Crow's Nest Outdoor Adventure

Crow's Nest Outdoor Adventure Campground COMING SOON to the historic Fredericksburg, VA and DC area, located in Stafford County, VA

We have a little over 5️⃣ weeks until we see if the Judge gives us our approval. I guess by the post below that means 5...
08/12/2025

We have a little over 5️⃣ weeks until we see if the Judge gives us our approval.

I guess by the post below that means 5️⃣ more weeks of life for our family.

This has been the most exhausting 21 months fighting with the county for our legal landowner rights.

(This was posted by the admin of the “Stop the Belle Plains Campground” page that so many people follow)

Now Introducing: Our Greatest Hits of Opposition Album: From Marsh Myths to “Tents Only” Tales ⛺🌿 — every excuse, exagge...
08/12/2025

Now Introducing: Our Greatest Hits of Opposition Album:

From Marsh Myths to “Tents Only” Tales ⛺🌿 — every excuse, exaggeration, threat, tall tale, and even acts of religious and racial bigotry that’s been thrown our way. This will keep it INTERESTING.

We’ve been through more than our share of BATTLES , ROADBLOCKS , and outright NONSENSE trying to bring this campground to life. This album will show the journey we’ve endured and just how FAR some will go to stop progress.

We have had all kinds of oppositions, the tree ones, the fish ones, the bird ones , the aquifer ones , the noise ones, the light ones, the marsh ones, the turtle ones, the rare grass ones, the history ones, the road ones, the insect ones, our faith and religion ones, the racist ones…….and of course the “buy 3 acres, want 75 free” one.

“Silence is the enemy of change. Only by speaking out can justice and progress prevail.”

We’ll be adding every classic — old and new — so tag anyone you know who needs to see this master collection.

And if you have any screenshots of “greatest hits” we’ve missed, send them our way — we’ll make sure they get added to the collection.

See below the link to the Album.

https://www.facebook.com/share/1F8W9USPJj/?

08/10/2025

A photo is worth a thousand words — but only HALF the TRUTH if you don’t show the WHOLE picture.

Stafford County and a few neighbors have been fighting to block our campground, chipping away at our landowners’ rights.

This week, one neighbor responded to my post (which showed that our land is not in a protected forest area) with a video claiming the marsh near our property is “untouched” — with NO HOUSES or DOCKS — and that our project will destroy it.

What they conveniently left out: the four large docks, multiple houses, and the Crow’s Nest Preserve across the water, complete with public trails, kayaks, and canoes.

Here’s the full story they didn’t want you to see.

08/09/2025

Wetlands, Wildlife, and a New Way to See Them — Crow’s Nest Preserve’s New Trail 🦆

Yesterday we headed over to explore the brand-new trail at Crow’s Nest Natural Area Preserve — just across the water from us — and wow, they really did a great job! 🌿

“A 1.2-mile extension to the popular Boykin’s Landing Trail is officially open — bringing the total length from Raven Road to 4.4 miles.”

🔗 Read more here: https://www.potomaclocal.com/2025/08/05/new-trail-opens-at-crows-nest-in-stafford-with-bigger-plans-ahead/

We started at a viewing area with a picture-perfect look back toward our campground location. 🏕️ (see pic in video)

“The new trail hugs Potomac Creek’s shoreline before climbing toward Crow’s Nest Point Trail.”

🔗 Trail details here: https://www.potomaclocal.com/2025/08/05/new-trail-opens-at-crows-nest-in-stafford-with-bigger-plans-ahead/

The trail led us to a large clearing with an overlook of the marsh and wetlands, followed by a wooden bridge that takes you right through the wetland. It’s like walking through nature’s own gallery, up close and personal.

And the best part? This is just the beginning:

“We’re proud to celebrate this new extension to the Boykin’s Landing Trail, and we’re already looking ahead to 2026 when a larger trail expansion and new public parking access…”

🔗 Full article here: https://www.fredericksburgfreepress.com/2025/08/04/trail-extension-now-open-at-crows-nest-nature-preserve/

It’s so exciting to see this area continuing to grow with even more trails and easier access coming soon — all just a stone’s throw away. We’re glad they’re encouraging more people to get out into nature and explore, and we’ll be following suit with our campground, welcoming visitors to experience and enjoy the great outdoors.

(Heads up: on our way out, there was a huge fallen tree across the path. For now, you’ll have to climb over or wait until it’s cleared.)

6️⃣ Weeks until our Court Date with Stafford. 📍Déjà Vu in Stafford County Virginia?History has a way of repeating itself...
08/07/2025

6️⃣ Weeks until our Court Date with Stafford.

📍Déjà Vu in Stafford County Virginia?

History has a way of repeating itself — especially when it comes to Stafford County blocking BY-RIGHT land uses it DOESN’T LIKE.

🔎 Let’s go back to just a few years ago…

“Anticipating that its existing cemetery was nearing capacity, AMAA bought a parcel of land in Stafford County zoned for cemetery use BY-RIGHT. In response, the Stafford County Board of Supervisors hastily AMENDED the county’s cemetery ordinance to BLOCK construction on the cemetery.”

