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U.S. Forest Service · Mount Rogers National Recreation Area · VA

Beartree

ReservableBookable through October 31; the next season isn't published.

Book on recreation.govWe make nothing when you book

Right now: Taking bookingsSites offered on 11 of the next 14 nights read 14:46 UTC
A night: $24–$48Across the site types the agency prices
Sites: 13046 on recreation.gov

Photos · Mark Gaynor

99 ftLongest rig

3,310 ftElevation

240 ftWater · Straight Branch

6.5 miSW of Adwolf, VA

84%Tree cover

The place

the agency’s own description · what’s there · 10 notices

In the agency’s own words

Beartree offers a relaxing, family-friendly atmosphere and a variety of recreational activities. Located in the Mount Rogers National Recreation Area, the campground boasts a sprawling layout with both group and individual campsites. A small creek flows through the campground, offering a refreshing spot to wade and fish. Beartree Lake is also located within the recreation area, providing an ideal spot for fishing. Keep reading

Recreation

The campground offers a 14-acre lake with two fishing piers. Smallmouth bass, sunfish, rainbow and brown trout are all possible catches. Self-propelled or electric trolling-motor boats only. State fishing and boating regulations and licensing requirements apply. The Beartree Lake Trail, which circles the lake, is excellent for hiking. Half of the trail is paved for an easier walk.

Facilities

There are 35 camping units in Chipmunk Circle and 35 units in Beaver Flats available for tents and RVs. Some sites are available for reservations while others are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Each unit has a parking spur, lantern post, fire grill and picnic table, and most sites are secluded from other sites. Bathhouses with toilets, warm showers, sinks, and drinking water are provided. Four walk-in tent group sites and 4 paved RV group sites are available in Group Loop for reservation. Recreation vehicles up to 40 feet can be accommodated in some units. Picnic area and group picnic shelter is available at beach area. A dump station (no water) is located on the left side of the road before the contact station as you enter the campground.

Natural Features

The campground is located in diverse vegetation, and Beartree Lake is surrounded by dense trees that meet the shoreline. The Mount Rogers Scenic Byway passes near the campground, highlighting the impressive valleys, mountains, forests and rural countrysides of western Virginia.

Nearby Attractions

Hike the Appalachian Trail, which extends more than 2,175 miles throughout the Appalachian Mountains across 14 states. The trail was designated as the first National Scenic Trail. The Virginia Creeper Trail, Hungry Mother State Park and Grayson Highlands State Park are nearby. Contact Info For facility specific information, please call (800) 628-7202.

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

What the agency tells you

Rule

You may email questions to: SM.FS.MRNRA@USDA.GOV

Rule

No hookups are available at campsites

Rule

This campground has first-come, first-serve sites and reservable sites

Everything else this campground posts · 7

Rule

Check-in is at 2pm and check-out is at 12pm.

Rule

Limit one RV per parking spur

Rule

No Cell phone coverage

Rule

The beach is closed. To enhance wildlife habitat and recreation, Beartree Lake has been drained so organic material can be removed from the lakebed. Fishing, swimming, and paddling are not permitted until the lake is replenished. Beach bathrooms will be closed, and potable water will not be available for the remainder of the season. The picnic area and the group picnic pavilion are closed.

Rule

Click here for more information on George Washington and Jefferson National Forests

Rule

Don't Move Firewood: Help protect our forests! Prevent the spread of tree-killing pests by obtaining firewood at or near your destination and burning it on-site. Moving firewood is illegal in some states. Visit dontmovefirewood.org to learn more.

Rule

A trailer waste disposal station (water is not available) is located near the campground’s exit.

