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Best Campgrounds near Volga, WV

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Several established campgrounds surround the Volga area in West Virginia, providing varied accommodation options within the Middle Fork River watershed. Audra State Park Campground represents one of the more developed facilities in the region, offering tent and RV sites with amenities including electric hookups, drinking water, and showers. Five River Campground in nearby Parsons provides year-round access with full hookup sites for RVs. The area features a mix of state park lands and private campgrounds, with options ranging from primitive tent sites to glamping yurts and cabin rentals at locations like Tygart Lake and Stonewall Resort State Parks.

Most campgrounds in the region operate seasonally, with peak availability from April through October. Access roads to several facilities, particularly Audra State Park, feature narrow, winding routes that may challenge larger recreational vehicles. "The road is narrow and bumpy so big rigs be cautious," noted one visitor to Audra State Park. Elevations in the area create varied microclimates, with river valleys remaining cooler even during summer months. Cell service can be limited or nonexistent at many campgrounds, with Audra specifically mentioned in reviews as having no reception except near the park office. Reservation requirements vary by facility, with some state parks requiring advance booking while others operate on a first-come basis.

Riverside camping consistently ranks as the most sought-after experience in the Volga region, with numerous reviews highlighting water access as a primary attraction. Several visitors described Audra State Park's riverside sites as particularly memorable, with one camper stating, "Falling asleep to the sounds of the river every night was perfect." Developed campgrounds throughout the area feature varying levels of privacy between sites, with more secluded options generally available midweek when visitation decreases. Swimming and fishing opportunities enhance the camping experience at locations like Audra and Tygart Lake. While amenities vary significantly between facilities, most developed campgrounds maintain clean restrooms and showers, though primitive options like Misty Mountain Primitive Camping offer minimal facilities for those seeking a more rustic experience.

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  • TThe Dyrt PRO User
    Jan. 2, 2026

    Lower Glady Dispersed Campground

    Secluded & Quiet

    We came in late Friday & could tell from the 7+" snow covered road in that no one else was going to be here (unless they'd been parked for two days of snowfall). We parked on a site be the creek on a big loop near a vault toilet (nothing better than a 20° toilet seat to wake you up in the morning). These sites were easy to recognize as safe driving spots under the blanket of snow. The road was well marked. The hairpin turn at entrance was wide enough that it was not a problem to navigate in the snow / icy road. Main roads had been plowed thoroughly. Anyway, great stay. Could not see stars but the moonrise was beautiful.

  • R
    Dec. 29, 2025

    Walmart supercenter parking lot in Elkins

    confirmed with manager: overnight RV parking permitted

    I spoke with the Walmart manager and confirmed that they are okay with RVs parking in the section of the parking lot closest to the road, but overnight only(i.e. not consecutive nights). It is conveniently located on a major north/south highway at the south end of Elkins. Of course this also means that you will have a four lane road near where you are parked, so not ideal for quiet, but can work well for a free overnight stay while you are traveling.

  • R
    Dec. 27, 2025

    Bear Heaven Campground

    Not very dispersed, but lovely

    One of the advantages of this particular campground is that it's not far from the town of Elkins, so you can go back into town if you don't feel like campsite cooking— lots of good restaurants and entertainment opportunities in Elkins. 

    While this is truly primitive camping, you are not so primitive that you need to dig a hole to go to the bathroom— they do have porta-potty's. It's also noteworthy that this is likely not available year-round. The road becomes impassable in winter when there is a lot of snow, and they start maintaining it, often even blocking the road with gates during the winter. Understandable but unfortunate, since it is beautiful added is not always snowing even in winter, right?

    The campground is not free but also not very expensive. I think the senior citizens price is under five dollars, or at least it was when I camped there a couple years ago(2023). The sites themselves are first-come first-served, the kind of camping ground where you simply go back up to the entranceway to fill out a form and state where you are and make the payment in a box. While the campground is at a fairly high altitude, most of the sites don't have expansive views, and I think only a couple of the sites even have an expansive view down below. But that's okay if you are into wooded views, because there's plenty of that all around, and even a small rock climbing area for you and your kids to scramble on the rocks.

