The facilities are amazing. Everything is very clean and the amount of athletic is crazy but the…read morehours are very difficult to scope with. As someone who isn't a student at JMU but just has a membership it seems like my gym schedule is based of the students. Whenever there of so is my membership to workout there.

This is a huge place. A long walk to the track. You can play football, soccer, basketball,…read morevolleyball, lacrosse and more here.

I stopped in here, while staying at a nearby cabin. I decided to check it out (mostly for the…read moresauna). The day pass is affordable. The establishment is clean. The weights and cardio equipment over looks the pool. Lots of windows and natural light. The equipment was all in working condition and it was never crowded during my visit. Also the sauna was very nice. They have a bunch of other amenities. If you're in the area give them a call or just stop in.

This place tends to be a nice stop when you're visiting the resort…read moreI come here with my family yearly Sometimes more frequently as they really like this place due to the indoor water park And the beautiful scenery Not to mention the skyline drive is not to far so we pass by on our way home I had a not so friendly encounter with a staff member named kristy Seems she may be a little racist So if you're not white try to steer clear from her She works the front desk of the rec center And she made it very clear to my family we were not welcomed with the way that she cared for us or at least the lack of care that there was in comparison to the others (Caucasian to our Hispanic) So be weary when dealing with certain folks here You're in West Virginia after all

Location was easy to get to. Easy check in and directions. Dustin was nice who drove the bus and…read moregave good directions. The water was a little low so made some sections hard to pass on in kayak and water was moving slow. 7 miles become a little bit tiring towards end. Ending trip was easy and was right where parked car for easy clean up and leaving. All equipment was in good shape also.

Taken back by how awesome this experience treated us! As a nearly permanent east coaster, it was…read moreour first time on this side of Virginia. And for most of us (myself included), we often forget how scenic the natural offerings are down there. All puns intended, but the entire experience was quite the adventure, perfect for all ages and athletic sensibilities. A must for large groups and families!

Great parks! really well kept it is so nice to have so much green space in harrisonburg!!read more

Easy to start, challenging to do, and perplexingly fun. Now my teenager won't stop searching for…read moreclimbing boots and planning to join the local gym on a monthly subscription. Thanks Rockytop! :)

The climbing area is fantastic and they also have a separate gym! The staff is really friendly and…read morehelpful.

This is the gym near Darden. For students it's free to use and there is a parking lot that's free…read moreat 5pm but only costs $1/hour the rest of the time. For such a large student population the gym surprisingly is never too busy. I can always get my workout in with the machines and weights I want. They have many cardio machines from ellipticals to treadmills and have dumbbells going up to 110lbs with several benches. It's annoying that not all of the benches can change positions as some are fixed and therefore only useful for certain exercises. I love that there are four squat racks with free barbells. There is also a Smith machine if you prefer that. The gym has ample plates to add to bars and other machines. They have cable machines as well as any other machine you could want to complete your exercise. There is a stretching/abs area as well as two rooms with wooden floors. The locker room is clean but fairly small with only two benches for getting ready but it is never busy when I've been there. There's no soap or anything in the showers so make sure to bring your own. Also, bring your own towels as they don't have free ones there and make you pay 75 cents to rent one! This gym also has a pool but I have never used it.

Finally found a gym I like after Gold's closed. This is the gym right next to the Darden School of…read moreBusiness. Free for UVA students and free parking after 5pm! $1/hour before 5pm. Pros: -Lots of squat racks. Even if it gets crowded, the wait is not long. -Cubbies at the entrance to put your stuff. -Good service. Staff members are always friendly and helpful! -There are lots of mirrors around the weights area so you can check your form. -Equipment is relatively new and well-maintained Cons: -Parking becomes scarce after around 6pm. -Gym gets pretty crowded after 6pm, as well. -The dumbbells area is way too cramped. Enough dumbbells, but not quite enough space given the amount of people using the area. I've decided to stick with this gym after a long time of gym shopping. Not a fan of the parking or the crowdedness after 6pm, but it has everything I need and the wait is not too long. Turnover rate high.

