Steven

Clifton Forge, VA

Joined August 2020

Nice place for a quick stay

Located on Douthat Road, the Buckhorne Country Store and Campground is located just outside of Douthat State Park. The campground has back in and pull through site availability. 

The campground has a store, which is open to the public, that has food available for purchase and a kitchen area where fresh food is prepared.

Hershey's hand dipped Ice cream is a local favorite for the area also.

Sometimes there is live music in the summertime on the weekends as well.

The store also has camping supplies available for purchase, so if you forgot something at home, then most likely they will have it. If not the town of Clifton Forge isn't that far away with a Kroger, Dollar General and Family Dollar. ACE Hardware also has some limited supplies for campers also.

Great Place To Camp

Morris Hill campground is located in Alleghany County, Virginia, in the George Washington National Forest. 

This campground does not have Water/Electric hookups… It is semi primitive.

Cell Phone Service is spotty also, as there is no pay phone at the campground either.

The campground has 3 shower/bathroom location within the campground loops.

1.) Men's side has 1 toilet, 1 urinal and 1 shower, 2 sinks.

2.)Lady's Side has 2 toilets, 1 shower and 2 sinks.

3.)Each Bathhouse has a sink in the rear (outside) for washing dishes and cleaning fish.

4.)Each Bathhouse has a water spigot in the front that allows you to fill jugs for drinking water.

For you all who have campers/RV: There is a dump station for your tanks, equipped with a wash hose to wash your drain hose out.

There is a fresh water filling station here as well, if you wish to fill your camper/RV when you get there.

The campground is located close to two boat landings. 

Fortney Branch, located approximate 2.5 miles away, has a substantial amount of parking for boats and cars. ($5.00 per day, per vehicle to park unless camping at the campground)

1.) This location has 4 vault toilets, a phone for local calls only.

2.) There is 4 lanes for launching as well.

3.) This entire area is a "No Wake" zone which makes for good fishing if you are wanting to fish off the bank.

Coles Point, is located approximate 3 miles from the campground.

($5.00 per day, per vehicle to park unless camping at the campground)

1.) Boat ramp is located here along with a dock.

2.) There is a Pier for fishing as well.

3.) Bank Fishing is also allowed in this area. There is a few picnic tables located along the shoreline as well.

4.) On the opposite side of the boat parking area there is a beach area for swimming. Soft sand and also a Volleyball net if you want to punch the ball around for a few.

 5.) There is also a restroom/bath house here as well. Each side has 3 spacious showers with hot water to get clean after taking a swim in the lake.

This area has 2 picnic shelters (which can be rented for family gatherings).. Both of those shelters also have access to water, and restrooms as well. There is individual picnic tables at these locations as well outside of the shelter where you can enjoy a meal with family.

Gathright Dam Area. (Trout Fishing)

The spillway located down in the bottom of the dam offers great trout fishing area as well…. and for those who want to see how massive this man made rock dam is, you will want to drive down and take a look at the massive size.

The US Army Corp of Engineers has a welcome center located just down from the campground as well. There is a replica of the lake inside of the visitors center along with boating information.