Best Tent Camping near Nassawadox, VA

Recent Tent Reviews in Nassawadox

575 Reviews of 4 Nassawadox Campgrounds

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  Renee P.

  Guide

  

  Nov. 15, 2024

  Janes Island State Park Campground

  So beautiful!!

  Unfortunately, there was a fire ban and extremely windy conditions, which is out of the parks control so I didn't get to enjoy it as much. From what I have experienced, it was amazing! The hike trails are so beautiful and being by the water was a complete experience! I got to see the sunset for the first time in a long time. Park was clean and well maintained. Bathroom was clean and WARM! they also have showers. They sale firewood at the cabin store but the store is only opened Thursday- Sunday

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  Paul R.

  Scout

  

  Oct. 21, 2024

  Jellystone Park™ Chincoteague Island

  Great location, grossly overpriced

  Used to be a great campground, than Sun Outdoors bought it out increased rates.  Now it is grossly overpriced.

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  Garrett B.

  Scout

  

  Oct. 13, 2024

  Sun Outdoors Chesapeake Bay

  Great place for families

  Me and a friend came in on motorcycles and stayed in the primitive tent sites and had a great time. Stayed a few weeks before Halloween and there were plenty of festive activities going on.

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  Frank B.

  Scout

  

  Sep. 16, 2024

  Machicomoco State Park Campground

  Great Camping Experience at Machicomoco!

  I was visiting the Yorktown battlefield the next morning so I chose to camp here for the first time.  The facilities are nice and modern, and the environment is quiet.  Just what I was looking for.

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  pamela S.

  Traveler

  

  Sep. 6, 2024

  Sun Outdoors Cape Charles

  Labor Day weekend camping

  Great spot for families. A lot of activities for everyone. The adult pool was very nice and clean. My son and his wife kayaked and had a great time. Cape Charles is a quaint town for shopping and is only 10 min away. Only issue we had were the kids on bikes riding in front of the golf cart and cars. No parental supervision. Very scary and unsafe. Other than that it was a great trip and we will be back.

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  Valenica A.

  Scout

  

  Sep. 5, 2024

  Military Park Langley AFB Bethel Recreation Area - Park and FamCamp

  Frequent Policing for Black People

  I arrived at the location and, within 10 minutes, police officers showed up to monitor me, despite my behavior being no different from that of others around me. The next morning, I returned and, once again, within 10 minutes, the police were called to watch me. I plan to document these incidents and file a formal complaint, but I want to warn other Black individuals to exercise caution when visiting this place. I'm unsure whether the issue lies with the organization itself or if it's the Bethel campers falsely reporting my actions, but it’s striking that simply walking to decompress has led to repeated police presence. I plan to document each experience, timing my arrival and the police arrival and then look into why I believe I'm being racially profiled. While this isn't blatant racism, it sure aligns with interpersonal racism is much harder to detect if there isn't a pattern and you know how it operates.

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  Lawrence L.

  Guide

  

  Sep. 2, 2024

  First Landing State Park Campground

  Good campground, boardwalk to beach needs maintenance.

  Good campground as usual. bathrooms well maintained and cleaned twice a day when we were there. Campsite is right next to the bathroom and has a good amount of shade. Bathrooms had two sinks to clean dishes. Boardwalk nearby to the beach was very convenient, however quite a few boards look like they need replacement. One highlight was watching the school of dolphins from our kayaks, not far from the beach. Never saw that before.

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  Chaz M.

  Ranger

  

  Aug. 28, 2024

  Sun Outdoors Cape Charles

  Nice spots with good bay access

  There were a lot of events and options for the family. Cape Charles is also a nice place nearby.

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  Christine

  Guide

  

  Aug. 10, 2024

  First Landing State Park Campground

  Right on Chesapeake Bay with Sunset!

  Most of the sites have shade a few do not have any shade. If you do not like traffic noise, stay far away from the main road that the park is located off.

  You can not see the water from any campsite and all sites are a little walk to get to the beach of the bay.

  Light waves on the bay. It has beautiful sunsets with dolphins playing there in the evening.

  We stayed in site 5 which is literally in the bathroom front yard with NO SHADE.

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  Kaylee G.

  Guide

  

  Jul. 23, 2024

  Machicomoco State Park Campground

  Very Sunny

  We had a very hot stay. We stayed at campsite 13 which had wonderful shade in the late afternoon. Be prepared with a wagon to transport items from your car to your campsite if choosing the no water/electric sites. Short walk from parking to sites. 

  The interpretive area was really fun to explore in the evening during golden hour and beyond. Great view of the sunset over the river.

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  Michael D.

  Traveler

  

  Jun. 24, 2024

  Virginia Beach KOA

  Amenities but…Traffic Noise!!!

  Great pad sites but sparse vegetation and zero privacy. Road noise was constant and lots of traffic on the beach access highway.

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  Janet R.

