Easiest access
Beech Fork State Park
Beech Fork near Huntington. One of the largest campgrounds in the system, level sites, full services, and a lake.
Full guide to Beech Fork State Park →RV Camping
Full-hookup sites at most state parks and at Corps of Engineers lakes. Mountain roads and tight switchbacks make big-rig access a real planning constraint in the Highlands.
The Highlands parks were built in the 1930s for cars, not for forty-foot rigs. Check length limits before you book anything above 3,000 feet.
Full hookups exist at most lake parks and larger state parks; mountain roads and switchbacks are what limit a big rig.
Our recommendations
Where we'd send you
Best amenities
Stonewall Jackson Lake State Park
Stonewall Jackson Lake. Marina, lodge, golf, restaurants and a campground, all off I-79.
Full guide to Stonewall Jackson Lake State Park →Best value
Corps of Engineers lakes
Bulltown, Bee Run and Gerald Freeman at Sutton and Burnsville. Cheap, lakeside, well-run and rarely full.
Full guide to Burnsville Lake →Practical note
Several Potomac Highlands parks cap at 30 feet or less, and the approach roads are worse than the sites. If you're over 30 feet, plan around the lakes rather than the mountains.
What to know before you go
- Check length limits before booking Highlands parks — several cap at 30 feet or less
- Campendium's reviews are the best source for site-level RV access detail
Regions that do it best
Reservoirs, trout water, developing rail-trail
Mountain Lakes
The geographic center of the state and its least-visited region.
Rail-trails, limestone caves, gentle river paddlingGreenbrier Valley
The Greenbrier Valley sits on Greenbrier limestone, producing karst topography: sinkholes, springs, sinking streams and extensive cave systems, several with more than forty miles of surveyed passage.
Ohio River islands and the North Bend Rail TrailMid-Ohio Valley
The Ohio River corridor and the counties inland from it.
Every place we cover for rv camping
National Forest · Potomac Highlands
Stuart Recreation Area
A CCC-built recreation area on the Shavers Fork near Elkins with a campground, picnic shelters and river access — the practical basecamp for the central Monongahela National Forest and the Otter Creek and Cheat Mountain country.
Local knowledge
1930s ccc-builtShavers Fork river
Lake · Mountain Lakes
Sutton Lake
A 1,440-acre Corps of Engineers reservoir on the Elk River in Braxton County, with several campgrounds, quiet coves and the dam that creates the Elk tailwater fishery below.
1,440 ac lakeCorps managed
Lake · Mountain Lakes
Burnsville Lake
A 968-acre Corps reservoir on the Little Kanawha with the Bulltown Historic Area on its shore — Civil War earthworks, a preserved farmstead and a well-regarded campground.
968 ac lakeBulltown historic area
State Park · Metro Valley
Beech Fork State Park
A 3,981-acre park around a 720-acre Corps reservoir near Huntington, with one of the largest campgrounds in the state park system, good bass fishing and easy trails.
3,981 ac park720 ac lake
Lake · Greenbrier Valley
Lake Sherwood
The largest lake on the Monongahela National Forest, 156 acres at around 2,600 feet against the Virginia line, with two sand beaches — one on the mainland and one on an island reached by a footbridge.
156 ac lake2 beaches sand
Lake · Greenbrier Valley
Summit Lake
A 43-acre cold-water lake ten miles from Richwood in the Monongahela National Forest, with a 33-unit campground on the shore and the Cranberry backcountry immediately behind it.
Local knowledge
43 ac lake33 campsites
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Guides and rentals for rv camping
Reserved for a West Virginia operator serving this activity. The listings above and below it are unpaid.
List your business hereQuestions people ask
Are there RV campgrounds in West Virginia state parks?
Yes. Most state parks with campgrounds offer electric and many offer full hookups, though maximum RV length varies significantly by park.
Organizations, agencies and resources · 6
Groups that handle access, maintenance, licensing and conditions data for this activity. Starred entries publish updates worth following.
West Virginia State Parks
State parks, forests, rail trails, hiking, biking, paddling, camping, fishing, boating and lodging across 35+ properties.
Visit Recreation.gov
Camping
Reservations for national forest, National Park Service and Army Corps of Engineers campgrounds and permits.
Visit The Dyrt
Camping
Campground reviews, photos and dispersed camping listings with strong West Virginia coverage.
Visit Hipcamp
Camping
Private land camping — farms, forests and river frontage not available through public systems.
Visit Campendium
Camping
RV-focused campground reviews with cell signal reports and site-level access detail.
Visit USACE — Sutton Lake
Federal lands
Central West Virginia reservoir with campgrounds, bass fishing and flatwater paddling.
Visit
Related activities
Every organization we link to: local tourism offices, the state and federal agencies that manage the land, the nonprofits and clubs that keep access open, and the universities doing the research.
West Virginia has roughly 1.5 million acres of public land and a handful of places that carry almost all of the attention. The consequence is that a great deal of very good ground sits nearly empty, usually for one of three reasons: nobody has heard of it, the road in is gated or rough, or it is undeveloped and has nothing to advertise. Those are the places below — of them across regions.