Kelli H.

Winchester, VA

Joined July 2018

Rudd’s Creek Campground

Quiet campground with nice campers. while there, we visited North Bend COE campground which was super crowded; people crammed in there. But Rudd’s was not like that at all, even with all the sites full week of July 4th.

I think they could have more gravel placed on sites. When it rained, dirt splattered up on everything.

Bath house was kept clean; Showers were good!

Best part, you can beach your boats/kayaks right up to your site and nobody bothers your stuff. lots of space between water access spots.

There’s extra parking at the campsites for cars and boat trailers. There were 7 spaces for the 5 sites in our loop (2 of the sites were group sites).

Our spot #36 was almost completely shaded, but you could only see the water through the trees a little. We took web chairs down the 100 ft. path to the water to enjoy the views. It was a good compromise given the 90+ degree weather and the need for all the tree shade…our camper stayed nice and cool in the shade.

Be careful as there is poison ivy alongside the path! Wish they would do something about that.

Park Rangers patrol alot, but never get out of vehicle…there’s a no alcohol policy in the park, but they only seem to visually check as they drive by. If you must have it, keep it out of site, don’t get rowdy, and you should be fine.

Visiting the Dam was kinda neat. People fishing there getting huge catfish. Fishing around the campsite was great; not hard to catch fish there!