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National Park Service · Blue Ridge Parkway · VA

Peaks of Otter Campground

ReservableBookable through October 25; the next season isn't published.

Book on recreation.govWe make nothing when you book

Right now: Taking bookingsSites offered on 10 of the next 17 nights read 16:33 UTC
A night: $30From, per site
Sites: 14378 of them walk-up

Photos · Wayne Bersch

77 ftLongest rig

2,610 ftElevation

483 ftWater · Abbott Lake

6.6 miSE of Buchanan, VA

78Walk-up sites

The place

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

In the agency’s own words

The Peaks of Otter Campground is nestled between the bases of two dominating mountains in the rolling hills of Virginia. Campers enjoy a rare serenity in this rustic setting. Relax, and leave your cares behind! Keep reading

Recreation

The 24-acre Abbott Lake is one of the biggest attractions the Peaks of Otter Park has to offer. The lake is well-stocked with small mouth bass and bluegill. A crystal-clear mountain stream winds through the nearby picnic area. Numerous hiking opportunities range from demanding, scaling the area's high mountain peaks, to the moderate short, flat trail around Abbott Lake. Hikers are likely to stumble upon one of the mountain meadows, filled with wildflowers and migrating butterflies in the spring and a fantastic assortment of colors in the fall. Abundant wildlife like deer and wild turkey are spotted daily at the Peaks of Otter Campground, and many rare species of birds reside or migrate along the mountain ranges. Summer interpretive programs are provided for visitors to learn about the wildlife as well as the history of the area.

Facilities

Campsites are shaded under an umbrella of thick trees, and provide campers with picnic tables, lantern poles, and campfire rings/grills. The campground also offers modern conveniences like flush toilets, drinking water and a dump station. Peaks of Otter Campground almost always has campsites available. In addition to the 60 sites available for advance reservation, there are 79 first-come, first-served campsites available. Availability of first come, first served sites cannot be tracked through Recreation.gov. These sites must be booked in person at the campground kiosk.

Natural Features

Three mountain peaks sitting atop a thick blanket of forest make up the Peaks of Otter-- a recreational oasis spanning acre upon acre of rolling landscape along the famous Blue Ridge Parkway. The Blue Ridge Parkway is a scenic byway that follows the high crests of the central and southern Appalachians for 469 miles from Shenandoah National Park in Virginia, to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina.

Nearby Attractions

The Peaks of Otter Lodge and Restaurant are located within walking distance of the campground, as is the Sharp Top Country Store . Restaurant dining, grab-and-go meals, snacks, souvenir items, camping supplies, firewood, and ice are all readily available to campground patrons. The Johnson Farm , an old mountain farmstead restored and preserved to look as it did in the mid-1800s, is just a short walk away. Another restored historic structure, Aunt Polly's Ordinary , sits on the northeastern shore of Abbott Lake.

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

What the agency tells you

Rule

Firewood Regulation: Only heat-treated firewood bundled in its original packing and bearing a certification seal from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) or a state department of agriculture may be brought onto the Parkway. Campers may still collect dead and down wood in the immediate vicinity of campgrounds and picnic areas. This rule is strictly enforced!

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

Some campsites at this facility are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Status of these sites is not available online.

Everything else this campground posts · 7

Rule

There are no showers. No electric, water, or sewer hook-ups are available.

Rule

All tents must be placed on prepared pads where provided.

Rule

Only one tent is allowed per site unless there is adequate space on the provided tent pad. Sites are for use by parties not to exceed six people unless specifically designated as Group Camping.

Rule

Hammock camping is permitted, but campers must abide by posted regulations.

Rule

Vehicles are to be parked on the pavement of an assigned site or in designated parking areas. A maximum of two vehicles may be parked in each site (i.e. trailer and car, two cars, two motorcycles). Most sites are limited to only one vehicle.

Rule

Generator use is prohibited from 9:00 pm to 8:00 am.

Rule

CAUTION: Bears frequent the area. Be aware. Keep a clean camp and store all food or scented items in your car or provided food lockers. DO NOT HANG TRASH FROM THE LANTERN POST.

