Cranes Mill Park

Don’t expect to get your discount from a national park pass reimbursed through the recreation.gov if you show your pass and forget to add it for a reservation. The park/facility/staff are great. The noise and drinking from other people at nearby campsites ruined the peace and quiet and tranquility to get away from big city chaos.

What a gem of a park! Stayed overnight in a RV spot. The RV slots were well spaced from other campers. The bathrooms were clean as well as the park area. The picnic tables are large and covered. We did not see an attendant, but our window tag was left for our arrival at the gate. We hope to stay there again in the future.

We enjoyed our stayed at Crane's Mill. The park is very well kept and the restrooms were nice and clean. We would definitely stay here again. We were in site 27 which had plenty of room for our 44' RV.

The location was extremely hard to find. We spent hours driving around trying to find it. We arrived well after the gate was locked.
Our Garmin took us to a nearby place based on the address found on the Cranes Lake COE website. The campground itself was not in the Garmin data base.
It took two digital maps and the Garmin to finally find the location.
I now have it in my save locations in my Garmin.

Great place to stay!

No attendant at gate; Attendant notes stuck abstractly on board to pick up windshield sign and go to assigned space. As we proceeded to our space, a Day group of 10 were cooking and picnicking in our reserved space; They moved immediately to another nearby space to continue using facilities; Told us they came in because no attendant at gate. We stayed 4 nights; Bathhouse toilets had mildew rings around water line and little to no toilet paper the entire stay. This was a holiday weekend so surely management expected an increase in visitors using facilities. First time in 5 years of visiting, we were disappointed to find little supervision over Cranesmill Park.

We stopped and bought $30 worth of wood. There were no sign on website, or gate that said “fire ban”. We almost started a fire but went to restroom and there in the door was a sign for fire bans. What a waste. We had to leave 30 dollars worth of wood, no room to carry in the rest of our trip. Would not come back here

The camp grounds was well kept. Had wildlife walking around. Very quiet when we was there. Enjoyed the quietness.

Very nice RV pad. Clean and had good views. I would recommend this park.

We have stayed at Cranes Mill COE park many times, and we love it. Quiet, close to everything we might need, nice view, wildlife to watch. ATT Cell service was good, park power and water worked perfectly. The dump station was convenient as we stayed two weeks, used it in the middle and end of our stay. Grounds were well kept and clean. There was one tree that overhung the entry road, just past the restrooms that hung a little low and scraped our RV roof a bit. Noisey, but no damage. Staff was friendly and helpful. We were thankful they had the park open for us during the big shutdown. Sad to learn this park will be leaving the COE system at the end of the year to become a day-use, for profit park. We will miss it.