Read them on the agency’s own page →

Source: recreation.gov facility notices, quoted verbatim · Sep 9, 2026

Tents and rigs

Sites: 130 · 4 tent-only, 8 group
Hookups: None
Longest rig: 99 ft
Paved pads: 6 of 130
Accessible sites: 4
Pets: Allowed
Campfires: Allowed, barring fire bans
Shade: Every site

Source: Recreation.gov campsite records · Aug 23, 2026

Facilities

Toilets: Flush Toilets; FLUSH TOILETS on 84 of 132 campsite records
Showers: Yes, the record doesn’t say what kind; SHOWERS on 84 of 132 campsite records
Drinking water: Yes; DRINKING WATER on 84 of 132 campsite records, WATER SPIGOT on 84 of 132 campsite records
Dump station: Yes

Source: Stated in the agency description · Aug 23, 2026

Water, toilets and showers: counted from this campground’s own campsite records, shown above · Sep 12, 2026

Around the campground

On the water: Lake, Creek, Beach; Biking; Fishing; Hiking; Scenic drives; Wildlife viewing
Night sky · 36th darkest of 88 in VA: Bortle 4

Source: Recreation.gov activity records · Aug 23, 2026

Night sky: VIIRS Day/Night Band annual cloud-free composite, VNL V2 2024 (Earth Observation Group, Colorado School of Mines), read at the published coordinate · Sep 8, 2026

8 of 16 site-nights open this Friday and Saturdayread 14:46 UTC

recreation.gov lists 46 of the 130 campsites the agency files here. The rest aren’t on its booking system, so a reservation won’t get you one.

OpenBookedClosed

Booking windowThrough October 31Bookable now through October 31, 2026, the end of the reservable season. The season after it isn't published yet.recreation.gov

Max stay14 nightsthe facility record

A night$24–$48plus $8 to reserve, once per bookingthe agency’s rate schedule

A weekend$56–$104DerivedFriday and Saturday, everything includedours, from the lines above

If plans change$10 to cancel$10 to change a reservationrecreation.gov’s schedule

Runs itU.S. Forest ServiceBooked through recreation.govthe agency’s record

Watch for a cancellation

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We read recreation.gov once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time a site in your window is free for the nights you asked for.

Scanners that check every few minutes exist, and most of them charge. This one is free, it reads the same calendar, and it won’t always be first.

Free forever, no booking kickbacks.

Book on recreation.gov

We make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.

Every line of the receipt · 14

What you actually pay

The sign priceU.S. Forest Service

A night, per site$24–$48

Standard Nonelectric$24

Standard Nonelectric-Double Site$48

Group areas, a night$55

Rates for the season the campground is in now, May 13, 2026 to Oct 31, 2026.

The booking feerecreation.gov

Reservation fee, booked online$8

One fee per reservation, however many nights you book, and it’s non-refundable. $9 if you book by phone, $3 in person.

Pass discounts only apply to the recreation (or use) fee for the facility. Other charges such as electricity or water hookups, reservation or other fees are not eligible for a discount.

What a stay costs

One nightDerived$32–$56

A weekend, Friday and SaturdayDerived$56–$104

Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rates for this season, $24–$48 a night, plus one $8 recreation.gov reservation fee for the booking. A weekend here means Friday and Saturday night, booked once. Optional charges (an extra vehicle, a second tent, a dump-station fee) are listed separately and aren’t in this total.

If your plans changerecreation.gov

Change fee, moving to dates outside your booking$10

Cancellation fee$10

Cancelling the day before, or the day of$10 + your first night

No-show$20 + your first night

Who keeps the booking fee

The agency’s own policy text says the reservation fee and the cancellation processing fee are “retained by the reservation service contractor”, and that a campground concessionaire will decline to refund them because “they did not receive these fees”. Recreation.gov is run under contract by Booz Allen Hamilton. What share of your booking fee the contractor keeps isn’t published in any federal dataset we can read, so we print no number for it. Our reporting on the contract →

How we know this receipt · 5

Sign price: recreation.gov facility rate schedule, quoted as the agency publishes it · Sep 10, 2026

Booking fee, change fee, cancellation fee, no-show: Rules and Reservation Policies, Recreation.gov, the published fee schedule, curated by hand into lib/reservation-fee-schedule.json (9 rows, each carrying its own verbatim sentence). The publisher states these policies were last updated September 2019. · Sep 9, 2026

The two totals: Derived by CAMPANAC by adding the agency’s own published nightly rate to recreation.gov’s own published reservation fee. Both components are cited above; the addition is ours and is shown only where every component is known. · Sep 9, 2026

