Volga River State Recreation Area — Attraction in West Union

Volga River offers many opportunities for outdoor recreation. We spent several nights at the campground (very nice and modern; see separate reviews), and spent the days hiking the multi-use trails. We saw a number of individuals fishing at the beautiful lake.

The trails are wide to accommodate multi-use (hiking, bikes, equestrian, and snow mobile). Most of the trails are pretty easy with sections of inclines due to the hills in the area. Trails were generally well marked and easy to follow. The most difficult part of the trails were the long sections that had been covered in thick layers of sand. We ran into some locals who told us the sand was laid to help with erosion control. Otherwise. The trails and scenery...

I used to absolutely love this place, today I have found out what their customer service is like TERRIBLE!! I prepaid for an equestrian campsite, and low and behold bad weather (which no one has control over) But now the horse trails are closed.......So a place I paid for I cannot use, out of 38.00 they will only refund me 12.00 that is not even the cost of 1 night of camping there. I am beyond furious, spoke with their reservation number so called customer service if I would have cancelled through them I would have only received 10.00 back. I am absolutely furious and highly do not recommend pre booking campsites because you have no control over the weather. If you have horses don't expect to be...

The park is very beautiful with lots of nice trails for horses or hiking (also saw some trails for bikes), beautiful river to kyak or canoe. Equestrian campground is very nice, except do not trust the website when looking for non-reservable campsites. They allow the non-reservable sites to be "reserved" or paid for without the person renting it to put up a tent or pull in a trailer--so when you get there, the sites look like they are available. It would be very helpful if the non-reservable sites were shown as taken and for how long. Best recommendation is to reserve a site. The DNR staff on site are very helpful. It would be great if the equestrian campground was bigger--they would...