Read them on the agency’s own page →

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

Tents and rigs

Sites: 143 · 88 tent-only
Hookups: None
Longest rig: 77 ft
Paved pads: All
Accessible sites: 8
Pets: Allowed
Campfires: Allowed, barring fire bans
Shade: Every site

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

Facilities

Toilets: Flush Toilets - seasonal
Drinking water: Yes
Dump station: Yes; recreation.gov lists “Dump Station”
Firewood: Mentioned
Camp host: On site; recreation.gov lists “Host”
Stay limit: 30 nights; recreation.gov facility rule maxStay

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

Around the campground

On the water: Lake, Creek, Meadow; Birding; Fishing; Hiking; Historic site; Hotel/Lodge/Resort Privately Owned; Ranger programs; Picnicking; Stargazing; Visitor center; Wildlife viewing
Tree cover: 89%
Night sky · 48th darkest of 88 in VA: Bortle 4

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

Tree cover: NLCD Tree Canopy Cover 2024 (USDA Forest Service / MRLC), one 30 m cell at this coordinate · Sep 9, 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

21 of 122 site-nights open this Friday and Saturdayread 16:33 UTC

recreation.gov lists 141 of the 143 campsites the agency files here. The rest aren’t on its booking system, so a reservation won’t get you one.

OpenBookedClosed

These counts cover the 143 reservable sites only. This campground also has first-come sites, and recreation.gov publishes no availability for a site you can’t reserve.

Booking windowThrough October 25Bookable now through October 25, 2026, the end of the reservable season. The season after it isn't published yet.recreation.gov

Max stay30 nightsthe facility record

A night$30plus $8 to reserve, once per bookingthe agency’s rate schedule

A weekend$68DerivedFriday and Saturday, everything includedours, from the lines above

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

Runs itNational Park ServiceBooked through recreation.govthe agency’s record

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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 · 13

What you actually pay

The sign priceNational Park Service

A night$30

RV Nonelectric$30

Tent Only Nonelectric$30

Rates for the season the campground is in now, May 22, 2026 to Oct 25, 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$38

A weekend, Friday and SaturdayDerived$68

Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rate for this season, $30 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 16:33 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this

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The sites

143 sites · which ones have room · the site map

The sites, ranked

from 141 mapped sites

58 ftbetween you and the next site, typically

Most roomLoop T T18 172 ftLoop A A01 115 ftLoop B B16 109 ftLoop A A24 105 ftLoop B B14 105 ft

Least roomLoop B B36 28 ftLoop B B37 28 ftLoop B B05 34 ft

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

All 143 sites

143 of 143 sites located

Tent only88RV / electric53Type not stated2

A01 A02 A03 A04 A05 A06 A07 A08 A09 A10 A11 A12 A13 A14 A15 A16 A17 A18 A19 A20 A21 A22 A23 A24 A25 A26 A27 A28 A29 A30 A31 A32 A33 A34 A35 A36 A37 A38 A39 A40 A41 A42 A43 A44 A45 A46 B01 B02 B03 B04 B05 B06 B07 B08 B09 B10 B11 B12 B13 B14 B15 B16 B17 B18 B19 B20 B21 B22 B23 B24 B25 B26 B27 B28 B29 B30 B31 B32 B33 B34 B35 B36 B37 B38 B39 B40 B41 B42 B43 B44 B45 T01 T02 T03 T04 T05 T06 T07 T08 T09 T10 T11 T12 T13 T14 T15 T16 T17 T18 T19 T20 T21 T22 T23 T24 T25 T26 T27 T28 T29 T30 T31 T32 T33 T34 T35 T36 T37 T38 T39 T40 T41 T42 T43 T44 T46 T47 T48 T49 T50 T51 T52 T53

