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Hickory Ridge Campground — Grayson Highlands State Park

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Late Cabin/Lodge/Yurt/Camping Cabin/Bunkhouse Arrivals:

A sealed packet of information with your last name will be left for you. This packet will be at one of the following places: contact station, visitor center or park office. Claytor Lake and First Landing will leave your packet at the cabin. Your last 4 digits of your confirmation number will be your access code. Please take your confirmation letter with you.

Late Camping Arrivals:

A sealed packet of information with your name will be left for you. This packet will be at one of the following places: contact station, visitor center, park office or the campground camp host site. Please take your confirmation letter with you. If you have a site specific reservation please look for your site highlighted by the yellow post along with your site number. If you have a non-site specific reservation please look for your site type to set up your equipment.

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The renter is responsible for any damages or excess cleaning created during their visit. The renter agrees to being charged the full cost to cover such damages and / or excess cleaning. A letter will be mailed giving details of the damages / cleaning and break down of the cost involved to rectify the problem. Should a credit card be on file, it will be charged. If not, an invoice will be included with the letter for immediate payment.

Guarded lake swimming is generally available at the designated swimming beach during scheduled hours between the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend and Labor Day. One day of swimming is free for each night reserved for overnight guests. During this time period the weather and other issues beyond our control may reduce the availability of guarded swimming. No refunds will be given if guarded swimming is not available. Outside of guarded swimming times, park guests may swim at the designated beach within marked areas. Swimmers using these areas do so at their own risk. Swimming anywhere else in the park at any time is prohibited.

Reservations only guarantee the facility or site being rented. Programs and park amenities may be cancelled or closed for various reasons and do not constitute a refund.

Pursuant to the Code of Virginia, all open fires (including wood and charcoal) are prohibited between February 15 and April 30 annually (except between the hours of 4PM to midnight). Camping stoves that are self-contained are permitted (ex. Coleman Stove). We have received permission from the Department of Forestry to allow open fires between midnight and 4 p.m. in our campgrounds if we have a camphost. Failure to observe the burning law could result in a fine of up to $500.00.

As part of your trip planning, before you arrive at the park, check out our events database to see the programs scheduled at your park. You can find the database here: http://bit.ly/vspevents . The events are sometimes added as late as the start of the month they will occur, so check back right before you leave. Another way to keep in touch with programs and offerings is to subscribe to our weekly enewsletter. It takes just a few minutes to sign up here: http://bit.ly/vspenews . You can also follow us on Facebook ( www.facebook.com/virginiastateparks ) and Twitter (@VAStateParks).

Campers cannot be assured of access to reserved sites before 4 p.m. on their arrival date, but early check-in is often available. Camping check-out is 1 p.m. Generators are not permitted in the campgrounds.

Cabin/Lodge/Camping Cabin/Camping Lodge/Trailer/Yurt check in time is 4:00 p.m. Check out is 10:00 a.m.

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Site Types

  • Tent Sites
  • Standard (Tent/RV)
  • Group
  • Yurts

Features

For Campers

  • Trash
  • Reservable
  • Showers
  • Electric Hookups
  • Toilets

For Vehicles

  • Sanitary Dump

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55 Reviews

Kristi D.The Dyrt PRO User
Reviewed Jul. 4, 2023

It's a magical place

Loved this campground. Sites were a little close, but peaceful and the trails made up for the close sites.

the wild ponies on Rhododendron trail were incredible along with the views! I have no words. You must camp here!!

They also has a lovely general store outside the grounds that you must stop at! It is owned by the nicest family....they serve ice cream. Try the acai ice cream and they have homemade desserts.

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Month of VisitJuly
  • Review photo of Hickory Ridge Campground — Grayson Highlands State Park by Kristi D., July 4, 2023
  • Review photo of Hickory Ridge Campground — Grayson Highlands State Park by Kristi D., July 4, 2023
  • Review photo of Hickory Ridge Campground — Grayson Highlands State Park by Kristi D., July 4, 2023
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Lee D.The Dyrt PRO User
Reviewed Mar. 20, 2023

Small campground in a beautiful state park

General: Smallish campground (< 70 sites in two loops) with a mixture of water/electric and tent sites with no hookups, and also four yurts.

Site Quality: Some were back-in and some were pull-through. Gravel pads. Not a lot of separation between the sites. Some were more level than others but not a problem to make it work for us. 

Bathhouse: Heated! Clean. One shower in the bathroom plus additional shower rooms. Best place in the campground to catch a fleeting cell signal so it was not unusual to see people in the bathroom on their phones! 

Activities/Amenites: Hiking! Close to the AT. Unfortunately, the best trail IMO was the Cabin Creek Trail (it was also awarded one of the best 25 trails in the US) but it is not accessible directly from the campground. There is also a small country store, but it was not open when we were there. There is a small museum at the Visitor Center and well worth a trip there. There is also a dump station. 

There was an unseasonable cold snap when we were there in October (temps got down to mid-20s with wind chill in the teens) so even though we had planned on two nights there, once we hiked the Cabin Creek and Rhododendron trails, we decided to go to a lower elevation and warm up!

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Month of VisitNovember
  • Review photo of Hickory Ridge Campground — Grayson Highlands State Park by Lee D., March 20, 2023
  • Review photo of Hickory Ridge Campground — Grayson Highlands State Park by Lee D., March 20, 2023
  • Review photo of Hickory Ridge Campground — Grayson Highlands State Park by Lee D., March 20, 2023
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Reviewed Oct. 14, 2022

Great views, cute ponies

This is a park well worth a visit! Lots of hiking opportunities. Great views! The ponies are extra cute. Please respect the distance advice and don't feed them. We witnessed a lady attempting to pet the stallion of the herd, not respecting his signs to make her back off. Eventually HE will get into trouble for being protective of his herd, because of some disrespectful visitors. That is just dangerous and sad. As a general information: my photos of the ponies were all taken with a telephoto lens.

Month of VisitOctober
  • Review photo of Hickory Ridge Campground — Grayson Highlands State Park by Frances , October 14, 2022
  • Review photo of Hickory Ridge Campground — Grayson Highlands State Park by Frances , October 14, 2022
  • Review photo of Hickory Ridge Campground — Grayson Highlands State Park by Frances , October 14, 2022
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Location

Hickory Ridge Campground — Grayson Highlands State Park is located in Virginia

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Coordinates

36.63979690413976 N
81.48499376137866 W

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