  • R
    Dec. 27, 2025

    Canaan Loop Road

    A remote loop route with about 10 dispersed, free campsites

    This swath of land, sandwiched between two state parks(Canaan Valley State Park to the south& Blackwater Falls State Park to the north) is managed by the US Forest Service. The nearest town is Davis, WV. 

    There is just one dirt road running through it, the first few miles of which are fairly tame: navigable by most standard cars and medium or smaller sized RVs. The further back in you go, the rougher the road gets until it is truly just a jeeps-only type of road. But the good news is that all of the camping sites take place before you get to that rough part. 

    And this is TRULY dispersed camping, with most of the camp spots being a good half-mile from each other! The one downside, if you are into privacy, is that all of the sites are RIGHT NEXT to that dirt road, so others will be driving past your site. The good news is that it is not a heavily trafficked road, used primarily just by the other campers in the 10 available spots, by the occasional hunter, and by the even-less-frequent off-roader, hoping to challenge their vehicle on the rough stuff several miles in. 

    This is all free camping, and all primitive. There are no restroom facilities, no showers, no electrical, no water supply. 

    The campsites themselves are mostly surrounded by forest, making even the smallest of them quite beautiful. They vary in size from being little more than a 20 foot driveway to back an RV up to those sites that are significantly larger with room enough for more than one vehicle and perhaps a couple or three tents. 

    While this loop road region has very few activities itself, you are just a few miles from the two state parks and from private facilities offering horseback riding, skiing, snowboarding, swimming, and more. 

    The loop road region itself has MANY trails for hiking or mountain biking (possibly horseback riding— I saw no signage either for or against it), and one trail that is specifically marked as a cross country ski route. Although, from what I can see, several of the trails could work for cross-country skiing, as even the road itself could right after a storm. 

    While the area is at a fairly high altitude, around 3000 feet, it seems to be built on a kind of high altitude plateau, so the road itself is not that hilly, nor are the camping sites. I don't know for sure if it's a year-round site, but I can tell you that I was camping there in December, no problem. I do understand that the road is minimally maintained, so it might be impossible or difficult to access during very snowy weather.

  • R
    Dec. 19, 2025

    Blackwater Falls State Park Campground

    Woodsy, near trails

    Like many state park campgrounds, each of the campsites are not that dispersed, so you will be right next to everyone else. Some of the sites had trees, many of them had few or none, particularly those that were out in the middle of the circle. So if you want trees and you are reserving your spot online, I recommend reserving  one of the ones on the outsides of the circle if you want trees/shade. 

    Online I did not find a lot of clarity regarding which ones would be good for tents, versus trailers, which was a problem— the one I had reserved was simply not possible to serve as a tent site, as the only level surface was the gravel parking area— not possible to get stakes into the ground, and too slanted anywhere else on the small spot to put a tent. Fortunately, they were able to find me another open spot that had a level enough area for my tent and allowed me to switch the location. 

    They seem to do a pretty good job of keeping the bathhouse/restroom clean. I was there after the primary season(early November) and found it disappointing that half of the campground was closed— the half that, in my opinion, held some of the best looking camping spots. At any rate, the spot I did end up with (sorry, I don't remember what the number was) was nice— partially shaded insufficient privacy out the backside of the camp spot that I could aim my tent view in that direction for a little privacy and a view. 

    There are TONS of trails at this state park, one of which is right next to the campground. While it is fairly short, less than a mile, it connects to an entire network of other trails if you wish to go further, including the trails beyond the state park borders(the national forest abuts the state park), including easy access to Allegheny Trail, which literally goes more than 100 miles!

  • R
    Dec. 12, 2025

    Gandy Creek Dispersed Camping

    pretty well dispersed along the beautiful Gandy Creek

    The main reason I'm reluctant to give it five stars(I gave it 4) is because nearly all of its many campsites cannot be entered by vehicle; you have to park next to the dirt road that runs north-south through the campable section, making the bulk of them far from ideal for those with campers or rooftop tents, especially given that it's a dirt road, that will be kicking up dirt onto that rooftop tent. 

