Apgar Campground

Excellent

Apgar is located near the free shuttle and visitor center.

Apgar is located near the free shuttle and visitor center.

Apgar is located near the free shuttle and visitor center.

I recently visited Apgar campground while on my bike packing trip. While bike packing I am very reliant on electrical devices for 1) phone, 2) route computer, 3) satellite communicator, 4) bike lights 5) backup power bank. Hence finding places to charge is of primary concern. Notes:
1. I was very grateful for the hiker / biker sites at Apgar Campground.
2. The hiker / biker sites do not have electrical supply. I would happily pay a higher camping fee in order to have access to electricity while at a hiker/biker site.
3. The Apgar visitor center does have a public charging station but it is very slow. I sat there for 3 hours and only charged my power bank from 50 to 80%. This may seem minor but my cycling route would have me camping/ away from towns for 4 days and I needed this charge.
4. Park rangers would not assist me by charging my power bank inside the visitor center.
5. Apgar campground bathrooms do have electricity but it feels very creepy for a middle aged man to be loitering about the bathroom while devices charge.
6. I searched for other outlets to charge - such as at the amphitheater, but outlet covers with locked shut.
7. Apgar Village restaurants were helpful but given how busy they were, I could only get partial charge there as well.
8: Take home point: hiker/bikers need better access to charging electrical devices.
9. Kindling; I purchased and carried sans-car wood from Apgar Village to the campground. However, the stores had no kindling and the NPS does not allow collection of any wood / kindling. The camp host did not have kindling for sale. Difficult situation. Please provide some access to kindling for those of us without cars / capacity to carry anything more that basic camping supplies.
Thank you

We enjoyed our stay at this campground. We'd stay here again.

Beautiful Campground - Host were wonderful. The Ranger at the park also each night walked the campground to remind us of special talks at the Ampitheater.

I recently visited Apgar campground while on my bike packing trip. While bike packing I am very reliant on electrical devices for 1) phone, 2) route computer, 3) satellite communicator, 4) bike lights 5) backup power bank. Hence finding places to charge is of primary concern. Notes:
1. I was very grateful for the hiker / biker sites at Apgar Campground.
2. The hiker / biker sites do not have electrical supply. I would happily pay a higher camping fee in order to have access to electricity while at a hiker/biker site.
3. The Apgar visitor center does have a public charging station but it is very slow. I sat there for 3 hours and only charged my power bank from 50 to 80%. This may seem minor but my cycling route would have me camping/ away from towns for 4 days and I needed this charge.
4. Park rangers would not assist me by charging my power bank inside the visitor center.
5. Apgar campground bathrooms do have electricity but it feels very creepy for a middle aged man to be loitering about the bathroom while devices charge.
6. I searched for other outlets to charge - such as at the amphitheater, but outlet covers with locked shut.
7. Apgar Village restaurants were helpful but given how busy they were, I could only get partial charge there as well.
8: Take home point: hiker/bikers need better access to charging electrical devices.
9. Kindling; I purchased and carried sans-car wood from Apgar Village to the campground. However, the stores had no kindling and the NPS does not allow collection of any wood / kindling. The camp host did not have kindling for sale. Difficult situation. Please provide some access to kindling for those of us without cars / capacity to carry anything more that basic camping supplies.
Thank you

We enjoyed our stay at this campground. We'd stay here again.

Beautiful Campground - Host were wonderful. The Ranger at the park also each night walked the campground to remind us of special talks at the Ampitheater.