What kinds of questions do you have? I have been there several times to camp in both the RV and their cabins...ask away, I am very familiar with the area.
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1992 Fleetwood Tioga Montara Special 27 Class C
2007 Gulfstream Innsbruck 36FRS Park Trailer
Just got back. Spent 4 wonderful days there.
In short, the campground is very nice and the sites are mostly shaded. Some sites are better than others, for sure. We were fortunate to get the the only true "pull-through" site where you could have your awning facing away from the road. The others were on the inside of the campground loop and your table and fire ring was on the driver side.
Most of the back-in sites were plenty spacious for TT's, 5vers, or C's. I only saw one large A in there and it fit ok, but it was fairly snug.
The campground hosts were very cordial and hard-working. I think they did a terrific job. They were out and about all the time, greeting arrivals, catching snakes, cleaning the bathhouse....SNAKES? Yea, there was one ole blacksnake crawling around, he got scooped-up and transported to a remote area, away from the camp.
One thing to note: If you plan to use the beach, you will need a vehicle to get there. It's a good 2 maybe 3 miles from one to the other. There is a hiking trial from the campground down to the lake, but it is not a place that you would want to take a dip. Its in the back of a cove and not anything more than a place to hike and sit for a bit. I would guess that it is close to a 1 mile walk altogether.
Oh, and finally, I would recommend the short hike out to Turtle Island. It is really nice place to sit and watch the lake.
Hope you enjoy. We certainly did.
We will be there for 5 to 7 days in Oct. Besides shade and DTV satellite accessibility, we are also wondering about driving times. It looks to be maybe a 90 min rideto Martinville and Danville. How far to Appommatox? How about Lynchburg? Is it a rural area around there?
Thanks for any answers.
myway2rv,
I think you've given me a good idea what the park is like. I just really do not like private campgrounds. As long as I have water and electric, I am fine although I have done with the water a few times.
$10 a night for 2 pets seems high. Over 5 nights, one could get a couple more nights of camping.
It is very rural. You will be about 15-20 minutes from a Kroger or Food Lion but only a few minutes to Whitehouse Store! Local over-the-air DTV is available for 3 of the 4 major networks. Appomattox is about 90 minutes away - east of Lynchburg (about 45 minutes). Martinsville is about 90 minutes away and Danville is a little further away than that. Roanoke is about 45 minutes away. Why are you interested in these places? Other places of interest...Booker T. Washington birthplace, National D-Day Memorial, SML dam...all of these are 30 minutes or less away from the park. October is a big month for the leaf changes on the Blue Ridge Parkway (35 minutes away).
We bottomed out going in to one of the *new* campsites (I failed in my spotter's job) but they had just put down a ton of gravel.
There are still farms and open land around SML. It is a great place to relax. We have a seasonal site at a campground close to the state park and have a boat there as well. October is not really a good month for pleasure boating unless the weather is warmer than usual. We usually have to turn the heat on in October but sometimes the kids still manage to go swimming!
Let me know what you are looking to do, maybe I can help!
Maybe sounds a little strange but our hobby is driving down back roads, looking at the old homes, (mansions or hovel hole, doesn't matter). Having a destination gives us a general direction to head towards, sometimes we don't get there but that's alright too. We always find something that we otherwise wouldn't think of visiting.
I sure we will find something in these towns that we are not planning on seeing or finding.
I love to visit the Virginia countryside although there is great scenery is any state.
Thanks for all info.
Beaker wrote: Maybe sounds a little strange but our hobby is driving down back roads, looking at the old homes, (mansions or hovel hole, doesn't matter). Having a destination gives us a general direction to head towards, sometimes we don't get there but that's alright too. We always find something that we otherwise wouldn't think of visiting.
I sure we will find something in these towns that we are not planning on seeing or finding.
I love to visit the Virginia countryside although there is great scenery is any state.
Thanks for all info.
Nothing strange about following the back roads. I do it all the time. Bedford County,where the state park is located, has tons of them so please enjoy them. You see a lot more of an area on the back roads. October will find the leaves turning and you should be in for a real treat. Enjoy our area and welcome.
Beaker, head a little further west and hit the SW Virginia side - there are LOTS and LOTS of backroads, well.....mostly all of them are backroads, just Rt 23 and Rt 58 are 4-lane, the rest are curvy hilly 2-lanes. We have a local park that is open until the end of October and the scenery is fabulous (Flag Rock Recreation area) electric only, but water is available and there is a dump station. It's inside the city limits of Norton, and takes about 5 minutes from downtown, but it feels like you are out in the middle of nowhere.
This is the REAL Appalachia! (PS...we do wear shoes)
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