Big Sandy Campground

Vince Lewinski

The place deserves a 0 rating, 1 star is very generous. The owner is obviously an achoholic and is very rude. We paid for 7 nights and ended up leaving after 3 when the owner pulled up to my site cursing (in front of 4 small children) and could smell the achohol with every word out of his mouth. He says he didn't realize my group was so big with so many kids and we cost him business even though only 2 campers came all weekend and both stayed so there was no loss of business and if anything with all the visitors I had come it made him money. Then he started about my dogs who of course is barking at him as he pulled up right next to their pen saying he would shoot them cause it's no place for dogs (even though I called ahead and asked about dogs and told him I had 3 dobermans which are well behaved unless you pose as a threat as he did pulling up cursing at me for no reason, even payed for each one of them to be there and he was the one that checked me in) The campground itself is so neglected, the grass was very long, the playground was horrible with one of the thing for kids to play on was a cement drain that was falling apart, very unsafe imo. The store (if you want to call it that) had 1 shelf of stuff to purchase with nothing useful really for camping, they sell no bait even though they advertise a fishing pond and if you want ice he will only sell you 1 bag at a time "because he has to drive and go buy it himself" is what he told me. The swimming pond is not taken care of at all....the roped off section is pretty mucky except for a strip in the center of area....while letting the grandkids swim I met a guy who was there with his granddaughter who claims he use to run the place a few years back and took care of everything but since he quit they let the place go and even warned me about an area of the roped off section to swim in being infested with a bunch of leaches. Also advertises that he has 200 camp sites although this might be true, I would say there's only about 20 sites because the rest are ppl that live there year around and seasonal, it almost looks like a trailer park more than a campground if you go deeper in the grounds. I highly recommend staying away from sandy beach campground, not family, kids or pet friendly....might have to have a alcoholic anonymous card to be accepted

chrislyn wacasey

This place deserves 0 stars to be honest. This place is a joke. I went on Friday and paid for 4 nights and he asked me if I had any dogs. I told him no and he said “Good, because if they bark, you’re out of here.” There was a guy paying in front of me, he asked him the same question and didn’t even say anything about the dog that was staying with them. The swimming pond was horrible, playground is falling apart, bathrooms are really disgusting.. the one stall had a SMALL shower curtain for the door and the other stalls don’t even have locks on them anymore. The grass was super long in most spots and the pot holes are bad. Fast forward to Monday evening and the old man comes out of nowhere with no warning on his gator and goes off on my aunt and uncle about their dogs. Yes the dogs bark, but usually at cars that would go by slow or other dogs/people they didn’t know. (they were in a fenced area or in the camper) He started cussing and screaming, threatening to shoot their dogs. Goes on about how my uncle is foul mouthed, yet my uncle didn’t even say anything, it was all the old man. My kids were right there and so were my little cousins. This place is definitely not dog or kid friendly. WOULD NOT RECOMMEND IF YOU HAVE KIDS OR DOGS!!

Jessica Lewinski

The owners are horrible and rude. NOT kid friendly. NOT animal friends. Owner threatened to shoot my parents dogs (they were in a fenced in area or in the camper the whole time.) They do not mow their grass areas, swimming area is atrocious, playground is falling apart, concrete is coming up in spots and a trip hazard and their bathrooms are disgusting. In women's room doors have no locks and 1 is just a shower curtain that does NOT cover the stall when in use. Id NEVER recommend any friends, family or strangers to go here.

Paula Lewinski

If I could give a zero I would. The old guy that runs this place is drunk half the time and belligerent. We paid for 7 nights and on day 3 he comes up cussing about my dogs that were barking at him because he was being a threat. Then he threatened to shoot my dogs. He said we had to leave and I said if he gives me my money back. He cheated me out of 50 bucks. This campground is unkept grass is not cut, water for swimming is dirty with leaches. No other campers came the whole time we were there and now I know why.

TamA Raahh

If you don't go over 5 miles an hour no problem if you get into it with eddy you just tell him to go f himself.camp for a long time as an 18 year old got kicked out many times it's like a Land of the Lost alcoholics.just carrying empty 5th with tea in it you'll get along fine and remember the permanent campers are all narcs nothing better to do especially if you go over 5 miles an hour. so if you're a a drunk for the weekend it's a great place to be.