Grayson Highlands State Park.
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A buddy and I were planning on heading down next week on a bouldering trip. I was curious to know the camping situation. |
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Make sure to send Aaron Parlier a message. He authored the guidebook and most info (and is the admin) for the Grayson area here on MP and he generally has his finger on the pulse of Grayson, although I dont see him posting in the forums that often. |
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Went down there this time last year and most of the gates were still closed. It just adds longer approaches and less access. If you have the time just go to the new. You may not be able to camp there if the gates are closed as they were last year during spring break. |
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The stables campground is open for primitive camping from the 1st Friday in March through the end of April. The bath house is closed and there is no water available in the campground (no showers - sorry!), but you can fill up at the office. There is a portable toilet in the campground and the sites have power. |
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GHSP is open for access to primitive camping at the stables area. Chief Ranger Holland is working next weekend, and is she is one of the coolest people ever. Be sure to say hello to her, and if you have any questions about the park, boulders, and awesome things to do and see in the area she is the one to ask! It would be a good ides to call the park ahead of time during normal working hours just to check in. |
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How about snow cover? |
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There are plenty of boulders that are accessible if there's snow, but it looks like there isn't much, if any. |
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help is there bathrooms and a bathhouse at grayson highlands campsite hickory ridge? how r they |
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Hunter, there are bathrooms and showers at the campground. The place is pretty nice! |
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Me and my wife are planning to go in the middle of September for a weekend.. we want to set up a base camp out of our truck and do some bouldering, mountain biking, and hiking. Is there a ideal spot we can park and set up camp for that? |
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You can park at the app trail head and hike down the app trail and just camp down there and it is much cheaper. |
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The campground in the park is a great base camp. It's nice, has bathrooms, water and good sites. The only challenge may be getting a spot on the weekend. They accept reservations in advance online and it's a good idea to make one. |
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Ok cool. We were also thinking about just parking at a overnight parking spot each night just to be in a different spot but I'll look at the camp sites as well |
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Hey folks, I just moved to the Mt. Rogers area for a job with the forest service, and I'm hoping to get many sessions in at Grayson. Would be happy to meet up with the locals if y'all will have me. Shoot me a message? Cheers! |
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Is there any lowkey van camping spot around the park? I found one on a fire road but its a ~20-30 minute drive. Anybody with the low key dirtbag beta? :) much respect and love to this beautiful wildnerness area :) |
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That's what I was looking for also but ended up just scheduling a camp spot |
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5.samadhi, |