Sherando Lake Group Camp in VA -- Campground & RV Camping

Sherando Lake Group Camp features five tent-only group sites positioned around a loop with an open grassy field in the center. Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains near the 7-acre Upper Lake, each site accommodates up to 15 people and includes picnic tables, a grill, lantern posts, a serving table, and a drinking water spigot. Facilities include a bathhouse with flush toilets and showers plus a vault toilet. A short walk leads to Upper Lake for stocked fishing, while the 25-acre Lower Lake offers a sand beach, bathhouse, swimming area, and hand-carry boat launch.

Getting there: From I-64, take Exit 96 just east of Stuarts Draft. Go south on State Route 624, which becomes State Route 664 at Lyndhurst. Continue south on State Route 664 approximately 8 miles to the entrance for Sherando Lake Recreation Area on the right. The gatehouse is approximately 0.5 miles ahead. If the gatehouse is closed, continue through the recreation area to the group camping area at the end of the road.

• Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, a 5-site campground with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
• Devils Knob stands 2,196 ft above the map pin, 1.6 miles southeast.
• North Fork Back Creek runs 0.1 mi off.
• A group campground, with most of them shaded.
• Estimated night sky: Bortle 3, a dark rural sky.

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