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Little Fort Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · VA · 38.86734, -78.44394
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Ask about this camp →U.S. Forest Service lists this site. On most of their ground you can camp away from developed sites pretty much anywhere — so treat this as a known-good spot, not the only one allowed. The unit sets stay limits and how far off road and water you must be. What changes is conditions — roads, gates, closures, fire rules. Check those with the unit before you commit to the drive.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Little Fort Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 1,343 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Little Fort CampgroundNIFC · 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 Little Fort Campground · George Washington and Jefferson National Forest · VA
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- @Mail2 mi
- FFuel2 mi
- +Urgent care3 mi
- GGrocery3 mi
- HHardware3 mi
- RxPharmacy4 mi
- EVEV fast charger4 mi
- PPropane4 mi
- MMechanic6 mi
- DDump7 mi
- OOutfitter7 mi
- WWater10 mi
- LLaundry14 mi
- ShShower14 mi
- AAir-up14 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 2 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 — Little Fort Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
1,343 ft
State
VA
Coordinates
38.86734, -78.44394
Cost
Free · OpenStreetMap fee tag: no
Nearby & resupply — around Little Fort Campground · George Washington and Jefferson National Forest · VA (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featurePeter's Mill Run (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townDetrick · ~2.2 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFort Valley County Store Gas Station · ~2.2 mi
- Propane / LPGHoltzman Propane · ~12.8 mi
- Dump station~7.2 mi
- GroceriesFood Lion · ~3.9 mi
- PharmacyCVS Pharmacy · ~4.2 mi
- Hospital / clinicShenandoah County Health Clinic · ~3.2 mi
- HardwareDo it Best · ~3.4 mi
EV charging — from Little Fort Campground · George Washington and Jefferson National Forest · VA — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger4.0 mi straight-line W — Woodstock, VA - Tesla Supercharger (at a gas station) · Tesla · NACS (Tesla) · 8 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-06-18 · hours: 24 hours daily. NACS partner enabled. · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach9 within 25 mi · 33 within 50 · 436 within 100 · 817 within 150
- Nearest listing CCS4.6 mi — Walmart 2647 (Woodstock, VA), Woodstock
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO4.6 mi — Walmart 2647 (Woodstock, VA), Woodstock
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)1.5 mi — Tombolo, Seven Fountains, VA · AMPUP · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2023-06-12 · hours: Contact station for hours of availability
- 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 191695 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Little Fort Campground · George Washington and Jefferson National Forest · VA — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletLittle Fort · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletLittle Fort Picnic · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletVeach Gap Tuscarora-Massanutten Shelter · ~4.4 mi E · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBatzell · ~5.3 mi SE · USFS
Open Little Fort Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Little Fort Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- USFS dispersed camp — Warren County, VA~4.0 mi
- Veach Gap Tuscarora-Massanutten Shelter~4.4 mi
- Hazard Mill Canoe Camp-Decommissioned~5.2 mi
- Hazard Mills Campground~5.3 mi
The unit that manages Little Fort Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Little Fort Campground are set by George Washington and Jefferson National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Little Fort Campground
Source
OpenStreetMap contributors
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.
Agency page
fs.usda.gov — the land manager's own page for this site. Fees, seasons and closures are stated there first; if it disagrees with this page, it wins.
How it was placed
auto: drive (road/trail right there)
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 Little Fort Campground
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.
- Road surface & last-mile access
- How many rigs actually fit
- Cell coverage by carrier
- Seasonal & winter access
- 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 — Little Fort Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Power off-grid →All field notes →
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