Big Bend in WV -- Campground & RV Camping

Big Bend Campground sits inside Smoke Hole Canyon along a bend of the South Branch of the Potomac River, 10 miles from Petersburg, West Virginia. The facility offers 46 non-electric campsites with paved spurs, fire rings, lantern posts, and picnic tables. Amenities include flush and vault restrooms, showers, trash dumpsters, and an RV dump station. A one-mile nature trail loops around the campground along the riverbank, which sits 200 feet away and supports non-motorized boating and fishing. The separate Jess Judy Group Campground offers three non-electric sites.

Getting there: Follow 28/55 from Petersburg, West Virginia, for 8 miles. Turn left onto Smoke Hole Road, Route 28/11, and travel for 13 miles to County Route 2. Turn left onto the Smoke Hole Road, County Route 2, and follow for approximately 3 miles to Big Bend Campground.

• Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, a 46-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.
• High Knob stands 1,483 ft above the map pin, 1.3 miles southeast.
• South Branch Potomac River runs 0.1 mi off.
• Most of them shaded.

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