U.S. Forest Service · National Forest · Virginia

Jefferson National Forest

19 campgrounds here, 2 of them walk-up and 2 free.

19Campgrounds
2Take walk-ups
2Free to camp
$5–$20A night, across 6
132Sites, from 15
1,090–3,770 ftElevation

Where they are

19 of 19 mapped
Drawing the map
© OpenFreeMap · OpenStreetMap · Esri hillshade
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Sep 9, 2026

The campgrounds · 19

19 campgrounds
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Sep 9, 2026

This land

measured from the nearest campground in the unit
Roadless
Mountain Lake Addition C494 acres · 1 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Brush Mountain6,002 acres · 1 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Shawvers Run Addition1,927 acres · 1 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Little Dry Run Addition2,204 acres · 2 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
North Fork Pound4,757 acres · 2 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Mountain Lake Addition B557 acres · 3 mi · inventoried roadless area

Camping here is a stake in what happens to it. More Than Just Parks tracks the threats and the comment windows.

Who answers for this land

Jefferson National Forest’s campgrounds sit in 2 congressional districts. These members vote on the laws that decide what happens to this land.

H. Griffith, official portrait
H. Griffith (R)VA 9th · 15 campgrounds · grade F
Ben Cline, official portrait
Ben Cline (R)VA 6th · 4 campgrounds · grade F
Source: campground records from RIDB, NPS, USFS EDW and BLM, unified by CAMPANAC, refreshed nightly