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If you are looking to get away at a moment’s notice and take the comforts of home right along with you then the MWR RV Campground is the perfect place. Our RV Campground operates year-round and is priced at $30 per night.
Our RV Campground is fully equipped with:
30/50 Amp Hook Ups
Water
Dump Station
Fire Pits*
Picnic Tables
Screened in Gazebo
Dog Dump Zone
DIRECTIONS FROM DOWNTOWN RICHMOND: Take I-95 South to Richmond. Following I-95 South to Exit 67, Chippenham Parkway North (Rt150). Get out of the right hand lane, because it makes you exit onto J.D. Highway. After you go under the overpass, you will see the sign for DSCR. Travel approximately 1 mile to the Strathmore Road Exit. (DSCR/DDRV). Turn left at the stop sign. Stay to the right at the fork in the road and proceed to the back gate. For additional directions or assistance call 804-279-4888
A nice little campground. We had water and power. It was clean and there was a little gazebo. Each site had a picnic table.
The staff were really friendly and easy to work with.
The only improvement might be repainting the numbers of the sites. They are a little hard to read, especially at night.
Used to be military (had to have ID to get in gate), but on their page it appears they are now open to civilian as well?
We have stayed here numerous times over the years while visiting family nearby. It is quiet, but no one on site to help with issues on weekends or after hours. In fact, it is pretty much a ghost town at night. Nothing actually on site as far as gas, food, etc. No bathhouse or showers, although there is a gym somewhere nearby -- not sure if you can use those during work hours?? It is right off the interstate, however, so if you don't mind going offsite, there are restaurants, etc. nearby.
When we stayed, the rates were quite a bit lower; not sure if the lack of amenities and oversight -- and no sewer-- warrants $30. Good news is that we have never not found a site here, in spite of there being only 6 sites.
This is a great place for a quick overnight stop, right off the interstate.
However, if you are looking for a little more, the state park only a few miles away is gorgeous, has camp hosts to help with your needs, bathhouses/showers, and is competitive cost-wise.
Great location to visit with our daughter, son in law, and newborn granddaughter; and stay in the RV Camp minimizing disruption of home life with their first child. The DSCR/DDRV installation is about 8 miles from their apartment in Richmond. Plenty of pull-thru room for our A-class RV, trailer and SUV. A super quiet post with lots of warehouses, a collection of military aviation artifacts displayed here-and-there, and a unique history that accounts for a small herd of elk still in residence.
As a full-timer for 2 years, I'm pretty in tune with what constitutes good CG customer service. The manager of this CG doesn't have it. I tried making reservations four months out, and he didn't return phone calls. He finally replied to an email, telling me I had to submit a form to make the reservation. OK, no problem. I found the form on the website and emailed it to him. Then he emails me back and tells me that one is outdated, and I have to resubmit with the attached one. Guess he couldn't be bothered to post the correct one. So I resubmit and finally get a site.
On arrival day, my wife calls him to reconfirm our site number. He tells her we can only stay two nights, then have to move to another site. No explanation, no compensation for the hassle, and no prior notification that we needed to change sites. The next day I go to the MWR office to discuss this with him. He's not there (has 4 jobs on base and apparently CG is lowest priority), so I call him. Turns out he's making me move just so another person can get into our site on our last night. I tell him that's not right, and I want a free night if I have to move. After checking with his supervisior, presto, he emails me back saying that I can stay all three nights in the same site. I guess the lesson for others is to trust but verify at this campground!
As for the CG itself, it's a bit overpriced at $30/night without sewer hookups. The entrance is unmarked and the site numbers are hard to read. There are six fairly spaced out sites in total, of which, two are pull through. All sites are grass/gravel mix with 50A electric and water. The dump station is about 100 yards away, in between the RV storage lots. You can drive there without getting on the main road. No bathroom or bath house. There is no PX, commissary or gas station on the base. It's a very quiet base of mostly civilian personnel, so it's pretty quiet all the time.
No septic hookups, no amenities nearby, our site was swamped out and no one answered phones. During the summer I have to imagine this place would be teeming with insects, but during the winter it was at least somewhat peaceful. Train horns in the distance only ruined that a little bit. $30 a night is terribly overpriced without septic hookups.
