Archive for KLPW – N C State Recreation Areas
Posted by KerrLakeParkWatch on May 6, 2013
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 …
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Posted by on May 4, 2013
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, …
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Posted by KerrLakeParkWatch on October 23, 2012
This article has been authored by the Public
Affairs Lead for Kerr Lake Park Watch or KLPW, Frank Timberlake, who camped at Hibernia State Recreation Area over the weekend and found the answer to a
question asked repeatedly over the years. Frank also came up with an idea.
The number one question we get asked about Kerr Lake this time of year is, “Why do they (NC …
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Posted by on September 6, 2012
Questions:
- Are the reservation system charges the same for “parks” as they are for “recreation areas?”
- Did NC State Parks shoot itself in the foot money-wise when it stopped the policy of reserving a campsite for a
minimum of seven nights versus having the weekends cherry-picked?
- “I have a question….Now that we have been using the
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Posted by KerrLakeParkWatch on August 24, 2012
Ride through most any Kerr Lake State Recreation Area on the North Carolina side on a Thursday or Friday and you will see some campers packing
up to leave. That might seem unusual except that the new online reservation system now lets weekend campers “cherry-pick” weekend camping. So many times, campers wanting to camp
have to either accept a site in the woods or take a waterside site for a shorter period, forced to leave before the weekend campers …
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