Seneca Shadows in WV -- Campground & RV Camping

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Seneca Shadows in WV

CampgroundUSFS

18 mi from Petersburg

Maps 1,733 ft

Official campground & reservations ↗

$22 per nightOpen 4/10-10/31

304-567-3082

VerizonNONE
AT&TNONE
T-MobileNONE
StarlinkEXCELLENT

Road Access

Moderate
  • 0.1 of this road’s 2.1 miles are maintained for passenger cars, paved the whole way.

Rig fit

  • Maximum published vehicle length: 90 ft.
  • Longest published RV site: 90 ft.
  • Longest published trailer site: 90 ft.
  • 2 pull-through sites.
Mixed toilet facilitiesElectric at some sites

Campground details

81 sitesShowersDump stationFires allowedFire rings / grills

Setting

Little privacy

Seneca Shadows Campground sits in the Potomac River valley with open views of the 900-foot Seneca Rocks. The facility features standard RV sites, 13 electric hookup sites, 40 walk-in tent spots, and 3 group tent loops. Amenities include flush and vault restrooms, hot showers, an RV dump station, trash dumpsters, drinking water, lantern posts, picnic tables, fire rings, and an amphitheater. Located across the road from the Seneca Rocks Visitor Center, campers have direct access to rock climbing routes, the North Fork River, and mountain hiking trails.

Getting there: From Elkins WV, take US 33 east 34 miles. Turn right into the campground. From Petersburg, WV, take State Hwy 28 south 22 miles. Turn right into the campground. From Franklin, WV, take US 33 west 24 miles. Turn left into the campground.

  • Little separation from through roads or other sites here, an 81-site campground with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
  • Flat ground is scarce: under a tenth of the terrain within a few hundred yards is level.
  • Harper Knob stands 1,086 ft above the map pin, 0.7 miles southeast.
  • North Fork South Branch Potomac River runs 0.2 mi off.
  • Estimated night sky: Bortle 3, a dark rural sky.

Rules

  • Amenities: Listed amenities · showers, dump station.
  • Current fire orders

Climate averages

October normals 40–65°F, 2.3″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.

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Starlink Radar

Open sky · Terrain & buildings · Tree canopy

Estimated horizon in eight compass directions, using 10 m USGS elevation. Sky clearance 98 of 100.

Tree cover48%30m sat. est.