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Endless Caverns RV Resort & Campground

95 RV Sites, 15 Cabins

Endless Caverns RV Resort & Campground in New Market, Virginia, offers 95 RV sites and 15 cabins at the base of Massanutten Mountain, with 20, 30, and 50-amp full hookups and rigs accepted to 45 feet on a big-rig-friendly layout. The resort has its own six-mile limestone cave system — discovered in 1879 and still geologically active — accessible directly from your campsite. Ninety-five sites run in 30-amp and 50-amp back-ins and pull-throughs, carrying water, sewer, and electric on 20, 30, and 50-amp, sized to 45 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. Fifteen cabins serve guests without a rig. A laundry, dump station, restrooms, showers, firewood, and boutique shop handle the practical side, with WiFi throughout. The caverns are the distinguishing feature. Tours run about 75 minutes, led by guides who cover the history and composition of the system, and the underground temperature stays cool regardless of the season — comfortable walking shoes are recommended. Above ground, an outdoor pool anchors the summer, with a disc golf course, jumping pillow, gem mining, sports courts, pickleball, volleyball, horseshoes, a game room, and a recreation center filling the grounds. Walking trails, hiking, biking, fishing in the pond, a playground, and live music round it out, and the property also serves as a wedding venue. Pets are welcome. New Market sits on US-11 in the central Shenandoah Valley between Luray and Harrisonburg, which makes this one of the most comprehensive single-stop bases in the Valley. Summer families and October foliage drive demand. Reserve well ahead for fall color weekends.

Luray RV Resort on Shenandoah River

178 RV Sites, 3 Cabins, 9 Tent Sites, 32 Glamping Sites, 44 Cottages, 8 Airstreams

Luray RV Resort on the Shenandoah River in Virginia offers 178 full-hookup RV sites, 47 cabin and cottage units, nine tent sites, and 40 Airstreams and glamping sites across 100 acres, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service, ADA-accessible sites, and rigs accepted to 50 feet behind a gated entrance. Skyline, Scenic View Deluxe, and Superior pull-through categories join a water park, bar, and river access. One hundred seventy-eight sites span back-in, deluxe back-in, scenic view deluxe back-in, Skyline back-in, Skyline deluxe back-in, and superior pull-thru categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric with site WiFi, sized to 50 feet, with fire pits, picnic tables, and BBQ pits. Accessible sites are available, and the Skyline and scenic view categories are named for exactly what they deliver. Forty-seven cabins and cottages, nine tent sites, and 40 Airstreams and glamping sites make the lodging inventory genuinely exceptional. A water park and outdoor pool anchor the summer, with the South Fork supporting canoeing, kayaking, fishing, and swimming. A recreation center, sports courts, pickleball, basketball, corn hole, golf cart rentals, walking trails, hiking, biking, a pond, playground, pavilion, dog park, bar, and on-site dining fill the rest, with live music and strong birding. Skyline Drive's entrance to Shenandoah National Park is 30 minutes away, with Luray Caverns close. Washington is two hours, Richmond 90 minutes. Fall foliage drives the sharpest demand. Reserve well ahead for October.

from $35/night

Spacious Skies Shenandoah Views

73 RV Sites, 2 Cabins, 8 Tent Sites, 4 Yurts

Spacious Skies Shenandoah Views in Luray, Virginia, offers 73 RV sites, two cabins, eight tent sites, and four yurts in the heart of the Shenandoah Valley, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 90 feet on a big-rig-friendly layout, behind a gated entrance. Deluxe back-in sites with pergolas and pull-through sites with patios join concrete-patio and standard categories. Seventy-three sites span back-in 30/50-amp, back-in 30/50-amp with concrete patio, deluxe back-in 30/50-amp with pergola, and deluxe pull-thru 30/50-amp with patio categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 20, 30, and 50-amp with site WiFi, sized to 90 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. The pergola sites are the standout, and 90 feet is exceptional for a mountain property. Two cabins, eight tent sites, and four yurts round out the lodging. A general store, laundry, and showers handle the practical side. An outdoor pool anchors the summer, with a jumping pillow, game room, volleyball, gem mining, golf cart rentals, a lake, playground, pavilion, and dog park filling the grounds. Hiking, swimming, canoeing, and kayaking are all available. Pets are welcome. Page County sits flanked by the Blue Ridge and Massanutten, with Shenandoah National Park, Skyline Drive, Luray Caverns, the New Market Battlefield, Bear Mountain Ziplines, and Hawksbill Brewing all close. Fall foliage on Skyline Drive drives the sharpest demand. Reserve well ahead for October, with summer close behind.

