Goose Point

Goose point is one of the very nicest campgrounds I've ever visited. The grounds are immaculate, the campsites are all neatly kept, spacious and require very little leveling. Every site has a picnic table, fire pit and lantern post. Shower houses are kept very clean and well lit at night. It's no wonder that, even during a week when overnight temperatures were near freezing and highs during the day only in the mid 40s, that this campground had very few empty sites while we were there. The U.S. Corps of Engineers should be put in charge of all national park campgrounds if this is an example of their work. I recently stayed at Peaks of Otter, another national park campground and it is badly in need of major upgrades and maintenance. Goose Point is the perfect family campground as it features a playground, a beach area and swimming for the summer months as well as a boat launch. The Blue Ridge Parkway is within easy driving distance as is the town of Floyd, VA.

We enjoyed hiking at nearby Fairy Stone State Park.

Goose Point is such a quiet, beautiful campground! The view of the water and the Fall foliage was wonderful. It is one of your favorite campgrounds.

Great place for weekend get away

Well kept. Friendly staff.

What a hidden gem Goose Point is. We loved our trip and will definitely be back.

Beautiful in October!

Excellent service love the area

We greatly enjoyed our first visit to Goose Point! It was also our first visit to a Corps of Engineers Recreation area. We thought that the location and facilities were quite good, and the fall scenery was superb! We were impressed by how clean everything was kept, compared to many other places where we have camped. When we arrived, the area was without power or water due to a recent storm, but this was restored in a little over 24 hours. We don't blame anyone for this.

OTOH, we truly wish that we had had more information available on the specific characteristics of the campsites when we reserved. We would not have selected campsite #30 if we had known that while the site itself was fairly level, the driveway leading up to it from the park loop was quite steep, and the loop road itself was at that point narrowed down considerably between two dirt embankments. None of this was apparent from the one tiny photograph that was available on the website.

It was quite difficult to back our 23' travel trailer into the campsite, and we even had to get assistance from a kind neighbor. Accordingly, we would NOT recommend site #30 for campers using a travel trailer - only a small to medium sized self-contained RV. The driveways to the other campsites were much more level and there was more elbow room on the park loop road.

As for additional activities in the area, on the way up we detoured to visit Mabry Mill just off milepost 176 of the Blue Ridge Parkway. It was restored by the National Park Service and is described on their website. It is located west of Goose Point about an hour away. On visiting, some may experience a bit of deja vu, as photos and paintings of this mill have appeared on many calendars and greeting cards over the years.

From to minute we checked in until we checked out it was a wonderful visit. The lady at the contact station was very helpful and courteous. The campsites were clean as well as the bath house. Pretty awesome experience and I will highly recommend Goose Point to anyone I meet.