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    4.0 (1 review)

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    Harpers Ferry / Civil War Battlefields KOA

    Harpers Ferry / Civil War Battlefields KOA

    2.6
    (70 reviews)
    8.9 mi

    I checked into the front desk. The lady was very nice. My 72 year-old cousin was coming up for 4…read moreJuly weekend which I checked in the second checked out the fifth first night. I was so tired we went right to sleep and my son and my pet second day. My cousin come in wet tubing I was exhausted, but I was up that whole night. I felt something crawling on me. I looked on my bed cover. My blanket was covered in sugar aunts and then I seen carpenter ants, which was all over the floor. My dog was sleeping under the bed by day. Three I said this is unbelievable. There was giant wasps outside. I tried to sit on my porch swing. It was so dirty. I couldn't even sit down underneath I swear to sweep out the cabin beef day I checked in, and I washed the floor with a bucket in the rag and didn't mind that so much but when I went to the office to check out, I had complained with a lady at the desk, whose name was Madeline and she just dismissed me. I had been coming here for over 20 years bringing my kids and now my grandkids usually I plan to come back up in August and she told me I should've come up the day before. I tried to call the office three times to tell him there was ants in my cabin. No one answered the phone. We had a terrible storm. I have severe COPD wasn't able to go up there. I can't go out in the humidity to stay in the cabin the rest of that afternoon, which was the Fourth of July. The heat was unbearable over 100° management never even took the trash so I had to load that up and drive it up to the garbage can twice during my stay because animals had gotten into the garbage bag. I just assume the management that usually driver run on the golf cart ticket. They was just driving around on the golf cart. Doing nothing and she literally dismissed me with an attitude. Told me well. Have a could drive home when I was trying to explain my case and she said we would've moved you well they couldn't move me because there was no other cabins available. The KOA was totally booked I know this because I had a hard time getting my cousin a cabin disgrace to be trapped like that and dismissed when I was trying to explain to her why I couldn't come up didn't notice it the first night. Unbelievable I must say when I checked in the lady at the front desk was lovely but not when I checked out it was a different. It was a different person and they do not take collect the trash. I stay at KOA's constantly. I'm a big fan of KOA's very kid friendly and pet friendly but Harpers Ferry West Virginia. Need to get your act together not even a sorry or any form of an apology or compensation

    The major question is if the high price is worth the extras they provide. To me, the answer is no…read more Good Extra activities Giant pool Arcade $1 pancakes Friendly staff Long hours at camp store Movies Super close to harpers ferry national park Neutral Putt putt- fun, but needs some tlc. Bad Kids riding their bikes at night- dangerous No guide to site (would have been helpful, especially for sites that are well hidden like ours was) Closed the pool for the season at 5 on a Saturday. I appreciate them keeping it open an extra week but why it couldn't be closed later that day or Sunday morning the same way is beyond me- they had to kick out at least 10 people who were all still swimming. Cabins are in rough shape- ours had holes from carpenter bees and other things. The heater was on making the cabin 90+ degrees when we walked in. Only 1 ac unit for two bed rooms. More than half the sites were empty the entire time we stayed. No dish cleaning station, especially important for tent campers. I had to use water from a pipe that sprayed everywhere except where you needed. Every time we did dishes I was soaked. I felt like there were a lot of extra charges despite the added activity fee. Unclear which roads are one ways and which aren't. An rv almost ran me off the road when they went the wrong way down one of the roads. Long walk to bathrooms for some spots. I've been looking to stay here for a few years but couldn't justify the cost. $300 for a 2 night stay in a cabin without a bathroom. Pretty steep! So when they offered a buy one get one night, I jumped at the offer. Cabin- decent, but badly in need of upgrades. We had A TON of carpenter bees. There was a trap that was totally full. I looked at other cabins near us and none of them had traps. Ours had 2 rooms, one full of bunks and another with a standard bed. The bunk room had a window ac unit. The adult room had nothing. No fan, no unit, just a few windows. If you close the door to the bunk room, it gets SUPER HOT! I opened the window but that didn't do anything on a hot day. I found out one of the screens was just being held in place, not actually installed. Grounds- decent, but seem to be run down. Maybe due to end of season, but there were clearly lots of things in need of repair. Just play a round of mini golf and you'll see what I mean. Mosquitoes surpringly aren't a problem but gnats are the worst. The areas where they were unbearable include mini golf and the jumping pad/playground area. Think a literal face full of gnats attacking you. Traffic- no one knows which roads are two way vs one way. I'm not sure even the staff know. We were coming back to the campground and turned down a road di thought was one way. Coming right at me is a giant rv. They refused to move so I had to drive in the grass just to get by. I later checked the map and it wasn't clear one way or the other. It seems like it should do the same thing as most other campgrounds, lots of one ways with the road at the bottom dumping everyone out who wants to leave. The way things are now seemed to cause a lot of confusion (some with me but I noticed the same thing with other drivers). Would I stay again? Maybe if prices were more reasonable for cabins. I wouldn't tent camping here because they lack a lot of the basics in my opinion. It was a beautiful campground with lots of space, but could end up being quite a hike to the nearest bathroom.

