Agency-listedUSFSFeeRoad season: open (MVUM)
Camp Roosevelt
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · VA · 38.73306, -78.51722
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Ask about this camp →U.S. Forest Service lists this as a developed campground. Expect marked sites, a fee station or a reservation, and the usual campground rules. The dispersed-camping freedom of the surrounding forest does not apply inside it. What changes is conditions — roads, gates, closures, fire rules. Check those with the unit before you commit to the drive.
Nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM — Camp Roosevelt · George Washington and Jefferson National Forest · VA
The nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM is FR 274 (Crisman Hollow), 230 ft from the pin. The MVUM lists it as crushed aggregate or gravel surface and maintenance level 3 – suitable for passenger cars.
Road season: open (MVUM) The MVUM lists FR 274 (Crisman Hollow), 230 ft from the pin, open to passenger vehicles Apr 1 – Jan 15. That season ends after Jan 15.
MVUM record for FR 274 (Crisman Hollow): “04/01-01/15” Read against the calendar on 2026-09-22; with JavaScript your browser re-checks it against today.
From the Forest Service's own Motor Vehicle Use Map roads layer (EDW, Clearinghouse refresh Aug 30, 2026), straight-line from the pin to the nearest mapped segment. The nearest segment is not necessarily the way in, a maintenance level is the agency's class and not a report on today, and a road's season is the road's — it is not a campground order. What the levels mean → What an MVUM is →
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Camp Roosevelt
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 1,255 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Camp RooseveltNIFC · AirNow
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Active wildfires from NIFC (within ~50 mi); air quality from AirNow. Always confirm current fire restrictions with the managing office before you go.
Everything you need — measured from Camp Roosevelt · George Washington and Jefferson National Forest · VA
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- WWater0 mi
- MMechanic2 mi
- FFuel5 mi
- GGrocery5 mi
- RxPharmacy5 mi
- PPropane5 mi
- HHardware5 mi
- EVEV fast charger5 mi
- +Urgent care6 mi
- OOutfitter6 mi
- @Mail6 mi
- LLaundry6 mi
- AAir-up6 mi
- ShShower8 mi
- DDump12 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 5 mi out.
One dot per need — the nearest of each kind, straight-line from camp. Places from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors); the EV fast charger from the US DOE station locator. Open in Google Maps ↗
The site — Camp Roosevelt
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
1,255 ft
Ground slope
13.3% · noticeable
Nearest rail line
~5.7 mi · main line
Nearest highway
~6.2 mi · Interstate 81
State
VA
Coordinates
38.73306, -78.51722
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Camp Roosevelt · George Washington and Jefferson National Forest · VA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featurePassage Creek · ~0.1 mi · USGS: perennial stream
- Nearest townLuray · ~5.8 mi
- Nearest rail line~5.7 mi · main line
- Nearest highway~6.2 mi · Interstate 81
- Drinking waterWater · ~0.1 mi
- FuelExxon · ~4.6 mi
- Propane / LPG7-Eleven · ~5.1 mi
- Dump station~11.9 mi
- GroceriesWalmart Supercenter · ~5.0 mi
- PharmacyCVS Pharmacy · ~5.0 mi
- Hospital / clinicPage County Health Department · ~5.5 mi
- HardwarePage County Co-Operative Farm Bureau · ~5.2 mi
EV charging — from Camp Roosevelt · George Washington and Jefferson National Forest · VA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger5.3 mi straight-line S — Marlow Ford, Luray, VA (at a public site) · FORD_CHARGE · CCS · 2 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach11 within 25 mi · 37 within 50 · 418 within 100 · 799 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)6.4 mi — Mt. Jackson, VA - Tesla Supercharger, Mt. Jackson
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO9.5 mi — Walmart 2647 (Woodstock, VA), Woodstock
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)5.5 mi — The Mimslyn Inn - Tesla Destination, Luray, VA (at an inn) · Tesla Destination · J1772, NACS (Tesla) · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-08-27 · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to all vehicles.
- Pricing at the fast chargernot listed
- Power (kW)not listed by AFDC — “DC fast” spans roughly 24 to 350 kW, so ask the network.
- Read this honestlyStraight-line miles, like every distance on this site. Roads run longer than this, and you have to get back. We know where a charger is listed. We don’t know if it works today, how fast it is, or the road miles. Check the network before you commit.
