Elizabeth Furnace Group Camp in VA -- Campground & RV Camping

Elizabeth Furnace Recreation Area lies in the Shenandoah Valley along Passage Creek inside the George Washington and Jefferson National Forests. The site features a family campground and a separate group campground set among mixed pine and Appalachian hardwood forests. Amenities include vault toilets open year-round, open grassy picnic areas, and a hand-pump water well located in the family campground (the group site has no water). Visitors cross a swinging footbridge to view an old historic cabin or hike the Pig Iron and Charcoal Trail to view former mining and smelting sites.

Getting there: From I-81: Take exit 296 off I-81. Turn east on VA 55 and continue for 1.4 miles. In center of Strasburg (traffic light), turn left to remain on VA 55. After 5.0 miles, turn right onto SR 678 in the small community of Waterlick. The recreation area will be on your left in about 3.5 miles. Entrance to the Elizabeth Furnace Group Campground is on your left. From I-66: Take Exit 6 (Front Royal) off I-66. Take SR 340/522 South for 1.3 miles until you come to a stoplight. Turn right onto VA 55 west and continue for 5 miles to the small community of Waterlick. Turn left onto SR 678 and the recreation area will be on your left in about 3.5 miles. Entrance to the Elizabeth Furnace Group Campground is on your left.

• Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, a 2-site campground with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
• High Peak stands 1,230 ft above the map pin, 1.0 miles south.
• Passage 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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