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From Interstate 68, take Exit 22. Follow Chestnut Ridge Road south 2 miles to the end, and turn left on New Germany Road. Follow New Germany Road south 5 miles, and make a left on Big Run Road. Follow Big Run Road east 5 miles to the end. The park is located at the intersection of Big Run Road and Savage River Road
Little bit scary trail but with occasional rain this makes one of the most ideal camping spots. No mobile network and no internet once you get into Big Run Park.
Nice primitive camp ground, a mix of well space treed sites and sites with a shared green area. Light traffic mostly campers. A really nice lake, with relatively clear water.
Although i did not do any camping, the area does have some nice fields with roads that lead to the Savage river. I saw quite a few people who had set up their tents, canopies, and grills all ready to relax and fish. There is access to the upper Savage Reservoir and a lot of campsite campers had kayaks.
This area - the upper stream that flows into the Savage Reservoir - is just beautiful water for fly or ultralight trout fishing. There are pulloffs nearby with DNR fishing information.
we went camping here over 4th of July, we unfortunately did have to cut our trip short due to a weird lady randomly just stopping at the entrance of our campsite and then sitting there when it was close to 10pm, we did end up leaving afterwards due to the nature of her, but that isn't the campsites fault. just a reminder to be aware of your surroundings and of people.
I really enjoyed the scenery and not having any cell service, the fishing spot was slightly hard to find along with our campsite, so really have your eyes peeled. the driving to get to anything kind of takes away the whole camping experience, but it was nice nonetheless. the bathrooms are really bad, so definitely bring one of those camping toilets (we didn't, but that's our mistake). The whole experience was really good for my first time camping.
Beautiful park, awesome place to primitive camp! My choice in the time of year for camping here was kinda crazy for a tent 😅🤣, but sometimes the worst times can be the best times. Depends on your perspective in hindsight besides..lok at these amazing pics! Definitely coming back in the spring/summer