Who keeps the booking fee: Recreation.gov facility policy text, Dead Swede Campground (facility 234221) · Not on the national policy page. This is agency policy text recreation.gov publishes on individual campground pages; this site holds it verbatim on 45 active campgrounds (campground_rules.cancellation_description, scripts/load-facility-rules.mjs). · Sep 9, 2026

The contract: Reservation Gods: Who Stole Our Campsites and Sold Them Back to Us, More Than Just Parks, April 2025 · Apr 1, 2025

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

recreation.gov availability, read 14:46 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this

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The sites

132 records · which ones have room · the site map

The sites, ranked

from 44 mapped sites

87 ftbetween you and the next site, typically

Most roomSHEL1 2471 ftGRP RV 085 422 ftLoop Beaver Flat 057 239 ftLoop Beaver Flat 060 239 ftGRP RV 086 173 ft

Least roomCHIPMUNK CIRCLE 002 59 ftCHIPMUNK CIRCLE 003 59 ftCHIPMUNK CIRCLE 006 60 ft

Source: Derived by CAMPANAC from recreation.gov per-site coordinates (nearest-neighbor distance) · Oct 12, 2026

All 132 records

124 of 132 records located

Standard35Group8Type not stated80Day use1

001 002 003 004 005D 006 007 008 010 013 014 015 016 017 018 019 020 021 022 023 024 025 026 027 028 029 030 031 032 033 034 035 036 037 038 081 082 083 084 085 086 087 088 0392 040 041 042 043 044 0452 046 0472 0482 049D 050 051 052 053 054 0552 056 0572 0582 059 0602 0622 0632 0642 0662 0672 0682 0692 0702 0712 072 0732 0752 076 077 078 079 018 021 023 034 040 041 042 043 044 046 049 050 051 052 053 054 056 059 072 076 077 078 079 SHEL1

Aerial · Esri World Imagery

Sites: recreation.gov (RIDB), coordinates as published · Aug 23, 2026

Imagery: Esri World Imagery

SleepsTakes aUp to

Toilet distances are OpenStreetMap’s, measured for 9 of the 132 sites listed. A site with no reading is unknown, never far.

The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 40 of the 132 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.

Measured shade is NLCD Tree Canopy Cover 2024 (USDA Forest Service / MRLC) read at the site’s own coordinate, 27% canopy or more, and only for the sites the agency gave no Shade value. It never changes the agency’s own shaded count beside it.


