Swallow Falls Campground

"Nice, well-maintained campground, but better for families with children than for individuals or couples looking for peace and solitude in the woods. The sites are VERY close together - so close that if you don't talk to your neighbors it can actually get a little awkward, and there's very little underbrush to separate them. Additionally, they drive a riding lawnmower around with a leaf blower EVERY DAY to clean the sites around 11am.... We found this out the hard way when they interrupted a beautiful late morning laying in our tent talking. It was so loud we literally had to just stop talking for like 10 minutes while they did the sites around us. Certainly killed the "peace and quiet" vibe. On the plus side, all sites were flat with a nice broad area to put your tent (no grass though). However, the fire rings were annoying. Because of the way they were constructed, you had to EITHER build a cooking fire or a social fire - couldn't be both. This is because the grill was a contained box at the back of the fire ring, so if you built a fire under the grill to cook with, it was walled in on three sides and with the grill on top. We literally had to drag the coals back and forth every day to alternate between cooking and socializing around the fire. Really annoying."

"Clean campground. Very well kept. Quiet and surrounding trails are spectacular!"

"Beautiful, quiet campground. Lots of wildlife and tall trees. We stayed here to visit the Deep Creek Lake area and WV. We found it convenient to both. It's great to stay somewhere so close to the Swallow Falls Trail. It was so pretty that I did the hike twice. The sites are not super spacious, but plenty big enough for a tent. The rangers and staff at the camp store were friendly. I'd camp here again!"

"Nice campground. Very limited electric/water hookups; mostly primitive. Also, short driveways on most sites, so camping is not very far back in woods, which is a tad disappointing; be selective on your site. Bathrooms are sufficiently clean; fire rings are fancy. A couple of simple playgrounds for kids (swings, climbing bars). The best part of the campground is convenience of hiking the canyon trail and seeing Tolliver Falls, Upper / Lower Swallow Falls, and Muddy Creek Falls. 5+ mile trail to Herrington Manor is on the next trip wishlist. Campground itself is not crowded during week, but on a cloudy day the trail and falls part get very crowded! Lakeside Creamery has a food trailer there too! Great place."

"A nice quiet campground. Some of the pads are not particularly level and the bath house showers could use updating but a nice place to get away and be in nature. It is very convient to the 1.5 mile trail that takes you to waterfalls and a 5.5 mile mountain bike trail to Herrington Manor State park. The bike trail is strenuous and rocky at parts, not a ride for young children."