Loft Mountain Campground — Shenandoah National Park
Elliott B.
Reviewed Jul. 11, 2017

Good mix of open and secluded RV and tent sites

Liked this campground a lot, while not as intimate as Lewis Mountain, with a couple hundred sites you can luck out. While there are awesome "hike in" tent sites some of them are a little hard to determine if someone's already down there occupying them (See photo) and you may have to basically walk through someone else's site to get to yours. Saying that a lot of these sites are actually pretty nicely spaced out from each other, especially the pull through and back-in. There was a nice amount of Ranger presence as you saw them drive through every so often, so most people seemed to be following the "rules" pretty well. (or at least i didn't witness anything like at Lewis mountain)

We were a little worried before we went through after reading some recent reviews where people were complaining about super high grass and ticks, but we found neither of these to be an issue during our visit.

You will want to make sure and know where the bathhouses are ahead of time if you think you might head there after dark as they are all a little hidden away and so you will want to make sure you know where you're going initially. Although once you find it they are nicely maintained and very clean despite the large number of people using them.

Depending on where you are, the campstore can be a nice long hike in of itself. This is the only location with showers (pay) and while there are a good number, can still get pretty busy with the large number of possible campers.

Like the other campgrounds you have "easy" access to the AT, but unlike the other sites, you kind of have to walk through the "hike in" tent sites which some people might not mind doing, but I felt bad.....

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  • Review photo of Loft Mountain Campground — Shenandoah National Park by Elliott B., July 11, 2017
  • Review photo of Loft Mountain Campground — Shenandoah National Park by Elliott B., July 11, 2017
  • Review photo of Loft Mountain Campground — Shenandoah National Park by Elliott B., July 11, 2017
  • Review photo of Loft Mountain Campground — Shenandoah National Park by Elliott B., July 11, 2017
  • Review photo of Loft Mountain Campground — Shenandoah National Park by Elliott B., July 11, 2017
  • Review photo of Loft Mountain Campground — Shenandoah National Park by Elliott B., July 11, 2017
  • Review photo of Loft Mountain Campground — Shenandoah National Park by Elliott B., July 11, 2017
  • Review photo of Loft Mountain Campground — Shenandoah National Park by Elliott B., July 11, 2017
  • Review photo of Loft Mountain Campground — Shenandoah National Park by Elliott B., July 11, 2017
  • Review photo of Loft Mountain Campground — Shenandoah National Park by Elliott B., July 11, 2017
  • Review photo of Loft Mountain Campground — Shenandoah National Park by Elliott B., July 11, 2017
  • Review photo of Loft Mountain Campground — Shenandoah National Park by Elliott B., July 11, 2017
  • Review photo of Loft Mountain Campground — Shenandoah National Park by Elliott B., July 11, 2017
  • Review photo of Loft Mountain Campground — Shenandoah National Park by Elliott B., July 11, 2017
  • Review photo of Loft Mountain Campground — Shenandoah National Park by Elliott B., July 11, 2017
  • Review photo of Loft Mountain Campground — Shenandoah National Park by Elliott B., July 11, 2017
  • Review photo of Loft Mountain Campground — Shenandoah National Park by Elliott B., July 11, 2017
  • Review photo of Loft Mountain Campground — Shenandoah National Park by Elliott B., July 11, 2017
  • Review photo of Loft Mountain Campground — Shenandoah National Park by Elliott B., July 11, 2017
  • Review photo of Loft Mountain Campground — Shenandoah National Park by Elliott B., July 11, 2017
  • Review photo of Loft Mountain Campground — Shenandoah National Park by Elliott B., July 11, 2017
  • Review photo of Loft Mountain Campground — Shenandoah National Park by Elliott B., July 11, 2017
  • Review photo of Loft Mountain Campground — Shenandoah National Park by Elliott B., July 11, 2017