from $35/night

Jellystone Park™ Luray

117 RV Sites, 91 Cabins, 25 Tent Sites, 1 Lodge

Jellystone Park Luray in Luray, Virginia, offers 117 RV sites, 92 cabin and lodge units, and 25 tent sites in the Shenandoah Valley, with 20, 30, and 50-amp full hookups, cable TV, and rigs accepted to 80 feet. Mountain view premium and Red Carpet categories join a water park, zip line, and laser tag. One hundred seventeen sites span standard, deluxe back-in RV/tent, mountain view premium, premium pull-through, Red Carpet back-in, and Red Carpet pull-through categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric with cable TV, sized to 80 feet, with fire pits, picnic tables, and BBQ pits. Ninety-two cabins and lodges and 25 tent sites round out an unusually deep lodging range. A general store, boutique shop, laundry, propane fills and exchange, dump station, restrooms, showers, and recycling handle the practical side. A daily resort fee applies and covers mini-golf, the playground, and the wider amenity set. Recreation is extensive. A water park, splash pad, outdoor pool, hot tub, and inflatable water toys anchor the summer, with a zip line, laser tag, jumping pillow, mini-golf, gem mining, gaga ball, an arcade, game room, craft room, and recreation center besides. A lake and pond support boating, canoeing, and kayaking, with sports courts, volleyball, basketball, horseshoes, a ball field, barn, golf cart rentals, walking trails, a dog park, and on-site dining and a bar. Pets are welcome. Luray Caverns is 10 minutes away, with Shenandoah National Park's western approach adjacent. Summer and October foliage drive demand. Reserve well ahead.

from $61/night

Misty Mountain Camp Resort

92 RV Sites, 16 Cabins, 15 Tent Sites

Misty Mountain Camp Resort in Greenwood, Virginia, is a full-hookup camp resort with RV sites, tent sites and cabin rentals, an outdoor pool, a fitness center and a clubhouse, set half a mile off Interstate 64 at the eastern foot of the Blue Ridge. The property is big-rig friendly and takes coaches up to 90 feet, which makes it one of the more accommodating options in the Rockfish Gap corridor between Charlottesville and Shenandoah National Park. Full-hookup RV sites handle rigs to 90 feet, with a dump station on site for guests who need it. Tent sites suit campers who want the mountain setting without hauling a rig, and cabin rentals provide enclosed lodging for guests traveling without either. A general store covers basics, propane is available by both fill and exchange, and firewood is sold on site. Bathrooms, showers and laundry are available throughout the season, and WiFi reaches the sites. On-site recreation is unusually deep for a campground this size. An outdoor pool anchors the summer season, with a fitness center and clubhouse open year-round and a recreation center for indoor gathering. Sports courts host basketball and volleyball, and horseshoes and corn hole fill the space between. A playground serves younger guests, a fenced dog park serves the four-legged ones, and walking trails run the property past a pond and the creek that crosses the grounds. A covered pavilion hosts planned activities, live music and visiting food trucks through the summer, and the resort also operates as a wedding venue. Gem mining and gold panning round out the on-site programming. Pets are welcome. Shenandoah National Park's southern entrance at Rockfish Gap is 20 miles north, where Skyline Drive begins its 105-mile run along the Blue Ridge crest and the Blue Ridge Parkway heads south toward Cherokee. Charlottesville lies 15 miles east on I-64, putting Monticello, the University of Virginia and the Downtown Mall within a half-hour drive, and the Greenwood-area wineries sit closer still. Misty Mountain operates through Albemarle County's four-season climate. Spring wildflowers from April into May and fall foliage from mid-October into early November are the two peak windows, and both draw heavily from the Richmond, Northern Virginia and Washington markets. Book well ahead for fall color weekends and for the summer live-music calendar.