BEARTREE	XXX	unnamed record	99 ft				Flush Toilets listed	$24–$48
CHIPMUNK CIRCLE	001	standard nonelectric	25 ft		67 ft	328 ft	Flush Toilets listed	$24–$48
CHIPMUNK CIRCLE	002	standard nonelectric	40 ft		59 ft	296 ft	Flush Toilets listed	$24–$48
CHIPMUNK CIRCLE	003	standard nonelectric	40 ft		59 ft	347 ft	Flush Toilets listed	$24–$48
CHIPMUNK CIRCLE	004	standard nonelectric	40 ft		67 ft	392 ft	Flush Toilets listed	$24–$48
CHIPMUNK CIRCLE	005D	type not stated	50 ft			454 ft	Flush Toilets listed
CHIPMUNK CIRCLE	006	standard nonelectric	30 ft		61 ft	504 ft	Flush Toilets listed	$24–$48
CHIPMUNK CIRCLE	007	standard nonelectric	30 ft		68 ft	443 ft	Flush Toilets listed	$24–$48
CHIPMUNK CIRCLE	008	standard nonelectric	25 ft		61 ft	505 ft	Flush Toilets listed	$24–$48
CHIPMUNK CIRCLE	010	standard nonelectric	30 ft		82 ft	459 ft	Flush Toilets listed	$24–$48
CHIPMUNK CIRCLE	013	standard nonelectric	35 ft		82 ft	378 ft	Flush Toilets listed	$24–$48
CHIPMUNK CIRCLE	014	standard nonelectric	40 ft		84 ft	391 ft	Flush Toilets listed	$24–$48
CHIPMUNK CIRCLE	015	standard nonelectric	35 ft		84 ft	312 ft	Flush Toilets listed	$24–$48
CHIPMUNK CIRCLE	016	standard nonelectric	40 ft		87 ft	287 ft	Flush Toilets listed	$24–$48
CHIPMUNK CIRCLE	017	standard nonelectric	50 ft		87 ft	372 ft	Flush Toilets listed	$24–$48
CHIPMUNK CIRCLE	018	type not stated	50 ft			358 ft	Flush Toilets listed
CHIPMUNK CIRCLE	019	standard nonelectric	40 ft		124 ft	299 ft	Flush Toilets listed	$24–$48
CHIPMUNK CIRCLE	020	standard nonelectric	35 ft		96 ft	333 ft	Flush Toilets listed	$24–$48
CHIPMUNK CIRCLE	021	standard nonelectric	45 ft		96 ft	299 ft	Flush Toilets listed	$24–$48
CHIPMUNK CIRCLE	022	standard nonelectric	30 ft		70 ft	210 ft	Flush Toilets listed	$24–$48
CHIPMUNK CIRCLE	023	standard nonelectric	30 ft		78 ft	161 ft	Flush Toilets listed	$24–$48
CHIPMUNK CIRCLE	024	standard nonelectric	30 ft		70 ft	143 ft	Flush Toilets listed	$24–$48
CHIPMUNK CIRCLE	025	standard nonelectric	30 ft		88 ft	69 ft	Flush Toilets listed	$24–$48
CHIPMUNK CIRCLE	026	standard nonelectric	25 ft		88 ft	147 ft	Flush Toilets listed	$24–$48
CHIPMUNK CIRCLE	027	standard nonelectric	30 ft		105 ft	82 ft	Flush Toilets listed	$24–$48
CHIPMUNK CIRCLE	028	standard nonelectric	30 ft		97 ft	194 ft	Flush Toilets listed	$24–$48
CHIPMUNK CIRCLE	029	standard nonelectric	35 ft		94 ft	98 ft	Flush Toilets listed	$24–$48
CHIPMUNK CIRCLE	030	standard nonelectric	35 ft		94 ft	159 ft	Flush Toilets listed	$24–$48
CHIPMUNK CIRCLE	031	standard nonelectric	40 ft		84 ft	133 ft	Flush Toilets listed	$24–$48
CHIPMUNK CIRCLE	032	standard nonelectric	25 ft		84 ft	52 ft	Flush Toilets listed	$24–$48
CHIPMUNK CIRCLE	033	standard nonelectric	45 ft		82 ft	122 ft	Flush Toilets listed	$24–$48
CHIPMUNK CIRCLE	034	standard nonelectric	35 ft		82 ft	42 ft	Flush Toilets listed	$24–$48
CHIPMUNK CIRCLE	035	standard nonelectric	50 ft		125 ft	125 ft	Flush Toilets listed	$24–$48
CHIPMUNK CIRCLE	036	standard nonelectric	45 ft		122 ft	131 ft	Flush Toilets listed	$24–$48
CHIPMUNK CIRCLE	037	standard nonelectric	40 ft		108 ft	47 ft	Flush Toilets listed	$24–$48
CHIPMUNK CIRCLE	038	standard nonelectric	40 ft		108 ft	138 ft	Flush Toilets listed	$24–$48
Group Tent	081	group tent only area nonelectric			87 ft	under 10 ft	812 ft
Group Tent	082	group tent only area nonelectric			87 ft	25 ft	827 ft
Group Tent	083	group tent only area nonelectric			96 ft	31 ft	950 ft
Group Tent	084	group tent only area nonelectric			96 ft	88 ft	992 ft
GRP RV	085	group rv area nonelectric		yes	422 ft	108 ft	180 ft	$55
GRP RV	086	group rv area nonelectric		yes	173 ft	113 ft	346 ft	$55
GRP RV	087	group rv area nonelectric		yes	84 ft	104 ft	510 ft	$55
GRP RV	088	group rv area nonelectric		yes	84 ft	180 ft	499 ft	$55
Loop Beaver Flat	039	type not stated	30 ft			190 ft	Flush Toilets listed
Loop Beaver Flat	040	type not stated	40 ft			144 ft	Flush Toilets listed
Loop Beaver Flat	041	type not stated	25 ft			189 ft	Flush Toilets listed
Loop Beaver Flat	042	type not stated	35 ft			106 ft	Flush Toilets listed
Loop Beaver Flat	043	type not stated	25 ft			160 ft	Flush Toilets listed
Loop Beaver Flat	044	type not stated	30 ft			73 ft	Flush Toilets listed
Loop Beaver Flat	045	type not stated	35 ft			167 ft	Flush Toilets listed
Loop Beaver Flat	046	type not stated	30 ft			81 ft	Flush Toilets listed
Loop Beaver Flat	047	type not stated	35 ft			113 ft	Flush Toilets listed
Loop Beaver Flat	048	type not stated	40 ft			197 ft	Flush Toilets listed
