Dover AFB FamCamp

We stayed at site 8 and 9. Site 8 was level and shaded and site 9 was near level and out in the open. The laundry room has one washer and dryer and very clean. The sites are full hook up and there is also a dump station. The site utilities are positioned perfectly and work well. The road coming in had some potholes so you have to take it slow. Across the street is the wonderful Eagles nest playground which is large with several playground areas. The campground has 10 sites and its well kept and quiet, besides the aircraft noise. Watching the C5 and C17's doing touch and goes was fun. The staff was great and help us with our needed dates and site movements. The base is clean and quiet. The entry to the main gate is tight through the chicane. We came through in a 30 ft TT and squeaked it in. Bigger rigs can do it but will roll the curbs. Overall the Dover Famcamp is one of our favs!

Stayed at Site 6. Loved the trees and grassy area, enjoyed watching the aircraft land and depart. Not too noisy. Site was long enough for our 44' 5th wheel and Ford F-450 dually. Disappointed that the site showed 30-50 amp plugs but you only got 30 amp. MWR wasn't very responsive. Loved being next to the Eagle Park and the museum aircraft. You had to leave the base to get to the museum but it was a very impressive for a Navy guy... Facilities on base were excellent and we loved the surrounding area. Great little RV Park, definitely would come back, maybe not in summer unless the 30-50 amp situation is upgraded.

I have been RVing full time for 3 years now. This could be a very nice camp ground but it has to be the worst maintain CG I have been in. The grass is over a foot tall. I counted 15 road lights and 2 are working sometimes, 2 are broke off and laying on the ground. The gravel road and sites need a lot of work and round up. The CG is at the end of the south runway. The noise was not bad. 18 planes took off in 2 days. Nice BX and Commissary and Gas station.

Nice RV park across street from base park and near end of runway. Not too noisy although we could hear the four lane highway and an occasional train as well. Roomy enough. Did not use any of their facilities so cannot comment. Our main thought is that the gravel RV park road REALLY needs to be graded. Such deep ruts and potholes make it so difficult for larger rigs such as our coach to navigate. Even at a snails pace we were really rocking and rolling. Unfortunately, this was our last military campground stop on a planned 11 month tour of the U.S. California wildfires necessitate a beeline return to the West Coast. Military campgrounds are a GREAT benefit to retirees like us and this website was indespensable during our almost 8 month trip.

Nice small CG we stayed at on our way from Maine to North Carolina. Easy to get into with a 44ft long 5th wheel. When coming in the gate use the entrance all the way to the right. If closed the SP will open it for you. You will go over some curbs while coming in the gate area. Curbs are rounded and wont hurt the tires. Once on post very easy to get to CG. Commissary was very nice and easy to get to. You will pass it on way to CG. There is gas/diesel on post if needed. CG is on the end of the airfield. Not too bad. Hookups were great, no issues with water or power. Some sites are small and others are great with big rigs. Let them know what size of rig you have when you make a reservation. Ours was easy to back in. Highly recommend this CG if you are in the area. Make sure to make a reservation due to CG being small and depending on time of the year they fill up fast.

Very convenient location for my route, but that's the best I got for this place. Definitely not a destination stay. I was headed south down the coast for several weeks of sun and fun and this was my first overnight stop out of Pennsylvania. The campground was nearly empty with just three other units in place. They all appeared to be long term and two were never visited in the two days I was there. With all the open sites, I can't figure out why I was placed at the complete opposite end from the shower/bath facilities since there were several sites open surrounding it. It was about a quarter mile walk each way and rather annoying since the weather wasn't exactly conducive to being outdoors at 28*. The weather was nasty enough that my next stop at Fort Story was skipped and I got a hotel room in Norfolk instead.

Good news is they now have FHU at all 10 of the RV sites. Bad news is most of the sites (8) are occupied by long term residence. All sites were occupied when we arrived. We called the office and we were advised to set up in the grassy area around the perimeter which we did for 2 nights. Two of the sites opened up on Sunday so we quickly packed up and slid into #3. Never did find the other 5 sites reportedly available for dry camping... Overall our stay was pleasant. Plan on staying up until 2200 hrs weekdays as "Big Mike" (PA System) plays "Taps" and it WILL wake you up!

