Millersylvania State Park

Last weekend we decided to take a quick trip to a the nearby Millersylvania State Park. Neither of us have been to the park before but now with the car we could make the quick trip out, have a picnic, and walk around the park. It was cloudy, but not raining.

Millersylvania State Park is an 842-acre camping park with 3,300 feet of freshwater shoreline on Deep Lake. The park, filled with trails, is abundant in old-growth cedar and fir trees. Millersylvania was constructed almost entirely by hand in 1935 by the Civilian Conservation Corps.

We managed the drive out fine and located the park. Once there we drove around and found the place largely deserted. When we were going to park we discovered that the ‘pay here’ box with the envelops didn’t have a pen. We hadn’t brought a pen either. Eventually we discovered one at the first box when you enter the park.

That obstacle crossed we parked near Kitchen 1, down by the lake.
Millersylvania lake

We had our choice of picnic tables since there wasn’t anyone else around.
Picnic table

After lunch we went for a walk. We didn’t see much wildlife beyond a frog, some squirrels and birds but there are lots of nice plants and trees.
Mushrooms

Path

We followed the paths around, crossed a couple bridges over streams leading to the lake and eventually climbed up the hill. Although the area has been logged at some point in the past there are some big trees.
Big tree

At the top of the hill we took the path that led back down towards the lake.
Path down

But then as we followed the path along the lake we ran into a problem – it was flooded.
Flooded

The first part looked like we could walk alongside the path but around the corner we discovered a longer stretch of the path also flooded. Only one thing to do.
Wet feet

After wading through the water the path we were on led to a drier path which eventually connected back to our start point and we headed back to the car.
Car

Looking at the map of the park it’s obvious that we only saw a tiny bit of the park. We’ll have to go back sometime when the weather’s nice and explore more.

One reply on “Millersylvania State Park”

  1. Thanks for this post! We are going camping at Millersylvania soon, but had no idea what it was like (the state website isn’t very helpful). Your pictures and description were very helpful!

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