Loop Beaver Flat	049D	type not stated	40 ft			229 ft	Flush Toilets listed
Loop Beaver Flat	050	type not stated	50 ft			327 ft	Flush Toilets listed
Loop Beaver Flat	051	type not stated	35 ft			282 ft	Flush Toilets listed
Loop Beaver Flat	052	type not stated	30 ft			297 ft	Flush Toilets listed
Loop Beaver Flat	053	type not stated	45 ft			365 ft	Flush Toilets listed
Loop Beaver Flat	054	type not stated	40 ft			295 ft	Flush Toilets listed
Loop Beaver Flat	055	type not stated	40 ft			395 ft	Flush Toilets listed
Loop Beaver Flat	056	type not stated	45 ft			292 ft	Flush Toilets listed
Loop Beaver Flat	057	standard nonelectric	50 ft		239 ft	372 ft	Flush Toilets listed	$24–$48
Loop Beaver Flat	058	type not stated	30 ft			333 ft	Flush Toilets listed
Loop Beaver Flat	059	type not stated	30 ft			264 ft	Flush Toilets listed
Loop Beaver Flat	060	standard nonelectric	45 ft		239 ft	346 ft	Flush Toilets listed	$24–$48
Loop Beaver Flat	062	type not stated	40 ft			379 ft	Flush Toilets listed
Loop Beaver Flat	063	type not stated	40 ft			431 ft	Flush Toilets listed
Loop Beaver Flat	064	type not stated	50 ft			442 ft	Flush Toilets listed
Loop Beaver Flat	066	type not stated	40 ft			457 ft	Flush Toilets listed
Loop Beaver Flat	067	type not stated	40 ft			416 ft	Flush Toilets listed
Loop Beaver Flat	068	type not stated	40 ft			337 ft	Flush Toilets listed
Loop Beaver Flat	069	type not stated	35 ft			296 ft	Flush Toilets listed
Loop Beaver Flat	070	type not stated	40 ft			235 ft	Flush Toilets listed
Loop Beaver Flat	071	type not stated	40 ft			170 ft	Flush Toilets listed
Loop Beaver Flat	072	type not stated	45 ft			115 ft	Flush Toilets listed
Loop Beaver Flat	073	type not stated	35 ft			75 ft	Flush Toilets listed
Loop Beaver Flat	075	type not stated	25 ft			54 ft	Flush Toilets listed
Loop Beaver Flat	076	type not stated	40 ft			141 ft	Flush Toilets listed
Loop Beaver Flat	077	type not stated	30 ft			74 ft	Flush Toilets listed
Loop Beaver Flat	078	type not stated	25 ft			167 ft	Flush Toilets listed
Loop Beaver Flat	079	type not stated	25 ft			110 ft	Flush Toilets listed
MANAGEMENT SITES	009	type not stated
MANAGEMENT SITES	011	type not stated
MANAGEMENT SITES 1	01	standard nonelectric	99 ft				Flush Toilets listed	$24–$48
MANAGEMENT SITES 1	012	type not stated
MANAGEMENT SITES 1	018	type not stated				389 ft
MANAGEMENT SITES 1	021	type not stated				371 ft
MANAGEMENT SITES 1	023	type not stated				275 ft
MANAGEMENT SITES 1	034	type not stated				63 ft
MANAGEMENT SITES 1	039	type not stated				190 ft
MANAGEMENT SITES 1	040	type not stated				90 ft
MANAGEMENT SITES 1	041	type not stated				166 ft
MANAGEMENT SITES 1	042	type not stated				86 ft
MANAGEMENT SITES 1	043	type not stated				164 ft
MANAGEMENT SITES 1	044	type not stated				48 ft
MANAGEMENT SITES 1	045	type not stated				167 ft
MANAGEMENT SITES 1	046	type not stated				45 ft
MANAGEMENT SITES 1	047	type not stated				113 ft
MANAGEMENT SITES 1	048	type not stated				197 ft
MANAGEMENT SITES 1	049	type not stated				269 ft
MANAGEMENT SITES 1	050	type not stated				435 ft
MANAGEMENT SITES 1	051	type not stated				337 ft
MANAGEMENT SITES 1	052	type not stated				368 ft
MANAGEMENT SITES 1	053	type not stated				435 ft
MANAGEMENT SITES 1	054	type not stated				272 ft
MANAGEMENT SITES 1	055	type not stated				395 ft
MANAGEMENT SITES 1	056	type not stated				277 ft
MANAGEMENT SITES 1	057	type not stated				372 ft
MANAGEMENT SITES 1	058	type not stated				333 ft
MANAGEMENT SITES 1	059	type not stated				233 ft
MANAGEMENT SITES 1	060	type not stated				346 ft
MANAGEMENT SITES 1	061	type not stated
MANAGEMENT SITES 1	062	type not stated				379 ft
MANAGEMENT SITES 1	063	type not stated				431 ft
MANAGEMENT SITES 1	064	type not stated				442 ft
MANAGEMENT SITES 1	065	type not stated
MANAGEMENT SITES 1	066	type not stated				457 ft
MANAGEMENT SITES 1	067	type not stated				416 ft
MANAGEMENT SITES 1	068	type not stated				337 ft
MANAGEMENT SITES 1	069	type not stated				296 ft
MANAGEMENT SITES 1	070	type not stated				235 ft
MANAGEMENT SITES 1	071	type not stated				170 ft
MANAGEMENT SITES 1	072	type not stated				95 ft
MANAGEMENT SITES 1	073	type not stated				75 ft
MANAGEMENT SITES 1	074	type not stated
MANAGEMENT SITES 1	075	type not stated				54 ft
MANAGEMENT SITES 1	076	type not stated				182 ft
MANAGEMENT SITES 1	077	type not stated				40 ft
MANAGEMENT SITES 1	078	type not stated				181 ft
MANAGEMENT SITES 1	079	type not stated				97 ft
SHEL	SHEL1	day use			2470 ft	284 ft	914 ft	$24–$48

