Camping is a very subjective and personal experience. For some, It just gives a break from the hectic pace of everyday life, while for others, it might mean the “holy grail” – the burning passion of the person. Few would argue that camping gives you the opportunity to explore your interest and appreciation for Mother Nature. But everyone can agree on one thing: camping is a lot of fun. Whether you’re out on your own for a wild camping adventure, part of a school or college entourage, or on a family camping trip, the end goal is the same: to have fun. Camping provides an all-encompassing feeling of calm, laughter, connection to nature, and soul pleasure, with a warm and blazing campfire, story-telling, delicious s’mores, and the fun of sleeping under the stars (mainly, inside a tent or a cabin, lol but it still counts!).
Winter camping can be so wonderful especially at Wilderness Presidential resort. Wilderness Presidential Resort is nestled in the heart of the Chancellorsville and Wilderness Battlefields with over 600 acres of beautiful forests and waterways. It opens 365 days a year, the resort offers so many ways to come together and have fun with planned activities daily during the winter season. It has campsite access, camp cottage rentals and fully stocked cabins. You can bring your entire family or loved ones to enjoy some of the epic winter offers at Wilderness Presidential Resort. Here are some of the top deals you can enjoy at Wilderness Presidential resort this winter with your family:
1. Wide variety of lodging options for the winter camping
Wilderness Presidential Resort offers Lakeview Cottages with beautiful spacious porches and they all come equipped with TV, Wi-Fi and all the luxuries of home. Wilderness Lakeview Camp Cottage’s are great for Glamping in style with heating and air conditioning, cable and Wi-Fi, kitchenette and grills. Each cottage is located close to Cool Spring Lake for your enjoyment.
This cabin offers 26 accommodations with hair dryers. Kitchens offer refrigerators, stovetops, microwaves, and separate dining areas to enjoy with your family.
You can make your winter holiday epic by booking for one of the wide variety of lodging options here and enjoy all the resort activities for free! If you’re looking for “glamping” (glamorous camping) experiences, The new Cool Springs Lakeside Camp Cabins & recently updated Log Cabins are just perfect. You can use the code “EPIC” to save an average of $150 for accommodation. Check out this link to view some of the accommodation offers
2. NEW Winter Sports Complex
The winter sport complex activities is a fantastic way to enjoy the Wilderness outdoors all year long. Just like summer camping, winter camping offers a number of activities in addition to the camping itself. In areas with snow, campers can go skiing, climbing, snowshoeing, or ice skating, and some people enjoy constructing insulating structures from snow, or just horsing around in the snow. A camping trip is often accompanied by hiking, although campers generally travel less far than they do in the summer, since conditions like the amount of daylight available and the weather can cut down on travel distances.
Wilderness Presidential resort has a beautiful and fantastic way of providing ice skating activities without even having to travel any far distance from your lodge or cabin. The new sport complex includes a ‘Year Round’ all weather ‘ice’ skating rink, pickleball courts and curling sheets.
This unique surface simulates the real thing allowing guests to skate winter, spring, summer and fall. The new facility is equipped for skate rentals and cute little polar bear skate assists for those needing help balancing. Click out this link to know more about the Ice Skating Year-Round Rink at Wilderness Presidential resort.
3. ESCAPE ROOM
The escape room at Wilderness Presidential Resort also called Lucky Duck Speakeasy Escape Room is open! It is a place where you have crazy fun moments with your family such as gathering hints and solving riddles in order to escape a challenge.
You will be asked to identify and bring down the boss. Once you know who the boss is and bring him to justice, the entire operation will crumble! The evidence you need is contained within the Luck Duck Speakeasy and you and your team member have only got 60 minutes to escape.
The Escape Room is located at the Wilderness Activity Center (WAC) and will be open Wednesday-Sunday, with reservation time slots between 9:30 a.m. – 10:00 p.m. and will be first come, first serve reservation wise. In order to play, you must make a reservation; this may be done online.
4. Heated Indoor Pool
There may be no better lifetime sport or family moment sport than swimming. Wilderness Presidential Resort has one indoor heated pool, Paulson Pool, that is open year-round. The roof is retractable, opening up on warm sunny days, bringing fresh air and blue skies into the indoor pool area. So even on the coldest of days you can still enjoy the time of the moment with family in this nice heated indoor pool.
The opening hours of the pool on winter are from 12pm to 8pm. Winter Water Aerobics Classes are also held on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 10:00 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. Apart from the heated indoor pool, Wilderness Presidential Resort also has two seasonal outdoor pools.
5. Disc Golf ideal for mild winter days
Disc Golf is a flying disc sport in which players throw a disc at a target; it is played using rules similar to golf. Instead of balls and clubs, disc golf is played with discs which are like golf clubs; there are putter discs, mid-range discs, and driver discs. These discs are thrown like Frisbees and players attempt to land the discs in specially designed, chain-laden baskets, with the fewest throws as possible.
Wilderness Presidential Resort’s newly renovated Hazel Grove Disc Golf Course features 9 holes with 18 baskets and is ready for play for FREE!
6. Some camping cabins have hot tubs
Having a hot tub around has never been a bad idea especially during the winter seasons. You can spend your days hiking, fishing, bike riding and more, and when you come home hop in the hot tub to relax the tired muscles.
If you have some serious rest and recreation in mind for your next camping trip either during summer or winter, be sure to check out the luxury log cabin at Wilderness Presidential resort with hot tubs. You can get outdoors and explore, without having to give up the comforts of home—or even with more comforts than at home.
7. Centrally located for memorable days trips
Wilderness Presidential Resort does not only offer a wide variety of lodging options for camping in Virginia but also offers good proximity to explore the neighboring historic Chancellor and Wilderness battlegrounds, and local breweries and wineries and so much more.
Wilderness Presidential Resort is the best place to stay for Civil War travel near Fredericksburg, Virginia. Wilderness shares a property line with Chancellorsville Battlefield National Park and is nestled in the middle of Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County’s Civil War attractions.
Fredericksburg Battlefield, Wilderness Battlefield, Chancellorsville Battlefield, Fredericksburg National Cemetery, and Spotsylvania Court House Battlefield are all within 12 miles of Wilderness, as are lesser-known Civil War attractions such as the Monument to Stonewall Jackson’s Arm, Catharine Furnace Ruins, and the Old Salem Church. Click here to view our top 6 civil war attractions in Fredericksburg
8. Fully equipped kitchens
Preparing delicious meals and camping go hand in hand. Families love to enjoy delicious meals together especially during the winter holidays. Wilderness Presidential resort’s fully equipped kitchen makes it possible to prepare your classic home made dishes even while camping. The Kitchen has oven to do your baking, a fridge to preserve your food, a microwave to heat up your meal, a cooker to make your meals. You don’t have to worry about bringing any kitchen equipment from your home.
There is enough space in the dining to accommodate families and friends especially during Thanksgiving and Christmas meals. Be sure to check out our recommended camping recipes for the holidays