Snapshot 2026-09-16 · AFDC record 416786 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Camp Roosevelt · George Washington and Jefferson National Forest · VA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Portable toiletCamp Roosevelt · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletLions Tale · ~1.0 mi W · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletEdinburg Gap · ~3.9 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletGoods Landing Boating Site (Moody) · ~7.2 mi E · USFS
Coming out here — Camp Roosevelt · George Washington and Jefferson National Forest · VA
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Passage Creek as a perennial stream, ~0.1 mi from the pin (National Hydrography Dataset, data refreshed October 2022). Mapped as perennial is not the same as flowing today. Nobody has checked it for you. Filter or boil anything you drink.
- Ground slope around the pin: about 13.3% — noticeable. Measured on USGS's 3DEP elevation model (1 m data here), sampled every 10 metres around the point. That is the hillside, not the ground under your wheels — a graded pullout or a bench a few metres across is too small to show up at that spacing, and nobody has checked this one for you.
- Rail line mapped ~5.7 mi from the pin — the national rail atlas classes it as a main line. That is the FRA/BTS North American Rail Network (data updated Jul 21, 2026), which records that a line is there and what class of track it is. Whether anything runs on it, how often, and at what hour, it does not say, and nobody has checked this one for you.
- Interstate 81 is mapped ~6.2 mi from the pin. Straight-line, from the Census's TIGER/Line primary roads (TIGER/Line 2025, released Oct 2025) — the divided, limited-access highways, which is why a state expressway or a two-lane US route near this camp would not appear here.
- Power: Dave carries his own — batteries or solar. A generator will run your rig and it is also the thing everybody camped near you can hear.
- Getting online: Dave recommends Starlink. He has had it since SpaceX introduced it, used it for four years living on the road, and it delivers as promised — several hundred nights out, and he can count on one hand the places he could not connect. The cable on his unit runs 150 feet, which is usually all it takes to find enough sky. Starlink → Referral link — Starlink pays Dave $100 in cash if you sign up through it, and that money funds this site and the next trip. It costs you nothing and does not change the recommendation.
Open Camp Roosevelt elsewhere
Other camps near Camp Roosevelt
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- High Cliff Canoe-Decommissioned~7.4 mi
- USFS dispersed camp — Warren County, VA~9.3 mi
- Little Fort Campground~10.1 mi
- Hazard Mill Canoe Camp-Decommissioned~10.6 mi
The unit that manages Camp Roosevelt
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Camp Roosevelt are set by George Washington and Jefferson National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Camp Roosevelt
Source
U.S. Forest Service recreation data
Confidence
Likely — The record is good enough to put a pin on, but thin in places. Treat the details as a starting point, not gospel.
How it was placed
Developed FEE campground (not free) - review | auto:usfs-fee 2026-08-20: US Forest Service developed campground, agency coordinates, agency states a fee. No dollar amount in the agency record -- expect a charge and confirm the current rate before you go. Not field-verified.
Nearest MVUM road
US Forest Service Motor Vehicle Use Map roads layer (EDW_MVUM_01, layer 1), Clearinghouse refresh Aug 30, 2026. Straight-line distance from the pin to the nearest mapped segment within 1 mi; surface type, maintenance level and open dates are the agency's own values for that segment, expanded from its codes and otherwise unedited. Nothing here says which road reaches the site.
EV chargers
US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center station locator, snapshot 2026-09-16. Straight-line miles to the nearest public, open, unrestricted station; restricted and planned units are shown but never counted.
Field check
On the agency's books. The land manager inventoried this site, so its existence is not in question — current conditions are. Nobody from here has camped it recently.
What we don’t know about Camp Roosevelt
A land record can put you within a few meters of a spot. It cannot tell you any of this — so check it yourself, and treat anything below as the open question it is.
- Whether that MVUM road is the way in, and the last stretch beyond it
- Whether the site itself closes on its own schedule — only the road's season is on record
- How many rigs actually fit
- Cell coverage by carrier
- Current fire restrictions
- Whether any water here is drinkable
- Shade & wind exposure
- Noise and who else shows up
- Whether a listed EV charger works today, or the road miles to it
Before you go — Camp Roosevelt
What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Fire rules & restrictions →Leave no trace →All field notes →