Campground Tour: Pocahontas State Park, Chesterfield, Virginia

Pocahontas State Park is located in Chesterfield, Virginia, southwest of Richmond. It’s a large park with a large campground — 129 RV sites, plus cabins and yurts. Most of the sites are shaded with tall oaks, and have picnic tables, grills and lantern holders.

Our reservation was for Site 20, which we discovered when we arrived was not level. The camping pad appeared to be at a 20 degree angle. Well, maybe not that steep. We could make it work, but it was not ideal.

Fortunately, after some sleuthing (checking the reservation system, seeing some tent campers packing up early), we found a better site (Site 30) that was available for our dates. The camp office made the change.

Watch the video below for a tour of the campground.

Campground Details

Number of sites: 129 sites on two connected loops. The park also offers rentals of small cabins and yurts.
Hookups: 30 amp electric and water; some sites have 50 amp. A two-lane dump station is also available.
Connectivity: On T-Mobile, we got one to two bars of 5G.
Bathrooms: There are bathhouses located conveniently throughout the campground. Each has toilets for men and women, and four single-stall unisex showers at the back. Bathrooms and showers were clean. The showers had hot water and decent pressure.
Campground amenities: Pocahontas has a gift store/office at the park entrance selling t-shirts, snacks, stickers, magnets, books and other gifty stuff. A camp store, located inside the campground sells a few t-shirts, ice, snacks and camping-related items. Firewood is also available.
Reservations: Virginia State Parks take reservations 11 months in advance.
Campground rating: 4 out of 5