Cherrystone Camping Resort - Cheriton, VA

That was a great post. I will have to bookmark this site so I can read more later.

Having been to Cherrystone twice I returned due to all the fun activities at the water park. I noticed minimal changes, but found out the management has changed twice between my two visits. I agree the bathrooms are keep very clean and sanitary. However, our cabin refrigerator had to be re-sanitized, and the floor of the cabin had to be re-swept and had more dirt than when we swept at departure.

We had what we thought was a big ant problem, and though housekeeping helped a little, we escalated it to the Welcome Center. It is there that I see a big difference. The assistant manager refused to come out of her office twice to talk to me, until I insisted. The manager was supposed to contact me on my cell phone. After a 1 week stay and having already checked out, and I am still waiting for the manager (owner) to call me about the issue.

I understand your frustration with some campers ignorant bathroom practices here at Cherrystone. It goes on all year long, just magnified during high use holidays. In my opinion the three bathhouses are adequate during average conditions. Also, I know the housekeeping staff responsible for cleaning and the cleaning schedule is at least 3 times per day (once during the night while everyone is sleeping). if a condition gets really bad a simple contact with the ranger station will get prompt results. Don’t know if this was your first visit. If so, I don’t think your experience was a good sampling.

It’s good to hear from cabin renters and tent campers. You all pay rent just like the RV folks, your opinion is important.

Before we owned a trailer we Backpacked in the Adirondacks, and tent camped along the East Coast (in season). When we travel now, we see tents and feel a great deal of sympathy. Your goal is a quiet night with nature, and somebody in an RV fires up a generator! Night ruined….

We run in a trailer now due to age, mostly. But we never lost the touch with nature. (We use solar power). Join in this web site with your observations about cabins and tent sites too! When I first joined this place, they didn’t recognize truck campers!!!

Keep writin’, we’re readin’.

We stayed at Cherrystone over the 4th of July weekend. Wow, what a crowded place. Campsites (we were in a tent) were all very very close together with no privacy at all. There are only 3 sets of bathrooms/shower houses for 700 campsites. By the end of the afternoon they were filthy, I really don’t understand some people’s need to trash a place. Contrary to the other post, the bathrooms were only cleaned 1 time a day and that was late evening. This might be a good campground in the off season, but we won’t return during the summer months.