Haley C.recommendsJuly 30, 2024
Thunder Dome
Great views, friendly goats
You’ll meet heather down by the road, and load up your stuff in the bank of her 4 wheeler. SO HELPFUL. She’ll walk you behind the house, up through a gate, past the chickens a goats, and up to a large clearing and overlook where the dome is located, then come bank with the 4 wheeler. We brought our pillows and a small propane stove where we cooked breakfast, and we cooked one meal over the fire place. Loved being greeted by goats in the AM. They are so friendly and love being pet! We also drove to center hill lake one day for a reprieve from the heat. The dome starts cooking as soon as the sun comes up and doesn’t cool down until sunset. You’ll want to be out and about during that time if you visit in summer. You’ll want to bring your own cooking utensils, but don’t need to bring your own drinking or washing water.
Julie G.recommendsJuly 26, 2024
Thunder Dome
Thunder Dome
We love staying in unique, peaceful, beautiful settings and Heather’s Thunder Dome definitely checked off all the boxes. Heather is super helpful with taking your bags and gear up to the dome and back to your car when leaving as long as she is available. The 5 minute walk was perfect to see the scenery whether it was chickens, goats, sheep, or just the trees themselves. The Dome itself had everything we needed. The bed is super comfortable. Everything was clean, there was a battery to us if we needed it, and a fan if it got too hot. The deck is amazing with great views!! A few things that made our stay even better…Heather was a great host, it rained while we slept the first night, the sheep and goats coming to see us each morning, fried bologna and ribeye steak for dinner, knowing that we would love to come back in the winter to see it with snow.
Lyle P.recommendsJuly 22, 2024
Thunder Dome
Lovely time
Wonderful experience all around. Heather is a delightful host and very accommodating. She introduced us to the goats and gave us a ride on the 4 wheeler to the dome. The dome was very comfortable. Views don’t disappoint and the whole experience was quite relaxing. Would recommend and stay again!
Kim G.recommendsJuly 13, 2024
Thunder Dome
The view was absolutely amazing. The host was friendly and we did the goat hike and that was fun. So many goats lol. The dome does get very hot during the day. The toilet is under the deck kinda uncomfortable and hard to get to we always bring our own camp toilet and shower and id recommend that. You can not park at cite and it's prob 5-8 min hike to and from car to cite. Over all it was pleasant
Jennifer G.recommendsJune 13, 2024
Thunder Dome
BEAUTIFUL view! Sad we didn’t have more time to explore. This is a great place to get away from the city life but still pretty close to civilization (I had 3 bars on my Verizon phone). The view of the stars was simply AMAZING! It was peaceful and relaxing. This would be a great place for someone that wants to get into nature but doesn’t necessarily want to deal with all visitors in state parks. Heather was a great host! We had a few mishaps that set our arrival time back and Heather was very gracious and understanding.
Kristy F.recommendsJune 9, 2024
Thunder Dome
We loved Heather’s Thunder Dome. Such a unique experience, and Heather was a great host that made sure we had everything we needed. The second night of our stay we had the pleasure of being put to sleep with a rain storm. Loved this hipcamp and will definitely be returning.