Harbor View RV & Camping Resort Thousand Trails

I've been to this park several times, this time is was October at the end of the season. I've seen several complaints about the staff but Kim is now the manager and she's terrific. All the staff seem friendly and helpful but in the off-season there are limited office hours so plan ahead.

This park does not have the noon "land rush," spots are selected for you and there is NO self parking after hours so be sure to get there before they close or you'll be in the parking lot until the next morning.

Because I have an RV under 30' I get placed in these horrible spots on the camping circle flanked by trees that make it almost impossible to get into and out of if people aren't there to move vehicles so I don't like that. They have some pull-through sites but they are only for the larger RVs.

The pool, when opened, is very nice. The laundry room is clean (used quarters) and had a nice lending library in the entrance of the laundry. The game/family room has games and some activities but only in the summer season.

There is an wonderful walking path across from the park, through the homes on the water, with a nice loop a little over a mile.

This Thousand Trails accepts packages without charge.

Please stop reading old reviews, it’s all under new management and staffing. We were scared to go due to reviews but didn’t have any other TT options in the area. After arriving we had the best camping experience thus far. The staff made us feel like family, always polite and great with the kids. We got to play candy bar bingo with the kids. My 3 year old was catching fish everyday from the pond, playing at the pond and watching the fireflys glow at night around the community fire pit. This was by far the most family friendly campground that we have been to. We plan to come back around and possibly spend a few months next time. Tom, the member services liaison was always there to answers random questions as we recently upgraded our membership. Kelly who works up front has enough energy for two to three people, bound to make you laugh at least twice.

This park is very quiet at least in Mar-Apr it is, we used it to visit DC ~2 hrs away. It's close to Fredericksburg, a nice little town. Bathrooms are clean but old like most TT parks. The site was level, gravel. Electric, Sewer, and water were close and easy to use. There is a nice newer basketball court and putt-putt course. The office staff is really nice and so far they don't charge for packages. They do lock in your spot before you get here so its not a first come first serve. They guide you to your spot.

I use Fast.com for internet speeds. ATT 2.7 Mbps, Tmoblie 3.2 mbps

Harbor View RV Campground was a great place to recharge. Harbor View RV Campground is a Thousand Trails RV Park located near Colonial Beach, Virginia. In this video, we provide you a walking tour of the Harbor View Campground and provide some insights into local excursions. Verizon cellular service clocked in at 26.9 Mbps download speed and 6.37 Mbps upload speed. AT&T cellular service clocked in at 25.6 Mbps download speed and 9.66 Mbps upload speed. T-Mobile cellular service clocked in at 15.9 Mbps download speed and 4.01 Mbps upload speed.

We are full timing and have been to SEVERAL thousand trails sites in 15 different states (including trails collection and encore sites) and I have NEVER been treated so rudely!!

After several complications and unexpected delays, and a LOT of frustrations, we arrived just after dusk only to find that we missed the "parking window" by mear minutes! Spent the first night in the parking lot and had to find our spot in the morning! Definitely added to our frustration.

Because we are full timing we've always had the ability to receive packages at the front office. We had planned on this and had several items shipped here only to find out that they returned all of them to sender. They stated that no thousand trails campsite receives packages on behalf of residents (which is absolutely not the case!) after a heated debate we convinced them to give us the diapers and medication sitting on the other side of the wall but they returned everything else! 😔

During our 2 week stay we would randomly loose power and water without warning. Our site was a massive swamp pit (granted we've had rain from hurricanes but other sites would dry up while ours remained a lake!) I have young children and several times they fell into the mud face first!!

Every time I tried to speak with someone in the office the only answer I received is "I don't know" or "I can't" - felt like they are a bunch of puppets barking commands for someone who refuses to connect with what their residents actually need! Seriously never again!

The area is out of the way and is flooded with standing water all over the place. I would never stay there after seeing the conditions.

This was our first time going to a thousand trails campground after getting the membership and upgrading to the trails collection too. We were using this as a one night stop to refill, dump and hook up for the night. We were just using it a free stop to our real destination - Carolina Pines in SC

We were so put off by how incredibly rude the woman who ran the place was. We have 2 girls (3 and 6) and because of some issues along the way we were not able to get to the camp until 9pm at night. We got our registration sheet from the door and tried to go to our site. This woman came up in her golf cart barking who are you. And then told us we needed to follow her back to the parking lot. We can not hook up and plug in after dark. I was so taken back by the way she spoke to us and her tone and mannerisms.