Aerial · Esri World Imagery

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

Imagery: Esri World Imagery

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Toilet distances are OpenStreetMap’s, measured for 143 of the 143 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. 141 of the 143 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	rv nonelectric	23 ft		115 ft	481 ft	136 ft	$30
Loop A	A02	rv nonelectric	19 ft		102 ft	460 ft	146 ft	$30
Loop A	A03	rv nonelectric	19 ft		65 ft	463 ft	213 ft	$30
Loop A	A04	tent only nonelectric	19 ft		52 ft	482 ft	263 ft	$30
Loop A	A05	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		52 ft	512 ft	300 ft	$30
Loop A	A06	tent only nonelectric	19 ft		93 ft	525 ft	390 ft	$30
Loop A	A07	tent only nonelectric	16 ft		86 ft	612 ft	272 ft	$30
Loop A	A08	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		86 ft	534 ft	305 ft	$30
Loop A	A09	tent only nonelectric	22 ft	yes	89 ft	526 ft	274 ft	$30
Loop A	A10	tent only nonelectric	14 ft		37 ft	652 ft	135 ft	$30
Loop A	A11	tent only nonelectric	15 ft		37 ft	667 ft	122 ft	$30
Loop A	A12	tent only nonelectric	20 ft		76 ft	608 ft	194 ft	$30
Loop A	A13	tent only nonelectric	24 ft		82 ft	672 ft	180 ft	$30
Loop A	A14	tent only nonelectric	20 ft		83 ft	750 ft	183 ft	$30
Loop A	A15	tent only nonelectric	21 ft	yes	88 ft	772 ft	96 ft	$30
Loop A	A16	tent only nonelectric	26 ft		76 ft	864 ft	195 ft	$30
Loop A	A17	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		35 ft	880 ft	145 ft	$30
Loop A	A18	tent only nonelectric	25 ft		35 ft	909 ft	155 ft	$30
Loop A	A19	tent only nonelectric	17 ft	yes	102 ft	1,029 ft	267 ft	$30
Loop A	A20	tent only nonelectric	26 ft		63 ft	993 ft	208 ft	$30
Loop A	A21	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		53 ft	945 ft	169 ft	$30
Loop A	A22	tent only nonelectric	24 ft		64 ft	917 ft	131 ft	$30
Loop A	A23	tent only nonelectric	28 ft		88 ft	954 ft	183 ft	$30
Loop A	A24	tent only nonelectric	16 ft	yes	105 ft	850 ft	111 ft	$30
Loop A	A25	tent only nonelectric	22 ft		46 ft	940 ft	229 ft	$30
Loop A	A26	tent only nonelectric	34 ft		46 ft	918 ft	259 ft	$30
Loop A	A27	tent only nonelectric	19 ft		67 ft	879 ft	308 ft	$30
Loop A	A28	tent only nonelectric	17 ft		46 ft	764 ft	297 ft	$30
Loop A	A29	tent only nonelectric	23 ft		52 ft	819 ft	353 ft	$30
Loop A	A30	tent only nonelectric	14 ft		52 ft	775 ft	315 ft	$30
Loop A	A31	tent only nonelectric	25 ft		87 ft	656 ft	249 ft	$30
Loop A	A32	tent only nonelectric	19 ft		92 ft	730 ft	226 ft	$30
Loop A	A33	tent only nonelectric	26 ft		49 ft	608 ft	165 ft	$30
Loop A	A34	tent only nonelectric	22 ft		49 ft	594 ft	117 ft	$30
Loop A	A35	tent only nonelectric	22 ft		72 ft	670 ft	112 ft	$30
Loop A	A36	tent only nonelectric	19 ft		46 ft	680 ft	85 ft	$30
Loop A	A37	tent only nonelectric	22 ft		46 ft	687 ft	93 ft	$30
Loop A	A38	tent only nonelectric	22 ft		56 ft	689 ft	121 ft	$30
Loop A	A39	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		51 ft	599 ft	118 ft	$30
Loop A	A40	tent only nonelectric	24 ft		42 ft	603 ft	169 ft	$30
