Longwood Park
- Right now
- Taking bookingsSites offered on 16 of the next 30 nights read 16:16 UTC
- A night
- $24–$68Across the site types the agency prices
- Sites
- 65All of them booked ahead
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 11 notices
In the agency’s own words
Longwood Park is located on John H. Kerr Reservoir, a 50,000-acre lake that extends 39 miles up the wooded, cove-studded shoreline of the Roanoke River in Virginia and North Carolina. Kerr Reservoir, also known as Buggs Island Lake, was created with the construction of the John H. Kerr Dam in 1952. Its 800 miles of wooded shoreline stretch across six counties and two states and offer countless recreation opportunities for visitors. Keep reading
Recreation
Public lands around the lake are open to hunting with appropriate state licenses. Game species include whitetail deer, wild turkey, bobwhite quail, mourning dove, gray squirrel, cottontail rabbit, fox and raccoon. Resident waterfowl species include wood duck, black duck, mallard and Canadian geese. There are 26 Wildlife Management Areas around the lake that provide year-round opportunities for hiking, wildlife viewing, birding and more. The lake is widely known for fishing, with large-mouth bass, striped bass, crappie and flathead catfish available. Viriginia Dept of Game and Inland Fisheries regulate hunting and fishing on Kerr Lake on the Virginia side (which is known as Buggs Island Lake).
Facilities
Visitors to Longwood Park will enjoy the lakeside view. There are 66 sites for tents or RVs, and amenities like hot showers, flush toilets and a dump station provide a comfortable camping experience. A swimming beach and picnic shelter make the campground ideal for families.
Natural Features
Longwood Park is forested and offers plenty of shade. It is located on the Grassy Creek part of Kerr Reservoir. Contact Info Between 04/01/2024 and 10/31/2024 this location is staffed. Please call (434) 374-2711 to speak with local staff. From 11/01/2024 to 03/31/2025 this location is unstaffed. Please call (434) 738-6143 for general information.
Nearby Attractions
Longwood Park is located only 10 minutes from Clarksville, Virginia. Shopping, gas, and groceries are available. Clarksville Marina is about 15 minutes away by highway; approximately 30 minutes by water.
Charges & Cancellations
Changing Reservations: There is no change fee if a visitor extends or shortens a reservation, as long as the change includes dates from the original reservation. Additionally, there is no change fee if the visitor wants to switch sites that are the same price with the same reservation dates in the same facility. If a visitor wants to switch dates that are entirely outside of the original reservation dates, there is a $10 change fee. If a reservation is made that includes dates beyond the maximum booking window, that reservation cannot be changed until 18 days have passed from the original booking date. Once a reservation date has begun, visitors cannot change a reservation using the online system or through the Call Center. Onsite staff will assist with changes or cancellations. Cancellations: Visitors may cancel their reservation prior to arrival both on-line and through the call center. A $10 service fee will be withheld from any refund for a cancellation. A visitor who cancels a reservation the day before or on the day of arrival will pay a $10.00 service fee AND forfeit the first night's approved rate including tax and applicable add-on. Cancellations for a one-night reservation will forfeit the entire amount paid and will not be subject to an additional service fee. Visitors who cancel a group overnight facility reservation less than 14 days prior to arrival date will pay a $10 service fee AND forfeit the first night’s rate. No-Shows: A no-show visitor is one who does not arrive at a campground and does not cancel the reservation by check-out time on the day after the scheduled arrival date. Staff will hold a campsite until check-out time on the day following the arrival date. No-shows are assessed $20.00 service fee and forfeit the first night's rate, taxes and applicable add-on for a campsite. Early Departures: Visitors are requested to notify staff at the facility if they depart early to allow others to use the site. If the visitor chooses to depart early, they may forfeit the approved rate and applicable tax and applicable add-on for the day of departure. If a visitor departs prior to the scheduled check-out date, they may be eligible for a partial refund. Visitors may notify the Recreation.gov call center to request a refund of remaining unused nights. If a visitor requests a refund for an early departure after the facility check-out time (3 pm) has passed, the visitor will not be refunded for that night and is eligible for a refund on any additional nights that will not be used. Refunds: Visitors may submit a refund request through their Recreation.gov profile within 7 days of the end date of their reservation. Visitors may also initiate a refund request through the call center at any time after their reservation has ended. Refunds for debit or credit card payments will be issued as a credit to the original bank or credit card used to pay. For check or cash purchases, Recreation.gov will mail a Treasury check for refunds of cash, check, or money order payments to the address associated with the reservation. Treasury check refunds may take up to 6-8 weeks to arrive. In the event of an emergency closure, the Recreation.gov team or facility manager will refund all fees and will attempt to notify you using the contact information within the Recreation.gov visitor profile.
What the agency tells you
Longwood Campground gate house hours are as follows: Sunday - Thursday: 9:00am - 9:00pm Friday & Saturday: 9:00am - 10:00pm
Most campsites have gravel bases; bring padding for tents. All equipment must be placed within the site perimeter.
