Pohick Bay Regional Park Campground

We loved this place!

Pros: *Quiet and dark *Gravel sites, only a small amount of mud (it was raining the whole 3 days we were there. *Large sites with tall trees between you and your neighbor *Lovely, clean bathrooms and laundry rooms (2 washers and 2 dryers in each of two bathhouses *20 minute drive to the Franconia/ Springfield DC Metro station, then a 40 minute ride in to DC, easy access to museums and memorials, White House, and US Congress. *No locked gate, come and go easily. *Discounted golf for campers ($35/ round /18 holes) at nearby Pohick Bay Golf Course.

Campsites are arranged around a central open meadow with a great playground in the grassy center. There is a marina on site. There is a water park, too. I think it's only open in the summer.

Cons: *The sites on the inside of the loop are pretty level, but it seems that most of the sites on the outside of the loop are heavily sloped. I would not want to try to level my rig on these sites. *Some sites have full hook-ups, some have electric and water, some have only electric, some have no services at all. Go figure. Our site had water and electric, and we were so happy, because it was 95 degrees and humid. 30 amps = one air conditioner. Happiness!

No bugs to speak of! More Happiness! Site quality only 4 stars because: no sewer connection!

This place is very nice, ideally located, clean facilities and overall a great campground. However, the sites are highly variable, we wrote a blog post about that (see the blog posts tab). If you camp in the middle of the big loop, you'll get a great spot. The two best spots in this campground are 67 & 75, both of which have full hookups and appear to be perfectly level.

I'm finishing up a spreadsheet of which sites are best, and will have it posted on my website (http://hinson.co/dc) soon.

If you want to go out on the bay, or want to be near DC, this place is really great. We stayed here so that we could take the family into DC and visited the National Zoo. There are two playgrounds on site (one near the marina, and one in the campground itself).

There is a water park here as well, but apparently, it's not included in your stay (though it is 50% off for campers).

Renting canoes and kayaks is reasonably priced (something like $10/hr or 30-40/day).

I will probably stay here again when visiting the DC area.

Stayed here for 2 nights. It rained while we were here so unfortunately we couldn't take advantage of the kayaking/river activities and the trails were muddy.

They have various types of sites, including full hook up sites but we were in an electric only site. Site 72 was relatively level but just a little close on one side to our neighbor. Other sites seemed more spread out although there were a few I saw while walking around that didn't look very level.

There's a field with a playground and 2 comfort stations that were cleaned daily. The comfort stations also have washers and dryers that cost $1.75/load. They also offer curbside trash pickup; you can leave your bagged trash by the road between 11am and noon.

This park has lots of things to do such as:

Swimming
Kayaking
Golfing (Miniature)
Golfing (Frisbee)
Hiking
Biking

The sites are mostly under trees and the roads are well maintained. The prices are good for east coast camping.

Everyone we met was friendly, and professional. Best of all it's very close to the Washington DC area.