fantastic staff! great boats!…read moreeveryone was kind and friendly and the boats were in great condition. prices and policies are very fair! rented three times in a week and was FANTASTIC each time. 100% will be back.

This was our second time renting from Claytor Lake Water Sports. Check in is very thorough. They…read moreprovided dockside training and gave you an overview of the lake. They do not allow ANY alcohol on the boat. That goes for the driver and all passengers. They WILL check your coolers. This time we were able to rent their "Funtoon" on the 4th of July. We had 4 adults and 3 kids. The boat featured multiple adirondack chairs, a propane grill, swim platform, and best of all a porta-potty. The porta potty made boating all day with 3 kids bearable, but let's be honest...the adults enjoyed it as well. We rented a towable for the kids. The boat only has a 90HP engine and is "blocked" at the top of the throttle so you need to temper expectations. We had an issue with a tear in our tube, but it was quickly taken care of back at the dock. The staff replaced it with a new chariot style tube. We had a great time on the lake. We came out of the dock and went left to anchor and swim. We took the time to fix hamburgers and hot dogs while stopped. We then went a tubed for a long time and ended up at Rock House Marina. They had some live music, so it was nice to get off the boat and relax for a bit. Overall a great day... Filled up with gas at the end of the day and back to the campground.

Our group had an amazing time! It was a little foggy but we had fun. Our group was a high school…read more"reunion" of sorts. Old friends from FCHS getting together. We are the original BG's or Buffalo Girls. Thank you so much for a fun adventure.

This is an amazing experience that everyone who comes to the area needs to have. Everyone who works…read moreat Buffalo Mountain zipline is friendly, accommodatin, patient, and so much fun! Safety is the #1 priority of this group and they make a point to ensure everyone in your zip group is comfortable, secure, and informed throughout the entire process. We have taken our 7 year old twice and he absolutely loves it and requests to go back often. The adults have a blast too, so there's not much argument from us.

Tony Vanoy & I were driving home to West Virginia on I-77 in Austinville, VA and decided to stop…read moreand check out the park. It cost $7 per car load fee but if you have handicap plaquard, it's free entrance. There is no waterfall, it's more of a rapid in the river. There is a very old extremely large Victorian style Hotel and several out buildings. A gift shop, picnic tables, camping spaces and outdoor music venue area. A lovely area to visit!

AMAZING TIME and I highly recommend this place to anyone visiting that wants to float on the river…read more Now, you float for about an hour and then they pick u up and take u back to the beginning where u can do it all over again. They never once complained, and the driver even thanked me for coming- after I've soaked in the river and am now wet and sitting in HIS vehicle getting a ride back. THANK YOU! We had a great time - went down river 3 times for only $10 and that included the shuttle ride

Great setup if you're interested in tubing without all the hassle that other tubing businesses…read morerequire such as safety classes or life jackets, etc. $ cash to park, but accepts credit cards/debit cards to pay for tubing. Reasonable prices to tube and they offer a tube for cooler's. They have a small store where you can buy soda's, ice cream, and snacks. You can leave your cooler at the landing spot and they have grills set up there where they'll provide the charcoal and light the grill for you. Park, pay the tubing fee, take your receipt to pick up your tube's. They'll hold your driver's license and you can hang your keys at the gate. The River is clean and clear! It can take a good hour to get down to the landing spot or you can hang out in the river and relax. There's two landing spots. The first one is before the small rapids and that's where the grills are located. The second landing is shortly after the rapids. If you get out after the rapids you'll have to walk a short distance to the first landing where you can enjoy a picnic or grill out before boarding the buses to return to home base. Staff are professional and friendly! There's two bathrooms and a shower at home base where you can cleanup or change clothes. I've been three times and I've enjoyed each time. When the River is low the water depth is up to your knee in most place's and can go up to your waist in a few places. The depth of the River after the rapids is what I'd say requires swimming in some areas. If you can't swim or aren't wearing a life jacket I wouldn't go down the rapids. Their season goes until the end of September and during September they're only open on the weekends. They open at 10:00 a.m.