from $44/night

Momma Tried RV & Campground

38 RV Sites, 2 Tent Sites

In the forested mountains of Pocahontas County in eastern West Virginia, Momma Tried RV & Campground sits among the hardwood hollows and mountain streams of one of the wildest and most unspoiled regions in the eastern United States. Located near the small community of Cabins—itself a name that captures the essential character of the area—the campground operates year-round and provides full hookup sites, walking trails, a dog park, sports courts, and direct access to the rivers and mountains that define the Monongahela National Forest country. For outdoors-focused campers who want genuine Appalachian terrain, this is the right address. Full hookup sites with WiFi deliver modern connectivity in a mountain setting that might otherwise suggest a more spartan experience. Walking trails loop from the campground into the surrounding forested terrain, and the campground's river and stream access opens up swimming holes, fishing spots, and quiet stretches of water that can occupy entire afternoons with nothing more than wading boots and a light rod. A dog park gives canine travelers their own space, basketball and sports courts provide on-site active recreation, and a playground serves families with younger campers. The campground is open year-round, accessible for fall foliage season, winter snowshoeing, and the full spring wildflower bloom that turns the surrounding Allegheny hollows into something extraordinary. The mountains surrounding Cabins are part of the Allegheny Highlands—ancient, rounded ridges covered in mixed hardwood and spruce forest that represent some of the most significant wild country remaining in the eastern United States. Monongahela National Forest, which envelops much of Pocahontas County, provides hundreds of thousands of acres of hiking, mountain biking, trout fishing, and wildlife habitat. The Greenbrier River, one of the cleanest rivers in the Appalachians, flows through the region and offers kayaking, canoeing, and fly fishing in water that is famously clear and cold in every season. The Greenbrier River Trail—a converted rail trail running more than 70 miles through the Greenbrier Valley—is one of the premier rail-to-trail experiences in the eastern United States, with sections accessible from the campground area. Seneca Rocks, the dramatic quartzite formation rising 900 feet above the Seneca Creek valley, is one of the iconic technical climbing destinations in the Appalachian region. Spruce Knob, the highest point in West Virginia, offers day-trip access to long views across the Allegheny ridges. Waterfalls, swimming holes, and the dense quiet of old mountain forest surround the campground in every direction. Momma Tried RV & Campground is open year-round and serves outdoors-focused guests who want a functional base camp in mountain country rather than a resort. The campground suits serious hikers, kayakers, mountain bikers, and anglers especially well, and the absence of heavy resort programming is part of the appeal for guests who come to be in the mountain environment rather than watching it from poolside. Whether you're chasing trout on the Greenbrier, riding the rail trail, climbing at Seneca Rocks, or simply immersing yourself in the remarkable quiet of the West Virginia highlands, Momma Tried delivers the right setting. Book a site and get outside.

from $44/night

Just Plane Adventures Lodging & Campground

34 RV Sites, 8 Cabins, 4 Tent Sites

Just Plane Adventures Lodging & Campground in Lahmansville, West Virginia, offers something genuinely rare in the campground industry: a full-service outdoor retreat built around a grass airstrip, where guests can combine cabin and RV camping in the West Virginia mountains with flight training, aerial photography, and an aviation-centered community atmosphere hosted by a former airline pilot. The Pennington family has created a property that attracts both traditional campers drawn to the Potomac Highlands' natural character and aviation enthusiasts seeking a fly-in destination with genuine mountain credentials. Fully equipped cabins, RV sites with full hookups, and tent sites give guests a range of accommodation choices appropriate to both the fly-in aviation community and traditional ground-level campers arriving by road. The property's grass airstrip — operational for light aircraft — makes Just Plane Adventures one of a small number of campgrounds in the eastern United States where arriving by air is a genuine arrival option. Flight training and aerial photography services, offered through the property, give guests an active aviation experience beyond simply operating the strip, and the scenic mountain terrain of Grant County provides exceptional aerial photography subject matter that few eastern US locations can rival. The Potomac Highlands of West Virginia surrounding Lahmansville is some of the most dramatically beautiful and least-visited mountain terrain in the eastern United States. The Seneca Rocks quartzite formation — a vertical fin of rock rising nearly 900 feet from the valley floor — is one of the most striking geological features in the Appalachians and a nationally recognized technical climbing destination. Spruce Knob, the highest point in West Virginia at 4,863 feet, sits in the same highland region and is accessible by a paved road to a summit tower with panoramic views across the ridge-and-valley terrain in four directions. Dolly Sods Wilderness, one of the most unusual landscapes in the eastern United States — high-elevation heath barrens, wind-flagged spruce trees, and bog systems typically associated with Hudson Bay rather than West Virginia — provides exceptional hiking and backpacking within the Monongahela National Forest. Seneca Rocks itself offers some of the finest technical rock climbing in the eastern United States, and Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area encompasses a range of outdoor recreation that sustains multi-day visits for guests interested in climbing, hiking, fishing, and mountain scenery. Canaan Valley Resort State Park adds skiing, mountain biking, and birding to the broader regional activity calendar. Just Plane Adventures operates through the West Virginia mountain camping season, with the combination of aviation activities and mountain outdoor recreation creating a year-round draw for the property's dual audience. Summer and fall are the ideal seasons for the full combination of camping, flying, and Potomac Highlands hiking. Contact the Pennington family directly for current availability and flight training scheduling, as the aviation programming operates on a schedule that benefits from advance coordination for guests planning to combine multiple activities during their stay.

