Best Cabin Camping near Hood, VA

Several cabin campgrounds are available within Shenandoah National Park and surrounding areas near Hood, Virginia. Lewis Mountain Campground offers rustic cabins with basic furnishings, while Big Meadows Campground provides cabin options with varying levels of amenities. Most cabins include fire rings, picnic tables, and access to toilet facilities. Many locations lack electricity hookups, requiring guests to prepare accordingly. At Getaway Shenandoah, cabins feature more modern accommodations with comfortable bedding. "TINY HOUSES! Fire pits! Lots of trees! Customer service always goes above and beyond with personalized touches. Mattresses are comfortable."

Depending on the campground, pet policies vary significantly. Lewis Mountain does not permit pets in their cabins, while Madison Vines RV Resort & Cottages welcomes dogs with some restrictions. Reservations are essential during peak season (May through October), particularly at popular national park locations. First-come, first-served options exist at Lewis Mountain Campground, though arriving early is recommended. A reviewer noted, "We adore Lewis Mountain. It's quieter than the other Shenandoah sites, it has clean facilities, showers, water, and a store, and is right on the Appalachian Trail."

Most cabin rentals provide beds but require visitors to bring their own linens, towels, and toiletries. Kitchen facilities vary substantially—from none at primitive cabins to basic refrigerators and microwaves at upgraded units. On-site camp stores at facilities like Lewis Mountain offer essential supplies and firewood for purchase. Harrisonburg-Shenandoah Valley KOA maintains a market for basic provisions. Nearby Yoder's Amish Market provides additional grocery options for longer stays. Water access points are available at most locations, though cabins typically do not have individual water hookups.

Best Cabin Sites Near Hood, Virginia (42)

    1. Big Meadows Campground — Shenandoah National Park

    120 Reviews
    Stanley, VA
    12 miles
    Website
    +1 (540) 999-3500

    $30 - $75 / night

    "We camped here the last night of the season (Nov30) and shared the campground with a mix of tent campers, car/van campers, and a few larger units."

    "Lots and lots of folks about, but still enough space to NOT feel encroached upon."

    2. Lewis Mountain Campground — Shenandoah National Park

    31 Reviews
    Hood, VA
    8 miles
    Website
    +1 (540) 999-3500

    $30 / night

    "We stayed in one of the cabins at Lewis Mountain, which had a queen size bed and bathroom with a small shower. Towels, soap and shampoo are provided."

    "Arrived before the weekend, around late morning. Greeted by the park ranger, they gave the basic information for these sites. Limited spots here. You’re pretty close to your neighbor."

    3. Loft Mountain Campground — Shenandoah National Park

    65 Reviews
    Dyke, VA
    17 miles
    Website
    +1 (434) 823-4675

    $30 - $75 / night

    "In our opinion this is the best campground in Shenandoah National Park. Sites are large and many offer privacy. Sites include fire ring and picnic tables."

    "The site we had was primitive, no water or electric, but had a picnic table, fire ring, & a bear box. Although the sites were close, they were situated to maximize privacy."

    4. Harrisonburg - Shenandoah Valley KOA

    31 Reviews
    Shenandoah, VA
    22 miles
    Website
    +1 (540) 896-8929

    "This campground has an awesome location between Harrisonburg and Luray/Shenandoah. It has great amenities like a pool and playground, a camp store and lots of friendly and helpful employees."

    "This campground has incredibly clean bathroom and shower facilities along with an immaculate site."

    5. Madison Vines RV Resort & Cottages

    4 Reviews
    Madison, VA
    6 miles
    Website
    +1 (540) 948-4186

    $53 - $144 / night

    "Two fenced dog parks. Campsites are level gravel (no pads). Located near multiple vineyards."

    "Space was maximized but that added to the community feeling most quickly embraced!"

    6. Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park Luray

    24 Reviews
    Luray, VA
    22 miles
    Website
    +1 (540) 300-1697

    "had to stay here for a climbing trip in the offseason when other sites in the park were closed. definitely glamping with people all around. seems like a fun time for a family."

    "They had plenty of appearances of Yogi or Cindy bear at activities and just driving around the park on a golf cart."

    7. Graves Mountain Farm Campground

    5 Reviews
    Syria, VA
    10 miles
    Website
    +1 (303) 877-9659

    $12 / night

    "Bathrooms available. Lodge close by if food, warmth, or better restroom desired."

    8. Getaway Shenandoah

    1 Review
    Stanardsville, VA
    3 miles
    Website

    "Fire pits! Lots of trees! Customer service always goes above and beyond with personalized touches. Mattresses are comfortable."

    9. Misty Mountain Camp Resort

    39 Reviews
    Crozet, VA
    29 miles
    Website
    +1 (888) 647-8900

    $35 - $75 / night

    "I was pleasantly surprised when we got there and I found out it has its own deck!!! Site also includes a fire ring and a picnic table."

