Free and paid camping in West Virginia

111 camps in West Virginia: 73 free, 38 charge a fee. Every camp that charges is marked fee in the list below — or press Free only to hide them.

Every camp we have found on public land in West Virginia, grouped by the unit that manages them — that is who sets the stay limit and the fire rules. See them on the map →

Monongahela National Forest52 camps

• Anthony Creek Campsites1,915 ft
• Bear Pen Shelter4,331 ft
• Bear Run Campsites3,299 ft
• Big Rock Campground2,151 ft · fee
• Bishop Knob Campground3,100 ft
• Blue Bend Loop Trail Shelter
• Cranberry Campground2,514 ft
• Davis Shelter3,494 ft
• Dispersed camp #10 — Tucker County, WV3,474 ft
• Dispersed camp #11 — Tucker County, WV3,498 ft
• Dispersed camp #12 — Tucker County, WV3,710 ft
• Dispersed camp #13 — Tucker County, WV3,769 ft
• Dispersed camp #14 — Tucker County, WV3,716 ft
• Dispersed camp #15 — Tucker County, WV3,658 ft
• Dispersed camp #2 — Tucker County, WV2,795 ft
• Dispersed camp #3 — Tucker County, WV3,642 ft
• Dispersed camp #4 — Tucker County, WV3,642 ft
• Dispersed camp #5 — Tucker County, WV3,675 ft
• Dispersed camp #6 — Tucker County, WV3,671 ft
• Dispersed camp #7 — Tucker County, WV3,757 ft
• Dispersed camp #8 — Tucker County, WV3,696 ft
• Dispersed camp #9 — Tucker County, WV3,013 ft
• Dispersed camp — Tucker County, WV3,048 ft
• Dogway Shelter2,898 ft
• Dry Fork Camping Area
• Forks Shelter3,425 ft
• Gandy Creek Camping Area3,277 ft
• House Log Shelter3,009 ft
• Johnny Meadows Camping3,054 ft
• Johns Camp Shelter3,808 ft
• Little River Camping Area3,280 ft
• Lockridge Shelter3,043 ft
• Lower Glady Dispersed Camp Site2,242 ft
• Marlin Mountain Shelter3,115 ft
• Middle Mountain Road Fs 14 Dispersed3,846 ft
• Middle Mountain Shelter3,016 ft
• Mikes Run Shelter2,117 ft
• Mower Basin Dispersed4,185 ft
• North Bend Campsites2,776 ft
• North Fork Shelter3,171 ft
• Pheasant Hollow Shelter2,787 ft
• Pointy Knob Shelter3,650 ft
• Poplar Branch Shelter2,592 ft
• Railroad Grade Shelter
• South Fork Shelter3,314 ft
• Stonecoal Campground3,547 ft
• Stonecoal Dispersed Camping3,590 ft
• Tea Creek Shelter4,352 ft
• Third Bridge Campsites3,213 ft
• Tumbling Rock Shelter3,070 ft
• West Fork Fs 44 Dispersed
• Wildell Shelter3,642 ft

U.S. Forest Service29 camps

• Bear Heaven Campground3,595 ft · fee
• Big Bend Campground1,182 ft · fee
• Blue Bend Campground1,943 ft · fee
• Blue Meadow Group Campground1,914 ft · fee
• Brandywine Campground1,917 ft · fee
• Cales Knoll Campground2,697 ft · fee
• Cranberry River Campsites2,172 ft · fee
• Day Run Campground3,120 ft · fee
• Gatewood Campground4,331 ft · fee
• Horseshoe Campground1,732 ft · fee
• Island Campground3,014 ft · fee
• Jess Judy Campground1,219 ft · fee
• Laurel Fork Campground3,106 ft · fee
• Meadow Creek Loop Campground2,684 ft · fee
• Monongahela National Forest3,814 ft · notes
• Monongahela National Forest3,108 ft · notes
• Pine Run Loop Campground2,690 ft · fee
• Pocahontas Campground2,489 ft · fee
• Red Creek Campground3,888 ft · fee
• Seneca Shadows Campground1,654 ft · fee
• Spruce Knob Lake Campground3,958 ft · fee
• Stuart Campground2,267 ft · fee
• Stuart Group Campground2,242 ft · fee
• Summit Lake Campground3,364 ft · fee
• Tea Creek Campground2,971 ft · fee
• Trout Pond1,994 ft · fee
• West Shore Loop Campground2,704 ft · fee
• Williams River Rua Sites D22,953 ft · fee
• Williams River Rua Sites D43,011 ft · fee

US Army Corps of Engineers10 camps

• Bakers Run Campground933 ft · fee
• Battle Run Campground1,682 ft · fee
• Bee Run Campground1,333 ft · fee
• Bulltown Campground861 ft · fee
• East Fork Campground707 ft · fee
• Gerald Freeman Campground993 ft · fee
• Guyandotte Campground1,141 ft · fee
• Long Point Campground1,763 ft · fee
• Riffle Run Campground796 ft · fee
• Robert W. Craig Campground2,055 ft · fee

National Park Service - New River Gorge National Park & Preserve8 camps

• Brooklyn Campground1,006 ft
• Glade Creek Campground1,229 ft
• Glade Creek Walk-In Campsites1,209 ft
• Grandview Sandbar Campground1,193 ft
• Grandview Sandbar Walk-In Campground1,166 ft
• Stone Cliff Beach Campground1,050 ft
• Thayer Campground1,095 ft
• War Ridge / Backus Mountain Campground2,531 ft

Other public land6 camps

• Fayette County1,151 ft · notes
• Pocahontas County3,108 ft · notes
• Randolph County3,423 ft · notes
• Tucker County2,764 ft · notes
• Tucker County3,696 ft · notes
• Tucker County3,205 ft · notes

George Washington and Jefferson National Forest5 camps

• Camp Run Campground1,621 ft
• Hawk Campground1,378 ft
• Mill Mountain Shelter3,043 ft
• Paul Gerhard Tuscarora Shelter2,462 ft
• Wolf Gap2,244 ft

Elsewhere in West Virginia1 camps

• Gauley Tailwaters Campground1,456 ft