Oak Ridge Campground
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- A night
- $26From, per site
- Sites
- 99All of them booked ahead
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 9 notices
In the agency’s own words
Oak Ridge Campground is a 100-site, wooded campground located in Prince William Forest Park, 35 miles (56 km) southwest of Washington, DC. The park's land was set aside during the Great Depression, and in 1935 the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) began restoring the previously over-farmed acreage, converting it to recreational lands for public use. The CCC built trails, dams and cabins, making the park a wonderful place for recreation and relaxation. Large group camping is not permitted at Oak Ridge Campground. Please read the need to know section for additional information. Keep reading
Recreation
The park offers many Things to Do including hiking, biking, orienteering and fishing. Hikers enjoy exploring the park's 37 miles (60 km) of foot trails. The South Valley, Oak Ridge and Farms to Forest Trails all begin at the campground entrance. Bicyclists will find On and Off Road Biking on 21 miles (34 km) of paved roads within the park, including the 12-mile (19 km) Scenic Drive. Minimal traffic and a 25 m.p.h. (40 kph) speed limit make this a popular biking route. A 3-mile (5 km), family-friendly paved bike lane leads to the campground. Mountain biking is also available on 10 miles (16 km) of gravel fire roads. The park boasts also 30 orienteering courses with picturesque settings. Orienteering is a 19th century Scandinavian sport primarily used as military training. The courses were developed in 1972 and continue to provide hours of entertainment and exploration for park visitors. Approximately 18 miles (29 km) of streams and two small lakes are open to the public for fishing. The water quality of Quantico Creek supports numerous fish species and other aquatic life. The most common fish species are bluegill, pumpkinseed, largemouth bass and channel catfish.
Facilities
The campground is open March through November and accommodates tents, RVs and trailers. Recreational vehicles may not exceed 32 feet in length (9.75 m) and 12 feet (3.7 m) in height. Trailers and fifth wheels are limited to 26 feet (7.9 m) in length and 12 feet (3.6 m) in height. Each site has a picnic table, grill, lantern post and parking spur. Each loop has restrooms with sinks and flush toilets. Loop B also has showers. A and C unit comfort stations close down at the first part of November for winterizing. Loop B comfort station is open till the camp closure the first of December.
Natural Features
Oak Ridge Campground is located in Prince William Forest Park, which preserves approximately 15,000 acres (6070 ha) including a major portion of the Quantico Creek watershed. The area is the largest example of a piedmont forest ecosystem, the piedmont being the geographic plateau between the Appalachian Mountains and the Atlantic coast. The park represents one of the largest parcels of undeveloped land in the area and is the National Park Service's third largest unit in Virginia. Various geological outcroppings, winding creeks, gently rolling slopes and man-made lakes make wonderful destinations for any adventurous visitor. The park is home to many animals including 46 species of mammals, 22 species of amphibians, 25 species of reptiles, more than 129 species of birds, 26 species of fish and an unknown number of invertebrates. More than 900 plant species exist in Prince William Forest Park, from the smallest wildflower to the tallest tree. From tree bark in winter, wildflowers in spring, canopy cover in summer and autumn colors in fall, Prince William Forest Park offers beautiful scenery year-round.
Nearby Attractions
Prince William Forest Park is centrally located, with easy access to all of the attractions the Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C., area have to offer. From the park entrance, the National Museum of the Marine Corps and the main gate of the United States Marine Corps Base Quantico are just a mile (1.6 km) away. The park is located directly between historic Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park and Manassas National Battlefield Park.
What the agency tells you
You are responsible for complying with all laws, regulations and policies. In addition to the rules listed here, Title 36 of the Code of Federal Regulations and the Superintendent's Compendium apply. For further information or to ask questions, please contact the park's visitor center at 703-221-7181.
Entrance Fee. Prince William Forest Park charges an entrance fee separate from camping fees. You may pay the fee upon arrival at the entrance station or purchase in advance. The park also honors valid America the Beautiful-the National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands passes (also known as an interagency passes, e.g., Senior, 4th Grade, Military, etc.). Visit the park's Fees & Passes web page for more information.
Reservation Maximum. Campers may stay a maximum of 15 consecutive nights or 30 nights camping during a calendar year (January to December). Visitors can apply for a waiver for additional nights camping at the visitor center.
