Bandy Creek

Good site. Pool days and hours are not good!

Our drive through RV spot was awesome and close to nice/clean showers and bathrooms. Gotta say that Big South Fork has the cleanest facilities we’ve been to in all of NPS. Overall, campground was full, but didn’t feel crowded at all. Ranger Jordan was very helpful and friendly. We hung out at the river all day near Blue Heron and loved every minute. Great field near the visitor center for stargazing.

Great campground, and we overall enjoyed our stay. A few things that would have made it better: was disappointing that the pool is only open on Friday, Sat, and Sunday, does not say that anywhere on the website. Camp Store had sign posted that it was also open only on Fri, Sat, and Sunday, however never opened on Friday at all. It was also frustrating that there was no staff on hand to answer questions on-site about vacant sites and availability. The Host during our stay was very nice and helpful, however he does not have access to reservations. Had to call Recreation.gov to talk to someone at Cust Service about other open sites. The Cust Service rep was very nice and very helpful once I was able to connect to someone. Had to wait on hold for 10-15 minutes before I got the very helpful rep on the line. My problem was that I was booked for Site 39, a pull-through site. That would have normally been fine, however Site 39 and Site 40 share the same pull-through. Had I set up on #39, and then someone pulled into #40, I would have been blocked in. Just a terrible designed pull-through site, should only be one site instead of two.
The good stuff is that overall, and barring the issues above, this is a great campground in a great area. Close access to tons of great hiking in the Big South National River and Recreation Area, with some trailheads that actually are located at the campground. Restrooms kept very clean. Bear-proof garbage bins located all through the campground, as well as food storage bins located at each site. Most, if not all sites, are shaded and well-kept. Very family-friendly campground (with the exception of the limited hours for the pool)
One other thing, it is best to arrive from the west through Jamestown. Coming from the east through Oneida not advised, with steep (13 degree) climbs and very tight switchbacks to negotiate.
We will go back, especially when we plan our next hiking adventures!
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Clean campsite and bathrooms. Plenty of refuse and recycling locations. Good shade on most sites.

How power problems on D1 site it keeps dropping in the hot of the day it got to 104 volt all site need to be 50 or 30 amp's

Nice shaded sites nestled next to forest.

Bandy Creek has spacious camping sites with privacy in between sites. Many sites face the woods. The bathhouses are very nice and well kept. The water bottle filling stations at the bathhouses are nice to have.
My children did not like that the pool was only open on the weekend and closed at 6pm.
The Twin Arches trail and O&W railroad drive were our favorites.

Everything was so well-kept! The campsites are spaced perfectly. Easy access to bathhouses. And most importantly, it’s close to the river.

I love Bandy Creek we have been camping there for years! The grounds always look so nice and the bathrooms are very clean!
All the park service people are helpful and friendly.

Clean quiet and relaxing. Everything we needed