The Old Lake Arrowhead Campground

Does anyone know what is now built on what used to be Lake Arrowhead Campground?

I was so young when I visited that I don%26#39;t even know what area it was in. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated!

The Old Lake Arrowhead Campground

When I was young, we spent two weeks every year at Lake Arrowhead- I have re-visited a couple of times, but not recently. The last time I was there there were condo- like things built where we used to camp and it looked like a tacky resort. Yuck! I googled it and some hiking website says the campground still exists, but I couldn%26#39;t find their website. I do remember that the Hilton was, literally, next door. A visit to their website says they added ';cabins'; or some such thing. I wonder if some of the old campground is now part of the Hilton? There was a Howard Johnson%26#39;s next door to the south, also, but I%26#39;m sure that%26#39;s gone. I%26#39;d really love to bring my kids to see where I had so much fun- we just roamed around and did whatever we felt like doing- the beach, the pool, the mini-golf, the playground, the Hilton entertainment center... Wish it was all still there.

- Laura B.

The Old Lake Arrowhead Campground

The campground is still there and NOT part of Hilton.

Arrowhead is next door to Kingston Plantation. Rumors have flown around for years that the campground was going to sell. Unfounded. It%26#39;s still a great campground and has the Apache Pier which is very popular.

It%26#39;s in a great location. Just a short drive off 17. Very quiet part of the beach and still very popular with campers of all varieties.

I have read this forum and would love to know, if anyone would know if lake arrowhead campground has a website. I to have many, many fond memories of this campground. My family would spend 2 weeks a year at the campgound. My favorite was waking up and having the beach right there and the arcade was the best with the skee ball. For fun we would walk next door to the Hilton and i remember as a little girl, walking at night on the beach and looking up at the top floors of the hilton and it being all lit up. Please let me know if anyone has more information on this campground.%26#39;

As a child, My family revered Lake Arrowhead as hollowed ground. We camped in a travel trailer on the beach. There was so much to do, and it was always safe! One year we even stayed 3 weeks! What a wonderful time growing up! Before the pool area was built, we would go to the arcade and sneak over to the Hilton. We would even swim in the Hilton pool! Remember the drums played by the pool in the evening over there? How many week long summer relationships did you have? We would ride the paddle boats, chase the mosquito killing ';smokey Joe';, play putt-putt, volleyball, and run loose for two weeks straight! When the pool was built and arcade upgraded we thought we were in a true resort. Apache didn%26#39;t offer the space or the amenities, but we would go over and make friends with a host of those folks as well! There could be a site developed just for those folks that visited to recount such wonderful times.

Are you sure Lake Arrowhead campground still exists? I can find no contact information for this place at all. My understanding is that it was developed long ago into Kingston Plantation, etc. The Apache pier is located at the Apache Campground. This campground is totally a different campground than the old Lake Arrowhead campground... I think! I have sent an email to Apache asking them about this and am waiting to hear back.

Follow up post....

The people at Apache Campground tell me Apache is NOT the old Lake Arrowhead Campground ...that Lake Arrowhead no longer exists. That location is now a resort.

Kitty - Did the folks at apache happen to tell you what resort is built on the old lake arrowhead campground?

That is such sad news. Wonderful, wonderful memories there. I would have loved to take my son there.

The kingston plantation resort is indeed built on what used to be lake arrowhead campground. I ,like so many of you that have posted replies on here,used to camp there with my family when i was growing up . We went every year from the time I was born till it no longer existed! We were very sad when it closed and we never camped again after that. It was a wonderful campground and we have so many great memories from there! I guess all good things must come to an end. I%26#39;m just thankful that I was able to spend so much time there growing up. I%26#39;ll never forget it.

I was lucky enough to work on the beach at Arrowhead for 4 summers in the 70%26#39;s. Mr. Jordan drove the truck that sprayed for mosquitoes. Joe McVay was my boss and those were the best summers of my life. I sometimes walk the beach where the campground used to be. I%26#39;m from Huntington WV and back then it seemed like 50% of the cars were from WV. I really miss those days before all the high rises.