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    Harpers Ferry / Civil War Battlefields KOA
    Harpers Ferry / Civil War Battlefields KOA
    Bit from aunts in my cabin

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    Bit from aunts in my cabin
    Cunningham Falls State Park

    Cunningham Falls State Park

    4.0
    (96 reviews)
    35.6 mi

    A bit of a mixed bag for me at Cunningham Falls…read more.. I was excited to find a listing of parks that supposedly had wheelchair accessible trails. I've never been to Cunningham Falls before and the idea of seeing a waterfall seemed lovely. However, the accessible boardwalk has strips on pretty much everything board which made me feel like I was riding a very angry horse. Each bump shot pain up my spine. I'm writing this a day later and I still hurt, and I think I'm a pretty tough chick... and the view of the falls was mostly blocked and not worth the actual pain. The Falls is more like a small stream of water that splashes down some rocks. It's a soothing noise but I was expecting something more grandiose... I suppose I could blame climate change. Most of the old stream beds are dry. We also checked out the "south beach" which I enjoyed. There's plenty of pavement, and packed gravel. I couldn't get close to the water, but that's okay because it was a sunny day and I prefer to stick to the shade. I was impressed by the fact that every picnic table has a grill nearby. If I lived closer I'd like to think I'd come to the south beach often, hide in the trees near the river, grill something delicious... but I was a several hours long trip from Dundalk, so it's unlikely that I'll return. It was a nice day-trip though. I don't regret going.

    Hikes in a Sunday with friends. 100% recommend. I'd say it's beginner friendly. Beautiful water…read moreviews both on the hike and in the picnic areas. Hammocks, rental canoes. Such a nice all day event with families or a mate. Trash free park, wheelchair accessible, clean bathrooms. 100% recommend

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    Just people are enjoying a good day
    Just people are enjoying a good day
    Cunningham Falls State Park
    Cunningham Falls State Park

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    North Fork Resort Association

    North Fork Resort Association

    1.8
    (8 reviews)
    28.0 mi

    This place is rundown and all sites are unbelievably un-level. The person in charge of contractor…read morespaces is so unprofessional. She drives around all day smoking cigarette after cigarette and rents you a space from her car (which I guess is the office). There seems to be no rules regarding what junk you can pile outside your RV. The rent here is $750 monthly plus electric. This place charges double what other parks in the vicinity charge for electricity. When it rains you have flood water running down the middle of the road. If you are planning to stay in the short term contractor spots be prepared to have a lot of base material to level your RV. Spaces are very tight and unkempt. First RV Resort I've ever known that requires their tenants to mow and/or weedeat their spaces. Also you basically sit on an ant hill here so be prepared to deal with ants. If you are lucky enough to get a picnic bench at your site it is most likely in pitiful condition. Rusty nails sticking out and barely standing. The employees that man the guard shack are very nice and the maintenance department are very nice respectful people. Watch out for Jeri (manager of short term contractor sites) she is toxic and completely unprofessional.

    We stayed here about 10 years ago and it reminded me of a poorly maintained trailer park.  I…read morerecently came across some Youtube videos reviewing this campground and it appeared to have changed names and become a "resort".  I called and made the booking with the office, not as friendly as one would expect.  I drove up to the kiosk to check in and gave the woman my name.  She gave me this puzzled look, I then said "I have a booking" and her reply was "why didn't you tell me that", in this argumentative tone.  I was so taken aback with her response.  I asked if there were other sites available and if so could we be assigned to another site.  Right away her reply was "that's all we have".  I drove down towards the assigned site and right away it appeared quiet but my site was between campers that were unoccupied.  In fact most campers appeared to be stored there, not weekend campers.  My site was littered with plastic bottles, paper and plastic utensils.  I called the office right away and a woman answered.  I asked if I could move to another site and I was told, nope, that's all we have as other people are coming in over the weekend.  I explained to her this is not at all what I had expected.  The woman then stated "you can leave if you want and we will refund your money.  I hooked up the camper and drove to the exit, left and drove home.  It was a waste of time and money driving out to Front Royal. This is NOT a resort, it's more like a run down trailer park with a ton of stored campers.

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    North Fork Resort Association
    This is our view from our spot in North Fork Resort. This reminds me of a trailer park.
    This is our view from our spot in North Fork Resort. This reminds me of a trailer park.
    Photos taken at North Fork Resort Association located in Front Royal Virginia on the Shenandoah River. Public camping and ownership options.

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    Photos taken at North Fork Resort Association located in Front Royal Virginia on the Shenandoah River. Public camping and ownership options.

    Blackburn Trail Center - hiking - Updated August 2026

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