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I don't know what state you live in or if it is warm...but here is my suggestion.
There is a wonderful place in West Virginia called Ace Adventure Center that is a great inexpensive vacation. I am enclosing the website and they will send you a brochure. They offer whitewater rafting, camping (cabins, tents, or bring your own), horses, hiking, biking. Just about everything. The best part is that you can plan your own trip and the costs. I strongly suggest it. It is family friendly and you can bring your congregation if you like.
I don't know what state you live in or if it is warm...but here is my suggestion.
There is a wonderful place in West Virginia called Ace Adventure Center that is a great inexpensive vacation. I am enclosing the website and they will send you a brochure. They offer whitewater rafting, camping (cabins, tents, or bring your own), horses, hiking, biking. Just about everything. The best part is that you can plan your own trip and the costs. I strongly suggest it. It is family friendly and you can bring your congregation if you like.
Any suggestions on camping sites (not RV but tents) in/near DC area (Virginia, Maryland)?
AtypicalHa
Any suggestions/recommendations on sites where one could set up a tent for a weekend. Somewhere with nice scenery and a little bit of history but not too far from the city center. I took a look at some websites but there's just too much to choose from. I'm hoping for some suggestions to narrow down my choices.
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I would be happy to give you some suggestions. My family and I just went this summer for a two-week trip to Washington DC, and we stayed at two campgrounds during our visit.
Before we went I did some pretty extensive research to try and find us the closest campground to the city as we planned on going back and forth daily.
The three campgrounds that are closest to DC are all in Maryland and are:
Cherry Hill Park: http://www.cherryhillpark.com/
This one is supposed to be the closest one to DC, and very nice as well, but we did not stay at it so I can't tell you exactly how long it takes or what it is like. The only reason we did not stay there was because they did not have enough room for us for the entire two+ weeks we were going to be there.
Capitol KOA: http://www.capitolkoa.com/
We stayed here the last ten days of our trip. Typical of a KOA, it was very busy, but the tent sites were set back towards the woods. You didn't say if you are bringing kids, our kids loved the activities there, and Jennifer, the activities director, is a down-to-earth nature-lover so all of the activities had a nature theme to them, such as leave no trace, nature hikes, leaf identification, etc. There is a nature trail on the premises. It was about 35-40 minutes for the commute between here and DC, although they do provide transportion either into DC or to the metrostation if you prefer.
This campground was closer to Baltimore for us, than to DC.
The third campground, which is where we spent our first week of vacation is Duncan's Family Campground.
http://www.duncansfamilycampground.com/
This is a former KOA so the layout is similar, but far quieter, homier and more rustic. There were also many activities here and the staff was very warm and friendly.
This campground was much closer to DC for us than the Capitol KOA was, taking us 20-35 minutes, depending on traffic, to get there.
It was repeatedly recommended to us to not drive in DC and take the Metro. Based on our experience, especially on the weekends, we were able to drive in and get free parking right on the Mall. If you end up having to pay for parking, it will probably cost you close to what you would have spent for a family to go down on the Metro anyway.
In addition, all three of the campgrounds I mentioned provide some form of transportation to DC and to the Metrostations. The only disadvantage of that, however, is that you are on their schedule for your sightseeing hours.
There are also some state parks in the area, but again, my understanding was that they were much farther out of the area then the campgrounds I mentioned, so your daily commute into the city and back might be a little longer.
If you are interested, I blogged about our entire DC trip, which includes the historic sites we saw, our commutes back and forth, and about the campgrounds and what we did while we were there. You can find that at:
http://www.your-camping-guidebook.com/Camping-Tips-blog.html
If you have any other questions about camping in the area, feel free to let me know. Otherwise, have a great time!
I would be happy to give you some suggestions. My family and I just went this summer for a two-week trip to Washington DC, and we stayed at two campgrounds during our visit.
Before we went I did some pretty extensive research to try and find us the closest campground to the city as we planned on going back and forth daily.
The three campgrounds that are closest to DC are all in Maryland and are:
Cherry Hill Park: http://www.cherryhillpark.com/
This one is supposed to be the closest one to DC, and very nice as well, but we did not stay at it so I can't tell you exactly how long it takes or what it is like. The only reason we did not stay there was because they did not have enough room for us for the entire two+ weeks we were going to be there.
Capitol KOA: http://www.capitolkoa.com/
We stayed here the last ten days of our trip. Typical of a KOA, it was very busy, but the tent sites were set back towards the woods. You didn't say if you are bringing kids, our kids loved the activities there, and Jennifer, the activities director, is a down-to-earth nature-lover so all of the activities had a nature theme to them, such as leave no trace, nature hikes, leaf identification, etc. There is a nature trail on the premises. It was about 35-40 minutes for the commute between here and DC, although they do provide transportion either into DC or to the metrostation if you prefer.
This campground was closer to Baltimore for us, than to DC.
The third campground, which is where we spent our first week of vacation is Duncan's Family Campground.
http://www.duncansfamilycampground.com/
This is a former KOA so the layout is similar, but far quieter, homier and more rustic. There were also many activities here and the staff was very warm and friendly.
This campground was much closer to DC for us than the Capitol KOA was, taking us 20-35 minutes, depending on traffic, to get there.
It was repeatedly recommended to us to not drive in DC and take the Metro. Based on our experience, especially on the weekends, we were able to drive in and get free parking right on the Mall. If you end up having to pay for parking, it will probably cost you close to what you would have spent for a family to go down on the Metro anyway.
In addition, all three of the campgrounds I mentioned provide some form of transportation to DC and to the Metrostations. The only disadvantage of that, however, is that you are on their schedule for your sightseeing hours.
There are also some state parks in the area, but again, my understanding was that they were much farther out of the area then the campgrounds I mentioned, so your daily commute into the city and back might be a little longer.
If you are interested, I blogged about our entire DC trip, which includes the historic sites we saw, our commutes back and forth, and about the campgrounds and what we did while we were there. You can find that at:
http://www.your-camping-guidebook.com/Camping-Tips-blog.html
If you have any other questions about camping in the area, feel free to let me know. Otherwise, have a great time!
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