Watermelon Park, Berryville, VA
Watermelon Park is a great little campground located on the banks of the Shenandoah River just east of Berryville, Virginia. It's not well known, and you might have a hard time finding it in your campground directory or on the Internet.The campground is a giant field. There are plenty of sites with electrical and water hookups on the side of the field opposite the river. You can camp right next to the river if you want, but there are no hookups there.
You can rent several sizes of giant vinyl tubes for a lazy tubing trip down the river. If you have a canoe, the river is calm and easy to paddle most of the time. They also offer horseback riding. There are some fine backroad bicycle riding areas all around. The field is great for a game of catch or Frisbee.
Gripes: Our only gripe was that the tranquil setting was shattered by a very noisy motocross motorcycle rider zooming back and forth across the large field one afternoon. This stopped after we complained to the management a couple of times.
Watermelon Park is the home of Caterpillazilla.
