Lums Pond State Park Campground

This should be the standard for all state parks. Paved roads and sites, full hookups, miles of hiking trails, fishing, off leash dog area, non motorized boat rentals, etc. Our site was perfectly level and very spacious (it appears most sites are very spacious). We were only able to stay 3 nights here but would have stayed longer if our plans allowed. We camped at Lums Pond State Park in a Fifth Wheel.

My husband participated in a triathlon here in the park and that event brought us to camp for a long weekend.

I agree what others have said about the campground in previous reviews. The full hook-ups are nice, the bath house is updated, and sites are sizable but lack privacy. The paved drives are short and they want all equipment besides tents on the pavement. We have an 18 ft travel trailer and a Toyota Highlander and fitting everything was a tight squeeze. There is over flow parking available.

The only things I would add are that the campground address/entrance and the main entrance to the state park are on different roads. Make sure you head to the campground. Also, there is some distant road noise throughout the campground.

We stayed for 2 nights and happened to have beautiful weather that weekend. Our site backed up to the pond (which seemed more like a lake) and we had lots of space! It was a beautiful and relaxing place to spend a weekend after a few busy days touring DC. We launched our kayak near the fishing dock behind our site and the water was calm and pleasant for kayaking. Verizon and AT&T worked well, and it was nice that the sites have full hookups and 50 amp. The only drawback was the rule that you have to park your truck completely on the pavement on your site and it cannot be on the dirt. That was very difficult to accomplish since we have a 40 ft. 5th wheel and large dually truck, but somehow my husband was able to make it work.

NOTE:
Took a recommendation off of this site and chose site 64 - I don't know whether they were here before renovations or what but site 64 has a generator and 4 yellow pillars sitting right in front of your camp side - Instantly went to camp office and was given another site, #25.

The staff at Lums Pond Park are great! Very accommodating, friendly and helpful!

The campground itself it quite baron as landscaping goes with no real separation between sites making it wide open to your neighbors. Sites along the back loop in the 30's seem to be a little more mature and less like a highway rest stop. Had rain the first day or so and site 25 was quite muddy for days due to lack of shrubs and grass. Full service sites are clean with all utilities working properly.

Nice looking lake, easy boat dock access and clean trails makes for a nice overall park. Little general store and liquor 2 miles up road. Verizon Service 2 bars on jetpack. Worked with no interruption entire stay.

Lums Pond recently underwent a major renovation where all the sites got full hook-ups and paved parking pads. They also put in a brand new (much needed) shower house. During our first visit in the summer of 2015, we sweated through some 90+ degrees temperatures without the ability to turn on our air conditioning and endured the stinky, outdated showers. This time we happily used our full hook-ups and enjoyed our stay much more because of them.

Aside from the new improvements, the park is as lovely as ever with generously spaced sites (although there are no trees between so don't expect privacy) and great trails for walking and biking. It is s very popular park so be sure to make reservations if you want to stay during the summer or on a weekend at other times of the year. We showed up without a reservation at the beginning of November and while the campground was empty during the week when Friday rolled around it completely filled up and we couldn't get a site.

A great place to stay, especially during the week (the weekends tend to get booked up). The sites are spaced out, but don't offer a ton of privacy (not much in-between them). They're all paved, but can be rather short feeling especially if you have a second vehicle to park.

Most sites are extremely level, except one (the one we booked of course - site 39). It was so unlevel that when we pulled in the park ranger said we'd probably likely want to select another site - and he was right. (They don't note this on Reserve America.)

After getting situated in a level spot however, we were quite pleased with the park. Lots of hiking trails, access to the C&D Canal (Lums Pond was instrumental in its operation).

All sites are also full hook-up, quite unique for a state park.

We had a very pleasant stay here, with ample cellular connectivity.