Doughton Park Campground — Blue Ridge Parkway
Reviewed Jun. 22, 2023

Great, quiet campground

Doughton Park CG: (Scale 1- bad, 5-Very good (70 yr olds in 17’ trailer) Overall Rating: 4.5 Price: $10/ night w senior pass Usage during visit: low due to rain Site Privacy: some, like ours - #9, are very good Site Spacing: some sites are nicely space and some are pretty close. Site surface: Blacktop Reservations: Yes Campground Noise: Very quiet during our stay. A small group of folks, older, play music together on a regular basis. Bring your instrument and join them. One plays a lot of Gordon Lightfoot - they were friends. Low key and quiet. Very, very enjoyable.
Road Noise: Sites 1 and 2 are close to the parkway. The rest of the sites are set far enough back that, maybe motorcycles can be heard. Right now through there is no through traffic as a nearby portion of the parkway is in the middle of a 3 year construction project. Through Traffic in campground: None Electricity: No Water: Availability at the dump station and one faucet.
Sewer Hook up: No Dump Station: Yes Generators: Allowed Bathroom: Small and clean. Showers: No Pull Throughs: Most or all are back in.
Cell Service (Verizon): Good from our site Setting: Deciduous forest on high ground. Weather: Unseasonably wet during our stay. 4 days of almost non-stop rain
Bugs: None Solar: Fixed solar panels might work in sites 1 and 2. Host: Present. Rig size: There are a couple 30 to 35’ rigs here Sites: #9, our site, is one of the best sites we have had in almost 4 years of travel. The regulars call this site the “honeymoon site”, because of the heart shaped large rocks which create a lower terraced picnic area. Best sites: 9 very best, 4, 8, 7. Next best: 5,21,19. Nice but picnic area is not quite as private: 20, 18,16,14,12,11,10. All other sites along the outer side of the loop I would be happy with. The exception are sites 1 and 2. These two sites are along the parkway.

Site9 (The Honeymoon Site)
Month of VisitJune
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  • Review photo of Doughton Park Campground — Blue Ridge Parkway by Roger W., June 22, 2023
  • Review photo of Doughton Park Campground — Blue Ridge Parkway by Roger W., June 22, 2023
  • Review photo of Doughton Park Campground — Blue Ridge Parkway by Roger W., June 22, 2023
  • Review photo of Doughton Park Campground — Blue Ridge Parkway by Roger W., June 22, 2023
  • Review photo of Doughton Park Campground — Blue Ridge Parkway by Roger W., June 22, 2023
  • Review photo of Doughton Park Campground — Blue Ridge Parkway by Roger W., June 22, 2023
  • Review photo of Doughton Park Campground — Blue Ridge Parkway by Roger W., June 22, 2023
  • Review photo of Doughton Park Campground — Blue Ridge Parkway by Roger W., June 22, 2023
  • Review photo of Doughton Park Campground — Blue Ridge Parkway by Roger W., June 22, 2023
  • Review photo of Doughton Park Campground — Blue Ridge Parkway by Roger W., June 22, 2023
  • Review photo of Doughton Park Campground — Blue Ridge Parkway by Roger W., June 22, 2023
  • music evening
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  • Review photo of Doughton Park Campground — Blue Ridge Parkway by Roger W., June 22, 2023
  • Review photo of Doughton Park Campground — Blue Ridge Parkway by Roger W., June 22, 2023
  • Review photo of Doughton Park Campground — Blue Ridge Parkway by Roger W., June 22, 2023
  • Review photo of Doughton Park Campground — Blue Ridge Parkway by Roger W., June 22, 2023
  • Review photo of Doughton Park Campground — Blue Ridge Parkway by Roger W., June 22, 2023