aquarium, and a laundry mat that we used. We spent a lot of time at Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge about 20 minutes away from the campground for wildlife viewing & kayaking; if you want to see bears and potentially endangered red wolves, make sure you spend time there!!! We also did the wild horse tour at Corolla Beach & would recommend that!

Everyone local told us summer time is crazy busy, but the fall seems like a really great time to visit based on our experience!

We stayed here for a week as a basecamp for Chiricahua & it was fantastic!

The park itself is well maintained & has helpful, friendly staff. All sites are pull through and level gravel with full hookups. The bathrooms & laundry facilities were super clean and priced well. On site there is a convenience store with great jerky, gas, and souvenirs as well as a food truck with delicious food.

Our Starlink got great signal for working during the week. Full bars 5G for TMobile.

About 15 minutes from Fort Bowie National Historic Site which has great trails for running and hiking. Then from there it is about 30 minutes to Chiricahua National Monument.

We would definitely stay here again when coming back to this area.

We stayed here for a week as a basecamp for Chiricahua & it was fantastic!

The park itself is well maintained & has helpful, friendly staff. All sites are pull through and level gravel with full hookups. The bathrooms & laundry facilities were super clean and priced well. On site there is a convenience store with great jerky, gas, and souvenirs as well as a food truck with delicious food.

Our Starlink got great signal for working during the week. Full bars 5G for TMobile.

About 15 minutes from Fort Bowie National Historic Site which has great trails for running and hiking. Then from there it is about 30 minutes to Chiricahua National Monument.

We would definitely stay here again when coming back to this area.

We stayed here for two weeks and absolutely loved how beautiful the campground was. It is on the small side with just a few miles of hiking trails, but there is also a boat launch, basketball court, and nice playground as well as the lighthouse to visit. The views were absolutely worth being a little farther out from our main area of interest (Niagara Falls).

Showers were very clean & had good water pressure and hot water. Laundry onsite also very clean. The check in center has wood and a few souvenir items. The grounds keeping crew always seemed to be busy and kept the park so well maintained.

We work from the camper and our Starlink worked phenomenally. We didnt set up our WeBoost but had 2 bars LTE on T-Mobile without it at our site though other parts of the park were spotty. We were in a dry site but with our solar set up had no issue with power & water was easily accessible.

We used it as our hub while exploring the Niagara area. Its about a 50 minute drive to the New York side of Niagara Falls and a beautiful drive all the way there. Fort Niagara is worth a stop along the way. So many fresh produce stands and wineries nearby.

We stayed here for two weeks in the dry sites. Water & dump station were easily accessible from all sites in our loop. However, according to worker in the park, they are making the entire loop full hookup before next season. Our loop (I think sites 48-72) was well spaced & quiet. Not a lot of trees, which was what we wanted to run on solar. Generators allowed during certain hours.

Shower house was older & water never got very hot, but it works and was clean if you need to use it.

The biggest attraction of the park was the Gorge & Rim trails and the easy accessibility to Cayuga Lake and other state parks in the area - Buttermilk Falls, Taughhannock Falls, and Watkins Glen. We drove through all the campgrounds & thought Robert H Treman was the best spaced of them & after hiking all of the parks, Robert H Treman was our favorite in that regard as well.

We were there after Labor Day, but there is a swimming hole at the bottom of the falls which looks like it would be lovely in the summer time!

Ithaca is two minutes away with Walmart, grocery stores, restaurants, and anything else you could need. We got our propane filled at Tractor Supply Co right on Highway 13. There is also a great Farmer’s Market on Saturday and Sunday in Ithaca worth checking out as well as a farm fresh produce stand right at the turn off of 13 into the park.

Overall, this park had wonderful hiking, easy access to stores, short drive to other area attractions, and was well maintained by park staff. We would stay here again when in the Finger Lakes area.

We pulled in around dust for an overnight stop. Office was closed but self pay machine was easy to use. We went with a primitive site as it was just an overnight, but sites with water & electric and I also believe some FHU were available. Our site at Cottonwood was massive with a slight incline but nothing too difficult to level. Peaceful with a nice looking lake and prairie dog town. Pit toilets near our primitive site were super clean & showers and flush toilets available throughout other campgrounds. Would stay again!

We stayed here for a week. It is right inside Glen Canyon NRA and has beautiful views all the way around.

The park is well maintain and spacious with level paved driveways and FHU. There are no bathrooms, showers, laundry, or other amenities, but it was very quiet and the views were fantastic. The marina has a nice restaurant down on the water.

About 10-15 minute drive into Page for groceries, restaurants, etc.

We used Starlink for work and had great signal.

The park itself is well maintained and looks very nice. The sites are well laid out with sewer, power, water in between the non-door sides of campers so sort of out of sight which is nice. We had fantastic line of sight with Starlink to be able to work during the week & upon arrival we did use Maverick Ranch wifi to stream a football game while setting up & that worked great as well.

There is a clubhouse with heated pool, games, shower room, and a laundry room with 6-8 each washers & dryers which was very clean. The office staff was super friendly and helpful. They gave us maps of hiking/biking trails on the resort property and restaurant recommendations in the area. There is a pizza place, bar, bakery, deli, and gas station/small grocery store on the resort property as well as gift shop and golf store. They have dark skies policies in place and ask that outdoor lights be shut off at 9 so you can see an insane amount of stars right from your campsite.

Being avid hikers & trail runners, this place is a paradise situated right outside of Big Bend Ranch State Park and about 30 minutes from the west entrance of Big Bend National Park. The resort itself had some amazing hiking trails as well. We hiked up Lajitas Mesa right from our camper.

Overall, this is a fantastic park in an even more fantastic location & we will be back to enjoy the winter weather here next year (and probably again after that)!

We stayed here for one night on our way from the Badlands to the North entrance of Yellowstone. The manager was super nice & got us checked in quickly. He also told us where to grab food (the Saloon 3 blacks down the road). Park was clean, sites were level gravel. We didn’t unhook & had plenty of room in our pull through site. Fantastic stop right off I-90!

I will start my review by saying there are no amenities outside of a communal water faucet, dishwashing sink, and flush toilets. But we knew that going in and booked for the proximity to the fantastic hiking. It is a level parking lot 50 feet from the Guadalupe Peak/Devil’s Hall/El Capital trailhead.

We stayed here for 7 days & with our solar setup and water on site, we had no issues being conservative and enjoying the park for that time. There is no dump station on site so we dumped at a Flying J near El Paso when we left. If you’re going north, there are many options for dumping in White’s City/Carlsbad area.

We put our Starlink up on the roof & had fantastic service for working during the week.

Campground host was friendly in our interactions with her. Visitor’s center is a five minute walk away.

30 minutes from Carlsbad Caverns NP.

Overall, this is a hiker’s paradise but not for the crowd who needs full hookups.