The sites had grass or maybe gravel but grass growing through. The place looked like a swamp with how much mud and water collected everywhere. There was a huge puddle even to walk to the office front door. I can only imagine all the bug and mosquitoes. Beware. They do not let you park after dark so if you are Not 100% sure you will get there on time, don’t waste your time or money.

Update 09/20/2022
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They've improved the road coming into the campground and it looks like they've upgraded a few lots with fresh gravel and the place looks a clean as ever. We're looking forward to a couple of quiet weeks.

AT&T was never that great before but now absolutely rocks with 40+mb download speeds during the day. 2 bars and great speed on my iPhone. Although voice on my iPhone is shockingly bad. There is constant pops and clicks which makes it sound like I'm back in the early 1990's. It's crazy to have that kind of noise on a digital line, so I'm thinking there is some old analog between the tower and the rest of the world. Cheap is as cheap does.

Verizon is a problem. In the past several months, their 4G service has seriously degraded throughout the I-95 corridor from VA to MA, route I-76 in PA from I-95 to Harrisburg, and down I-81 to Roanoke. I think Verizon has oversold it's ability to deliver and everyone is suffering because of their greed. I can sometimes get better speed from my iPad than the MiFi router because the iPad uses all channels and the MiFi doesn't, but the difference usually isn't that great.

Here, during the day, the Verizon download speed is often in the under 3mb range and sometimes below 1mb. Barely enough bandwidth for work; forget about streaming. Some nights the bandwidth picks up before midnight and we can use the Roku. After midnight you can stream usually anything.

Starlink is looking better and better, especially considering how much I'm paying for my three cell contracts.

Original Review
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We've been here several times and it's still a nice place to stay. A bit out of the way and not a lot of services in the area, but very near the water. I've heard people complaining about the noise from rail-gun testing and other fun activities over at the naval base, but I have yet to experience anything like that in the 4 times we've been here.

The utilities work well, the roads are older but not in terrible shape, and during this period of COVID-19 craziness they are limiting contact by leaving your check in packet at the door. They assign sites, which helps a lot since the big RV sites seem to be at a bit of a premium. We typically get assigned to the same few spots because of our size and the 50amp electric has always been clean.

It looks like they might have upgraded the sewer as there appears to be some new access points in the park.

The laundry is still $2.50 / $2.00 and the machines work well. No coin changer, but they have rolls of quarters for the guests. Pool is closed for the duration. There have been a few activities, but they are all outdoor and with designated social distancing marks on the lawn.

In the past, the park used to be simply packed with seasonal people, but there is a marked reduction and more open spots than normal.

The staff is friendly enough and the road makes a a nice 1.5 mile loop on the point for anyone who rides a bike. We come here when we basically want to get away.

No wifi available. Verizon has a great signal, but seems to have difficulties with bandwidth during a hard rain. AT&T doesn't have a lot of signal strength, but the bandwidth is better than you would expect, even during a hard rain.

If your GPS tries to bring you in any other way than 301 to 3 to 664, and your RV is over 38' long, you might want to pause and see exactly where it's taking you. You can take a large RV on almost any of the roads around the area, but you'll be much happier using that route.

Stayed here 2 nights as part of our Thousand Trails membership. Stayed in site C7 and had power issues. We plugged in 50amp and our EMS alerted us that the 2nd leg had low voltage, so we ended up dogboning down to 30amp without problems. Water pressure was good at 55psi.

Check-in was pretty quick and easy. We stopped at the front door. They met us with a golf cart and led us to our assigned spot. We backed in without too much trouble other than the 50amp power issue.

We did have an employee yell at us for not displaying our rearview window tag while driving out of the campground one day. I don't like having something obstruct my windshield view when driving so I don't drive with the tags hanging. I put them back up after I park. But she yelled at us from her golf cart and insisted we hang it, not just show her that we did indeed have it.

There are a few historical sites not far away, but otherwise it's a bit of a drive to see much else. Probably not a campground we'd recommend unless you were planning to be in the area anyway.