Sites are pretty level. Full hookups. People are courteous and quiet.

The WiFi is absolutely terrible. Like, does not work. You will not be able to work from home here, let alone use any sort of streaming service. I couldn’t even get a laptop to surf the web.

Commissary and Exchange are not great. Very small and minimal options. Shockingly, the Commissary doesn’t have an online pickup service like most of the DoD.

Verizon is LTE service only.

Stayed by site 5. I do not recommend anyone ever do this! You’re right be the shower/toilet. We don’t typically mind, and we figured November was cool enough it wouldn’t smell. Wrong. Every slight breeze from the South greets you with the whiff of a septic tank. Just don’t do it. Walk the extra distance to the boardwalk and save yourselves. It’s also not fun having random kids run through your site to cut the corner from the West.

At night, you’ll hear tons of sirens. The city isn’t too far away, and we’re prettt sure there must be a major hospital out there. Sirens wailing a LOT.

That said, the beach is really nice, and the campsites are actually taken pretty good care of. Definitely recommend coming here. It’s just going to be city noise and poo (if you stay at site 5).

This place is basically Disneyland for family campers. Beautiful scenery and setting is ruined by constant wailing of little children. Honestly, it sucks. This place could be awesome. The best part about the campground is you can hike to major trails. Beehive is about two miles away. Cadillac Mountain is a 6.7 mi round trip from the campground. We did a ten mile loop one day that took us to Otter Cove, Ocean Loop Path to Beehive, down to The Bowl, out to Champlain Mountain, and then back to Blackwoods via Gorham Mountain. Long day. Awesome views. Ruined again by arrival to Camp Disney. If you can bear the annoyance of kids, it’s great. If not, maybe come off season or with ear plugs.

No showers, by the way. Just toilets.

The hammock campground is super nice with its setup. However, the shrubbery/trees aren’t trimmed well so you’re going to fight through branches in some cases to hang your stuff. That’s fine. It’s the fact it is setup directly next to the overflow parking and pool along with the main thoroughfare into the park that’s a bummer. It is so LOUD. There’s also a freight rain that goes by every couple hours. It’s a cool experience but much like most state parks, it’s not necessarily peace and quiet.

Not great for camping. Not peaceful. Not private. Campsites are next to playground and pool. Along with a neighborhood. Imagine camping in a public park. That’s this place. Hikes are pretty and trails are designed for mountain biking. My buddy said they’re awesome. If I camped here again, I’d do it in a camper. Not a hammock. Also, bugs are horrible.

This is what beach life should be. No crowds. Sound of waves. Not traffic. No generators. Wildlife all around. It can get windy, but it keeps the bugs down which is good. If it’s dead calm, you’re going to deal with mosquitos and flies.

A-F loop are for RV campers. There is one bathroom/shower facility in the middle. If you’re an RTT camper, you won’t have anywhere to use the restroom privately because the sites are so close together. You could walk to the bathroom, but that means walking to the road and across. It’s not convenient. Once it’s dark, sure, you can pee on a tree. But in the morning, count on spectators!

Also, this place is BUGGY! It’s been a while since I’ve been inundated with so many bugs, and we camp 2-3 times a month.

The sites are very well maintained. Not a fan of kids running around through sites. The Elderberry and Deer Spring loops are no pets, but I’d like to see a no kids policy too. Kidding! In all seriousness, it’s very quiet and really can’t complain. Very well maintained. My only issue is the $9 firewood and the sites being far away from the lake and no trails connected to the campgrounds. Must drive to get to anything worth seeing.

Mid March, upper 50s and 15-25 MPH winds. It was cold and there isn’t a lot of protection from wind. However, the site is beautiful and close to the beach. No bugs for us with both a day of sea breeze and land breeze. We did get visit on first night from horses. Vault toilets but very clean. Shower facility was closed (probably not open until warmer). Biggest site complaint is they use fire pits that are taller with double ring. Tough to get warm in the wind with your fire elevated and the pit unable to radiate heat. Try to get a site closer to the boardwalks if you really want the sandy camping experience. Oceanside Loop 1 site 2 is a grass “yard.” Still nice but May be buggy in summer with standing water.

Beautiful park with a super fun activity! Just a half mile from the visitor center is a leisurely hike to a place called Fossil Beach. Famous for its shark teeth, you can also find ray’s teeth and other small fossils from 15 million years ago. As the cliffs erode, the beach is loaded with small treasures that are just a sieve and a keen eye away. We found a decent sized tooth, but others found many small ones in just a few minutes. The camp site was beautiful and quiet. Really don’t have much to complain about except the need to take the toll bridge from NoVa.

It’s secluded. In most cases, that would be great. However, the area lacks a decent trail infrastructure leaving much to be desired in “stuff to do.” Don’t let the Owens Creek name fool you. It’s a brook, at best. No fish here, but there are enough places within a 10-15 min drive that you can fish somewhere else. The bathrooms were super clean inside, but they looked filthy on the outside. Snakes and spiders abound here if that’s enough to scare you off. Best part of this site is the donation wood shed. Nowhere have I seen a place that made it easier to get firewood in that moment where you forgot it or ran out. Recommend Cunningham Falls State Park if you want to be in the area, but this is a decent fall back.

It’s secluded. In most cases, that would be great. However, the area lacks a decent trail infrastructure leaving much to be desired in “stuff to do.” Don’t let the Owens Creek name fool you. It’s a brook, at best. No fish here, but there are enough places within a 10-15 min drive that you can fish somewhere else. The bathrooms were super clean inside, but they looked filthy on the outside. Snakes and spiders abound here if that’s enough to scare you off. Best part of this site is the donation wood shed. Nowhere have I seen a place that made it easier to get firewood in that moment where you forgot it or ran out. Recommend Cunningham Falls State Park if you want to be in the area, but this is a decent fall back.

If you’re going to camp at one of the RV sites, you’d better have an RV. They are neither RTT nor tent friendly. The sites are packed in so closely that if you don’t have the privacy of a camper, everyone will see your business. You’ll hear your neighbor’s conversations even if they’re being polite. Kids are running around all over and riding bikes, which is fine, until you realize you have no privacy. This campground is great if you’re looking for a resort feel with its museum, bike friendly trails, frisbee golf, beach, etc. if you’re looking for a rustic, quiet campsite, then go elsewhere.

The good: excellent trail to Overall Run Falls and quick drive to Elkwallow Wayside. Sites are tight but enough brush that you don’t feel your neighbor is on your doorstep. The generator free sites and those to the Northeast side of the campground have walk in tent area that will make you feel even more remote.

The bad: aside from the trail to Overall Run Falls and a campground circuit, there isn’t much close by that you could walk to. Plan on driving.

The ugly: because it’s proximity to the entrance and number of campsites, you can expect inconsiderate neighbors. The mountains echo, so every child crying is heard. That’s not the worst of it though, as drunk people with music will echo way late into the evening. Camp hosts don’t police the noise, so it will be on you to climb out of camp and shush the drunkards.