from $35/night

Revelle's River Resort

51 RV Sites, 13 Cabins, 1 Yurt

Revelle's River Resort in Bowden, West Virginia, offers 51 full-hookup RV sites, four cabins, and a yurt along two miles of Shavers Fork river frontage in the Monongahela National Forest, with 30 and 50-amp service, cable TV, and rigs accepted to 45 feet. Riverfront back-in categories at 30-amp and full service join standard and dry back-in tiers, with a splash pad, hot tub, and on-site saloon. Fifty-one back-in sites span standard, dry, riverfront 30-amp, and riverfront categories, carrying water, sewer, and electric where noted with cable TV and picnic tables, sized to 45 feet. The riverfront categories are the reason to book here, and the dry tier gives self-contained rigs a lower rate. Four cabins, including heated units, and a yurt round out the lodging. A general store, laundry, restrooms, showers, and firewood handle the practical side. A splash pad and hot tub and sauna anchor the property, with a recreation center, clubhouse, pavilion, sports courts, volleyball, basketball, horseshoes, a playground, dog park, and on-site dining filling the grounds. The saloon hosts live weekend music, and the river carries fishing, swimming, hiking, and biking. Skiing and snowboarding are nearby, and the resort operates as a wedding venue. Revelle's sits nine miles east of Elkins, just off Route 33 on Faulkner Road at Bowden — the physical address is 5 Faulkner Road. Summer, fall color, and ski season all draw. Reserve well ahead for October and holiday weekends.

from $30/night

Ridge Rider Campground

28 RV Sites, 44 Tent Sites

Ridge Rider Campground occupies 222 acres in Little Orleans, Maryland, where the Potomac River winds out of the Western Maryland highlands and the ridge-and-valley terrain of the Appalachian Mountains frames a river valley that has changed little since the canal era of the early nineteenth century. The ridge rider campground's position in this unhurried corner of Allegany County gives it a natural seclusion that most East Coast campgrounds cannot offer—surrounded on most sides by protected public lands and bordered by one of the great historic transportation corridors of American history. The campground offers tent camping, RV sites, and cabin accommodations, with the cabins representing a particularly comfortable option—sleeping eight with full kitchens, AC and heat, WiFi, and pet-friendly policies that make them a genuine home base for extended family visits. A swimming pool, stocked fishing pond, basketball courts, playground, and well-stocked camp store cover the day-to-day recreation needs, while a pavilion handles group gatherings and the central recreation room with pool tables, pinball machines, and games provides evening entertainment when the fireflies come out along the Potomac bottom. Little Orleans sits at the western edge of Allegany County, where the landscape begins the geological transition from the valley-and-ridge terrain of central Maryland to the more dramatic river gorge country of the upper Potomac. The town itself is little more than a cluster of buildings around Bill's Place—a bar and general store that has served Potomac River travelers since 1906—but the surroundings are spectacular, and the sense of genuine rural remoteness within two to three hours of Baltimore and Washington D.C. explains why the campground draws repeat visitors who make the drive deliberately rather than discovering it by accident. The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park runs immediately adjacent to the campground, offering 185 miles of towpath open to hikers, cyclists, and horseback riders along the route where mule-drawn canal boats carried coal from Cumberland to Georgetown from 1828 to 1924. The towpath here is flat, well-shaded, and follows the Potomac through some of the most beautiful river scenery in the mid-Atlantic—a genuinely rewarding multi-day cycling route with the campground as its western anchor. Green Ridge State Forest, 43,000 acres of managed woodland directly north of the campground, provides mountain biking trails, hunting, and dispersed camping on terrain that gives serious off-road cyclists an eastern destination that rivals the better-known trail systems of West Virginia. Ridge Rider Campground operates through the Maryland camping season with spring, summer, and fall all offering genuinely appealing conditions in the Potomac highlands. Fishing in the river and the stocked pond draws year-round visitors when the weather cooperates, and the canal towpath is at its most beautiful during fall foliage and spring wildflower seasons when the bottomland forest along the Potomac is at its most vivid.

