Cranes Mill Park

BASIC INFORMATION YOU NEED TO KNOW
Cranes Mill Park is a Class A style RV and TENT CAMPING park

This means the park has a restroom with showers, personal sites, a dump station, gatehouse, park hosts, and that each site has a table, benches, a fire ring, a standing grill with a closable lid, and drinkale water connection, and electricity. The only exception in Cranes Mill park are sites which do not have electricity. Check each site before confirming your reservation to make sure you are getting what you expect. There is also access to the lake, nearby trails, two fishing piers inthe park, and a boat ramp that puts you in near the mouth of the river. 

Standard Park Season and Hours

Open 7 days a week, 365 days a year

Park Hours and Seasons

Check in time: 3pm - No Early arrivals allowed! 
Check out time: 2pm - On the day you are leaving. 

Park Gate Hours and Seasons

Summer Season: April 1st through the end of September
Gate Hours:

Sunday through Thrusday: 9am to 9pm
Friday and Saturday: 9am to 10pm

Fall Season: October 1st through the end of March
Gate Hours:

7 days a week: 9am to 9pm

Rules for Gate Access and Entry

No one is allowed in the park unless they have a reservation or are a guest of a reservation.
Before entering the park, you MUST check in with a gate attendant. This includes both reservation holders and their guests.
You can not check in or drive in after the gates are locked each night. Speak with the gate attendants when you arrive so they can answer any questions you have about coming in after normal gate hours.
If you are traveling to check in and know you will not arrive until after gate closing, know that you will NOT be able to access the park until the next morning when the gates open again.
You may always leave the park after the main gate is locked, but will not be allowed to re-enter with a vehicle after the gates are locked. You may walk into your site, but the vehicle must be parked outside of the gate on the side, out of the way until the gate opens in the morning.
You may NOT drive through the locked gates or attempt to reenter the park with a vehicle after you have left and the gates are locked. If the gate is locked when you return to the park, you may walk to your site after hours if you have already checked in earlier with the gate attendants.
Anyone attempting to drive into the locked park after hours is subject to a citation, potentially punctured tires, and to pay for any damages you do to the gate(s) that are locked.

Maximums of the Park

2 Camping Units - For any single use RV site this means an RV style unit and a tent, or two tents. For a tent only site this means two tents. No More Allowed. May not have two RVs on same site. May not have an RV and a pop-up on same site.
10 People - This is for all single use RV or Tent sites. This includes all people including infants, children, pre-teen, teenagers, young adults, middle aged adults, and well seasonsed and wise older adults.
2 overnight vehicles
2 Guests vehicles: must be out of park by gate closure time daily
1 boat trailer: per single use site (RV or Tent). You are limited to one trailer in the park, not one at your site and one at the boat ramp.

No feeding the wildlife in the park.

Do NOT attempt to interact with the wild life. Some are protective of their territory, homes, dens, food and young. If you encroach on their space, they may become aggressive.
To keep you safe, we ask that you do not feed, pet, handle, chase, harass, follow, hunt or attempt in any form or fashion to attract or interact directly with the wild life. You may observe them from a distance. If you find a fawn or other baby animal by itself, do not handle them. Mother animals often leave their young in a 'safe' place so they can go off and eat. The mothers will be back for their young, but if you touch it, the mother will often abandon the baby since the animal now smells like you.
Contact the gate attendants, park host or park ranger for assistance in any situation similar to what is described above. We will usually tell you to leave the naimal alone. Nature has a way of "fixing" what we perceive as an issue, when usually it is not.
Game wardens and Park rangers can investigate if there is a serious problem like a rabid or injured animal.

Don't Move Firewood: Protect your forests from tree-killing pests by buying your firewood locally and burning it on-site. Visit Dontmovefirewood.org for further information.

HELP US REDUCE ENERGY COSTS WHEN YOU ARE GONE…DON’T LEAVE IT ON!
Turn off the AC/Lights/Fans Turn Down/Off Electric Water Heaters
WHEN NOT IN USE…TURN OFF THE JUICE!
Unplug Chargers and Appliances Turn off Radios and TVs KEEP THE PARK OPEN BY SAVING ELECTRICITY.