    "with electric and water, and both modern and rustic cabins."

    10. Spacious Skies Shenandoah Views

    18 Reviews
    Luray, VA
    24 miles
    Website
    +1 (540) 743-7222

    $31 - $220 / night

    "Usually go camping with a Little Guy teardrop trailer, but with the current state of the country, didn’t feel comfortable with sharing bathroom facilities. We booked Yurt #1. It was fantastic."

    "We stayed in a level back-in site(#39) with picnic table on a concrete patio, Adirondack chairs under a pergola on a second concrete patio, clean gravel surface, and fire pit."

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Cabin Reviews near Hood, VA

553 Reviews of 42 Hood Campgrounds


  • M J.
    Aug. 24, 2022

    Andy Guest/Shenandoah River State Park Campground

    Love this quiet park.

    Stayed in Camp Cabin 41 in middle August 2022. The cabins are basic, but just enough that you need. Electricity, water on site (not in cabin, fan, lots of windows for sticky nights, 2 bunk beds (sleeping 4 total), and a table with 4 chairs. On the front porch are 2 wonderful rocking chairs. There's also a picnic table, fire pit, and grill on site. Parking for 2 cars. It's a relatively short walk to the bathhouse which had showers, toilets, a large clean up sink, and even washer/dryer available for a small price. The hiking here is nice and quiet, the river is beautiful. The cabin was in the electric/water (RV) campground and other than the randomly loud neighbor was peaceful and quiet. Lots of tent campers in this area of the campground too. The rangers are always helpful in the visitor center. Lots of small wildlife here too. I highly recommend this park.

  • Megan K.
    Feb. 13, 2022

    Andy Guest/Shenandoah River State Park Campground

    Great winter cabin camping weekend

    tl;dr- We stayed in a cabin February. The park and the cabins are very clean and well maintained. We enjoyed the many trails and walking our dog along the river. We would highly recommend and will come back.

    Shenandoah River State Park has a variety of camping/RV/cabin options for everyone.  They have: climate controlled cabins, rustic cabins, RV sites, and tent camping sites.  Great for groups, especially those that have different ideas of the enjoying the great outdoors/nature

    And if you, like me, are less enthusiastic about winter camping, the cabins are a great way to enjoy the park with climate controlled amenities.  

    Two bedroom climate controlled cabin: Very clean, simple/minimalistic furniture, with kitchen necessities included.  It's reminiscent of a dorm-style apartment. Cooking utensils and cutlery, dish soap, a couple of dishwasher pods, toilet paper, and paper towels are included.  Mattresses and pillows had actual protectors on them and you are expected to bring sheets, pillow cases, and towels (not sure if it's always expected you bring sheets/linens but was true but at least with COVID/our latest stay).  There is a nice big kitchen table to play games.  We did have phone service and watched some shows on our tablet.

    Restroom/shower: Very clean, spacious restroom although with a small shower (we stayed in cabin 6, showers may be bigger in others/handicapped accessible cabins).  Included mounted container with hand soap and shampoo/body wash.

    Bedrooms:  Queen bed w/ box spring mattress.  I prefer memory foam so it was not my favorite, but it was still decent/firm.  The other bedroom had 4 bunkbeds.

    Outside space:  There is a nice space with a picnic table and fire pit.  There are also rocking chairs on the porch of each cabin.  Very cute and a great way to appreciate the views.  

    Area: Many trails throughout the park.  We enjoyed walking our dog along the river.

    Looking forward to coming back either staying in a cabin again or staying in our camper van.

  • Teresa K.
    Jul. 12, 2018

    Andy Guest/Shenandoah River State Park Campground

    River Getaway

    We adored this campground. Initially we reserved a camping cabin. We arrived early and had the opportunity to drive around and check out the park. Lucky that we did. The camping cabin without AC was in direct sun along with the entire camping pad and all other camping cabins were the same. Additionally, they were snug tight with the RVs without any isolation or seclusion. The pad is very close to the loop road so if you have children it makes for a cramped area to play. We elected to trade for a tent site which was right off the Shenandoah River. Beautiful! Well shaded and large! It's marked a "primitive", but hardly is. Has picnic table, showers, camp ring and camp pad. The only thing "primitive" about it was it's a walk-in campground. There are carts to help you carry your gear in. Staff was friendly. Park very well maintained. Bathhouse was AWESOME, but POOR ventilation so it makes for a SAUNA when it's in the warm season. You can wade, fish, canoe, kayak, zipline, tube, hike, bird watch, etc. Other than the camping cabins, this place was super.

  • D
    Jun. 23, 2020

    Spacious Skies Shenandoah Views

    A great getaway

    Usually go camping with a Little Guy teardrop trailer, but with the current state of the country, didn’t feel comfortable with sharing bathroom facilities. We booked Yurt #1. It was fantastic. The place was spotless, well equipped kitchenette, grill, fire pit, comfortable beds. We loved our neighbors the sheep, goats and llamas. Checking in was easy, with the keys and map at the office. Park was clean and well maintained. Dog park is great. Wonderful way to start coming out of quarantine. Great hiking nearby.

