North Bend Park Campground

Had a great time at the park. 215 is a large site, in addition to my 22’ camper and car, there would have been plenty of space for a large tent, if multiple campers. It’s not the prettiest view but it is nicely shaded by the trees. Go for the 220-225 if you want lake view.

Each loop has a private beach with swimming area which was really nice and well maintained. There’s also a boat ramp for campers in addition to the one near the day use area.

If you like walking/hiking, there’s a really nice paved trail starting/ending at loop c. Great for walking dogs or doing a short hike.

There’s water and electric on site. The dump station is convenient and easy to get into. While I’d prefer in space hook up, didn’t have any problem getting in and cleaning my tanks out.

There are 4 loops/sections at this park. We stayed in Loop D in a non electric site for $20 and had plenty of Verizon cell service. Other parts report no service so I think it just depends. Dog friendly, Clean public restroom with 2 showers. The pictures on the website make it appear that the sites are further apart than the actually are. Would be fun to go with a group and have a whole section to yourselves. The lake was beautiful, unfortunately it rained while we were that and we did not get to swim. Will definitely be going back!

We had contacted the campground (CG) prior to our Monday arrival and found the park had plenty of first-come-first-serve sites as they do not take reservations until 1 Apr. Our GPS plus nav app routes varied coming in from North Carolina, but all the roads we traveled were RV friendly. When we arrived the gate host told us to go pick a site and come back to check in. They also stated that the water was off so fill up with potable water at the dump station. We headed into Area 2 sites 78-103. We had wanted the double site, 93, but workers were spraying a Roundup mixture and didn’t recommend we stay in that site for a while. So we picked site 95. Back-in was easy and we hooked into the 50 AMP with no problem. The next day, we moved to double site 93 and still got the Access Pass discount so it was only $20 per night. They will only let stay without a buddy during offseason. In addition, this site is marked for a 30’ rig, like a lot of others in the CG, but they can easily take longer rigs. Recommend big riggers call and talk to a hosts before reserving a site. Some sites are either long enough for a boat or there are spots along the road to park a boat. Along with the two sites we stayed in, here are other recommendations that will handle larger rigs. The sites 84 through 99 plus 103 are good sized. In the adjacent loop, 136 is a spacious, long easy back-in and near the water. W&E sites out in D loop would be 221 that’s spacious plus near water, 229 back-in on water and 232 was a huge site, back-in near water. We've stayed in a lot of COEs and this was a good one as well. However, sites in all areas are nearby each other. The shower house was open but not the interior restrooms. We got 3 bars each Verizon and AT&T plus a wide variety of OTA channels. You are in a forest setting and we didn’t see a good site for satellite. There’s a really nice paved bike/walking trail that connects the front gate area all the way back to the D area. Great areas and sites for tent campers or boondockers. Recommend Castle's Butcher Shop in Chase City about 25 mins from the campground. Nice butcher shop and small grocery. Very helpful staff, plus they will custom cut your steaks. We also found Chase City had the best price on diesel at the time.

It was used and tied up so the thing has been floating around for nobody knows. So my opinion on this park is to educate people in taking care of their thrash. The place is beautiful and perfect if everyone cleans up after themselves.

The sites are spaced wide enough that there is room to set up canopies or park a couple of kayaks and not spill over to your neighbor's.

The range for mobile signal is zero even with our booster.

We came without a reservation so we didn't get right on the lake. Site B76 was more than adequate, with electricity and water hookups. The area is wooded and the sites are well spread out. We were close to the flush toilets. Showers were available. Parking is on asphalt but few sites are very level.

For cell service we had 1 to 3 bars 4G on Verizon during the day but service dropped off at night to 1 or 0 bars.

The fee of $26 is halved by the senior pass.