  Legend

  

  Jun. 19, 2024

  Military Park Cheatham Annex / Yorktown Naval Weapons Station RV Campground

  Camping in the middle if “The Historic Triangle”

  This is an amazing recreational campground for military families and retirees that is located right on the York River between Williamsburg and Yorktown. It is immediately adjacent to the Colonial Parkway for easy access to historic Jamestown as well, making for a great base for exploring the historic sites and state and national parks of the area. There are several Navy Bases in the area, so this is an easy retreat for active duty folks, but also open to uniformed service personnel or retirees and families from all over the country.

  The campground is multi-faceted. There is everything for everyone—camper cabins (some dog friendly and some handicapped accessible) as well as an RV park with hookups as needed, and also standard tent sites as well as primitive tent cents. The various camping areas surround a central recreational area that includes golf course, playground and swimming pool, but there are also wooded hiking trails, two lakes with rowboats and kayaks and fishing, as well as shoreline and piers on the York River itself. The RV campground has a nice central bath house with showers snd toilets as well as laundry facilities. There is a small convenience store as well as a cafe if needed, but you are so close to Williamsburg and its myriad cafes and shops that you have amazing options! We have stayed here several times now, in fall and spring, and it was a great home base for exploring the whole “historic triangle

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  Clinton R.

  Scout

  

  May. 28, 2024

  Holiday Trav-L-Park

  It's what you make of it.

  This is a wonderful spot if you want to avoid the high dollar hotel stays in Virginia Beach. There are a lot of amenities at this place, however you have to pay for some of the activities. This should be included in the price. The RV spots are not even 20 to 25 ft apart from each other. If that. It seems that this park is more in it for the money than the camping experience. That being said, there are a ton of things to do if you have a young family or just want to be rowdy. Lol. I went during memorial weekend, but I was told it's like this all of the time. The site that I had was very uneven. I had to put a 5-in lift on one side of my travel trailer and drop the tongue nearly to the ground due to the uneven pad to park on. Only room enough for one car. Overall it was a good experience, and you can't help but get to know your neighbors. Lol maybe that's what their plan was. Know your neighbors.

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  Eleanor the Airstream R.

  Ranger

  

  Apr. 4, 2024

  Little Creek MWR RV Park

  Utilitarian

  Overall, this campground is utilitarian at best. We stayed for five nights in April in a 25' Airstream. It is on a military installation so you need to have access.

  - RV office does not open; if you have any issue, you have to call the reservation line or see the camp host...but there was nothing to mark who the camp host was and they never stopped by.

  - Roads are decrepit with major potholes and in need of repair. The roads and some sites flood when raining. There are two one way roads in, but without a map of the campground available, you don't know which one to turn down in advance.

  - Bathrooms are dated but clean.

  - Dumpster not emptied in timely fashion. It was overflowing the first two days here and people were piling trash around it until it was emptied on a Wed.

  - Full hook up (electric/water/sewer) on sites; some have fire pits, some don't. Also the connection boxes are set back pretty far on the sites, so you need longer hoses/cords. We had a long electric cord that reached and had to add a second water hose and second section of sewer hose to connect. Water pressure was good.

  - Concrete pads and free laundry were nice. Ground around the concrete pads were rutted where folks either parked off the pad or didn't know how to park on it.

  - Free wifi if you sign up for MWR's, but we used our T-Mobile home internet with good connection (4 bars). AT&T on our phones was 1 bar at best.

  - Several small hiking trails nearby on base that were good for walking the dog.

  - Traffic getting off base starting around 1500-1600 is bad, so plan accordingly.

  - Expect to hear aircraft all the time. You get used to it quickly, but can be loud.

  - Seemed like some active duty personnel were staying here, as we saw them leaving in the mornings and coming back at the end of the day in uniform.

  - We didn't find firewood for sale on base and bought some out in town near another campground. 

  - Follow the signs on base to the golf course and keep driving past the driving range to find a small beach on base.

  Not the best look for a military campground, but if you just need a place to park to access the other amenities of the base and area cheaply, this is it.

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  Brendan M.

  Scout

  

  Mar. 30, 2024

  First Landing State Park Campground

  Very nice facilities

  Good: Beautiful campground. Very clean facilities and close by. Easy access to water. Close proximity to beach and hiking. 120 - was able to get two RTT on one site.

  Bad: close proximity to other sites. Busy campground in general. Kids running around. Lots of standing water, once bugs start coming out would be a ton of mosquito.

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  Lucy P.

  Ranger

  

  Mar. 24, 2024

  Janes Island State Park Campground

  Great time

  Did a fourth of July visit and it was such a blast! We stayed in camp loop C and we had plenty of space for our 10-person tent and we stayed up pretty late enjoying the weather, laughing, and eating lots of fun camp snacks. The Canoe trails are absolutely beautiful and the horizon seems to go on endlessly. When we were there the day's canoe outings were cancelled due to weather and storm forecasts. We were able to enjoy the state parks edu series on how to catch soft crabs and ofc went out and got soft crabs and ate them at a local restaurant before we left. There are also some modest walking trails - but the main attraction are the canoe trails of course that go all the way out to the ocean for those with that level of expertise.

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  Joseph H.

