Naval Weapons Station Cheatham Annex – Virginia (Military FamCamp)

MILITARY RV PARK  REVIEW

Campground/RV Park:  Navy Weapons Station Cheatham Annex – VIRGINIA (military)
Location:  Bldg. 284 Chase Road, Williamsburg, Virginia, 23185
Phone: 1-800-NAVYBED
Date(s) Stayed: 5/1/15 – 5/21/15
Length of Stay: 3 weeks
Site #:  #25 back-in (end)
Cost per night (with taxes):  $25/night
Discount Used: none
Connections: FHU
Stars: 4


We TOTALLY enjoyed our stay at Navy Weapons Station Cheatham Annex as its located right off the Colonial Parkway and close to Williamsburg and Yorktown.  There are signs on I-64 as well as Route 199 and Colonial Parkway showing Cheatham Annex exits.   This RV park is located on the Navy Base therefore, entrance is through gated and armed security; military, DOD and Civilian ID checks mandatory.    It is located very near Water Country and a short drive to Busch Gardens Williamsburg and Colonial Williamsburg.  Driving to tourist areas is convenient however, parking in downtown Yorktown and Williamsburg may be a challenge.  NWS Cheatham Annex is a very small Navy base.  It only has a shoppette with gas station (Diesel also!!!).  On the other side, there are rented cottages and water access.  Lots of nice places to run and ride your bikes.  Golf course on base as well.  Too many other amenities to list here so please, click on the link above for more info.


The location of the RV park was secure, manicured, beautiful and clean.  Mature trees surrounded the area but the RV concrete pad sites themselves were nicely spaced amidst young bushes and two-three year old small trees.  Sites backed into communal areas.  Each site were ample spaced and had a picnic table and fire pit.  Weekends were full and weekdays were approximately 25% to capacity.  The bath houses were new and clean; locking outside entries to each unisex room.  The laundry room was clean and roomy with three washers/dryers ($1.50 each), deep sink, soap vending machine, fold table and chairs.  Near the bath house and laundry was a small playground for young children.  There was also a conference room in the same building.  There were beautiful new cottages on the backside of the park.   Though sites were FHU’s, there was also a dump station near the dumpsters close to the entrance of the RV Park itself.  Navy Security drove through several times a day/night which was nice.  Because of military regulations, it was nice and quiet after 10pm, even on the weekends.  There were occasions of hearing the sound of freedom from artillery and range operations in the distance; nothing close and it wasn’t loud.


Free WiFi “IF” you could get on; frequently spotty and during the weekends, forget it.  We had our own AT&T hotspot which was spotty at best.  Only in certain areas of the park were we able to get an AT&T signal from one of our phones.  The other was Verizon signal was zero.  We waited until we were off base to make our phone calls and doing any internet work or research.  While the park itself and amenities were fantastic, this was the only low point of staying at Cheatham Annex.  The Navy needs to work on this.  If you work on the road via internet, you may want to think twice before staying here unless you have a WiFi booster.


Every morning, we were awakened at 0800 by the sound of the bugle playing the National Anthem and at sunset, we heard TAPS.  Please note military protocol of respect if you’re outside during both; remove your hat, hand over heart, face the bugle sound and stand at attention with no movement (teach your children and grandchildren this!); if in uniform, salute covered.  This is an HONOR to do so, please don’t run inside as our Fallen Warriors didn’t run away from battle in their day.


We plan on returning to NWS Cheatham Annex.