New camper check in procedures!

Great park, this is my second visit here. They recently added new trails, but be aware that if you take the access roads, they may be very wet! The museum has trail maps, but I also suggest downloading the offline Google maps before you travel. I have Verizon and had no cell issues though.

When I was here in 2021 the check-in was at the entrance. There is a new procedure for 2024.

Drive in, go around the tower to the camp/craft store, park to the left in the back side of the museum, follow the signs for the craft store/firewood, and you tell them your spot and name. Too easy (if you know this, I did not, haha).

If you enter the trail from the septic dump, it is dry and well marked, but if you are wanting to go for a mileage, watch your markers (trails are skinny, access roads are wide).

Either commit to the whole trail, or turn back when you achieved 1/2 the distance of your journey. This will ensure you don't need access roads to return, because they may be wet (see pictures).

People are very pleasant, I loved my last visit here, this visit was just as nice!

Enjoy the blacksmith exhibit (also behind there you can access the trailhead), the river gazebo, and the canoe launch, just beautiful!

Also if you geocach, there are a few here, just saying!!

Enjoy!

Great experience x2! I stopped at lake Anna spot #32 twice within a week. I stopped there headed north, and when I headed back south. I made a reservation, in traffic, for the wrong day. I called and the clerk changed it with no issues. Lake Anna is a man made lake, and had a railroad to accommodate the train cars shipping out gold! You cannot pan for gold though without a "Special use permit" so I didn't end up doing that. I did however park my camper, hook up to power and water, then I dumped my tanks in the large clean area designated. There is also fresh water at the dump site. Staff is friendly, informed on the history of the area, and very prompt with site turn over. I look forward to exploring on day when I'm not just passing through.

There is a handicapped accessible yurt, and cute cabins available, and by cute, I mean they seem tiny! I haven't seen the inside, so I can't be sure what's in them, but maybe a bed and a fridge? I can't imagine much more.

Cool park though, no discounts, no military, nothing, but it was a convenient place to stop.