Loop A	A41	tent only nonelectric	17 ft		42 ft	624 ft	210 ft	$30
Loop A	A42	tent only nonelectric	15 ft		57 ft	682 ft	331 ft	$30
Loop A	A43	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		56 ft	826 ft	224 ft	$30
Loop A	A44	tent only nonelectric	23 ft		46 ft	772 ft	252 ft	$30
Loop A	A45	tent only nonelectric	24 ft		56 ft	694 ft	251 ft	$30
Loop A	A46	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		56 ft	649 ft	306 ft	$30
Loop B	B01	tent only nonelectric	15 ft		44 ft	701 ft	388 ft	$30
Loop B	B02	tent only nonelectric	23 ft		65 ft	761 ft	325 ft	$30
Loop B	B03	tent only nonelectric	28 ft		38 ft	736 ft	419 ft	$30
Loop B	B04	tent only nonelectric	22 ft		38 ft	771 ft	402 ft	$30
Loop B	B05	tent only nonelectric	19 ft		34 ft	809 ft	282 ft	$30
Loop B	B06	tent only nonelectric	22 ft		34 ft	842 ft	281 ft	$30
Loop B	B07	tent only nonelectric	19 ft		53 ft	854 ft	357 ft	$30
Loop B	B08	tent only nonelectric	19 ft		53 ft	905 ft	355 ft	$30
Loop B	B09	tent only nonelectric	21 ft		49 ft	917 ft	253 ft	$30
Loop B	B10	tent only nonelectric	24 ft		58 ft	951 ft	345 ft	$30
Loop B	B11	tent only nonelectric	31 ft		49 ft	941 ft	249 ft	$30
Loop B	B12	tent only nonelectric	19 ft		49 ft	947 ft	210 ft	$30
Loop B	B13	tent only nonelectric	26 ft		89 ft	1,029 ft	256 ft	$30
Loop B	B14	tent only nonelectric	28 ft		105 ft	1,032 ftLittle Stony Creek	79 ft	$30
Loop B	B15	tent only nonelectric	21 ft		58 ft	1,053 ftLittle Stony Creek	73 ft	$30
Loop B	B16	tent only nonelectric	24 ft		109 ft	1,160 ftLittle Stony Creek	171 ft	$30
Loop B	B17	tent only nonelectric	23 ft		50 ft	1,061 ftLittle Stony Creek	119 ft	$30
Loop B	B18	tent only nonelectric	21 ft		45 ft	1,067 ftLittle Stony Creek	163 ft	$30
Loop B	B19	tent only nonelectric	21 ft		45 ft	1,087 ftLittle Stony Creek	208 ft	$30
Loop B	B20	tent only nonelectric	23 ft		55 ft	1,158 ftLittle Stony Creek	340 ft	$30
Loop B	B21	tent only nonelectric	25 ft		55 ft	1,113 ftLittle Stony Creek	342 ft	$30
Loop B	B22	tent only nonelectric	25 ft		58 ft	1,056 ftLittle Stony Creek	331 ft	$30
Loop B	B23	tent only nonelectric	18 ft		47 ft	1,018 ftLittle Stony Creek	205 ft	$30
Loop B	B24	tent only nonelectric	24 ft		47 ft	977 ftLittle Stony Creek	180 ft	$30
Loop B	B25	tent only nonelectric	28 ft		56 ft	993 ftLittle Stony Creek	290 ft	$30
Loop B	B26	tent only nonelectric	28 ft		54 ft	946 ftLittle Stony Creek	258 ft	$30
Loop B	B27	tent only nonelectric	28 ft		54 ft	901 ftLittle Stony Creek	238 ft	$30
Loop B	B28	tent only nonelectric	24 ft		61 ft	851 ftLittle Stony Creek	227 ft	$30
Loop B	B29	tent only nonelectric	21 ft		55 ft	913 ftLittle Stony Creek	90 ft	$30
Loop B	B30	tent only nonelectric	28 ft		55 ft	906 ftLittle Stony Creek	85 ft	$30
Loop B	B31	tent only nonelectric	25 ft		54 ft	839 ftLittle Stony Creek	182 ft	$30
Loop B	B32	tent only nonelectric	23 ft		54 ft	812 ftLittle Stony Creek	187 ft	$30
Loop B	B33	tent only nonelectric	30 ft		61 ft	825 ftLittle Stony Creek	175 ft	$30
Loop B	B34	tent only nonelectric	24 ft		61 ft	803 ftLittle Stony Creek	155 ft	$30
Loop B	B35	tent only nonelectric	27 ft		42 ft	907 ft	154 ft	$30
