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    Van Pugh Park

    4.0 (14 reviews)

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    Sabrina T.

    An absolute delight to camp here. A lot of lakefront sites to choose from. Staff at the gate was very welcoming and nice. I would recommend this to any family to enjoy a weekend getaway!

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    Yoomee H.

    I came here with my family on a gloomy sort of day. I thought it was going to be a rainy day, but it didn't! Whoo hoo!!! Just watch out when you're on the grass, though. I found a lot of huge fire ant colonies all over the park! Wouldn't want to get bitten by one of those!!! They HURT!!! Another thing is that in one of the bathroom stalls in the women's bathroom, the second stall is malfunctioned. I flushed it once and it would not stop flushing meaning the water in the toilet bowl kept on swirling round and round. So annoying! Then in the first stall, when I tried to bush the flush button there were water coming out from it! Icky!! Ew!!! Gross!!! They should really fix their toilets! The third stall was also broken, because there were poop water in the toilet and couldn't flush either! YUUUUCK!!! Other than that, the bathroom had mirrors, two sinks with one hand soap. Thankfully, there was SOAP!!! Oh and the toiletries had toilet tissue which was great, too! The lake was a lovely sight to see. The park included a playground and a place where you can grill your food on! The griller was still new and hasn't been used! Lucky us! I took lots of pictures of this park! Yes, yes.. I also took pictures of the men's bathroom, because there weren't any OTHER people at this park. I'm SO ADVENTUROUS!? Is going inside the men's bathroom a crime?? I hope not. What I noticed with the men's room was that they had no mirrors. What if they had tissue stuck on their butt? Ha ha ha! Not very likely, but you never know! I went to the lake side.. it was low tide and saw that there were a lot of empty clam shells everywhere! The birds must've been starving or something! Later in the day, we saw two people with shovels. I was guessing that they were going "clam hunting". But I don't think that's allowed here. -gasps- Oh! They were breaking the law?! Maybe?? Oooo bad bad!! Overall, they also had a shelter for reservations only (large group of people for parties and such). The shelter also had a fire place! Cooooool!!!! We kept hearing crows cawing every few minutes!! They were so LOUD! I copied them and for a while they stopped their cawing! Ha ha ha!! It was funny!

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    7 years ago

    Beautiful park. Great spot for the kids to play in the water. Clean restrooms. Spots to grill and camp.

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    14 years ago

    Nice peaceful park to enjoy the lake and have a picnic.

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    4.4(12 reviews)
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    10/10!!!! GORGEOUS morning hike. Nicely maintained trail. AMAZING views. Well worth the drive.read more

    What would you pay to get up close and personal with a concrete and earthen structure, well five…read morebucks per vehicle may seem reasonable, this ticket also gets you toilet privileges, bbq grills, and a picnic pavilion and some other intangibles. Dams are structures built to primarily obstruct the flow of water usually built across a stream or river constructed by man or beavers, yes there are many type of dams and in some cases provide a life-sustaining resource to people although some seem to obstruct the life of some - it's been rumored that salmon hate dams as do those that work to promote to protect the swimming right of fish. I guess one would have to weigh the pros and cons to pick a side being millions of each species are affected since humans eat fish the fish usually lose. Dams are an extremely important part of this nation's infrastructure--equal in importance to bridges, roads, airports, and other major elements of the infrastructure. They can serve several functions at once, including water supply for domestic, agricultural, industrial, and community use; flood control; recreation; and clean, renewable energy through hydropower. It's nice to know this dam has a revenue stream beside my five buck so the return on the investment is shortened. I came here at the right time on the right day - the generating stations were operating so the lower river was filled and the water was racing to its next destination so probably not the best time to float on a tube or kayak. I was somewhat surprised or maybe amused to see signage on the bank of this river that's designates the shoreline as a life-preserver zone, thankfully the government is providing this knowledge or we might have some people from the gene-pool wondering in to this massive deadly volume of rapidly flowing water, it seems the wildlife in the area understands the danger without barriers or communications. I wish I could of gotten closer to the structure so I could see the water boil from beneath the discharge of the generators but I was happy to see they do have a walk bridge a little downstream of the dam that allows you to cross over and experience the power of the release up close without a life preserver and only requires a little common sense sometimes a "danger sign" isn't needed for the obvious threat. I'm a fan of dams and understand I'm screwed if the dam burst during my visit even though I am parked in a designated paved parking lot far below the water level on the other side of this massive structure even though there is no signage inform me of this fact...

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