➡️ Patch News, 2021
https://patch.com/virginia/fredericksburg/group-wins-500k-after-stafford-tried-block-muslim-cemetery

Sound familiar?

“When the association bought the property, it complied with all state and local requirements for use as a cemetery, according to the Justice Department. But after learning of the association’s plans, Stafford County AMENDED its ORDINANCE to require that cemeteries be no closer than 900 feet from private wells and certain types of streams, thus PREVENTING the association from using its property as a cemetery.”

➡️ Patch News, 2020
https://patch.com/virginia/fredericksburg/justice-department-sues-stafford-blocking-islamic-cemetery

Sound familiar?

“The ordinance imposed new requirements, UNSUPPORTED by any legitimate health or safety concerns, that the County knew the AMAA could not meet.”

➡️ DOJ, 2021
https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/stafford-county-virginia-allow-islamic-cemetery-response-justice-department-lawsuit

Sound familiar?

Even after a federal lawsuit was filed by the United States, Stafford still DRAGGED its feet:

“After the United States sued, the County replaced the ordinance with another one, but it, too, imposed unreasonable constraints on the group’s ability to build a religious cemetery. In October 2020, the County repealed the second ordinance as well, and replaced it with one that allows for the establishment of cemeteries as a permitted use.

➡️ DOJ, 2021
https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/stafford-county-virginia-allow-islamic-cemetery-response-justice-department-lawsuit

When they couldn’t STOP it legally, they STALLED it.

“A SIX-YEAR dispute in Stafford County over plans to develop an Islamic cemetery has ended, with the Justice Department dropping a religious discrimination lawsuit against the county this week after it agreed to let the plans go forward”

➡️ Washington Post 2021
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/islamic-cemetery-stafford-lawsuit-virginia/2021/10/15/45e88e82-2dc8-11ec-985d-3150f7e106b2_story.html

WHY did Stafford finally change course?

Because it had to — after a DOJ investigation, a $500,000 settlement, and nearly $400,000 in legal fees — all paid with your tax dollars.

“Stafford County agreed to pay the AMAA $500,000 and approve the cemetery. The county had spent more than $390,000 in legal fees defending the county’s actions after the lawsuit was filed”

➡️ Patch News, 2021
https://patch.com/virginia/fredericksburg/group-wins-500k-after-stafford-tried-block-muslim-cemetery

As part of that resolution:

“The County has implemented an internal procedure to address complaints by any person who believes that the County may have violated RLUIPA, provided RLUIPA training to County employees who are responsible for implementing and enforcing zoning and land use regulations, posted notices of its obligations to comply with RLUIPA on several County website pages, and placed RLUIPA notices in land use application documents.”

➡️ DOJ, 2021
https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/stafford-county-virginia-allow-islamic-cemetery-response-justice-department-lawsuit

So here we are in 2025…

🔁 Another BY-RIGHT project.
🔁 Another sudden change of an ordinance
🔁 Another sudden push for an unsupported restriction. (TENTS ONLY)
🔁 Another long, costly delay — despite clear zoning that allows it.

And while our project doesn’t fall under RLUIPA, the cemetery NEVER should have had to invoke a federal religious land law — and we SHOULDN’T have had to file a lawsuit — just to receive FAIR and LAWFUL treatment.

Because the County Employees have been made to go through TRAINING after the CEMETERY DEBACLE - so they should know better! . And yet — once again — here we are.

👉 Is this déjà vu… or just business as usual in Stafford?

What are your thoughts?








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08/06/2025

🎥 This video shows the road frontage to our proposed campground.

Just across from our campground and this peaceful road is a massive field — cleared of every tree and now full of soybeans. 🌱

Our side? The proposed Crow’s Nest Outdoor Adventure — is where we’re keeping it woody, natural, and rustic. 🌲

No clear-cutting here. Just removing the bare minimum to create small, wooded campsites.
And the field for our amenities? Already cleared — from a garden the previous owner had.

Both crop fields and Campgrounds are BY RIGHT on this AGRICULTURAL land.

Makes you wonder…
📣 Was there a rally cry over THAT field when it was stripped bare?

And more importantly — what’s the real REASON behind the roadblocks we’ve faced?

If you have ANY information about what might be driving this government overreach, we’d love to hear from you.

Please email us at
📧 [email protected]

🏕️ We Googled Stafford’s symptoms…Turns out — it needs a CAMPGROUND! 😄What do you think the SECOND thing that came up wa...
08/05/2025

🏕️ We Googled Stafford’s symptoms…
Turns out — it needs a CAMPGROUND! 😄

What do you think the SECOND thing that came up was???????

Drop your best guess below! ⬇️

📍 Today we are 7️⃣ weeks away from our court hearing with Stafford County Virginia. • Stafford County just received its...
07/31/2025

📍 Today we are 7️⃣ weeks away from our court hearing with Stafford County Virginia.

• Stafford County just received its 16th DATA CENTER application — including one proposing to rezone 850 acres near Forest Lane and Kings Highway from AGRICULTURAL and light Industrial to HEAVY INDUSTRIAL.

