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Nope, trip reports go in the "Trip Reports" subforum, as usual. Somebody start ....:)

Maztrain found some nice tree straps at the same site.

Got your PM - it's done.

Oddballs abound; tents - a few. :)

Sorry - my Goof. Padovini's bringing coffee. I need to drink some now, then finish packing and head for Watoga. :laugh:

Zilla,

The north entrance to the park is on the Beaver Creek Road south of Huntersville on Rte 39. It's well marked - just remember that you want Park HQ and Riverside Campground, not Beaver...

Extra parking for campers is in the campground, very close to our potential campsites, but it only has space for 10 or 12 cars. We can only have two vehicles at each campsite, so we may have to park...

The picnic shelter is five miles from Riverside Campground. It's one of the prettiest five mile drives I know, but .... :rolleyes:

With the full moon, it would be easy to hike to breakfast on...

Anybody got a large coffee urn? Zilla's bringing coffee, and there's electricity at the picnic shelter. It would be nice to have coffee ready for those who show up early (in the dark, almost). ...

It's the extra raffle tickets that help pay for the campsites and some of the food. For one raffle ticket you get trees to hang from, Saturday Breakfast, Saturday Potluck Dinner, and one entry in...

Brian,

I couldn't find any large coffee urns, but we have usually done without them at past MAHHA breakfasts. People tended to use their own small stoves and brew their own for the most part,...

The Park Supt. suggested that we could spread out and use trees between the sites, too. Still, it's a compact area, and we are hoping to get 4 or 5 hammocks per campsite. I'll probably rent 15 or...

Yesterday I went to check out a few things in the park. The leaves are just starting to turn in a few places.
http://www.hammockforums.net/gallery/files/1/1/8/0/watoga_lake_9-25-2013.jpg

I'd...

Great! Mark, are you bringing a canoe? Maybe I can find a rental nearby. The park's fleet of paddleboats and one canoe stops renting the 1st of October. I saw people catching big fish out in the...

The Monongaseneka Trail needs a bit of brush cut back in a few spots and there are a couple of small blowdowns to move off the trail. Three or four people could do this in a morning or it could be...

I'm good for one.

Slowhike, I thought of that tarp, and you're right. It would be just the thing to shelter those other 6 picnic tables. Of course, it's going to be sunny, so we won't need it, but just in case, do...

There is a free map of Watoga - not a topo, but good enough for day hikes in the the park. There's a brochure with a slightly more detailed map of the park's arboretum trails. See post #34 of this...

No, you don't need to. In fact, you can't book sites because the park stops reserving sites after October 1st. All campsites then are first-come-first served. Also, we'll be having 4 to 6 hammocks...

My copy arrived yesterday. Now to "try it out". :)

By the way there is a note on N-S mile 39.31 (Section 3, page 6) about the restaurant at Watoga State Park. There is no longer a restaurant...

Okay people. No more thank-yous necessary for me. :laugh: Believe me, Dutch and Happy Camper and Pan are putting much more into this than I will. I'll be off the forum for much of the first part...

See this story in this week's Pocahontas Times to get a feel for how Watoga fits into our forest community. When I saw the reference to trail damage from last year's derecho, I asked Assistant Park...

Kim,
Cass is north of Watoga on the Allegheny Trail. You want section 3. When I get hold of a trail guide I'll post some more.

Oh, yeah. Watoga is about 12 miles from the Cranberry Wilderness. ;)

Watoga is a big park - 10,000+ acres. It's bigger than the adjacent Calvin Price State Forest. The two areas taken together are bigger than the Dolly Sods Wilderness. There are many wonderful...

You may not notice the discount, though, because we'll sign up for as many campsites as we think we need first thing Friday morning. Then you just need to find some trees when you show up. Campsite...

I double-checked with the Assistant Park Superintendent about the "one camping unit" rule, and we are fine using hammocks. We will need to observe the limit of two vehicles per campsite, but there...