Lake Winfield Scott Recreation Area

Excellent campground and camp host.

Staff extremely friendly, cabin clean and fully-equipped, campsites a splendid place for our Blood Mt. reunion. This was the 42nd year without a miss that our group has met the third weekend of October to climb Blood Mt. and celebrate what we call our New Year!

Weeks before arriving I called to find out if I could reserve the same campsite for an extra day when I get there, because it was showing up on this website as First come First serve. I was told we could pay cash upon arrival since we would be staying there the 5 days prior to the extra day we would be the first arriving so it would be fine. Upon arrival, we were told, no, it doesn't work that way. That the site needed to be reserved on recreation.gov but talk to the host. The host was not real friendly. Talked down on us, like we were a bother. Said that it was reserved for that night. I said how can that be if it's first come first serve. Then he went and got a paper to "prove it". The bathrooms were not sanitized or cleaned. They took out the garbage and kept the toilet paper filled. The showers by the lake where we had to shower, went to total darkness while we were there showering, and couldn't see our way back to the car. I requested a refund from Wed through Fri. with the camp director, and she said she would put in a request, because a tropical storm with 60 MPH winds was coming. We only knew this because we went into town. The camp host didn't even notify us and we were staying in a TENT with 3 children. When I called to get a refund through recreation.gov, they said I had to wait until the end of our scheduled reservation, which is ridiculous, because someone could have reserved the spot after the storm during the remaining days instead of just modifying the reservation and opening up the spot.

Lake Winfield Scott is a gorgeous location with access to hiking on AT. Our experience both at the campground and cabin was fantastic.

Staff extremely courteous and camp sites perfect spot for our 42nd Blood Mt. summit reunion!

Wonderful, peaceful and relaxing. What more could you ask for.

Friendly hosts and other campers. Great hiking trails. Clean sites and bathhouses (south loop old, north loop new). No cell service, internet or dump station. Still our best campground camping in years.

Cabin is awesome for a family or group that is cool with sharing one large open room to sleep. If you need privacy it’s not for you. If you are looking for an experience to bring the family/group together this is for you. The driveway is very difficult and you might need 4x4. We hope they fix that sooner than later. The new campground managers are awesome and bend over backwards to help. The wood stove is fantastic but gets the cabin very warm so take it easy start small and build the fire if needed. Open windows if you get hot the breeze is great. The kitchen has a decent fridge/freezer, stove is ok but needs replaced, microwave is old but works, sink is ok (water sprays weird but the sprayer is great), the kitchen table is a big old school farm table we loved. The porch is fantastic and has a fire pit close by. There’s a washer/dryer upstairs.

It was a nice quiet weekend at Lake Winfield Scott. The site manager was very friendly and helpful. The bathroom was clean and the shower hot. We enjoyed our time.

The Staff is the best ever! Site was cleaned up prior to my setup. Very helpful and friendly. Clean facilities! We plan on making annual or biannual trips.
Water in the hookup was a little murky so bring a filter if you plan on hooking up.