Review: Grasshopper Campground — Beavers Bend State Park

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Daniel and Denea Sadler

3 years ago
1/5

We had the absolutely horrible luck of reserving spots 12 & 13. With our tents and the ground slope the ONLY place they would fit and not be on a huge slope was about 20 feet from a very busy boat ramp. With children ages 2,5,8 we were so uncomfortable with all the traffic. We also had the pleasure of a 3:45AM wake up call when a fishing tournament with 30+ boats started pouring in and dispatching right next to our tents. Not sure if you realize this, but that involves a lot of yelling to each other and shouting hello to your fishing buddies from across the parking lot even though there are tents with no light on right next to you.

By 5:30 they had the megaphone out calling out boat numbers and teams and laying out the rules. If you have the campsites in the 20’s (on the other side of the peninsula) I can see this being a great spot if you wanna fish and swim all day, but sites 12- 20ish are trash. They are all on pretty big slopes, wildly over grown grass, and contending with the constant flow of boat drop traffic. I would not recommend this area unless you plan on being one of those boat droppers spending all day on the water and do not have small children. Also, you must have a small tent and you’ll still probably wonder where they expect you to put it with the slope. I would love to get my money back and was bummed we drove 8 hours for this. We looked to purchase another site or even a lodge, but everything was booked up unless we wanted to spend $600 a night. We ended up leaving a day early and just said screw this. I posted some picture to show the sites and circled where we had to place our tent due to the slope on the ground. Even up here we were still sleeping with our heads elevated. You can see a couple boats being dropped in the picture. You can also see some of the tournament boats waiting with the beautiful sunrise. We got up, started some coffee and enjoyed the sunrise and laughed about it while enjoying the cool morning. The evenings were nice and the view was really pretty, these just really should be reserved as picnic areas only.

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