Loop B	B36	tent only nonelectric	25 ft		28 ft	804 ft	85 ft	$30
Loop B	B37	tent only nonelectric	17 ft		28 ft	784 ft	59 ft	$30
Loop B	B38	tent only nonelectric	33 ft		42 ft	887 ft	160 ft	$30
Loop B	B39	tent only nonelectric	22 ft		50 ft	863 ft	145 ft	$30
Loop B	B40	tent only nonelectric	28 ft		92 ft	790 ft	169 ft	$30
Loop B	B41	tent only nonelectric	27 ft		40 ft	738 ft	80 ft	$30
Loop B	B42	tent only nonelectric	22 ft		40 ft	710 ft	109 ft	$30
Loop B	B43	tent only nonelectric	30 ft		65 ft	720 ft	281 ft	$30
Loop B	B44	tent only nonelectric	26 ft		39 ft	682 ft	204 ft	$30
Loop B	B45	tent only nonelectric	21 ft		49 ft	660 ft	252 ft	$30
Loop T	T01	rv nonelectric	27 ft		87 ft	602 ft	358 ft	$30
Loop T	T02	rv nonelectric	22 ft	yes	40 ft	529 ft	363 ft	$30
Loop T	T03	rv nonelectric	29 ft		39 ft	643 ft	214 ft	$30
Loop T	T04	rv nonelectric	20 ft		62 ft	556 ft	274 ft	$30
Loop T	T05	rv nonelectric	30 ft		71 ft	562 ft	187 ft	$30
Loop T	T06	rv nonelectric	19 ft		57 ft	653 ft	136 ft	$30
Loop T	T07	rv nonelectric	35 ft		75 ft	672 ft	68 ft	$30
Loop T	T08	rv nonelectric	18 ft		71 ft	576 ft	152 ft	$30
Loop T	T09	rv nonelectric	33 ft		73 ft	695 ftLittle Stony Creek	89 ft	$30
Loop T	T10	rv nonelectric	21 ft		93 ft	603 ftLittle Stony Creek	170 ft	$30
Loop T	T11	rv nonelectric	29 ft		73 ft	684 ftLittle Stony Creek	149 ft	$30
Loop T	T12	rv nonelectric	20 ft		98 ft	581 ftLittle Stony Creek	151 ft	$30
Loop T	T13	rv nonelectric	33 ft		83 ft	673 ftLittle Stony Creek	163 ft	$30
Loop T	T14	rv nonelectric	19 ft	yes	85 ft	575 ftLittle Stony Creek	62 ft	$30
Loop T	T15	rv nonelectric	28 ft		83 ft	664 ftLittle Stony Creek	134 ft	$30
Loop T	T16	rv nonelectric	33 ft		51 ft	663 ftLittle Stony Creek	189 ft	$30
Loop T	T17	rv nonelectric	33 ft		51 ft	655 ftLittle Stony Creek	220 ft	$30
Loop T	T18	rv nonelectric	21 ft		171 ft	602 ftLittle Stony Creek	403 ft	$30
Loop T	T19	rv nonelectric	20 ft		71 ft	505 ftLittle Stony Creek	260 ft	$30
Loop T	T20	rv nonelectric	23 ft		71 ft	439 ftLittle Stony Creek	241 ft	$30
Loop T	T21	type not stated	45 ft			388 ftLittle Stony Creek	307 ft
Loop T	T22	rv nonelectric	39 ft		73 ft	396 ftLittle Stony Creek	203 ft	$30
Loop T	T23	rv nonelectric	27 ft		99 ft	305 ftLittle Stony Creek	290 ft	$30
Loop T	T24	rv nonelectric	23 ft		58 ft	366 ftLittle Stony Creek	183 ft	$30
Loop T	T25	rv nonelectric	21 ft		82 ft	258 ftLittle Stony Creek	282 ft	$30
Loop T	T26	rv nonelectric	28 ft		52 ft	353 ftLittle Stony Creek	177 ft	$30
Loop T	T27	rv nonelectric	38 ft		75 ft	237 ftLittle Stony Creek	293 ft	$30
Loop T	T28	rv nonelectric	52 ft		75 ft	241 ftLittle Stony Creek	300 ft	$30
Loop T	T29	rv nonelectric	21 ft		58 ft	327 ftLittle Stony Creek	212 ft	$30
Loop T	T30	rv nonelectric	31 ft		92 ft	255 ftLittle Stony Creek	321 ft	$30
Loop T	T31	rv nonelectric	44 ft		58 ft	333 ftLittle Stony Creek	230 ft	$30
Loop T	T32	rv nonelectric	22 ft		84 ft	282 ftLittle Stony Creek	369 ft	$30
Loop T	T33	rv nonelectric	26 ft		48 ft	347 ftLittle Stony Creek	273 ft	$30
Loop T	T34	rv nonelectric	50 ft		84 ft	316 ftLittle Stony Creek	414 ft	$30