Everything else this campground posts · 6
RV Hookups. Hookups are not available. Full hookups are available at Prince William Forest RV Campground (run by a park concessionaire), located on Route 234 off exit 152. They can be contacted at (888)737-5730 for reservations or at 703-221-2474 for general information. Learn more about the RV campground by visiting their website
Quiet Hours. Quiet hours are 10:00pm to 6:00am. Generator use is prohibited during quiet hours and generator use is prohibited in all C loop campsites.
Firewood. Firewood is not available. Campers can forage for dead or downed wood less than 6 inches in diameter within the campground only. If you bring your own firewood, it must be USDA certified ''bug-free'' firewood or have been collected within 50 miles of Prince William Forest Park.
Campfires. Campfires must be completely contained within established fire rings and attended at all times. Campfires must be completely extinguished and cold to touch before leaving your campsite. Campfires are prohibited during periods of high fire danger.
Group Size. Max three tents and six people per site for camping. Organized group camping is not permitted at Oak Ridge; group camping is available at Turkey Run Ridge Group Campground.
Age Requirement. Campground permits may not be obtained by persons under 18 years of age.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 99 · 62 tent-only
- Hookups
- None
- Longest rig
- 32 ft
- Paved pads
- All
- Accessible sites
- 6
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Toilets
- Flush Toilets - year round
- Drinking water
- Yes
- Stay limit
- 30 nights
- recreation.gov facility rule maxStay
Around the campground
- On the water
- Lake, Creek, Coast
- Backpacking
- Biking
- Birding
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Historic site
- Ranger programs
- Scenic drives
- Visitor center
- Wildlife viewing
- Night sky · 80th darkest of 88 in VA
- Bortle 5
- Fall color · reported 12 days ago, 35 km away
- Patchy color
Full this Saturdayread 15:08 UTC
How full the weekend is nationally.
OpenBooked
Every one of the 93 sites on offer is taken this Saturday. 90 are free on Wed, Oct 21. read 15:08 UTC Why the weekend fills and the week doesn’t
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We make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.
Every line of the receipt · 17
What you actually pay
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rate for this season, $26 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.
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
recreation.gov availability, read 15:08 UTC · rules read Oct 1, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
99 sites · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 94 mapped sitesAll 99 sites
Toilet distances are OpenStreetMap’s, measured for 94 of the 99 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. 99 of the 99 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.
| Loop A | A01 | tent only nonelectric | 32 ft | 40 ft | 2,692 ft | 298 ft | $26 | |
| Loop A | A02 | tent only nonelectric | 40 ft | 2,717 ft | 273 ft | $26 | ||
| Loop A | A03 | tent only nonelectric | 32 ft | 29 ft | 2,710 ft | 293 ft | $26 | |
| Loop A | A04 | tent only nonelectric | 32 ft | 29 ft | 2,739 ft | 267 ft | $26 | |
| Loop A | A05 | tent only nonelectric | 32 ft | 44 ft | 2,742 ft | 283 ft | $26 | |
| Loop A | A06 | tent only nonelectric | 32 ft | 48 ft | 2,790 ft | 245 ft | $26 | |
| Loop A | A07 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 34 ft | 2,828 ft | 253 ft | $26 | |
| Loop A | A08 | tent only nonelectric | 32 ft | 34 ft | 2,850 ft | 219 ft | $26 | |
| Loop A | A09 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 51 ft | 2,884 ft | 250 ft | $26 | |
| Loop A | A10 | tent only nonelectric | 44 ft | 2,957 ft | 177 ft | $26 | ||
| Loop A | A11 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 44 ft | 2,931 ft | 216 ft | $26 | |
| Loop A | A12 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 45 ft | 3,094 ft | 200 ft | $26 | |
| Loop A | A13 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 52 ft | 3,061 ft | 220 ft | $26 | |
