Service

Great Park, lousy management!!

Service Park is a typical COE campgrounds, yet not so typical. It is a very quiet park where they round up the sidewalks and go home at dark. the only exceptions are a few large group gatherings on holidays and the heavy barge traffic at night especially during "Quiet Time!" The large groups I personally witnessed are well behaved and usually just loud enough to know they are talking to each other during quiet time, which is hardly a bother. The barges on the other hand blow the concept of "Quiet Time" out the window. But they are kind of like trains, you get used to them and they become White Noise and aren't really the same as the kinds of disturbances from rowdies you suffer at some campgrounds and the COE has its share of those!! Beautiful exotic ecology with unique lizards and plant life!! Plenty of deer coming through and usually the howling of coyotes can be heard in the distance after dark. But it could use a lot more TLC the volunteer staff and COE management. Still highly recommend this park to folks wanting to spend a little quality time in a natural setting, enjoying the great outdoors!!

Beautiful grounds, riverfront to watch boats go by. Nice campground hosts. Even called to let us know our site was ready.

Fantastic stay. Hosts were all v friendly. They call to let you know when your site is ready. Met us and directed us to our site when we got there. Sites and all facilities are well-maintained. So much fun to watch the barges as well as The Loopers on the river.

This is a great remote location for hiking, biking and boating

Service is a very nice, quiet campgrounds but could use a little more TLC from the Corps of Engineers and its volunteer camp hosts, especially the shower house and grounds. However if you are willing to overlook a less than very clean, well stocked shower house Service Park is great place to spend the night, week or month!

This is our favorite campground. It is always quiet and clean. It's worth the three-hour drive to stay at Service. The only complaint this time is that one of the hosts did not blow the leaves off our site for us.
And that is not a problem. They just did it the last three times we stayed. I guess we were spoiled.
I recommend this camp to anyone.

Outstanding park hosts. The site was clean and ready for us when we got there. They even called to tell us it was ready. Only thing I wish is that this park would stay open in December and early spring. It is very nice.

What can I say? Great place.

Sites are super clean. Hosts are all friendly and welcoming.