from $22/night

Sleepy Hollow Campground

18 RV Sites, 5 Cabins, 9 Tent Sites

Sleepy Hollow Campground in Grantsville, Maryland, offers 18 RV sites, five cabins, and nine tent sites adjacent to New Germany State Park, with 20, 30, and 50-amp electric service and rigs accepted to 36 feet behind a gated entrance. One important detail before you book: the RV sites are not full hookup. Eighteen sites run in 30-amp and 30/50-amp categories carrying electric only, sized to 36 feet, with fire pits, picnic tables, and site WiFi. There is no water or sewer at the sites — a water filling station sits beside the bathhouse as the alternative, and a dump station is available. Note the 36-foot cap as well. Five cabins and nine tent sites round out the accommodations. A general store, restrooms, showers, and firewood handle the practical side. Walking trails run the property, with hiking from the grounds and a state park immediately adjacent. Boating, a lake, river, and golf course are all nearby. Pets are welcome. Western Maryland occupies a narrow sliver of Appalachian terrain pinched between Pennsylvania and West Virginia, and it delivers outdoor experiences that most of the Mid-Atlantic has not gotten around to yet. Deep Creek Lake, Swallow Falls, the Casselman River, and New Germany State Park are all destination-caliber, and Grantsville sits at the center of the whole Garrett County outdoor corridor. Summer and fall foliage drive demand in the Maryland highlands. Reserve ahead, and plan your water and tank capacity around the electric-only sites.

from $32/night

Jellystone Park™ Natural Bridge

126 RV Sites, 22 Cabins, 23 Tent Sites, 9 Lodges

Jellystone Park at Natural Bridge in Natural Bridge Station, Virginia, offers 126 RV sites, 31 cabin and lodge units, and 23 tent sites in the Shenandoah Valley foothills, with 20, 30, and 50-amp full hookups, cable TV, and rigs accepted to 45 feet. Waterfront back-ins join deluxe, premium, and pull-through categories, alongside a water park, swim lake, and movie theater. One hundred twenty-six sites span 30/50-amp back-ins, deluxe back-ins, premium back-ins, pull-throughs, and waterfront back-ins, all carrying water, sewer, and electric with cable TV and site WiFi, sized to 45 feet, with fire pits, picnic tables, and BBQ pits. Thirty-one cabins and lodges and 23 tent sites round out the accommodations. A general store, laundry, propane fills and exchange, dump station, restrooms, showers, and firewood handle the practical side. A daily resort fee applies and covers cable and WiFi, aquatic facility access including the resort pool, waterslides, splash pad, and swim lake, the dog park, the movie theater, and 24-hour on-site management. Recreation is the product. A water park with waterslides, splash pad, swim lake, beach, and outdoor pool anchors the summer, with mini-golf, a jumping pillow, gaga ball, arcade, game room, and recreation center besides. Sports courts, basketball, a playground, pavilion, barn, golf cart rentals, and a pond for fishing fill the grounds. Pets are welcome. Natural Bridge State Park — one of Virginia's most striking natural landmarks — is close, with the upper Shenandoah Valley and Blue Ridge corridor beyond. Summer families and fall foliage drive demand. Reserve well ahead.

from $34/night

Camp Holly

8 RV Sites

Camp Holly in Diana, West Virginia, offers eight full-hookup RV sites across a 22-acre mountain property in Webster County, with 30-amp service and rigs accepted to 36 feet. Cabins, glamping structures, and tent camping join a pond, playground, and general store in the state's most rugged interior. Eight back-in sites carry water, sewer, and electric on 30-amp, sized to 36 feet, with site WiFi. Note the 36-foot cap before booking a larger rig. Cabins, glamping structures, and tent camping round out the accommodations. A general store, restrooms, showers, and firewood handle the practical side. Two useful tips from the operators: buy fishing passes when you book your campsite for a discounted rate, and add a jumbo firewood square at booking and they will deliver it to your site. Pets are welcome. A pond anchors the on-site recreation with fishing, swimming, paddle boats, boating, canoeing, and kayaking from the water. A community fire pit, playground, hiking, and biking fill the rest, with planned activities through the season. Diana sits on WV-20 in the heartland of the Mountain State's most remote interior. The Cranberry Wilderness, the Gauley River National Recreation Area, and the Williams River's wild brook trout stream give this the most complete wilderness and outdoor adventure access of any campground in central West Virginia's Chestnut Ridge and Back Allegheny country. Summer water recreation and October foliage drive demand. With eight RV sites, reserve well ahead.

from $10/night