  • Carol B.The Dyrt PRO User
    Dec. 5, 2024

    Big Meadows Campground — Shenandoah National Park

    Clean restrooms, wooded spots, nice overall

    We camped here the last night of the season (Nov30) and shared the campground with a mix of tent campers, car/van campers, and a few larger units. The bathrooms were plentiful, heated, hot running water, and a utility sink available. Our site had some privacy and some extra due to about 50% occupancy. Showers and laundry were closed for the season but are centrally located near entrance area of campground. Elevation above 3000 feet and plenty of deer! It was an especially cold night hitting a low of 14F. Very happy for the nearby heated restrooms with hot running water.

  • M J.
    Sep. 20, 2021

    Andy Guest/Shenandoah River State Park Campground

    Gorgeous and quiet spot along the Shenandoah River

    Normally we’re tent campers, but this time we opted for the climate controlled cabins of this state park. Cabins were wonderful. Essentially a little house off in its own little “cabin neighborhood.” Kitchen was fully stocked with just about anything you’d need. Only thing you need to bring are linens (because of COVID) and food). Outside there is a large wrap around porch, picnic table, grill, and fire pit. All tucked right against the trees. Rangers at the visitor center were wonderful, and gave our kids a tour of the small animals they kept inside the visitor center. Lots of hiking trails, and we didn’t see a ton of people on them. Good fishing in the river too. Drove through RV campground and spots looked nice with lots of pull through sites and pretty level too. Tent area is in another part of the park. For that you have to park in a lot and take a short walk to each site (though I did see a wagon there for campers to use). We will totally come back.

  • PopandNana D.
    Sep. 6, 2018

    Loft Mountain Campground — Shenandoah National Park

    Loft Mountain Campground in Shenandoah National Park

    In our opinion this is the best campground in Shenandoah National Park. Sites are large and many offer privacy. Sites include fire ring and picnic tables. Some of the sites have a mountain view where you can watch the sunset. The campground has great facilities including flush toilets, hot and cold running water, indoor showers ($1.75 for 5 minutes), laundromat, camp store with groceries, camping supplies, wine and beer, sandwiches, and morning coffee. The sites are $15 per night in this campground, and there is an entrance fee into Shenandoah National Park (we paid $30 for a week). The Appalachian Trail runs thru this campground and offers some great hiking.

  • Emilia F.
    Oct. 17, 2019

    Sun Retreats Shenandoah Valley

    Great Summer Location

    We recently stayed in one of the cottages. The cottage had a basic kitchen with sink, plenty of counter space, mini fridge, and some utensils and dishes. Perfect for the simple life! There were multiple picnic tables out back of the unit with a fire ring and of course lake front not even a stones throw away. The campground has plenty of activities from multiple playgrounds to activities every weekend. They rent golf carts which it great because the place is huge. There is also a very small fishing pond in the campground.

  • Cindy D.The Dyrt PRO User
    Oct. 7, 2019

    Loft Mountain Campground — Shenandoah National Park

    Shenandoah National Park

    We did not have a reservation and were lucky to get a site. It is a large campground with 200 sites for RV's & tent campers. The site we had was primitive, no water or electric, but had a picnic table, fire ring, & a bear box. Although the sites were close, they were situated to maximize privacy. The campgrounds had plenty of restrooms with flush toilets & sinks. The camp store has laundry facilities and showers that you must pay for, $1.75 for 5 minutes. The grounds and facilities are very clean. An added bonus, you can access the Appalachian Trail right from the campgrounds that provides amazing views


Guide to Hood

Cabin camping near Hood, Virginia offers a perfect blend of nature and comfort, allowing you to enjoy the great outdoors without sacrificing the comforts of home.

Cabin campers like these nearby activities

  • Enjoy hiking directly from your cabin at Big Meadows Campground, where trails lead to stunning views and local waterfalls.
  • Experience the beauty of the Appalachian Trail with easy access from Lewis Mountain Campground, perfect for both seasoned hikers and families.
  • Take a short drive to explore the Luray Caverns, a breathtaking natural wonder just minutes away from Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park Luray.

Some prices for cabin camping range from $15 to $30

  • Cabin rentals at Shenandoah Crossing start at around $30, offering a range of amenities including pools and recreational activities.
  • For a more rustic experience, Graves Mountain Farm Campground provides cabin options starting at $15, perfect for those looking to connect with nature.
  • Rates at Spacious Skies Shenandoah Views vary, but you can find cabins that fit a budget of around $30, all while enjoying stunning mountain views.

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According to TheDyrt.com, the most popular cabin campground near Hood, VA is Big Meadows Campground — Shenandoah National Park with a 4.5-star rating from 120 reviews.

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