During the 45-minute "safety" session, the owner filled the time sharing her life story (about…read moreimmigrating to the USA through marriage because she was so beautiful that her future husband proposed within a week, brought her to America, and yada yada yada). Self-serving. Conceited. Self-entitled. Red flag #1. Later, the owner said she was judging my family to see if she'll let us on the ride... and that she only lets folks on if she believes they'll leave a 5-star review on google for her business. Red flag #2. The owner bragged about how she purchases brand new ATVs every year. But, when we arrived at the trail-head, we were met with 4 ATVs in questionable condition (broken taillight on one of them, high miles on three of them, balding tires on a couple of them). Maintenance did not match the description or the price for the ride. Red flag #3. We brushed it off and hoped for a great ride--which never came. The first hour of the ride was limited to 5-8mph. Why? It was flat as a pancake with zero scenery. Boring. We took a 20 minute break for pictures but our tour guide never offered to take our family photo. (Why did we tip him $100 at the end of our ride is beyond me... worst service ever for an ATV operator). At one point, I pulled our tour guide over to share with him my family has a lot of experience riding ATVs in the US and abroad and that we'd like to go faster and ride on some hills, etc. The last 10 minutes of our ride was up and down 1 hill. I think we might have gone 15mph as a top speed. My family was so disappointed; they couldn't believe how lousy the experience was. Big time-waster on our visit to the area.

You have a lot of ATV choices in this area; avoid working with this business…read more You start the day an hour ahead of your scheduled time for what was pitched as a safety talk and tutorial. I've ridden ATVs for over 20 years in the US and in other countries; this is the first time I had such a long talk scheduled. The talk was the owner telling her life story, how she came to America from a war-torn central American country on an education visa, married an American, and now believes "I can't be racist" as she spouts racist things. She is the definition of an immigrant who wants to close the door to others like her. The funny thing is, I don't give a sh-- about a person's politics. I'm there to have fun! To ride an ATV in the wild! But she forced us to listen to this stuff while we politely had to sit there and smile. "I'm not a racist, but I think they're using that housing behind the Walmart to house illegals." What does that have to do with riding an ATV? She spent more than 5 minutes talking about all the damage fees we'd be responsible for if the ATV got damaged. Okay, we get it -- don't damage your property. She spent another 5 minutes talking about her other outdoor businesses. Finally, 40 minutes later, she's wrapping things up. She's done talking about how they're eating the cats and dogs in Ohio (I'm not kidding and she was dead serious about believing that fable), and we drive 10 minutes to the actual ATV starting area. For an ATV company, they do not provide bathrooms. Anywhere. So even if you just drove an hour to get to this place, there is no place to relieve yourself. I've never been to an ATV place that didn't have a bathroom. Very weird (and cheap). Our guides were nice and more professional than the owner. They showed us how to safely operate the ATVs and warned us against the usual behaviors they want to see and don't want to see. Some of the ATVs had tires that were nearly bald. I guess all the fees aren't going into ATV maintenance? Our group started off into the forest. So many of the first trails seemed to be newer and still had saplings and other underbrush we were riding through. The trails themselves seemed... unfinished? Anyways, it was slow going through this part, 5-10 mph. You ride in a train formation, with one of the guides up front leading the way and another at the back. You go where they go, at the speed they go. We break out of the forest area and go up and down some hills and some small fields. A lot of the trails are dead-ends and there's a fair amount of going back and forth over the same trail (sometimes going in the opposite direction). You're kind of on the side of a mountain, but it's mostly forested and not much to see (trees!). I guess that was fine, but like I said, you're going pretty slow so there's just a lot of forest to view. At some point, you get to trails that are much better maintained. As long as it's not a hill trail that's partially washed out, some of these trails are very nice and you're finally able to get some speed and enjoyment out of the ATV. 10-20 mph here. At roughly the half-way point of our 2 hour tour, you reach an abandoned house. Our guides needed to check out a trail's condition to see if we could go on it, and left us alone here for about 10 minutes. We took some photos of the really great view while swatting away hundreds of no seeums. They took our group photo when they returned, we mounted our ATVs and we were off again. One of the trails had a downed tree across it. We moved it for the guides. Later on while riding another trail, I noticed that rather than cut up a tree that was blocking it, they had just created another trail around the tree (it was not large and a chainsaw and 15 minutes is all it would've taken to remove the fallen tree). Some really good, wide trails here, and one or two opportunities to enjoy some speed on the ATV. A good ATV ride is always a mix of trails and speed, and it takes some careful thought to make for a real good experience. I'd say on the trail riding alone, this ATV experience is like 2.5 or 3 stars. I've had much better experiences. The icing on the cake was the end. We left our guides a healthy tip and one of the guides (the owner's daughter) was talking to the owner. She asked to speak to one of us on the phone. The guy closest to the phone took it and sat there listening while he was berated by the owner for leaving too little of a tip. Imagine the weird sense of entitlement it takes to demand a certain level of tipping -- and how little she must be paying her own guides! While "tipping is expected," what is never expected is you specifying the percentage of a tip. Someone who does that clearly doesn't understand how to run a business in the USA. That left us with a bad taste in our mouths, as none of us ever had an owner demand a bigger tip for a service they provided. And trust me when I say this place isn't cheap and the owner drives a Range Rover. Disappointing.