VA - Douthat State Park

**Tweety** · 06-11-2007, 04:45 AM

Campground Information:
Campground Name: Douthat State Park
Campground Address: Clifton Forge, VA
Campground Phone #: 1-800-933-PARK
Campground Web Site: http://www.dcr.virginia.gov/state_parks/dou.shtml

Campground Stay Information:
Date of Stay: august 2006
Length of Stay: 3 nights
Site # / Type / Hook-Ups: E/W
Site Amenities:Picnic Table; Gravel
Rate / night: $24
Extra Charges / night (Pets, Children, A/C, etc): ?
First Visit or Return Visit: first
Your Rating (1 Low – 5 High): 3

Campground Facilities Information:
Hook-Ups: E/W
Credit Cards Accepted: yes
Discounts Accepted (Good Sam, KOA, other): NO
Interior Roads: Good
Level Sites: Somwhat, 2
Wide Open Sites: wooded, meduim sized for a state park
Restroom Cleanliness: NO
Store:YES, 1
Game Room: NO
Pool: NO, but swimming lake

Campground Impressions:
Kid Friendly: yes
People Friendly: yes
WiFi Friendly: no
Pet Friendly:yes
Cell service: less than 10 minutes in Clifton Forge

Comments:
This state park is great if you're a mountain biker, and it's trails are known for that. The restaurant was surprisingly good and cheap. We stayed in the White Oak loop where the sites are shaded and sizeable. If you're in the loop down by the lake the sites are right on top of one another. The bathrooms were the dirtiest I've ever experienced - mold in the shower was actually fuzzy. But if you don't use their bathrooms it's a pretty park with nice hiking. Clifton Forge has a nice local artisans' shop, and a train museum that are both worth a stop.

hiller64 · 06-14-2007, 04:09 PM

Supprised and somewhat disapointed that the restrooms where so poorly maintained. I always like to go to Douthat because my dog can swim in the lake. Not in the people swiming area of course.

Hiller

rebellious78 · 08-21-2007, 07:08 PM

We go to Douthat SP at least once if not twice a year. Not always in our TT but saying in cabins.
This is an okay park...but you have to make reservations way way in advance. Also some of the sites are hard to get into. You can not reserve a certain site..first come first serve. Even know you have reservations.