Carol - I found this campground on Google, and I RV camped there in April 2006.
Campground Review
Cherry Hill Park in College Park, MD was a good place to stay. While I was too tired at the end of the day to really enjoy it, the kids loved going to the big heated pool and hot tub every evening while I cooked dinner. The pools were not all open, because it was too early in the season. The area was very clean. In the evenings there is a movie playing on both an indoor and outdoor screen. The night we went to do laundry they were playing March of the Penguine. The sites are very small and close together (about 10' between campers). It kind of reminded us of going to a Nascar race camping lot, but clean and level and easy to back into. We did not spend much time there so we were not bothered by this coziness. There were mostly big RVs there so the bathhouses were not very busy in the morning. I like to take long showers, so I usually don't shower in the camper. The bath houses were fairly clean but not the cleanest I have seen. At 7am they were kind of old clean not freshly cleaned, and we never saw the maintenance people, so the bathhouse was never closed when I went to use it. The campground store had just about everything you would want or need in it at good prices, from Ben and Jerrys to camper parts.They allow pets and have a dog walking service that we did not use but saw frequently. The metro bus stops right at the entrance to the campground with a ticket office where you can buy bus tokens and metro fare cards from a live person. The ride on the bus brings you to the College Park U. Station on the weekdays and Greenbelt Station on Sundays. Then you get on the Greenline, and you can travel everywhere. I have to say that the woman in the office was not just unhelpful, she was unhappy. I later witnessed her loudly confronting her co-workers (who remained professional), because she didn't like the procedure of a free beverage coupon. This was done in front of the customer, a retired gentleman, myself and other patrons. There was no "thank you sir, have a nice day," just stomping away as she complained. I was in awe that someone who works in a campground office, where you are working with people who are on vacation and probably the friendliest people in the country, could be so unhappy in her job. They do have an ATM machine in the office.
The price is a little high at $50 per night, but there is a 10% discount for different club memberships, and while we spent quite a bit of money for gas, tolls and campground, we figured it to be cheaper still than flying, hotel, and eating every meal out. The grounds were very quiet at night. We did not pick this place for recreation, we picked it for location, but I think i would stay and relax for a couple of days on the way to someplace else and enjoy my stay. I saw a couple of their cabins from the outside, and I think those would be a very good deal. They are the type of manufactured camp/mobile home you see starting to pop up now on lake fronts.
