In summer 2021, the campground’s dump station was out of order. While there are a few full-hookup sites in the park. The staff would not let us dump our gray water in one of these sites while temporarily vacant. On top of that, they would also not offer any sort of pumping service to aid us.

*Update*

I emailed the state park service and got this reply back.

I see and understand that the park’s dump station is broken. But, what I do not understand is why, when there is a vacant full-hookup spot, I am not allowed to dump my gray water there. I have a one week reservation and can go 2-3 days on my gray water tank. It doesn’t seem to be any harm if I were allowed to use my portable tank to empty some of my gray water in, while the full-hookup site is unoccupied. This is very frustrating and extremely unaccommodating. You are charging campers full price to stay at a broken campground and not trying to help anyone deal with YOUR malfunction. All solutions given are over 10 to over 20 miles away! I’m aware you cannot help the distance to other dump stations but, you could provide customers with a pumping service or have your system pumped periodically. I am extremely disappointed.

 Philip J

Hello, Philip 

Thank you for your email. We have not let anyone use the sewer sites to dump because the system there would be overused. When the Caddis Loop was designed, it had only 8 reservable sewer sites, because it could not support more. If the park let all dump there as you suggest, then we would have another problem. 

The dump station is not part of the price of your stay, it is only an amenity the park has been happy to supply. It would have taken$20,000 to pump the dump station tanks each week of the season and then we did not know if that would solve the problem. The decision was made to close it. There are gray water cisterns in the Adams and Blue Dun Loops where you can dump gray water or the entrance station has a phone number you can call for a pumping service. Any other questions?