Lake Powhatan

I only stayed one night here but I loved it! The gate attendants were so nice and helpful. The site I had was very nice and well maintained. Somewhat close to surrounding sites but it still felt private. Bathrooms were nice (I did not use the showers but they were individual rooms). Only “negative” was my site was pretty narrow. I had a non-electric pull through and the best spot to level it got me pretty close to the picnic table (the base is made of concrete so no moving it) and I could not set out my main awning. Ended up putting my sitting area on the back side of the trailer. Again very minor, if really at all, negative but there are some limitations on site setup. Since I was there only 1 night I didn’t do much exploring but Looking Glass Falls in the National Forest was about a 40 minute drive and definitely worth it!

Great campground, simple in the best way. It has your hook ups and walking trails but not all the extra fluff that takes away from, what I consider, camping. There’s the lake you can swim or fish!

Sites were very private and nice. Fire ring not in great location. Toilet needed a little maintenance so we fixed the flush valve best we could at time to flush the toilet. Workers were all very nice.

We had a nice, large, flat site that was close to the bathroom; however, several other sites had to walk directly through/against our site to reach the bathroom. That is a weird set-up that I've never seen at any other campground and it is not mentioned on the website. The bathhouse was kept very clean but having extremely loud air dryers with campsites so close was sometimes annoying. With so many campsites in one loop, and only a few seeming to be RV only, having only 2 showers and 2 toilets is crazy. When it rained there was absolutely NO drainage on our site. Also, our site was one of only few on the whole loop that didn't include a bear box--which would be nice to have as the bears were out nearly every day we were there. The beach area was also disappointing. The "swimming" area (which wasn't actually deep enough to swim in) was very small. Hiking trails are abundant but also very crowded. Overall it's a beautiful park and location, and the staff was very nice. The weather just wasn't very cooperative while we were there.

Great camping
Great management

I had an amazing experience staying at this camp ground for a long weekend. The check-in / check out process is very seamless and all the folks at the gate were extremely friendly. We stayed at the Non-Electric tent spot which was had a nice tree shade. The campground was very peaceful, clean and well maintained. The tent site was also very clean. While booking the site, we were unaware of the presence of showers on site so we carried our portable showers. Later found out, this campground has possibly one of the cleanest restrooms and showers. The hot water showers were such a relief on a muggy day. I would highly recommend this campground. I am definitely a repeat visitor.