Big Meadows Campground - Shenandoah in VA -- Campground & RV Camping in Virginia

Big Meadows Campground sits in a forested section of Shenandoah National Park along Skyline Drive in the Blue Ridge Mountains. The facility features over 200 sites, including group options, surrounded by woods and mountain terrain. Amenities include picnic areas, flush toilets, hot showers, and an RV dump station. On-site access links directly to park trails, with three waterfalls and the plant-filled Big Meadows area within walking distance. The Appalachian Trail passes nearby, and the historic Big Meadows Lodge, Wayside, and Byrd Visitor Center are all within a one-mile walk.

Getting there: Do NOT attempt to use the Tanners Ridge Road to access Big Meadows Campground. The Tanners Ridge Road does not provide entrance to Skyline Drive and does not provide access to Big Meadows Campground. Program your GPS to one of the four park entrance stations at Front Royal Entrance Station, Thornton Gap Entrance Station, Swift Run Entrance Station, or Rockfish Gap Entrance Station. From Washington, D.C., metro area, travel west on Interstate 66 to exit 43A. Take US Highway 29 south to Warrenton, Virginia, then merge onto US Highway 211 west to Shenandoah National Park and Skyline Drive Thornton Gap Entrance. Take Skyline Drive south approximately 19 miles and turn right into the Big Meadows area. Follow the signs to Big Meadows Campground.From Richmond, Virginia area, travel west on Interstate 64 to exit 136 for Zion Crossroads, Virginia. Take exit to US Highway 15 North, then turn onto US Highway 33 west and follow 28 miles to the Shenandoah National Park and Skyline Drive, Swift Run Gap Entrance. Take Skyline Drive North approximately 15 miles and turn left into the Big Meadows area. Follow the signs to Big Meadows Campground.

• Little separation from through roads or other sites here, a 221-site campground with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
• Open country, with nothing named rising within 30 miles.
• 51 hike-in sites, with most of them shaded.
• Davids Spring lies 0.4 mi off.

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