Let's start with the good. This campground is located about 5 miles down a heavily wooded road to the point you will begin to think you've gone the wrong way. At night, these woods can honestly, be a little creepy, but they're still very beautiful. There is an abundance of wildlife to see as well - especially deer - so be careful when driving, no matter the time of day or night. We also saw foxes, raccoons, possums, deer of all ages and genders - including two bucks fighting during one experience, baby/tiny crabs, live oysters, etc. So if you're looking for wildlife, this is definitely a great spot to find and see it!
On the weekends they do breakfast and lunches at the lodge. Our first Saturday here, we were unaware of this and headed right upstairs to the billiards room. One of the female staff came up and got us to see if we were hungry. She went out of her way to get us and that definitely left a wonderful impression.
The lunch was great, that seems to be an every Saturday affair which is super nice. Breakfast seems to be every Sunday morning starting at 9am. The bad part about this is that there's no notices or announcements or anything to let you know of these things going on. So that's a small negative. I feel like maybe this should be included with your check in package so you're aware of these get together going on.
Now, speaking of the billiards/game room, this is actually where we spent a majority of our time. There are two pool tables, 2 table tennis set ups, and 2 air hockey tables. One of the pool tables and one of the air hockey tables do not work. The one air hockey table has been broken since we first came here. The pool table however was damaged by children on our last Saturday at this campground.
All the games are free to play and you're unsupervised. The stuff is old and it's not in perfect shape but it's there and it worked. So it was so sad to see that a family came in there and allowed this destruction. When we called the rangers, they were so upset to hear about it. I hope that they're able to put up a camera, at least at the entrance of the lodge so they know whose coming and going from now on.
We have learned that this campground does not get much funding and frankly, it shows. This campground though really deserves more funding. The staff are great and the park has so much potential. It's beautiful here!
Unlike what you might expect from pictures or map view, there is no beach or swimming available unless the pool is open. The "beaches" are more along the lines of swamp land and marshes more then anything. You can go oyster fishing here as there are tons of them! Fishing is best to do during high tide only. There is a fishing pier that is kind of lopsided but seems otherwise okay.
There's also a boat ramp and appears to have once been floating docks. The boat ramp can only be used during high tide because otherwise it's just a mud pit with absolutely no water. The floating docks have been blocked off as they're just a complete mess. I'm not sure if a storm damaged them or what but they're in awful shape.
There are two playground at this campground and I wouldn't trust my kids on either of them. One is by the pool and then another is by the cabins. Swings are held up by rope or are broken due to age, wood looks old and discerning, just for example. It just looks dangerous and run down.
There's no volleyball set up and the mini golf is a disaster. The carpets are missing on most of them, they're all straight shots, and most of the side rails are non-existent. We never would have known it was closed if we hadn't come across the fallen over, hand written sign that just sits propped up against one of the holes. We had mentioned in the office in front of a male staffer that we had intended to play mini golf but he had made no mention of it being closed or that it was in basically completely unusable condition. As for the pool, it was offseason so it was closed but it was still full of pool water which considering the weather, if it's not emptied and winterized soon, there won't be a pool next year.
Moving around the campground, most of the lots have no power (as in the power isn't working or shut off) so you can't park there. I'd say this goes for about half the camp sites. As for full hookups, there's maybe 6 sites total. All the rest are just electric and water hook ups.
The good news though is that a majority of the sites are pretty level and there are several sites in the wooded area that are just gorgeous!
Over all, the scenery is beautiful, the wild life is amazing, the staff is very friendly, but the campground could use a lot of work. The campground is run down, out dated, and just needs some upgrades and maintenance done.
I wouldn't recommend this park at this time. We really hope that they get funding and can improve the place because we'd love to come back in a few years and see it doing better. read more