The agency files 2 more records here that aren’t sites for the night: 1 it files as day use and 1 it filed without a site name and nothing in its own record decides. They’re in the table above, marked for what they are, and none of them is counted as a site.

The records with no site name: Derived by CAMPANAC from the agency’s own campsite records: recreation.gov files some overnight records with no site name, only a row of X characters. A block is read as the campground’s own sites, filed without names, only where the agency types those records as campsites rather than MANAGEMENT, gives each one a coordinate, and their numbering continues the campground’s own numbered sites with no gap. Everything else is left uncounted, and where the evidence doesn’t decide the record is counted as no kind of site rather than guessed at · Sep 12, 2026

Price: Derived by CAMPANAC: each site takes the per-night rate this campground publishes for the site’s own site type (recreation.gov rate schedule). recreation.gov publishes no per-campsite fee, and a site whose type carries no published rate is left blank rather than called free · Sep 11, 2026

25 of 132 listed

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

Getting there

the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions

Coordinate36.68472, -81.64722

The mapSee it on the map

The driveDirections ↗

The agency’s pageOfficial page ↗

Where it is

Also near hereBeartree Recreation AreaMount Rogers National Recreation Area · 2.3 mi

GrindstoneMount Rogers National Recreation Area · 5.9 mi

Fox Creek Horse CampMount Rogers National Recreation Area · 8.0 mi

Old Virginia Group Horse CampMount Rogers National Recreation Area · 8.9 mi

Hurricane CampgroundMount Rogers National Recreation Area · 9.2 mi

Backbone Rock CampgroundCherokee National Forest · 11 mi

Getting there

Beartree Campground is located at 20993 Beartree Gap Road, Damascus, VA, approximately 9 miles from the town of Damascus.

