Date of Stay: November, 2018 - $36.00
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Beautiful spot right next to the creek. Should be cheaper this time of year. Need better signage to the campsite. We camped at Hungry Mother State Park in a Travel Trailer.

Date of Stay: July, 2018 - $39.00
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We camped at Burson which is about a mile from the swimming beach. We really liked it. Sites close but not too close. They have a restaurant at the lake which was good. We ate on the outdoor patio. Wifi wasn't too good but when we put up our wifi extender, it significantly improved. We camped at Hungry Mother State Park in a Fifth Wheel.

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Date of Stay: June, 2018 - $30.00
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Bring your bikes! This park is part of the Virginia Creeper Trail and the campground itself is excellent for biking for all ages. Beautiful large swimming, canoeing, kayaking lake with very large beach and restaurant and snack bar. It is a local favorite, but we didn't feel crowded. The lake also has a diving platform. Some sites are only partly shaded and can be short although most are lengthy wide enough. Other sites would have no problem handling the longest of RVs. Excellent daily planned programs and activities. Call ahead for entry into the park. It is very easy to enter the wrong way, but other than that, once you're checked in, the campground is awesome. We camped at Hungry Mother State Park in a Travel Trailer.

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Date of Stay: April, 2018 - $40.00
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VA state parks are great and this is one of the best. We love this park. Great hiking trails. We stayed at the Creekside Campground. The only negative is no wifi and the sites at Creekside are muddy. When it rains, it gets messy. But the creek is delightful and the camp host and rangers are very friendly. The roads in the park are a bit tight with an exciting hairpin to maneuver. We camped at Hungry Mother State Park in a Travel Trailer.

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Date of Stay: October, 2017 - $30.00
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Great campground... Stay at Creek Side area...plently of space We camped at Hungry Mother State Park in a Motorhome.

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Date of Stay: July, 2017 - $40.00
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Hungry Mother State Park is well maintained and has lots of activities. We stayed at Camp Burson, formerly a private campground located on Rt. 16 below the dam, about a mile before reaching the main park entrance. Camp Burson has both full hookups and water/electric sites. The gravel sites are large, level, and well-spaced. The rest room/shower facilities are new, clean, and well maintained. There is no cable TV service, and an OTA antenna brings in only one station playing reruns of old shows. WiFi service is sporadic in the campground. Two sites, #9 & #11, have been converted to yurts. The park personnel were very friendly and helpful. There are additional camping facilities within the park for trailers and tents. The park has a large lake with a busy swimming beach, and boat & kayak rentals. There is a nice restaurant and local musician performances on Friday nights. There are many scenic hiking trails of various degrees of difficulty. During the summer, the park rangers offer many daily programs. The only downside is the premium camping fee without usual premium amenities (cable, WiFi). VA residents receive a discount, putting the price in a more acceptable range. We had a very pleasant stay and will visit again. We camped at Hungry Mother State Park in a Travel Trailer.

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Date of Stay: July, 2017 - $35.00
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We stayed in Camp Bureson. It is right outside of the park. A ranger check in station is right there. It has a nice camp store with ice, the usual state park items for sale and ice cream! I would avoid the campground inside the park if you have a camper. The roads within the park itself are a bit scary. Camp Bureson has full hook ups with 50 amp service. It has a very new bathhouse. It even has washers and dryers that are only $1.50 a load. I loved coming home with clean laundry! Camp hosts were great. Very child friendly, easy for the kiddos to bike circles around the site. There is a creek nearby that many children enjoyed. You are a short distance from the dam's waterfall. The only other negative was the state run restaurant near the beach. They were having a REALLY bad night and it was not because it was crowded. We finally elected to leave without eating. There is a Wal-mart nearby and plenty of drug stores. The surrounding towns are fun to explore, and the people we're ever so nice. One half of Camp Bureson has plenty of shade. The other half has young trees. We camped at Hungry Mother State Park in a Travel Trailer.

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Date of Stay: November, 2016 - $36.00
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$36 per night was for a mostly level but narrow asphalt pad pull-though site (#24) with 50-amp electric, water, and sewer in the Camp Burson campground. The reservation web site doesn't show sites for 40'+ RVs but the sites in Camp Burson are long enough to accommodate most any length RV. There are large trees throughout the campground and some sites might be challenging to set up on-watch your slides, awning, and basement compartment clearances-but it's doable. All sites have a wooden picnic table and fire ring. Enter the campground at the campground office driveway, not the first driveway to the campground as that access is quite steep. It was pleasantly quiet during my stay, even over the weekend when families arrived. The campground office was unmanned when I arrived but the campground host came by shortly after my arrival to give me my permits as well as information about the park including maps of the trails. The campground host was friendly and helpful. There are many activities available, which you can find listed on their website as well as in the brochures they give you. The campground is about five miles outside Marion where most any amenity is available. AT&T and Verizon cell signals were low but usable. Staying in Camp Burson includes free Wi-Fi, which I did not use. I received six digital over-the-air TV stations and many radio stations. We camped at Hungry Mother State Park in a Motorhome.

