Hibernia Campground is part of the Kerr Lake State Recreation Area (SRA), and is located at the end of Hibernia Road, off Route 39 in Townsville, NC. This year I selected site 104 (W/E) and was pleased with the level site, graveled drive and camp pad. Pad featured fire ring, lantern stand, picnic table in good condition. Lake levels vary depending upon rain to the north/west, as well as how much water is let out of Kerr via the Kerr Dam to sustain Lake Gaston at its proper height. Sites 100-107 or thereabouts have been set up with 4x4 framed driveway, and framed pad, with rock (rip-rap)(lake side) to protect the sites from being washed out. Some sites are situated/rocked with easier access to the lake than others, but they are level! While there, the lake seemed to shrink and the beach expand about 1 foot a day, but, due to the activity at the nearby boatramp, the lake bottom was not murky from our site. Water was very comfortable for swimming or just a refreshing dip. Park features a nature trail (Plantation Trail) taking you to the site of the original Plantation as well as family cemetary. Very large park with mostly lake accessable sites - bathhouses on each loop, clean and maintained. Boat ramp and area for trailer storage. Gate personnel were very accommodating. Nearby is RJ's Country Store which has camping/fishing merchandise. and a newly added deli. About 1 mile south on Route 39 is Chuck's. Both sell gasoline, and propane trade-in. (Only place locally to get refills is store at corner of Nutbush and Satterwhite Point Road). Wal-mart is about 15 miles south off I-85, many eateries in Henderson (Dabney Road exit off I-85). Clarksville, VA is an easy drive of about 17 miles north on 39, north on Route 15. Best eatery - Middleburg Steak House on Route 158 in Middleburg, NC. Nice Antique stores in nearby Warrenton, NC as well as 'Virginia Avenue' in Clarksville, VA. We camped here in a Tent Trailer.

We stayed at JC Cooper Campground at Satterwhite Point. NC State Parks have a new reservation system and the computers were down when we wanted to make a reservation so we had to show up as a "walk in" on Monday afternoon. The attendants at the gate were obviously new and couldn't figure out what sites were available. We got permission to go look for a site and come back to register. Some sites had white tags on them stating "Reserved from ___ to ___" but no dates were on the tags. We picked a site with no tag along the water, backed in, hooked up electric to keep the A/C running in 94 degree temps and went back to register. By now the attendants had figured out how to find available sites and told us the site we picked was not available and gave us a list of about 12 available sites...none of which were along the lake with 50amp service and water. So we moved the rig and went back again to register. We stood outside the registration booth in the hot sun for 30 minutes while the lady typed in our information - ONE LETTER AT A TIME - she didn't know how to type or use the mouse (kept running it off the edge of the desk). Then she couldn't get the computer to take the abbreviation for our state as she didn't know how to click on the arrow to expose the drop-down window in which to select the correct state. The gate attendants were both very nice but they should have been given better training or had somebody with them that knew what they were doing. TWO hours after our initial arrival at the gate we finally settled in our site. Later in the evening we observed the man attendant putting reserved signs on campsites. These now had dates on them and all were reservations for the following weekend. Of course the site we had originally picked out (along with several others on the lake front) were never occupied. We were required to move for no reason other than incompetence of the computer operator/system. Unfortunately this park is getting to be a party central area…a group by the lake was very large and loud. The bathrooms were atrocious…full of bugs, in need of paint, dirty sinks and toilets, no toilet tissue. There are a couple of curves that big rigs can negotiate only with extreme caution. Handicapped sites (there are three) are concrete but too small to accommodate big rigs. Campground hosts were very nice and said their suggestions to make things easier for big rig owners and remodeling of bathrooms have fallen on deaf ears. This used to be a fairly nice, quiet place to stay but no money is being put back into upkeep of the park and security has become non-existent. Oh, and they lock the gates at 10PM and don’t open them up until 8AM. We will move this park to the bottom of our list as an emergency stopping place only. We camped here in a Motorhome.

We camped at JC Cooper over the Memorial Day weekend. It was very noisy. Campers did not abide by the quiet hours and we saw no enforcement either. The folks next to us had a large group and played a game (loudly) outside until almost midnight. Some guys came by in a truck at 2:30 a.m. banging on trash cans and hollering. My husband said the men's room was in rough shape. The woman's room was out of toilet paper most of the weekend. We camped here in a Fifth Wheel.

This is a typical state park. JC Cooper Facilities were clean but shower tile needs to be upgraded. The water faucet locations can pose a problem - I had to use two hoses to get connection which would have been a problem if I didn't have two hoses available. The sites are large and positioned to allow privacy between them. Staff preparing for summer season - grading sites, tree work, etc. A great park to enjoy Kerr Lake, boat ramp for camper use only, peaceful escape this time of year. We camped here in a Motorhome.

Nutbush is part of North Carolina’s Kerr Lake State Recreation Area (SRA). Campground is typical of many state parks, especially N.C. – okay, but needs funding for upkeep and improvement. Roads are paved, but sites are gravel. Only a few pull-thru sites in camping areas 1 & 3. Sites tend to be small, most are difficult for campers over 30 feet. Sites Area 3 does have well located electrical & water hookups. Most sites are at least partially shaded and have good fire-rings; but are not leveled very well. Bathrooms were okay, and kept clean. (Area 1 sites may require 100 ft of hose to reach the water.) Weak on enforcing rules, i.e. quiet time, number people per site, alcohol use. Weak on enforcing rules, i.e. quiet time, number people per site, alcohol use. We stayed 4 days in a 30 ft Travel Trailer. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.