Big Meadows CG Shenandoah NP
Ok we have finally decided to go To Big Meadows Campground over July 4th week. What could we find to do besides hiking with the kiddos?
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Your size TT is great for this area camping. Most all of the sites at Loft Mtn are separated from each other using high shrubs between the sites... Usually two loops are within easy walk to the localized bath rooms and water.
Like said before there is NO HOOKUPs so hopefully you have more than one battery on-board. We always have enough juice to run a HDTV which picks up alot of TV signals being up on the mtn. Internet/Cell Phones however is only limited use on the walk in tent sites area to the West side ridge. We always had to drive down to the way station/restaurant at the entrance to Loft Mtn or just north of the entrance where there is a pull out on the West side of the ridge to get usable signals and we have VERIZON cellphone....
Loft Mtn does have a nice camp store on the grounds and the way station on SKYLINE DRIVE is also well stocked with and a restaurant with gas station.
The Appalachian Trail goes completely around the outer trail of LOFT MTN and kinda neat to get your pictures taken being on the AP trail.
Lots of Deer and sometimes a Bear will run down the main road haha... Rangers always watching your camp site for doing the right thing for outside food storage etc...
Hiking is about the only sport at this elevation. The Streams and River is in the valley area on both sides of the SKYLINE DRIVE mtn ridge.
Harrisonburg at I81 with LOWES and SUPER WALMART store is not too far away... You will have to go back to the US33 road and go west to Elkton/Harrisonburg or go East back to Standardsville for bigger grocery shopping.
We love to do the get away and experiment with my long duration OFF-ROAD POPUP camper setup... I might add all sites are not Generator approved. If you are planning on running a generator you might want to check out which sites allow such... They do have generator run time restriction at Loft Mtn and don't expect to be able to run a generator after 8PM. We always run ours to re-charge our 255AH battery bank starting at 8AM each morning...
Lots of tree cover around the camp sites too if you are wanting to use the solar panels alot...
We love LOFT MTN for our style pof camping... Rangers there are top notch folks -most friendly...
We usually go there around the July time frame but definitely want to stay there in the Fall season and catch the fall colors...
Lots of motorcycle traffic on the winding roads there...
Roy Ken
Like said before there is NO HOOKUPs so hopefully you have more than one battery on-board. We always have enough juice to run a HDTV which picks up alot of TV signals being up on the mtn. Internet/Cell Phones however is only limited use on the walk in tent sites area to the West side ridge. We always had to drive down to the way station/restaurant at the entrance to Loft Mtn or just north of the entrance where there is a pull out on the West side of the ridge to get usable signals and we have VERIZON cellphone....
Loft Mtn does have a nice camp store on the grounds and the way station on SKYLINE DRIVE is also well stocked with and a restaurant with gas station.
The Appalachian Trail goes completely around the outer trail of LOFT MTN and kinda neat to get your pictures taken being on the AP trail.
Lots of Deer and sometimes a Bear will run down the main road haha... Rangers always watching your camp site for doing the right thing for outside food storage etc...
Hiking is about the only sport at this elevation. The Streams and River is in the valley area on both sides of the SKYLINE DRIVE mtn ridge.
Harrisonburg at I81 with LOWES and SUPER WALMART store is not too far away... You will have to go back to the US33 road and go west to Elkton/Harrisonburg or go East back to Standardsville for bigger grocery shopping.
We love to do the get away and experiment with my long duration OFF-ROAD POPUP camper setup... I might add all sites are not Generator approved. If you are planning on running a generator you might want to check out which sites allow such... They do have generator run time restriction at Loft Mtn and don't expect to be able to run a generator after 8PM. We always run ours to re-charge our 255AH battery bank starting at 8AM each morning...
Lots of tree cover around the camp sites too if you are wanting to use the solar panels alot...
We love LOFT MTN for our style pof camping... Rangers there are top notch folks -most friendly...
We usually go there around the July time frame but definitely want to stay there in the Fall season and catch the fall colors...
Lots of motorcycle traffic on the winding roads there...
Roy Ken
