The New River Gorge area is beautiful, but I did not care for this place. I am spoiled by the great state parks in Oregon and Florida.  

When I made a reservation I asked for a site that would accommodate my large truck camper and have a view to the northern sky. I was given site 8 which was completely shrouded by trees with low hanging branches. I would have damaged my camper or their trees or both. Almost everything is in disrepair. The showers seem to have been remodeled recently and they are OK. The rest of the bathrooms…not really. The sites are funky, unlevel, and many in disrepair. About half of the sites are electrical sites. None of the sites have water or sewer. The on-site dump is not completely level so my tanks didn’t drain fully. 

 It is convenient to visit New River Gorge which is close and this is its saving grace.  Racoons raided my neighbors camp while they were sitting right there in front of the fire so be careful.

The rangers that I interacted with had prominent stickers on their pickup trucks saying, “Make Dixie Great Again”. Hmmmm. These were private trucks, not state, but still inappropriate for all campers to see when entering the park.