We camped here Labor Day Weekend. The park is as the other reviewer stated "deep in the heart of WV". They don't have water hookups but the fill up station is very easy to access. The dump station was also very convenient. Our site was level and shady. I gave it an 8 only because the bath house wasn't that great. It was clean, but it was old and seemed a little "run down" to me. We would camp here again. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.
Review Rating
[ 9 / 10 ]
July 2007
$20
Man! This is a great place!! The park itself is beautiful. It’s a bit of a challenge getting there with all the steep hills and switchbacks you have to negotiate but it’s definitely worth the effort. There are two campgrounds a few miles apart from each other; the Beavercreek and the Riverside. I would advise the Riverside over the Beavercreek as the Beavercreek sites looked quite crowded and small. They looked like the sites were jammed up against each other – way too close for my liking. The Riverside sites were –as the name implies- on the riverside. The sites up through #20 were quite large while the further on down you go, the more densely packed they became. None of the sites were full hook-up, electric only but that was fine for us. We camped at site #30, and if I had one complaint it would be the size of the site and nearness of the neighbors. But then again our site was directly across from the restrooms/showers so where we were was real convenient; however there are both pros and cons to being this close to the public facilities. Again, when (not if) we go back again, we’ll get one of the riverside sites numbered 20 or less. The staff was friendly, courteous and helpful. While I can’t speak to all of them in the Park, the facilities we used had flush toilets, showers, and dish washing sinks and while these facilities were starting to show their age, they were none the less very well maintained and cleaned daily. There’s plenty to do right there in the Park, with a small but beautiful lake for paddle boats/canoeing, a swimming pool at the lodge, lots and lots of sight seeing and wild-life (including deer and black bears), paved roads for bicycling and of course the Greenbrier River. If you want to venture just a little ways outside the park there are many many things to do and see in the area. We rode the Cass Railroad, and biked almost 30 miles of the Greenbrier Bike Trail (hard packed gravel) north of Marlinton.(Greenbrier River Trail) We visited waterfalls (Hills Creek Waterfalls) in the Monongahela National Forest and drove the Highland Scenic Highway and also visited Beartown State Park and Droop Mountain Battlefield and we waded, swam, and played in the Greenbrier River at our campsite. All in all, we really really enjoyed our week stay at Watoga and could easily have enjoyed another week. I recommend it. We camped here in a Motorhome.
Review Rating
[ 10 / 10 ]
July 2005
$19
Deep in a valley of West Virginia. Electric hookup only at most sites in the Riverside Campground. Dump station and water tank fill-up available. Each site has loads of space, fire rings, picnic table. Most sites are dirt/gravel, though some sites are paved. They do have disabled sites available. Reservations are available. Most desirable sites are riverfront. Tubing and fishing on a stunning river! Park has cabins, lodge, and pool. Park is also located adjacent to a state park biking trail. Trail stretches from Lewisburg, WV to Cass Railroad, WV. It runs alongside the Greenbrier River at a one percent grade the entire eighty miles! We did twenty two miles with our kids one day and they still had energy to burn! Lots of other area attractions from the National Radio Observatory to Cass Scenic Railroad. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.