We stayed at Emporia / I-95 KOA in Emporia, Virginia. (Campground Reviews listing.)
A convenient stop on the way north. This is described as a KOA Holiday, but is more of a Journey. This is a reasonable place to stop (if you don’t mind the train horns at all hours), but I wouldn’t call it a holiday destination.
Dates:
- Check in: 2025-03-30
- Check out: 2025-04-01
- 2 nights
Weather:
- Partly cloudy, some rain
- High temp 79°F, lows 49-64°F
- Some wind, gusts to 25 MPH
Noise:
- Little road noise
- Nearby train horn noise, about every half hour, day and night
- Some neighbor noise
Site:
- #126, pull-through, gravel
- Didn’t need to disconnect toad, and didn’t since only two nights
- Somewhat level site; high on passenger side and front; used hydraulic leveling
- Gravel driveway about 80 feet long by 13 feet wide
- 11 feet to neighbor on passenger side
- 22 feet to neighbor on driver side
- Just grass between sites
- Picnic table
- Fire pit
- No trees
- Somewhat clean site
- Elevation 120 feet, front facing NE
Utilities:
- 50 amp power, conveniently located
- 50 PSI water, conveniently located
- Unthreaded sewer connection, conveniently located (1 10-foot pipe needed)
Internet (in usage priority order):
- T-Mobile: 226-244 Mbps down, 6 Mbps up, 14-21 ms ping
- AT&T: 90-146 Mbps down, 11 Mbps up, 62 ms ping
- Verizon: 5 Mbps down, 5 Mbps up, 85 ms ping (our SIM has 5 Mbps max)
- Starlink: not used
- Campground Wi-Fi: not used
Amenities:
- Garbage dumpsters and bins
- Closed seasonal pool
Our review on Campground Reviews:
Good for a quick stop
It’s my understanding that a KOA Holiday is supposed to be the destination and reason for going there. Why this is listed as a Holiday is beyond me. It was perfectly fine for a short stay, but the train noise all day and night would preclude me from wanting to stay any longer than necessary. Our nightly rate was because I used $50 in KOA reward points for a two-night stay. Otherwise, this would have been far too expensive for what it was. We camped at Emporia / I-95 KOA in a Motorhome.
Campground map:
An interactive map:
Our site:
Utilities; rather high sewer, with no thread, so I used the water bag weight:
Other sites:
Seasonally closed pool:
Not too bad a stop for a day or two, other than the train horn noise; if we come this way again, we might look for another option.