| Loop A | A14 | tent only nonelectric | 31 ft | 45 ft | 3,127 ft | 245 ft | $26 | |
| Loop A | A15 | tent only nonelectric | 32 ft | 50 ft | 3,187 ft | 273 ft | $26 | |
| Loop A | A16 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 46 ft | 3,195 ft | 248 ft | $26 | |
| Loop A | A17 | tent only nonelectric | 32 ft | 46 ft | 3,232 ft | 294 ft | $26 | |
| Loop A | A18 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 36 ft | 3,297 ft | 320 ft | $26 | |
| Loop A | A19 | tent only nonelectric | 32 ft | 35 ft | 3,323 ft | 324 ft | $26 | |
| Loop A | A20 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 50 ft | 3,360 ft | 260 ft | $26 | |
| Loop A | A21 | tent only nonelectric | 32 ft | 35 ft | 3,357 ft | 291 ft | $26 | |
| Loop A | A22 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 26 ft | 3,441 ft | 186 ft | $26 | |
| Loop A | A23 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | yes | 54 ft | 3,503 ft | 172 ft | $26 |
| Loop A | A24 | tent only nonelectric | 32 ft | 26 ft | 3,466 ft | 163 ft | $26 | |
| Loop A | A25 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | yes | 52 ft | 3,554 ft | 178 ft | $26 |
| Loop A | A26 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 52 ft | 3,502 ft | 200 ft | $26 | |
| Loop A | A27 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 55 ft | 3,420 ft | 274 ft | $26 | |
| Loop A | A28 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 55 ft | 3,439 ft | 221 ft | $26 | |
| Loop A | A29 | tent only nonelectric | 32 ft | 60 ft | 3,352 ft | 300 ft | $26 | |
| Loop A | A30 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 54 ft | 3,325 ft | 292 ft | $26 | |
| Loop A | A31 | tent only nonelectric | 32 ft | 41 ft | 3,278 ft | 351 ft | $26 | |
| Loop A | A32 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 41 ft | 3,271 ft | 331 ft | $26 | |
| Loop A | A33 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 40 ft | 3,155 ft | 248 ft | $26 | |
| Loop A | A34 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 40 ft | 3,142 ft | 213 ft | $26 | |
| Loop A | A35 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 58 ft | 3,084 ft | 170 ft | $26 | |
| Loop A | A36 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 63 ft | 2,931 ft | 223 ft | $26 | |
| Loop A | A37 | tent only nonelectric | 32 ft | 63 ft | 2,872 ft | 226 ft | $26 | |
| Loop A | A38 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | $26 | ||||
| Loop A | A39 | tent only nonelectric | 32 ft | $26 | ||||
| Loop A | A40 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | $26 | ||||
| Loop A | A41 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | $26 | ||||
| Loop A | A42 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | $26 | ||||
| Loop B | B01 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 77 ft | 3,606 ft | 175 ft | $26 | |
| Loop B | B02 | tent only nonelectric | 32 ft | yes | 80 ft | 3,653 ft | 125 ft | $26 |
| Loop B | B03 | tent only nonelectric | 32 ft | 29 ft | 3,682 ft | 256 ft | $26 | |
| Loop B | B04 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 62 ft | 3,724 ft | 199 ft | $26 | |
| Loop B | B05 | tent only nonelectric | 32 ft | 36 ft | 3,777 ft | 260 ft | $26 | |
| Loop B | B06 | tent only nonelectric | 32 ft | 36 ft | 3,844 ft | 329 ft | $26 | |
| Loop B | B07 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 65 ft | 3,761 ft | 316 ft | $26 | |
| Loop B | B08 | tent only nonelectric | 32 ft | 56 ft | 3,897 ft | 384 ft | $26 | |
| Loop B | B09 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 65 ft | 3,814 ft | 378 ft | $26 | |
| Loop B | B11 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 121 ft | 4,054 ft | 289 ft | $26 | |
| Loop B | B12 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 104 ft | 4,054 ft | 230 ft | $26 | |
| Loop B | B13 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 84 ft | 4,068 ftSouth Fork Quantico Creek | 294 ft | $26 | |
| Loop B | B14 | tent only nonelectric | 32 ft | 84 ft | 4,032 ft | 287 ft | $26 | |
| Loop B | B15 | tent only nonelectric | 32 ft | 31 ft | 3,970 ft | 384 ft | $26 | |
| Loop B | B16 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 79 ft | 4,033 ft | 398 ft | $26 | |
| Loop B | B17 | tent only nonelectric | 32 ft | 81 ft | 3,990 ft | 417 ft | $26 | |