Loop T	T35	rv nonelectric	64 ft		88 ft	349 ft	408 ft	$30
Loop T	T36	rv nonelectric	27 ft		80 ft	441 ft	314 ft	$30
Loop T	T37	rv nonelectric	50 ft		88 ft	366 ft	363 ft	$30
Loop T	T38	rv nonelectric	24 ft		80 ft	470 ft	260 ft	$30
Loop T	T39	rv nonelectric	68 ft		103 ft	369 ft	374 ft	$30
Loop T	T40	rv nonelectric	36 ft	yes	84 ft	465 ft	271 ft	$30
Loop T	T41	rv nonelectric	77 ft		95 ft	401 ft	393 ft	$30
Loop T	T42	rv nonelectric	21 ft		73 ft	473 ft	298 ft	$30
Loop T	T43	type not stated	35 ft			420 ft	414 ft
Loop T	T44	rv nonelectric	41 ft		62 ft	495 ft	324 ft	$30
Loop T	T46	rv nonelectric	42 ft	yes	40 ft	489 ft	392 ft	$30
Loop T	T47	rv nonelectric			52 ft	397 ftLittle Stony Creek	137 ft	$30
Loop T	T48	rv nonelectric	20 ft		65 ft	491 ftLittle Stony Creek	50 ft	$30
Loop T	T49	rv nonelectric			59 ft	384 ftLittle Stony Creek	164 ft	$30
Loop T	T50	rv nonelectric	18 ft		65 ft	493 ftLittle Stony Creek	103 ft	$30
Loop T	T51	rv nonelectric	66 ft		48 ft	374 ftLittle Stony Creek	228 ft	$30
Loop T	T52	rv nonelectric	39 ft		72 ft	460 ftLittle Stony Creek	175 ft	$30
Loop T	T53	rv nonelectric	27 ft		95 ft	436 ftLittle Stony Creek	311 ft	$30

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 143 listed

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

Getting there

the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number

Coordinate37.44315, -79.60471

The mapSee it on the map

The driveDirections ↗

The phone540-586-7321 (MAY - OCTOBER)

The agency’s pageOfficial page ↗

Where it is

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Craig Creek Recreation Area24 mi

Getting there

From Roanoke, Virginia, take the Blue Ridge Parkway north for 26 miles to Milepost 86.

From Bedford, Virginia, follow Route 43 to Blue Ridge Parkway; the campground is on the left before reaching the Parkway.

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

Today77°Patchy Fog then Chance Rain Showers38% rain

Tonight47°Chance Rain Showers33% rain

Saturday50°Chance Rain Showers then Mostly Sunny31% rain

Saturday Night36°Mostly Clear3% rain

NWS forecast for Montvale, VA

Source: National Weather Service, RNK forecast office · Oct 16, 2026

Typical weather

Typical October night 42°F, day 65°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: GATHRIGHT DAM, VA (USC00443310), 40 miles away and 840 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

who answers for it

Who answers for this land

Peaks of Otter Campground 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 →

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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 10 of the next 17 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 141 of the 143 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 143 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: 0.57 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 Park 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 place of any size: Montvale, VA, 6.6 mi ENE (a census designated place). Straight line.

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