National Park Service · Shenandoah National Park · VA

Walk To Tent Only · Site 013.

at Big Meadows Campground - Shenandoah (VA)

This site, in 7 agency photographs
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
64 ftRoom
3,580 ftElevation
88%Tree cover
2,329 ftWater · to Little Hawksbill Creek

Room

64 ftto the nearest other site, against 61 ft typical here
#92 of 215roomiest site in the campground
2other sites within 100 ft
No RV or electric sites within 100 ftso, probably no generators

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 Site55 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

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.

Book this exact site

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

Site 013 on 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