Bolar Mountain Recreation Area in VA -- Campground & RV Camping

Bolar Mountain Recreation Area sits on the northern shore of 2,530-acre Lake Moomaw in the George Washington and Jefferson National Forest. The complex spans four campgrounds—Sugar Ridge and Campgrounds 1, 2, and 3—offering electric sites, lakefront access, drinking water taps, flush toilets, showers, and two dump stations. Sites include picnic tables, lantern posts, and fire rings. Bolar Flat Marina provides a boat ramp and slips, while 11 miles of trails lead to mountain overlooks. Dispersed sites at Greenwood Point are accessible by foot or boat.

Getting there: Know your route ahead of time, cell service will be intermitten if available at all. From Covington, take 220 North to Hwy 39 and turn left on Hwy 39. Take Hwy 39 to Hwy 600 (Bolars Draft Road) and turn left on Hwy 600 towards the campgrounds. After about 7.5 miles turn right on Twin Ridge Drive for all campgrounds. Stay straight to head towards the store & marina, an overlook of the lake and McClintic Point. **GPS often routes vehicles to take Richardson Gorge rd. via the Jackson River tpk. This route is NOT SUGGESTED for travel, especially when towing. It's a narrow dirt road with steep soft edges. Multiple accidents occur on this road each year.**

• Little separation from through roads or other sites here, a 123-site campground with the nearest through road 0.2 miles off.
• Greavers Ridge stands 1,311 ft above the map pin, 1.3 miles east.
• The Lake Moomaw shoreline is 0.1 mi off.
• 6 hike-in sites, with most of them shaded.

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