I came to this campground after I looked on line to see if I could fish during the night for…read morecatfish. The answer came back that registered campers could but not general public. Park day use areas close down at 10 PM. According to the Internet, they only close these fishing areas at 10 PM for daytime visitors but last registered campers fish all night. At 10PM, we were asked to leave the fishing pier. I mentioned what the Internet said and the ranger seemed baffled and said that it's not true so we had to leave. He did say he would look into it because it was important to him that people had the right info. Problem is, during the summer, in this part of the country, the water gets hot and the fish go deep. Being a bank angler, it's impossible to catch any catfish during the day, they only come shallow at night. The bass fishing is the same. Fishermen and hunters pay for the bulk of what it costs to keep these parks operational yet when we would like to use them, we get the shaft. This quote is from the VA Outdoors Management : A lot of our funding to help conserve wildlife and habitat comes from public spending on things like fishing and hunting licenses, tags, or stamps, boat registrations, and via a federal excise tax on firearms and ammunition. Those sources of financial support have helped us protect hundreds of species and their habitat for over 100 years, but there's always more we can do for Virginia's wildlife. That's where you come in. You too can become a steward of the outdoors by supporting our work or working with us -- whether you hunt, fish, and boat or simply enjoy the outdoors. So, you can see what I'm saying. It is not right or fair that everyone else gets to do what they want but we flip the bill for it. Then our rights keep getting tanked. They put hiking trails and bike trails and beaches for swimming, but keep taking away hunting and fishing rights and they keep raising the prices. Hunters and fishermen are always on the bottom of the list of whom these people cater to. It's not fair or just. At the very least, we should be able to fish when we want especially when that is the only time those fish will bite!!!

This park is one of those ones that feels like a private to public site; the majestic house at the…read morelakefront has been turned into a visitor center. The visitor center has a room or two of exhibitions on hydrology and wildlife but is not anything big. I came seeking a New Year's hike and expecting some scenery while being unsure if the amount of trails available would be enough. I managed to spend a solid two hours circumnavigating the place. In summer, swimming and boating are more likely the activities du jour, and it appears to be an excellent place for such activities. While the park looks close to the highway on the map, it feels like being at a park and there isn't any road noise. Like most VA state parks, they do charge for parking (waived for New Year's Day).

This place is a convenience store next to and under a highway. Parking pads were broken and very…read moreuneven. Lots of road noise!

This place is a gas station, convenience store, campground. Inside they have the average food &…read moresundries you would find in a kwiky mart. Plus hot food including breakfast. I'm here on an over night stop to camp. Got hung up in town so this was the closest place I could stay for the night before going on to West Virginia. It's passport America friendly. The staff was friendly. It's right on the New River. It has decent bathrooms with a shower. But..... The water hookups leak. It's muddy. The interstate noise from above is pretty loud. We slept through it, but are tired. So other than that it's not bad if U want to hunker down over night.

Fished with guide Mike Smith several times in the past few years on the New River. Always caught…read morefish with him including a citation smallmouth and a large striped bass. Superb river knowledge knows when and where the fish are and what to catch them on. Also has a pleasant and helpful demeanor. Highly Recommend Steve S Winston Salem NC

This is not an outfitter for the serious fisherman…read more This outfitter is an excellent communicator and expertly builds great media hype but he isn't able, or simply doesn't care to execute once he has your non-refundable deposit. Once you show up to the stretch of river he frequents you're met with obvious signs of local overfishing and the word from the hired hand the launch neighborhood has unwelcoming neighbors. Once you launch the guide is pleasant and great at building anticipation of the "fish around the bend" but of course there's no recent photos as proof. As the hours and drift time passes it becomes apparent that you've been duped. Honestly, It's a shame that a river with a legendary reputation turns out that the internet hype from this outfitter pulled us into a stretch of the river that's lack-luster and showing signs of overfishing. Secondly, a week out from the visit the weather was predicted to threaten the second half of the two day trip. Our group (4 fisherman) leader made it clear over the phone a number of times that being a group of seniors we wouldn't slog through thunderstorms and lightning and the outfitter agreed. At the end of the first day after being guided by his hired hand instead of the "expert" I thought I'd be fishing with, the threatening weather for the next day was now 100% predicted. The only recourse was to call the outfitter on the one hour drive to a recommended hotel that initially there was no idication it was that far from the launch site. After an hour of back-and-fourth trying to work out a cancellation the outfitter agreed to bump up a one hour correction to the launch time to 10 am which would had put me in the thick of the thunderstorms. He made no effort to look at the weather report and simply move up the launch to a reasonable 7am launch to miss the weather completely and get in a good days fishing. I woke to worse weather reports and threatening skys for dangerous lightning thunderstorms and 2" of rain predicted with 100% certainty. Again the telephone tag games started with the outfitter who was negating the weather reports. It sums up with his claims that he was going anyway and unless he cancels the trip we'd get no refund. Long story short, after two days of phone calls back and forth about the weather cancelation did the threat of a bad internet review get a PARTIAL refund for the 2nd day in which he sent a courier to deliver.

This park is located behind the area where there is a McDonalds and Hampton Inn. It was nice to…read moretake a break here. There is a walking trail that I did not go on. I parked by a stream and watched some bluebirds. There are sports areas. I like the Halloween decorations.

Best park in the area, it's clean well-maintained and has bathrooms. It's got a creek to play in…read morethat shallow and safe. It's got outside exercise equipment. Plenty of parking and very nice covered picnic area. The Play ground it's self is very large and has something for kids of all ages. If you're in this area and looking for a playground this is the one you want to go to.