I stayed at Hibernia Campground, part of the Kerr State Recreation Area, on site 95, with water and electric hook up. Site was level side to side on gravel pad, with good view of the Lake and a nice amount of grass between pad and rocks before the beach. When I went down mid July to check sites and reserve, the lake was very high, with picnic tables and fire rings under water at many sites. Upon arrival 7/28, lake was 'back to normal' with nice beach, and picnic tables have been replaced. Noticed lake shrinking about a foot every 24 hours and did hear a rumor that the lake is being pumped for Newport News. Restrooms/showers were clean and well maintained as were all of the grounds in the various camping areas. We enjoyed our walk on the Plantation Trail, and visited the cemetary of the Hargrove Family who migrated from England in the 1700's. Great place to camp. Two stores within 5 miles - RJ's Country Store (formerly Hibernia Shell) and Chuck's Shell both on Route 39, one at Hibernia Road, the other at Townsville Landing Road. We did enjoy Middleburg Steakhouse in Middleburg, and also tried 'The Olde Place' in Townsville, which was nice. There's a Walmart off Dabney/Rt. 85 as well as fast food joints, etc. all around Henderson, NC. We took a trip up to Clarksville, VA and enjoyed eating at the Lamplighter, visiting Occoneechee State Park, and Virginia Street Mall. We camped here in a Tent Trailer.
We stayed in the JC Cooper Campground at Satterwhite Point on four camping sites, 48-49-50-51. The weather was hot for this time of year. We had access to the lake with one of our sites being right at the lake. I have a 33 ft TT and was able to get a site next to the road and was able to back into it very easy. Our water hook ups for all 4 sites were at the front of my camping site #49. You need to make sure you have at least 50-75ft of some type of hose. I used a 50ft. garden hose and only used the water for showers and pottie. I also had to connect my 25ft white water hose to be able to connect to the TT. A friend came up on Friday and he had to tie into my water line with a splitter to get water to his camper on site #48. So make sure you have long length of hose with you for water hook-ups. The power box had 30amp, 50amp and a 20amp duplex plug in it right next to my slide out. With us using 4 sites we had a great time this weekend. This was a quick last of summer get together before all our kids go back to school. We had over 35 people at our Saturday night potluck dinner. We will return and hope the weather is cooler and the fish are biting. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.
There are 7 Campgrounds all together in the park. We have stayed at 4 of them and enjoy
both Hiberna and J.C. Cooper parks. The sites are huge and private and many of them are right on the lake. The bathrooms in these 2 sites are new and clean. The major drawback is the lack of sewer hookups but there is a dump station at each campground. The 2 Nutbush campgrounds are crowded,the bathrooms are filthy and many noisey locals spend the weekend partying there. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.
Great place close to home for us. Campsites right on the lake. Staff friendly. Sites private. Even when busy does not seem crowded. Bathhouse very clean. Worryfree and safe camping. Kids love it. Will be back often. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.
Review Rating
[ 9 / 10 ]
2001
$17
A great place to stay with camping right on the lake. This is definitely a "make your own entertainment" kind of place though with no tourist attractions, etc. The biggest draw-back is that there are no sewer hook-ups but there is a dump station. Also, the gate closes at 8PM so if you decide to park a vehicle outside the entrance, take a bike as it's quite a hike. The water hook-up may be a ways from your site so be sure to have lots of hose. At $17/night the price can't be beat. It's even worth the 7 day minimum to reserve a site for busy times like Labor Day or the July 4th weekend. There is a Golf course nearby. We like the Satterwhite Point sites the best but there are 7 large campgrounds to choose from. We camped here in a camper.