Archive for KLPW – Campground Facilities and Improvements
Following of one of the biggest camping weekends in
America, Kerr Lake Park Watch goes on record against changing the Virginia State Parks reservation system for booking campsites that are site specific. Being studied right now by DCR, the change
to the reservation system could impact Occoneechee State Park and Staunton River State Park on Kerr Lake.
Emailed …
Continue Reading →Just a short time until the first “big show” at Kerr Lake State Recreation Area campgrounds; it’s called
Memorial Day. The campers will be ready, but will the parks?
Taken within the last few days, these photos show a Nutbush State Recreation Area with “defined” campsites that are not so easy to define.These sites are supposed to be filled with small gravel and
be open. Kerr Lake Park Watch is visiting a number of parks around the lake and we want …
Yesterday morning it was 43 degrees outside and 48 degrees in the only bath house open in Hibernia State Recreation area. With all its heat and
lights burning bright, the closed bath at Area 3 sat empty.
I sat alone in the 48 degree Area 2 bath and by the way, the lights clicked off in just a couple of minutes.
USE YOUR MAINTENANCE FUNDS, state parks people and move the propane heater from …
Continue Reading →The following is a personal account given by Frank Timberlake, Lead Public Affairs for Kerr Lake Park
Watch.
By a lot of the campers who frequent Hibernia, one of the seven NC Recreation Areas around Kerr Lake, Hibernia is often referred to as the “red-headed step child.” Personnel shifts at the park
have been on the rise after the departure of a long-time, long-experienced chief ranger. While many of the recreation areas sport new electric and water campsites, …
IMPORTANT QUESTION FOR YOU! As we get ready to set priorities for KLPW for this year’s
outdoor season, what are some of the projects, issues, complaints and accomplishments you would like to see addressed by the park officials who run the Virginia State Parks, the North Carolina
State Recreation Areas and the US Army Corps of Engineers Parks around Kerr Lake?
If you don’t want to post publicly, we would very much like to see your response, which …
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