Check-in is at 4 p.m. and check-out is at 2 p.m. Campers must drop off their blue camping hangtags at the gatehouse upon checkout. Checking in to your campsite after the gatehouse closes is prohibited.
Everything else this campground posts · 8
Maximum stay is 14-days within any 30 day period. Changing names on a reservation, changing campsites, or making multiple reservations in order to stay over 14-days is prohibited!
Quiet hours are from 10pm to 6 am. Generators and music must be cut off at 10 pm.
Customers should not have packages or mail sent or delivered to the park. Mail and packages will be refused and returned to sender.
Alcoholic beverages and off-road vehicles (golf carts,4-wheelers, etc.) are prohibited.
Golden Age/Access and America the Beautiful Interagency Senior and Access Passes are accepted at this campground and cardholders receive a 50% discount on camping fees. Cardholder must be present at registration, show pass and ID, and camp during entire stay.
All vehicles entering the day use area are required to pay the $7 day use fee including those who have rented the shelter for the day. The day use fee is waived for current campers.
For a full list of rules and regulations please visit Title 36
Please read through the fees and cancelation policy for Recreation.gov
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 65
- Hookups
- 33 electric, 33 water
- Longest rig
- 45 ft
- Paved pads
- 2 of 65
- Accessible sites
- 2
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- 44 of 61 sites
Facilities
- Toilets
- Pit Toilets
- PIT TOILETS on 1 of 66 campsite records
- Showers
- Yes, the record doesn’t say what kind
- “There are 66 sites for tents or RVs, and amenities like hot showers, flush toilets and a dump station provide a comfortable camping experience.”
- Dump station
- Yes
- recreation.gov lists “Dump Station”
- Stay limit
- 14 nights
- recreation.gov facility rule maxStay
Around the campground
- On the water
- Reservoir, Lake, River, Creek, Beach
- Boating
- Canoeing
- Fishing
- Picnicking
- Swimming
- Wildlife viewing
- Night sky · 62nd darkest of 88 in VA
- Bortle 4
51 of 128 site-nights open this Friday and Saturdayread 16:16 UTC
Every site here is reservable, and the record lists none held back for anyone who drives up.
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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.
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We check once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time the agency has that season on sale.
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.
We make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.
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What you actually pay
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rates for this season, $24–$68 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.
“Additionally, there is no change fee if the visitor wants to switch sites that are the same price with the same reservation dates in the same facility. - If a visitor wants to switch dates that are entirely outside of the original reservation dates, there is a $10 change fee. - If a reservation is made that includes…” · this campground’s own no-show terms
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 · 6
recreation.gov availability, read 16:16 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
66 records · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 65 mapped sitesAll 66 records
The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 65 of the 66 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.
| CENT | 29 | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 110 ft | 73 ft | $34–$68 | |
| CENT | 30 | standard electric | 35 ft | 50 amp | 102 ft | 89 ft | $34–$68 | |
| CENT | 31 | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 57 ft | 189 ft | $34–$68 | |
| CENT | 32 | standard electric | 30 ft | 50 amp | 72 ft | 101 ft | $34–$68 | |
| CENT | 33 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 72 ft | 101 ft | $24–$48 | ||
| CENT | 34 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 80 ft | 85 ft | $24–$48 | ||
| CENT | 35 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 90 ft | 66 ft | $24–$48 | ||
| CENT | 36 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 62 ft | 54 ft | $24–$48 | ||
| CENT | 37 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 62 ft | 55 ft | $24–$48 | ||
| CENT | 38 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 58 ft | 98 ft | $24–$48 | ||
| CENT | 39D | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 57 ft | 192 ft | $34–$68 | |
| CENT | 41 | standard nonelectric | 45 ft | 58 ft | 97 ft | $24–$48 | ||
| CENT | 42 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 57 ft | 69 ft | $24–$48 | ||
| CENT | 43 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 57 ft | 74 ft | $24–$48 | ||
| CENT | 44 | standard electric | 25 ft | 50 amp | 97 ft | 138 ft | $34–$68 | |
| CENT | 45 | standard electric | 44 ft | 50 amp | 110 ft | 240 ft | $34–$68 | |
| CENT | 46 | standard electric | 35 ft | 50 amp | 87 ft | 137 ft | $34–$68 | |
| CENT | 47 | standard electric | 35 ft | 50 amp | 87 ft | 176 ft | $34–$68 | |
| LEFT | 01 | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | yes | 62 ft | 369 ft | $34–$68 |
