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Fayette County
Drive-up · public land · Fayette County, WV · 37.85798, -81.09892
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A free campground in New River Gorge, in West Virginia. Nice vault toilet, picnic tables, fire rings. Clean. Well kept. Very nice. Enough space for a couple of vehicles per site. Highly recommend. A great basecamp for exploring or spending a few nights hunkered down. Poor cell service.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 1,151 ft.
Fire & smokeNIFC · 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
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- @Mail2 mi
- WWater2 mi
- ShShower4 mi
- +Urgent care4 mi
- RxPharmacy4 mi
- HHardware4 mi
- FFuel5 mi
- GGrocery5 mi
- MMechanic5 mi
- LLaundry8 mi
- AAir-up8 mi
- PPropane11 mi
- OOutfitter17 mi
- DDump54 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). Open in Google Maps ↗
The site
Access
Drive-up
Land
public land
Elevation
1,151 ft
County
Fayette County, WV
Coordinates
37.85798, -81.09892
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featurePiney Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townTerry · ~0.2 mi
- Drinking waterDrinking water · ~2.2 mi
- FuelGoMart · ~5.1 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump stationnone within 31 mi
- GroceriesGoMart · ~5.1 mi
- PharmacyPharmacy · ~6.5 mi
- Hospital / clinicAnchor Medical, LLC · ~4.6 mi
- HardwareBon Bon Hardware · ~4.4 mi
From the field — what Dave saw, in person
Cell service
No signal
Getting there
Any vehicle managed it
Fire ring
Yes
Toilet on site
Yes
Tent friendly
Yes
Verdict
Highly recommended
Nearby restrooms — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- RestroomArmy Camp Vault Toilet · at this camp · NPS
- RestroomGrandview Restroom #3 · ~2.2 mi SE · NPS
- RestroomGrandview Restroom #2 · ~2.2 mi SE · NPS
- RestroomGrandview Sandbar Vault Toilet #2 · ~2.4 mi E · NPS
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How we know this
Source
Dave's own travels
Confidence
Researched — The record is detailed and internally consistent, and the coordinates land where the managing agency says this site is.
How it was placed
FIELD VERIFIED by Dave Lalande -- he has stood on this site. Coordinates are his own GPX track point, not a geocode. County and state confirmed against the FCC Census Block API (Fayette County, WV). Everything under 'From the field' is a direct observation; nothing here is inferred from a land record.
Field check
Verified on the ground. Dave has stood on this one. Conditions still change — confirm before you commit.
What we don’t know
A land record can put you within a few metres of a spot. It cannot tell you any of this — so check it yourself, and treat anything below as the open question it is.
- How many rigs actually fit
- Seasonal & winter access
- Current fire restrictions
- Whether any water here is drinkable
- Shade & wind exposure
- Noise and who else shows up
Before you go
Finding water out here →Dumping grey & black →Fire rules & restrictions →Reading your camp page →All field notes →
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