Great trip, Great campground (Low Water Bridge Campground. Very well maintained campground. Nice landscaping. Large sites. Little shade so take an EZ Up. Camp store had the very basics. Request waterside campsite.No woods close by to pick up firewood although store does sell wood. Much nicer sites than across the river Shenandoah State Park. For self shuttle depart campsite and drive back across Low Water Bridge, drive approx 50 yrds taking the first right. Drive approx 1.5-2 miles taking a right (small pond on your right at this intersection)on a rough gravel road. Road is rough but not too rough. A normal car wouldn't have any problems. Drive to bottom of hill for launch point. Launch site is approx a 5 minute drive from campsite. River averaged probably 30" deep in June. Many places were 6" deep and I don't recall any place more than 5' deep. A few ripples/ledges (minor class I's) There are rapids approx 15 miles up river called Compton Rapids that are approx 30 yrds long class II.We tubed this route 2 times Saturday and it took approx 2:45 minutes each float. We tubed same route Sunday after it rained Saturday night and it only took 140 minutes. There is another outfitter just across the river if LWBG can't accomodate. Good fishing on the river (mostly catfish and smallmouth bass.
Campground was a nice 4.5 hr drive from Va Beach. I 64W to 295W to I95N to Fredericksburg, then 17N to Warrenton then Front Royal then Bentonville. I would rate the Shenandoah River a 10 for canoeing/kayaking/tubing. I would rate the campground an 8.75-9. Christy the campground owner was extremely nice. She put us on 2 campsites and charhed $8.00 per person per night for anyone 16 and older. Kids free. They enforce quiet hrs at 11 p.m. Was mostly younger aged 20's-30's) water oriented campers that stayed up late but were respectfully quiet at the same time.
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