We stayed here in a my 5th wheel. All or most of the FHU spaces were claimed by long term residents. Several appeared to be workers on the runway re-construction. There were no showers or laundry facility & no WiFi. Verizon was 5 bars though. The grounds seem cared for. Good spot for an overnight if transiting the delmarva peninsula.

There are three gates North, Main, and Commercial; north to south. The North gate was not open on the weekend but we came in that gate on Friday with our 25' motorhome. I would not see a problem with a larger one. On Saturday, when we left base and reentered through the Main Gate, Base police had me back up from the left entry point (the only one of the three open when we pulled up) and enter through the right gate which they opened for me. They felt that our RV might hit the security camera which was mounted about 9-10' above ground level. Better safe than sorry. Access through the Commercial gate is not permitted for RV's. Directions to the FamCamp can be followed from either the North or Main Gate; add half a mile if you enter through the North gate. At the entrance to the campground we filled out the registration slip and put it with our check in an envelope provided and dropped it in the box. We only went to Outdoor Rec to get propane (around the back/north side of the building. You will have to call them for directions. We never found a good base map. The one on line is fuzzy. There is a visitor center at the Main Gate. Their map is fuzzy too. Use written and oral directions supplemented with Google Earth. No laundromat on base but there is a nice one just north of the North gate on Highway 1. Large commissary and BX are available and easy to find. The gas station Express did not have diesel, but had a complete Class VI. Overall, the FamCamp is nothing fancy. Just a place the spend a night or two if passing through. Some sites have sewer hookup. Ours did not but the dump station is easily accessible and below ground level so dumping is easy. We had a picnic table. There is no shower or bathroom in the FamCamp. Across the street from the FamCamp is an Air Museum. You can see the planes on display through the chain link fence but they are not accessible from inside the Base. You have go to out the Main Gate, south on Highway One and turn left onto Highway 9. You literally drive around the south end of the airstrip and enter the museum grounds from off base.

Overall a nice stop. No wifi, no cable, no sewer. 3 PBS channels on the over the air TV. But for a 1 night stop in while headed south down the eastern shore, it was good.

Just 10 sites at this small campground, sites 1-3 no sewer. No WIFI, no cable and no bathrooms at campground. There is a nice park across the road that has bathrooms which were nice and clean, well stocked. Check-in at the Outdoor Rec Center, we never saw anyone come by to check on campers or to see if rules were being followed. With the amount of dog feces in the grassy areas and loud barking dog it was obvious some folks just did not care. Campground is next to flight line and did get pretty noisy at times but the loudest part of the day was the playing of Taps at 2200. Small base but did have an exchange and commissary as well as gas station that had diesel. Sprint cell service was OK and had 4 TV channels on ant.. Dover Downs casino just 8 miles away. This place was good value for the location but could use some adult supervision at some point.

We have stayed here before, it is a lovely Fam Camp, large spaces, right on the runway to watch the C130's do touch and goes, but the limited spaces are now taken by semi-permanent residents. According to one of the residents there is usually never spaces available. We saw 1 tent which I assumed would be gone by winter and there was 1 other transient camper. There was a motorhome and ourselves who pulled in on to a grassy area late in the afternoon. We were told that normally we would have been asked to leave if there was no spaces available but because we were only staying 10 hours we were not asked to leave. If you have headed down Route #13 in Delaware you know that there is not much there and probably not a campground for many many miles. Dover AFB should at least have an overflow lot to park in, instead of sending people down the road. Better idea, there is lots of room, expand the Fam Camp and reserve X amount of spaces for transients.

Stopped for one night on trip from VA to MA. Good stop over location but space is limited and some campers appear to have been here for lengthy stays. Grass overall was well maintained however it appeared that the site we stayed in had just been vacated after a lengthy stay by the previous camper...grass was over a foot tall in places and completely obscured the sewer hook-up. Trash around the site from the previous camper.