| Loop B | B18 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 31 ft | 3,944 ft | 358 ft | $26 | |
| Loop B | B19 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 83 ft | 3,891 ft | 343 ft | $26 | |
| Loop B | B20 | tent only nonelectric | 32 ft | 83 ft | 3,810 ft | 282 ft | $26 | |
| Loop B | B21 | tent only nonelectric | 32 ft | 45 ft | 3,714 ft | 175 ft | $26 | |
| Loop B | B22 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 25 ft | 3,795 ft | 218 ft | $26 | |
| Loop B | B23 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | 25 ft | 3,777 ft | 206 ft | $26 | |
| Loop B | B24 | tent only nonelectric | 32 ft | 56 ft | 3,647 ft | 108 ft | $26 | |
| Loop B | B25 | standard nonelectric | 32 ft | yes | 45 ft | 3,673 ft | 163 ft | $26 |
| Loop C | C01 | tent only nonelectric | 29 ft | 3,675 ft | 227 ft | $26 | ||
| Loop C | C02 | tent only nonelectric | 71 ft | 4,006 ftSouth Fork Quantico Creek | 180 ft | $26 | ||
| Loop C | C03 | tent only nonelectric | 91 ft | 3,926 ftSouth Fork Quantico Creek | 247 ft | $26 | ||
| Loop C | C04 | tent only nonelectric | 71 ft | 3,948 ftSouth Fork Quantico Creek | 157 ft | $26 | ||
| Loop C | C05 | tent only nonelectric | 36 ft | 3,810 ft | 294 ft | $26 | ||
| Loop C | C06 | tent only nonelectric | 87 ft | 3,707 ftSouth Fork Quantico Creek | 329 ft | $26 | ||
| Loop C | C07 | tent only nonelectric | 97 ft | 3,775 ftSouth Fork Quantico Creek | 256 ft | $26 | ||
| Loop C | C08 | tent only nonelectric | 42 ft | 3,639 ftSouth Fork Quantico Creek | 390 ft | $26 | ||
| Loop C | C09 | tent only nonelectric | 97 ft | 3,694 ftSouth Fork Quantico Creek | 345 ft | $26 | ||
| Loop C | C10 | tent only nonelectric | 86 ft | 3,592 ftSouth Fork Quantico Creek | 452 ft | $26 | ||
| Loop C | C11 | tent only nonelectric | 42 ft | 3,600 ftSouth Fork Quantico Creek | 429 ft | $26 | ||
| Loop C | C12 | tent only nonelectric | 131 ft | 3,387 ftSouth Fork Quantico Creek | 652 ft | $26 | ||
| Loop C | C13 | tent only nonelectric | 86 ft | 3,519 ftSouth Fork Quantico Creek | 535 ft | $26 | ||
| Loop C | C14 | tent only nonelectric | 91 ft | 3,592 ftSouth Fork Quantico Creek | 517 ft | $26 | ||
| Loop C | C15 | tent only nonelectric | 116 ft | 3,321 ftSouth Fork Quantico Creek | 746 ft | $26 | ||
| Loop C | C16 | tent only nonelectric | 105 ft | 3,411 ftSouth Fork Quantico Creek | 696 ft | $26 | ||
| Loop C | C17 | tent only nonelectric | 105 ft | 3,402 ftSouth Fork Quantico Creek | 738 ft | $26 | ||
| Loop C | C18 | tent only nonelectric | 56 ft | 3,545 ftSouth Fork Quantico Creek | 596 ft | $26 | ||
| Loop C | C19 | tent only nonelectric | 56 ft | 3,503 ftSouth Fork Quantico Creek | 642 ft | $26 | ||
| Loop C | C20 | tent only nonelectric | 72 ft | 3,559 ftSouth Fork Quantico Creek | 597 ft | $26 | ||
| Loop C | C21 | tent only nonelectric | 72 ft | 3,529 ftSouth Fork Quantico Creek | 610 ft | $26 | ||
| Loop C | C22 | tent only nonelectric | 75 ft | 3,614 ftSouth Fork Quantico Creek | 527 ft | $26 | ||
| Loop C | C23 | tent only nonelectric | 75 ft | 3,587 ftSouth Fork Quantico Creek | 528 ft | $26 | ||
| Loop C | C24 | tent only nonelectric | 93 ft | 3,691 ftSouth Fork Quantico Creek | 433 ft | $26 | ||
| Loop C | C25 | tent only nonelectric | 108 ft | 3,582 ftSouth Fork Quantico Creek | 510 ft | $26 | ||
| Loop C | C26 | tent only nonelectric | 52 ft | 3,775 ftSouth Fork Quantico Creek | 341 ft | $26 | ||
| Loop C | C27 | tent only nonelectric | 52 ft | 3,827 ftSouth Fork Quantico Creek | 289 ft | $26 | ||
| Loop C | C28 | tent only nonelectric | 124 ft | 3,704 ftSouth Fork Quantico Creek | 367 ft | $26 | ||
| Loop C | C29 | tent only nonelectric | 107 ft | 3,874 ftSouth Fork Quantico Creek | 202 ft | $26 | ||
| Loop C | C30 | tent only nonelectric | 119 ft | 3,786 ftSouth Fork Quantico Creek | 275 ft | $26 | ||
| Loop C | C31 | tent only nonelectric | 110 ft | 3,956 ftSouth Fork Quantico Creek | 105 ft | $26 | ||
| Loop C | C32 | tent only nonelectric | yes | 110 ft | 3,874 ftSouth Fork Quantico Creek | 205 ft | $26 | |
| Loop C | C33 | tent only nonelectric | yes | 147 ft | 4,064 ftSouth Fork Quantico Creek | 107 ft | $26 |
25 of 99 listed
