From other reviews, the location, and the amenities, I wanted to really like this campground. It looked fun, fishing, camping, waterslide, canoeing, etc. in one location.
What ruined this for me was the nickel-and-diming. I asked my cousin that happened to live close by, to come visit. It cost me $40 for them to stop by for 1.5 hours. They didn't go fishing, swimming, boating, just sat around the campfire and talked. ... $40.
We even went to the front office before we left to give them the opportunity to rectify the situation, we really wanted to like this place. They told us, "sorry you had a bad experience with us". that's it, nothing else.

We love doogwood. We were looking for a campground close to home where we could be within an hours drive and we found dogwood valley. The staff is great everyone here looks after everyone. The kids love fishing in the lake as well as swimming there to. This is our first time at dogwood as seasonal campers and we will be here to stay for a long time. It's a great family campground thats close to home. And we feel at home when we are here to.

We've been camping here for about 15 years - started taking my kids when they were babies. We started out in tents "below the dam" and now we're in a pop-up camper. This is a very family oriented campground..it's really like stepping back in time - when you drive into the area - the little lake is surrounded by hundreds of trees, there's a big slide that goes into the lake, the kids can paddle boat and canoe, fish, there's usually a band at the shelter house on weekends - there's a little store with a few arcade games out front. It's so relaxing - we absolutely love camping there. My kids are 16 and 13 now and we try to get out there a couple of times every summer, but the older they get the harder it gets! We are heading out this weekend though and are looking forward to some family time together at Dogwood Valley. The sites are close together but you don't feel like you're right on top of the next camper - it's safe for the kids to roam around. The restrooms are in shelter houses - the showers can get a little tiresome..you have to keep pushing or holding down the faucet nob...but who cares about showers when you're camping right!!!