  Traveler

  

  Mar. 23, 2024

  First Landing State Park Campground

  Great campground but a lot of road noise

  Great campground with nicely shaded sites. If you want quiet and peaceful stick to the spots on the beach side.

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  Lucy P.

  Ranger

  

  Mar. 22, 2024

  First Landing State Park Campground

  Great spot for beach camping

  Love coming to this spot for camping so close to the beach! Campground fills up fast and sites are kinda close together though. 1-2 bars Verizon.

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  Wayne L.

  Traveler

  

  Jan. 18, 2024

  EA Vaughn Wildlife Management Area

  Quiet

  Lots of trails. Pretty busy with Hunters during the season. Roosters here

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  Rie R.

  Scout

  

  Nov. 13, 2023

  Janes Island State Park Campground

  Cabin

  State in a cabin with the family for New Year's Eve had a great time

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  Ron H.

  Guide

  

  Oct. 30, 2023

  Pine Grove Campground

  Hidden gem!

  Older but nice campground only about 7 minutes away from Assateague Island and the beach. The bath house needs to be updated but all we cared about was that there was plenty of hot water. Also very reasonable. Gabby in the office was very friendly. Office is only open about 9-3 but they allow you to “just find a spot and check in the next morning”. Would definitely stay here again!

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  Katie

  Guide

  

  Oct. 15, 2023

  Cross Rip Camp

  Great campground

  Came with a group and we had 2 campsites and one cabin. Layout was great. Water views from all sites. Cabin patio was a lifesaver with the rain. Owners were awesome and helpful

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  William C.

  Traveler

  

  Oct. 8, 2023

  Sun Outdoors Chesapeake Bay

  A great place to stay for anyone with kids.

  We stayed in water view 13 and it was a the perfect site. A little far for the kiddo to be at the park but the view was great, the Wi-Fi worked well, and the pull through site was perfect for our camper (not the best at backing up).

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  Kimberly F.

  Traveler

  

  Sep. 11, 2023

  Military Park Langley AFB Bethel Recreation Area - Park and FamCamp

  Great for Families

  We tent camped here over Labor Day weekend as our first family camping trip, and we all had such a good time! Our boys (8, 6, & 4) had so much fun on the big playground and paddle boating. Ask for Bill! He’s awesome and treats everyone like they’re special :)

  The tent sites are clean, closely grouped, and the lights from the bathroom shine on them all night (so bring a sleep mask). But for $10/night with full bathrooms, sink to wash dishes in, and laundry? Worth the lights! Will definitely stay here again.

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  Lawrence L.

  Guide

  

  Sep. 9, 2023

  First Landing State Park Campground

  Enjoyed camping here

  Went for Labor Day weekend. Great campsite with good shade. Beach was nice and bay water was good temperature. Plus while Virginia Beach had red flag conditions, we could still swim. Had my crocs stolen at the beach though. Bathrooms next to us were completely renovated and are very nice.

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  Felicia E.

  Scout

  

  Sep. 3, 2023

  Jellystone Park™ Chincoteague Island

  Packed In Tight

  Has such potential but is very tight. Sites are one on top of the other. We were at the primitive tent site and that was extremely crowded. The sites are not assigned so it is pretty much a free for all. Campers drag benches and fire pits wherever they want which leaves some sites with no fire pit or campers hunting for benches. We were only there one night so we didn't waste time looking for a fire pit- just did without one. Would be nice if they marked off sites so that people were not right on top of you. Should also secure benches and fire pits so each site has one. Was very chaotic compared to state ran campgrounds- even for a holiday weekend. Someone showed up at 2am and setup camp right next to us. We woke up and they were sitting there looking into our tent. We just packed up and left. Gave it 3 stars because the water-park tickets are a great value and the location is awesome. Bathrooms were also in good shape- could have been cleaner but because the site was so crowded it was near impossible for staff to clean them often enough.

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  Stephen T.

  Scout

  

  Sep. 3, 2023

  Newport News Park

  Local Getaway

  My 6 year old daughter and I stayed for two nights. It was her first Daddy/Daughter camp trip and she had a great time.

  Reservations/Check In/Check Out:

  • All were flawless.
    -Staff was friendly and efficient.
  • Cost typical for State Park.

  Camp Site:

  • We tent camped fyi.
  • Beautiful shaded site overlooking the lake.
  • A fair amount of litter was on the site from previous campers. We cleaned every piece we could find though.
  • Power and water on site.
  • We were at site 116. For the life of me, I couldn’t find a very level spot for the tent, but we made do.
  • Grill leaned awkwardly to one side.
  • Fire area not well defined.
  • Traffic and Train noise took a bit getting used to.
  • Issues aside, I would still return for a repeat trip.

  Amenities:

  • Bathrooms weren’t very clean.
  • Store was surprisingly reasonable $ for most essentials.
  • Bike trail was fun.
  • My daughter enjoyed the playground.

  Overall:

  • A nice park close to many attractions.
  • A good place to get away without really getting away (if that makes sense).
  • The good outweighs the bad.