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Camp Mawavi (Cabin Camp 2)Prince William Forest Park · 1.4 mi
Camp HappyLand (Cabin Camp 5)Prince William Forest Park · 1.7 mi
Turkey Run Ridge GroupPrince William Forest Park · 2.6 mi
Chopawamsic Backcountry Camping PermitsPrince William Forest Park · 3.0 mi
Cabin Camp 1 (By Reservation Only)Prince William Forest Park · 3.2 mi
Camp Pleasant (Cabin Camp 4)Prince William Forest Park · 3.3 miGPS devices will sometimes try to take you on closed gravel service roads to the campground. The only vehicle entrance to the campground is through the main park entrance on VA 619/Joplin Road. Try using 18511 Joplin Road, Triangle, VA 22172 to get to the main park entrance and following signs in the park to the campground.
From Washington, D.C., and points north, take I-95 south to exit 150-B toward VA Route 619/Joplin Road. The park entrance is the second right. It is an additional 15-20 minute drive from the park entrance to Oak Ridge Campground.
From Fredericksburg, Virginia, and points south, take I-95 north to exit 150 toward VA Route 619/Joplin Road. Turn left at the bottom of the exit ramp and continue on VA Route 619 West approximately 1/4 mile to the park entrance.
Washington Dulles International Airport and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport are approximately 45 minutes drive-time from Prince William Forest Park. Baltimore/Washington International Airport and Richmond International Airport are 90 minutes away.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Independent Hill, VA
Typical weather
Typical October night 50°F, day 69°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
what threatens it · who answers for it · a letter you can send
What threatens this place
You’re camping on ground somebody wants. We track the threats and the comment deadlines.
Who answers for this land
Oak Ridge Campground is in Virginia’s 7th congressional district. Its representative, Eugene Vindman (D), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: B. See every public-lands vote →
Who can change it · 4
Two offices, two different asks. The draft to the agency asks it to set aside a published share of the sites here for whoever drives up. The draft to Congress asks why that share is zero and presses for a published minimum at the campgrounds it funds.
- The office that runs itPrince William Forest ParkNational Park Service unit
- The member who votes the moneyEugene Simon VindmanU.S. Representative · Virginia’s 7th district
- Your senator, on the same appropriationMark R. WarnerU.S. Senator · Virginia
- Your senator, on the same appropriationTim KaineU.S. Senator · Virginia
Read the draft, or change the wording
For the camper who turned up, or tried to book, and couldn’t get in. Every draft is written from this campground’s own record (its agency, its unit, its site count and its own weekend) and the buttons above copy whichever wording is selected here.
Asks the National Park Service to set aside a published share of the sites here for whoever drives up, and to post what that share is.
Subject Hold back a share of sites at Oak Ridge Campground for campers who drive up
To the National Park Service, Prince William Forest Park: I tried to camp at Oak Ridge Campground in Virginia and couldn’t. All 99 sites at Oak Ridge Campground are reservable, and the agency's own record lists none held back for somebody who drives up. On Saturday, October 17, all 93 sites recreation.gov was offering there were already booked. 1,623 of the 7,647 federal campgrounds in this country still keep at least some sites for whoever arrives first. Oak Ridge Campground keeps none, and that’s a choice somebody made rather than a rule. I’m asking for one specific thing: set aside a published share of the sites at Oak Ridge Campground as first-come, first-served, and post what that share is so it can be checked. Somebody who drives up has no way in, and no way to find out whether they might have had one. Sent about Oak Ridge Campground (Prince William Forest Park, Virginia) via campanac.com
Asks them to put the question to the agency in writing, and to press for a published minimum share of walk-up sites across the campgrounds they fund.
