Rock Castle Gorge Backcountry Camping in VA -- Campground & RV Camping

Rock Castle Gorge Backcountry Campground offers eight primitive campsites along the Rock Castle Gorge Trail in the Rocky Knob Recreational Area of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Situated next to Rock Castle Creek in a forested gorge, the site is reachable via trails ranging from half a mile to eight miles. Each individual campsite features a campfire ring and a metal food storage locker. A single portable toilet is provided on site. There is no piped drinking water available, requiring campers to carry in all water.

Getting there: It really depends on where you decide to park. The closest place to park is at the end of Virginia State Road 605, also known as CC Camp Lane. State Road 605 is gravel and turns into mostly dirt near the campground parking area which is not too far past where state road maintenance ends. State Road 605 is directly off Virginia State Highway 8 which runs from Stuart, Virginia from the South to Floyd, VA on the North. Other locations to park are along the Blue Ridge Parkway as follows: Rocky Knob Campground - Milepost 167 The Saddle Overlook - Milepost 168 The Rock Castle Gorge Overlook - Milepost 168.7 The Rocky Knob Visitor Center - Milepost 169 The Twelve O'clock Overlook - Milepost 169 The Blue Ridge Parkway runs from close to Waynesboro, VA (Milepost 1) on the North to close to Cherokee, NC (Milepost 469) on the South, Virginia Highway 8 provides the closest access to this area of the Parkway at Milepost 165.

• Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, an 8-site campground with the nearest through road 0.4 miles off.
• Flat ground is scarce: under a tenth of the terrain within a few hundred yards is level.
• Rocky Knob stands 1,754 ft above the map pin, 1.0 miles north.
• Little Rock Castle Creek runs 0.3 mi off.
• Mostly tent-only sites, with 8 hike-in sites and most of them shaded.

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