• Just 3–4 MILES from that massive industrial proposal is our modest, 75-acre Agricultural property — and the ONE and ONLY campground APPLICATION in the ENTIRE county.

• Yet it took just ONE campground application — OURS— to prompt the county to quickly change the zoning ordinance at the end of our almost 2 year permit process, removing campgrounds from by-right status and requiring a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) for campgrounds.

• They made it so the Board of Supervisors (BOS) would be in control of who gets a campground or who doesn’t.

• Remember: the Chair of the BOS said in a video recording at one of his town halls that the BOS not having a say over OUR by-right campground is “WHAT STINKS.”

See Video: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/16zYymqiiN/?mibextid=wwXIfr

🔄 Meanwhile…

• When it came to regulating DATA CENTERS, the Board of Supervisors voted 4–3 to REJECT a proposed ordinance that would have required data center developers to obtain a CUP in parts of the county.

See Below Article:
“Developers wanting to put data centers in certain parts of Stafford County won’t face stricter zoning regulations after a Board of Supervisors’ vote Tuesday night.
The supervisors voted 4-3 to turn down a proposed zoning ordinance amendment that would have required data center developers to obtain a conditional-use permit for projects in parts of the county.”

Link to Article:
https://www.fredericksburgfreepress.com/2025/03/19/in-stafford-proposed-data-center-regulation-goes-down-by-tight-margin/

What MESSAGE does that send?

• One small campground = Newly CUP Requirement
• A Data Center CUP requirement= CUP Rejected

🤔 What does this say to the NEIGHBORS concerned about a big DATA CENTER coming near them?

They can only hope the BOS fights against these DATA CENTERS as hard as they are currently fighting our CAMPGROUND.

We’re not asking for special treatment—just CONSISTENCY, FAIRNESS and a LEVEL PLAYING FIELD for everyone investing in Stafford’s FUTURE!.

PLEASE share this so NEIGHBORS close to these Data Centers will see what is taking place.

Northern Virginia Data Center Article:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/02/10/data-centers-northern-virginia-internet/

16th Data Center Article:
https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/data-center-proposed-for-850-acres-of-land-in-stafford-county-virginia/

8 WEEKS - Until Our Court HearingSeveral of you have been asking, “Anything new?”Here’s a quick update:After we won the ...
07/24/2025

8 WEEKS - Until Our Court Hearing

Several of you have been asking, “Anything new?”
Here’s a quick update:

After we won the demurrer ruling, Stafford County’s legal team had 21 days to file a response. That deadline was June 15.

That deadline came and went—with no response.

After giving them a little extra time, our legal team reached out as a courtesy to check in. The county’s legal team admitted they had simply lost track of time and missed the deadline.

📌 What that means:
When a party misses a deadline like this, they’re considered in default. That gave our side the option to request a default judgment—a ruling in our favor because the other side didn’t follow the rules.

I know a lot of you are going to ask why we didn’t go that route.

But the truth is, if the roles were reversed, we’d hope the other side would extend the same courtesy to us. We believe in handling things with integrity—even when it’s hard. And it was one of the hardest things we ever did!

While not much has happened over the last few weeks, we’re now officially 8 weeks away from our next court hearing—and we’re ready to move forward.

Thank you for your continued prayers, encouragement, and support. Every message and kind word reminds us we’re not in this alone.

Something UNEXPECTED happened — and it meant alot! We were personally contacted by a planning commission board member fr...
07/20/2025

Something UNEXPECTED happened — and it meant alot!

We were personally contacted by a planning commission board member from a neighboring county.

They took the time out of thier busy schedule to personally reach out, share words of encouragement, and say how much they see the value in what we’re trying to bring to the community through our proposed campground.

Even more humbling? They said they’d love to work with us on bringing a project like this to their county!

We’re walking into this week with:
• 😊 Big smiles
• 💛 Bigger hope
• 🙌 And deep gratitude — just knowing that someone took the time to say:

“We see you. We support you. Your vision matters.”

Sometimes, support comes from the most unexpected places… and it means more than words can say.

We REST our CASE! 🤣X💋📸
07/19/2025

We REST our CASE! 🤣X💋📸

👕 Can You DESIGN the Shirt EVERYONE Will Be Talking About? 👕We need your help designing a bold, eye-catching T-shirt fo...
07/15/2025

👕 Can You DESIGN the Shirt EVERYONE Will Be Talking About? 👕

We need your help designing a bold, eye-catching T-shirt for Crow’s Nest Outdoor Adventure.

Our campground is being featured in a media segment highlighting our struggle with government red tape, and we’ll be attending a couple events where we will be representing the campground.

🛶 We’re looking for a T-shirt design that:
• Includes our logo
• Has “Potomac Creek – Stafford, Virginia” clearly on it
• Features a fun, bold, or powerful slogan
• Will grab attention at events and be used as swag in our Campstore

💥 FREE SWAG goes to the person whose design we choose!

Submit your ideas to:
📧 [email protected]
We will be making a post for exeryone to voice their support for their favorite.

Let’s show the world what outdoor adventure — and standing your ground — really looks like!

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Belle Plains Road
Fredericksburg, VA
22405

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