Subject Walk-up camping at Oak Ridge Campground, Prince William Forest Park, Virginia
Dear Eugene Simon Vindman, I’m a constituent in Virginia’s 7th district. I tried to camp at Oak Ridge Campground, Prince William Forest Park, Virginia, and couldn’t. All 99 sites at Oak Ridge Campground are reservable, and the agency's own record lists none held back for somebody who drives up. On Saturday, October 17, all 93 sites recreation.gov was offering there were already booked. 1,623 of the 7,647 federal campgrounds in this country still keep at least some sites for whoever arrives first. Oak Ridge Campground keeps none, and that’s a choice somebody made rather than a rule. I’m not asking you to run Oak Ridge Campground. I’m asking you to put it to the National Park Service in writing: why is the share of first-come sites there zero, and what would a published minimum share cost? Please press for that minimum at the federal campgrounds you fund. The people who open these campgrounds, collect the fees and keep the water running are seasonal positions. At GS-5, base pay plus the government's own 36.25% benefit factor, one costs about $47,414 a year. One percent of the $13.3 billion the USS Gerald R. Ford cost to procure would pay for about 2,800 of them for a year. Both figures are the government's own (a Congressional Research Service report and an OPM pay table), and I’m glad to send them. Sent about Oak Ridge Campground (Prince William Forest Park, Virginia) via campanac.com
Asks them to put the question to the agency in writing, and to press for a published minimum share of walk-up sites across the campgrounds they fund.
Subject Walk-up camping at Oak Ridge Campground, Prince William Forest Park, Virginia
Dear Mark R. Warner, I’m a constituent in Virginia. I tried to camp at Oak Ridge Campground, Prince William Forest Park, Virginia, and couldn’t. All 99 sites at Oak Ridge Campground are reservable, and the agency's own record lists none held back for somebody who drives up. On Saturday, October 17, all 93 sites recreation.gov was offering there were already booked. 1,623 of the 7,647 federal campgrounds in this country still keep at least some sites for whoever arrives first. Oak Ridge Campground keeps none, and that’s a choice somebody made rather than a rule. I’m not asking you to run Oak Ridge Campground. I’m asking you to put it to the National Park Service in writing: why is the share of first-come sites there zero, and what would a published minimum share cost? Please press for that minimum at the federal campgrounds you fund. The people who open these campgrounds, collect the fees and keep the water running are seasonal positions. At GS-5, base pay plus the government's own 36.25% benefit factor, one costs about $47,414 a year. One percent of the $13.3 billion the USS Gerald R. Ford cost to procure would pay for about 2,800 of them for a year. Both figures are the government's own (a Congressional Research Service report and an OPM pay table), and I’m glad to send them. Sent about Oak Ridge Campground (Prince William Forest Park, Virginia) via campanac.com
Asks them to put the question to the agency in writing, and to press for a published minimum share of walk-up sites across the campgrounds they fund.
Subject Walk-up camping at Oak Ridge Campground, Prince William Forest Park, Virginia
Dear Tim Kaine, I’m a constituent in Virginia. I tried to camp at Oak Ridge Campground, Prince William Forest Park, Virginia, and couldn’t. All 99 sites at Oak Ridge Campground are reservable, and the agency's own record lists none held back for somebody who drives up. On Saturday, October 17, all 93 sites recreation.gov was offering there were already booked. 1,623 of the 7,647 federal campgrounds in this country still keep at least some sites for whoever arrives first. Oak Ridge Campground keeps none, and that’s a choice somebody made rather than a rule. I’m not asking you to run Oak Ridge Campground. I’m asking you to put it to the National Park Service in writing: why is the share of first-come sites there zero, and what would a published minimum share cost? Please press for that minimum at the federal campgrounds you fund. The people who open these campgrounds, collect the fees and keep the water running are seasonal positions. At GS-5, base pay plus the government's own 36.25% benefit factor, one costs about $47,414 a year. One percent of the $13.3 billion the USS Gerald R. Ford cost to procure would pay for about 2,800 of them for a year. Both figures are the government's own (a Congressional Research Service report and an OPM pay table), and I’m glad to send them. Sent about Oak Ridge Campground (Prince William Forest Park, Virginia) via campanac.com