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Date of Stay: November, 2016 - $38.00
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Nice facility, restaurant on premises. Lots of hiking trails, swimming area, paddle boats. Dump station, no sewer at campsite. A little pricey but big park with lots of things to do. We camped at Hungry Mother State Park in a Motorhome.

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Date of Stay: August, 2016 - $32.00
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Great state park. Clean, secure. Camp host makes sure you are happy and enjoying yourself and all is well. Great employee definitely knows meaning of customer service. We camped at Hungry Mother State Park in a Travel Trailer.

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Date of Stay: June, 2016 - $30.00
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This place was awesome. There is plenty to do to have fun. We rented a paddle boat and kayaks. We went to a Nature Seminar that we all enjoyed. The beach is clean, there's a snack bar and bathrooms there too. Plenty of trails to hike and wonder around on. They have a restaurant in the Park, we heard good things about it but didn't eat there. There's a WalMart and Ingle's right on the way in if you need supplies. Our campground host was awesome! It was actually the first one I've actually met. Very helpful and available. The bath house has private showers and laundry available. We'll be back! We camped at Hungry Mother State Park in a Travel Trailer.

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Date of Stay: May, 2016 - $42.00
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$42 per night was for a level but narrow asphalt pad pull-though site with 50-amp electric, water, and sewer. Our site, #28 in the Camp Burson campground, did have a large tree on the street side that was close to the pad so it took a little maneuvering to get situated on the site so we could extend the slides and awning plus open the basement compartments. There are large trees throughout the campground and some sites are totally in the shade at all times. The site has a wooden picnic table and fire ring. Enter the campground at the campground office driveway, not the first driveway to the campground as that access is quite steep. It was pleasantly quiet during our stay, even over the weekend when many families arrived. The campground office was unmanned when we arrived but the campground host came by shortly after our arrival to give us our permits as well as information about the park including maps of the trails. The campground host, park manager, and a park volunteer were all friendly and helpful. There are many activities available, which you can find listed on their website as well as in the brochures they give you. The campground is about five miles outside Marion where most any amenity is available. AT&T and Verizon cell signals were low but usable. Staying in Camp Burson includes free Wi-Fi, which we did not use. We received six digital over-the-air TV stations and many radio stations. We camped at Hungry Mother State Park in a Motorhome.

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Date of Stay: July, 2015 - $38.00
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This is a really nice campground. We stayed for three nights prior to the Fourth of July in Camp Burson which is just outside the main park. We had one of the RV sites with full hookups under the trees. Big, open, level site with full hookups. Our daughter and her family came and rented one of the cabins in the main park. Our step-daughter and our grandson stayed with us. Let me tell you, the kids had a blast. They spent most of their time in the lake, on the lake or under the lake. They swam, canoed and paddle-boated for three days. They hiked all around the park on the trails. Check out the restaurant. Excellent and good prices too. We camped at Hungry Mother State Park in a Travel Trailer.

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Date of Stay: June, 2014 - $33.00
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We stayed at Camp Burson. The other campgrounds inside the park are okay for smaller units but the roads get narrow and there are some hard turns- probably okay for 30 foot or under. There is a lake for swimming with lifeguards on duty and a boat ramp with access to the lake. Also, boat rentals such as paddle boats, canoes, and kayaks. Have stayed here at least twice a year for the last ten years and enjoy it very much. There are miles and miles of hiking trails. Ideal for family get togethers. There are cabins to rent if some don't camp. We camped at Hungry Mother State Park in a Travel Trailer.

Date of Stay: June, 2014 - $37.00
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This is a beautiful park. We stayed in the Burson loop with full hook ups, 30 amp. Our site (15) and most others we saw were huge and had plenty of shade. There are two bathhouses in this loop and one is brand new. The laundry room had two each washer and dryers, both worked well. There is plenty to do here, nice hiking trails, beach area with lifeguards on the lake with concessions as well as a restaurant, kayak, paddle boat and paddle board rentals, diving platform, fishing and picnicking. We camped in a travel trailer and have reservations to come back again. This was the best state park we have ever stayed in. We camped at Hungry Mother State Park in a Travel Trailer.