Holly River State Park

Hacker Valley, West Virginia

So far, Ari is not a fan of West Virginia. Twisty, windy roads and the weather has not been cooperating at all. It rained the entire time we were at this park, so we did not get a single trail ride in. No point in moving on as the rain would still be there and we are only paying $30/night for our stay here.

We have water/electric hook-up at our campsite #80. Not all the campsites in the equestrian have a water faucet, but they all have electrical. The equestrian campsite is at the far end of the park, so you have to drive through the entire park to reach your campsite. Campsites are gravel pads with picnic tables and fire rings. There is no cell service, but the entire campground has WIFI. The WIFI is pretty good if it doesn’t rain too hard. There is a restaurant, but it is only open on weekends right now.

Horses are in open pipe corrals with no cover. There are high lines as well and you are allowed to put up portable fencing. The horses have been good sports being out in the rain. We blanketed them from the first night on as temperatures dropped into the mid-30s.

There are tons of trails here and it was disappointing that we didn’t get to check them out.

We are right next to a baseball field, which seems odd. There is an RV dump right next to the baseball field and an exit that takes out to the main road. There is a locked gate and we asked the ranger if they would unlock it so we didn’t have to drive all the way through the campground to get out (plus the turn out of the park is challenging for a large trailer). Luckily, they unlocked the gate for us so we could leave.

Not much to do on a rainy day as we are a good hour or more from any towns of decent size. There is a wildlife rescue located about 30 minutes from the campground, so we spent an afternoon there to ward off cabin fever. For some reason the camera on Ari’s phone took much better pictures of the critters than mine did, so these animal photos are from Ari.