From I-81 South take exit 29 and turn left on Hwy 91 South for 13 miles. In Damascus, at the intersection of Hwy 91 South and US 58, continue to US 58 East for approximately 7 miles. The campground is on the left.

From I-81 North take exit 19. Turn right and continue on US 58 East for 12 miles to Damascus. Continue on US 58 East another 7 miles to the campground on the left.

Directions: Driving directions as the agency wrote them · Sep 9, 2026

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

The weather

the next four days · the thirty-year normal

Next four days, and the thirty-year normal

Forecast

Tonight32°Widespread Frost1% rain

Sunday57°Sunny

Sunday Night35°Clear

Monday64°Sunny

NWS forecast for Adwolf, VA

Source: National Weather Service, MRX forecast office · Oct 18, 2026

Typical weather

Typical October night 41°F, day 68°F.

Coldest month of the year: typical January night 23°F, below freezing. Bring a bag rated colder than that, and expect ice in the water bottle.

90°32°10°

Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or more

A normal is the 1991-2020 average for the month, not a forecast: about half of all Julys are colder than the July line. The seven-day forecast above answers the other question.

Measured at: MTN CITY 2, TN (USC00406292), 17 miles away and 891 ft lower

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020, monthly normals · Sep 8, 2026

The land, and who answers for it

what threatens it · who answers for it

Roadless country, and what’s coming for it

Roadless

Rogers Run181 acres · 6 mi · inventoried roadless area

Roadless

Seng Mountain6,428 acres · 6 mi · inventoried roadless area

Roadless

Rogers Ridge4,738 acres · 8 mi · inventoried roadless area

You’re camping on ground somebody wants. We track the threats and the comment deadlines.

Source: USFS Inventoried Roadless Areas via MTJP Roadless Map · Jul 29, 2026

Who answers for this land

Beartree is in Virginia’s 9th congressional district. Its representative, H. Morgan Griffith (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →

Seen something wrong here? Tell us.

Source: U.S. Census district boundaries and the MTJP Congressional Public Lands Score

How we know

every fact on this page, and where it came from

Right now: recreation.gov is offering sites on 11 of the next 14 nights, which isn’t something a closed campground does.

Sites on recreation.gov: recreation.gov’s own month availability payload for this facility, asked for October 2026, November 2026 and July 2027. It names 46 of the 130 campsites the agency files here, and every one of them carries an answer either way. A campground nobody has read carries no answer at all, never a no. · Oct 11, 2026

Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point query at this campground’s coordinate · Sep 7, 2026

Tree cover: NLCD Tree Canopy Cover 2024 (USDA Forest Service / MRLC), one 30 m cell at this coordinate, taken as the median across the 124 campsites here that carry a reading · Sep 9, 2026

Water: USGS National Hydrography Dataset, nearest perennial lake, reservoir, river or stream to this campground’s coordinate · Sep 8, 2026

Night sky: VIIRS Day/Night Band annual cloud-free composite, VNL V2 2024 (Earth Observation Group, Colorado School of Mines), read at the published coordinate: 0.53 mcd/m² of artificial all-sky glow, ranked against the 88 rated federal campgrounds in Virginia · Sep 8, 2026

Sky-glow model: Duriscoe, Anderson, Luginbuhl and Baugh (2018), a simplified model of all-sky artificial sky glow derived from VIIRS Day/Night band data, the National Park Service sky-glow model

Cell signal: the Forest Service’s own campground description, read as text by CAMPANAC. None of this is a measurement. It’s what the land manager published about the place, and phones, carriers and weather all disagree with each other; treat it as a warning, not a promise.

Nearest town: U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line 2024 places, measured by CAMPANAC to the town boundary; population is the ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimate · Sep 9, 2026