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National Park Service · Shenandoah National Park · VA

Walk To Tent Only · Site 030.

at Big Meadows Campground - Shenandoah (VA)

This site, in 3 agency photographs
Photos · nps
Photos: Recreation.gov RIDB media records filed against this campsite · Oct 19, 2026
Filed by the agency against this site and 84 other campsites here
Bear box dimensions: 51 inch wide by 28.75 inch high by 35 inch deep, filed by the agency against 85 campsites at Big Meadows Campground - Shenandoah (VA)
Bear box dimensions: 51 inch wide by 28.75 inch high by 35 inch deep · NPS
Shared frame: SHA-256 of the agency’s own file, compared across every campsite photograph at this campground · Sep 12, 2026
Tent Only NonelectricType
Reservablerecreation.gov lists it
77 ftRoom
3,520 ftElevation
78%Tree cover
1,442 ftWater · to Little Hawksbill Creek
Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point query at this site’s coordinate · Sep 7, 2026
Tree cover: NLCD Tree Canopy Cover 2024 (USDA Forest Service / MRLC), one 30 m cell at this coordinate · Sep 9, 2026
Water: USGS National Hydrography Dataset, nearest perennial lake, reservoir, river or stream to this site’s coordinate · Sep 8, 2026

Room

77 ftto the nearest other site, against 61 ft typical here
#41 of 215roomiest site in the campground
1other site within 100 ft
No RV or electric sites within 100 ftso, probably no generators
Nearest sites031 77 ft034 99 ft027 108 ft032 125 ftA071 144 ft033 154 ft
Source: Derived by CAMPANAC from recreation.gov per-site coordinates (nearest-neighbor spheroid distance) · Oct 19, 2026

The site

TypeTent Only Nonelectric
LoopWalk To Tent Only
HookupsNone
Site AccessHike-In
Capacity/Size RatingSingle
Max Num of People6
Max Num of Vehicles2
ShadeYes
Pets AllowedYes
Campfire AllowedYes
Checkin Time12:00 PM
Checkout Time12:00 PM
Condition RatingBasic
Electricity HookupN/A
Fire PitYes
Food Storage LockerYes
Hike In Distance to Site25 ft
Location RatingPrime
Min Num of People1
Min Num of Vehicles0
Proximity to WaterN/A
Site RatingBasic
AccessibleNot listed
The record, complete · 20
Water HookupNo
Source: Recreation.gov RIDB full extract, per-site record · Oct 19, 2026

What fits here

Tentno length limit listed

Recreation.gov lists these as the equipment permitted on this site. A length is the ceiling for that equipment; where none is published we say so rather than guess.

Source: Recreation.gov RIDB full extract, per-site record · Oct 19, 2026

Book this exact site

Opens this site’s own calendar on recreation.gov.

Site 030 on recreation.gov
Source: Recreation.gov

The campground

Every site, the season, fees, weather, and what’s happening on this land right now: Big Meadows Campground - Shenandoah (VA) →

Most private sites here046 133 ftD142 120 ft036 116 ft037 116 ftA104 114 ft
Source: CAMPANAC campground index