| LEFT | 02 | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | yes | 62 ft | 324 ft | $34–$68 |
| LEFT | 03 | standard electric | 38 ft | 50 amp | 91 ft | 318 ft | $34–$68 | |
| LEFT | 04 | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 65 ft | 288 ft | $34–$68 | |
| LEFT | 05 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 90 ft | 183 ft | $24–$48 | ||
| LEFT | 06 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 82 ft | 153 ft | $24–$48 | ||
| LEFT | 07 | standard electric | 30 ft | 50 amp | 65 ft | 272 ft | $34–$68 | |
| LEFT | 08 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 82 ft | 148 ft | $24–$48 | ||
| LEFT | 09 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 83 ft | 148 ft | $24–$48 | ||
| LEFT | 10 | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 110 ft | 190 ft | $34–$68 | |
| LEFT | 11 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 50 ft | 115 ft | $24–$48 | ||
| LEFT | 12 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 50 ft | 67 ft | $24–$48 | ||
| LEFT | 13D | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 87 ft | 101 ft | $24–$48 | ||
| LEFT | 14 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 87 ft | 71 ft | $24–$48 | ||
| LEFT | 15 | standard electric | 20 ft | 50 amp | 97 ft | 202 ft | $34–$68 | |
| LEFT | 16 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 89 ft | 68 ft | $24–$48 | ||
| LEFT | 17 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 89 ft | 85 ft | $24–$48 | ||
| LEFT | 18 | standard electric | 30 ft | 50 amp | 97 ft | 202 ft | $34–$68 | |
| LEFT | 19 | standard electric | 35 ft | 50 amp | 71 ft | 255 ft | $34–$68 | |
| LEFT | 20 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 64 ft | 171 ft | $24–$48 | ||
| LEFT | 21 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 64 ft | 138 ft | $24–$48 | ||
| LEFT | 22 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 82 ft | 135 ft | $24–$48 | ||
| LEFT | 23 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 82 ft | 100 ft | $24–$48 | ||
| LEFT | 24 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 69 ft | 111 ft | $24–$48 | ||
| LEFT | 25 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 69 ft | 130 ft | $24–$48 | ||
| LEFT | 26 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 72 ft | 141 ft | $24–$48 | ||
| LEFT | 27 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 72 ft | 120 ft | $24–$48 | ||
| LEFT | 28 | standard nonelectric | 40 ft | 93 ft | 137 ft | $24–$48 | ||
| LEFT | 63 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 80 ft | 236 ft | $24–$48 | ||
| LEFT | 64 | standard nonelectric | 30 ft | 73 ft | 225 ft | $24–$48 | ||
| LEFT | 65 | standard nonelectric | 25 ft | 73 ft | 215 ft | $24–$48 | ||
| LEFT | 66 | standard nonelectric | 35 ft | 151 ft | 273 ft | $24–$48 | ||
| Longwood Park | Longwood Shelter | day use | ||||||
| RIGH | 48 | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 69 ft | 213 ft | $34–$68 | |
| RIGH | 49 | standard electric | 25 ft | 50 amp | 69 ft | 210 ft | $34–$68 | |
| RIGH | 50 | standard electric | 32 ft | 50 amp | 73 ft | 298 ft | $34–$68 | |
| RIGH | 51 | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 54 ft | 269 ft | $34–$68 | |
| RIGH | 52 | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 54 ft | 220 ft | $34–$68 | |
| RIGH | 53 | standard electric | 45 ft | 50 amp | 63 ft | 159 ft | $34–$68 | |
| RIGH | 54 | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 70 ft | 111 ft | $34–$68 | |
| RIGH | 55 | standard electric | 45 ft | 50 amp | 58 ft | 90 ft | $34–$68 | |
| RIGH | 56 | standard electric | 45 ft | 50 amp | 58 ft | 94 ft | $34–$68 | |
| RIGH | 57 | standard electric | 35 ft | 50 amp | 57 ft | 118 ft | $34–$68 | |
| RIGH | 58 | standard electric | 35 ft | 50 amp | 57 ft | 117 ft | $34–$68 | |
| RIGH | 59 | standard electric | 35 ft | 50 amp | 72 ft | 119 ft | $34–$68 | |
| RIGH | 60 | standard electric | 35 ft | 50 amp | 58 ft | 101 ft | $34–$68 | |
| RIGH | 61 | standard electric | 45 ft | 50 amp | 58 ft | 97 ft | $34–$68 | |
| RIGH | 62 | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 60 ft | 97 ft | $34–$68 |
The agency files 1 more record here that isn’t a site for the night. It files it as day use. It’s in the table above, marked for what it is, and it isn’t counted as a site.
OpenStreetMap has no toilet mapped within 1 km of this campground, so no site here carries a toilet distance. That’s a gap in the map, not a finding about the campground.
25 of 66 listed
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Island Creek Park5.0 mi
Ivy Hill Park6.6 mi
Buffalo Park7.3 mi
Grassy Creek Park7.5 mi
Rudds Creek Rec. Area8.2 mi
North Bend Park13 miThe physical address for Longwood Park is: 13500 Hwy 15, Clarksville, VA 23927. It is located 7 miles south of Clarksville, VA.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Clarksville, VA
Typical weather
Typical October night 48°F, day 73°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical January night 28°F, below freezing. Bring a bag rated colder than that, and expect ice in the water bottle.
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.
The land, and who answers for it
who answers for it
Who answers for this land
Longwood Park is in Virginia’s 5th congressional district. Its representative, John McGuire (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →