Sherando Lake Campground

We just did three nights at this campground and it is truly wonderful. We stayed in the B loop in the beginning of March right when they first opened and had a wonderful time. The park itself is stunning. You’re surrounded by all of nature is beauty you’ve got a lake to swim in a pond to fission and plenty of hiking trails. The sights are level, well-maintained by the park volunteers and the facilities are in wonderful condition. AT&T gives you two bars in a connection that is stable enough to work with, T-Mobile occasionally let you send a text but it is not reliable at all.

I camped at Sherando because I wanted to do a hike off Skyline drive the next day which was not too far away. What I liked about this campground was how wooded it is (well, it's in a forest, duh!). I can see why this place attracts families. My site backed to a little creek, nice right? The campers across the way thought so too and traipsed right through my site to get to the water's edge. Like a dozen or so folks with their dogs just came streaming across while I was in my camper trying to take a nap after my long drive there! I guess some folks haven't learned about campsite etiquette. But aside from that I liked that it was quiet at night but for the lovely sounds of nature. A big plus was I needed no leveling blocks. I also had a good amount of shade. The bathroom was clean and well ventilated. They have showers but I did not use them. I never saw the camp host - might have been off that day. I had zero Verizon and okay AT&T (thanks to my antenna). There are two lakes. The upper one is very small and within a short walk of the campground. There is a trail that goes around it. The main lake has a beach and a bathhouse. It looks like a great place for families to have some water fun. I probably won't camp here again but do not rule it out. I like the price especially considering my site had electricity. My rate reflects a senior pass discount. Also it's nice that they keep the place locked up at night adding to a greater sense of safety.

Great Campground for a Fall visit. The Fall Foliage was stunning. The hiking was decent. Too cool for swimming in the lake. Sites are spaced out nicely. Good services. Our site was level and most seemed to be. Very Clean. The camp host takes good care of the area. Very quiet area. It was weird that they close the park at the end of October when the temps are still reasonable. We hope to return.

My parents took us here when we were little. I have such happy memories of the lake and my folks who are gone now. I grew up on a farm outside of Harrisonburg and trips like this were a fantastic relief from the heat and exploring the lake an adventure. My dad was from Waynesboro and mom from Staunton.

Is there anywhere on God's Earth more beautiful than the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia? I live in Arizona now but the memories remain fresh.

Palmer Sweet

We went here traveling north. Apparent you need a reservation. We offered to call recreation.gov but had no cell service. They would not call for us even though we were told they had availability. The gate people were extremely rude and condescending. We’ve stayed in many National parks and forest in our travels over the past 3 years. And never was treated like this. I’m sure it’s a nice place if you can get by the rude gate keepers.

We've camped here several times (using our National Park Senior Pass) but we've never booked in advance. As a result (since we're about 25 miles away), we've driven over WITHOUT our trailer to try to snag a site, and then come home, connected our trailer and driven back.... This really isn't a good system.

Both of the loops with electric (B & C) are nice, but it would be so helpful if they'd allow reservations to be made for B as well as C loop. Reservations for C are site-specific, and it would be great if sites in B loop could be reserved, too, even if non-specific.

But if you can GET a site, they're wonderful: very level, large, and with decent space between them. Nice trails and nice beach area.

During our most recent 2-night stay, I was pleasantly surprised to find I had enough AT&T signal to at least send/receive text messages. This wasn't the case in previous years.

There are no water or sewer hookups at the sites, but potable water is available at different locations in the campground. Also, there's a place to fill your fresh water tank with water (which we did) across from the lake parking area. The dump station is on the way out of the park.

Bathrooms are clean and well-maintained, and the bear-resistant storage boxes on each site are necessary; it's most definitely bear country!

For more information about our most recent camping experience at Sherando, you can check out this page of my blog:
http://www.art-rageous.net/artrageousblog/?p=4311