Loft Mountain Campground

Great camping experience, as always. I am very disturbed to find out the NPS is considering privatizing the Shenandoah National Park management. I'm absolutely opposed to this. Corporate greed will guide every management decision. We cant alow this to happen.

Stayed only 1 night on a Thursday. Registration was efficient and the attendant was helpful. Campsites and restrooms were clean. Generators in our camp area was not allowed; was happy about that. Except for an occasional dog barking, the campground was quiet. Saw several deer grazing through the campsites.

The place is nice my suggestion is the sites on loop A (left side( and B (right side) are really close backing into each other really cut down any privacy Othere than that it seemed nice run really well maintenance on top of things I'd return for sure
Thank you

Wish we had a campground in Shenandoah that had power.. I c.ould live without water, but I need electricity.

Our campsite and the campgrounds were clean and well-maintained. The campground bathrooms were sorta clean. But...
The pay showers down at the campstore had filthy floors, and there are no hooks to hang clean clothing off the floor.
$5 for 10 minutes of hot water would be ok if the floors were clean. The change machine and the payslots worked fine.

Before we left, we were picking up apples when a campground host / volunteer came and yelled at us, took a photo of our license plate, and said she was going to cite us for "destroying federal property". Ok, mea culpa. The stigma of being an apple thief will weigh heavily on me until my dying day. But here's what I want to know....
The yoyos in the campsite next to us were burning their garbage and plastic recyclables in the firepit. We were choking from the smoke. Other yoyos were charging all their devices in the campground bathrooms. Where were those johnny-on-the-spot campground hosts / volunteers then?

We enjoy camping weekdays as the park is a little less crowded. We have stayed at Loft Mountain Campgrounds but are looking into options for staying further north so see more of that end of the park. Generally we seem to visit the park twice a year, staying 4-6 nights each time. Sunsets at the overlooks are a must see.
Gary, our fur child, thoroughly enjoyed his trout and carrots for canine lunch at Big Meadow Lodge. All of our dogs have gone there through the years. Weather permitting, this outdoor seating is great for lunches.
Blackberry ice cream is a must have...until the entire mountain is out of it. Missed it at lunch on our blackberry cobbler. Loft Mountain Wayside milkshakes are great, but they were out of both blackberry. Had only strawberry.
My husband missed seeing any of your bears but we saw so many deer and squirrels.

Great campground, check out Doyles River Falls, it's right next to it.

Close to the bathroom but not so close to be annoying. Clean, flat, and even ground.

Well maintained campsite with great amenities and location! Only caveat is the sites are a bit close together.

Note: If I were to do this trip again I would recommend arriving around 12 and stopping at the wayside for lunch, then stocking up on firewood (more than one) at the camp store and finally settling in to the campsite well in advance of sunset. I arrived too late to really take advantage of the amphitheater and get a good glimpse of the mountain view!

We stayed in one of the east sites on the AT, beautiful and quiet on Friday night, more neighbors on Saturday in early November. Loved the easy access to trails and sunset/sunrise views!