    I am aware of at least three along the road that you can drive into, but I have never seen those few drive-in-able sites unoccupied on a weekend, and typically not on a weekday either. 

    The campsites themselves are wonderful in just about every other regard. Some of them are dispersed enough that you can see no other campsite from yours, and nearly all of them are much more dispersed then you would get at any typical state park's campground. 

    Almost all of the campsites also have their own views of and direct access to Gandy creek, which I have never seen not flowing generously year-round. Some of the campsites are in places where the water is pooled enough that you could go wading or swimming in. And all of it is good fishing. 

    The campsites vary significantly in size and shade, so you can get ones with more sun if you prefer, more shade if you prefer that. 

    All of the campsites are free and I'm pretty sure that the time limit is two weeks maximum, as it is for all the camping areas throughout the Monongahela National forest. 

    Are you into hiking? There are seemingly countless trails within walkable distance from campsites and certainly within 10 minutes' driving distance, many of them connecting up at the top so you can make a loop by crossing over from one to another and then back down to the dirt road. From what I have seen those trails are not the most well-maintained however. Which means that it can be nettlesome— literally— as in overrun with nettles— during certain seasons, particularly July and August, so you might want to take a machete with you so you can chop them out of the way as you hike upward.

  • R
    Dec. 5, 2025

    Lower Glady Dispersed Campground

    An odd mix of campsite types, but something for just about everybody!

    So this is quite large, I'm guessing at least 25 to 35 campsites along a 4-ish mile long dirt road that deadends. It is dispersed camping, free. And I guess it just depends on what you were looking for. I like to have something a little bit remote, where my campsite is not visible from other campsites. There isn't a lot of that here, but I did find maybe three or four that fit that description, all visible from the dirt road that goes through it. 

    There were many sites that I simply would not like it all, but might be ideal for your purposes, such as two or three areas where there is essentially a big field with a short loop road with maybe half a dozen campsites right next to each other. These are bordered by trees but there are no trees on those sites. Definitely not my cup of tea, but might be ideal for those who are in campers or motorhomes and what to be near a group of other people doing the same thing. 

    The pit toilets are good, reasonably clean. They are however even more dispersed than the campsites— roughly one every mile. Keep that in mind while you are picking a campsite. You may want to be close to one, and then that would limit your choices. If you don't care how close you are to one of the toilets, then you have lots and lots of choices. 

    One of the best things about this location is if you are into mountain biking or hiking or trail running. There are an absolute ton of choices for you, some of them starting right there from the campsite or right at the end of it and several more within half a mile. The Allegheny trail runs right through the campsite with the road itself serving as part of the trail, then immediately turning into singletrack trail on the far ends of this several-miles-long dispersed camping area.

  • R
    Dec. 5, 2025

    Gladwin Dispersed Camping

    lovely and remote camping place ... but small

    the size of the available campsites were not small, but the overall place is. Near as I can tell, there are pretty much just five traditional sites and also a field or two where one could choose to camp but there's no driveway or parking area. 

    I camped at the site closest to the river— right next to it in fact! 

    And it was quite large. I was camping by myself, but there were at least three different places in that one campsite that could fit a large tent— so then actually three large tents total could comfortably fit in this one Spot -- possibly good for a group then. 

    The campsite's driveway itself is long enough that you could park a good-sized camper trailer in there. 

    As others have pointed out, it's a little hard to get to this place, and a little hard to figure out you are there when you are there because it's not well marked. If you do dispersed camping much, you sort of recognize the signs— not literal signs but rather the fact that it is dispersed camping. 

    The furthest two campsites among them— the one I picked and the one on the other side of the creek/River a little ways down — were the most private..  Both are visible from the road, and the one right by the water that I was in is a deep enough lot that you can choose to put your camper or tent further the back of it, further from the dirt road that goes through it. 

    Note that there were signs suggesting that the road going over that bridge is not usable when the waters are running high. Given that the campsite I was in is directly next to it, I imagine it would also flood, not just the low bridge. And that would mean that the other campsite's not reachable when high water is happening. 

    Other notable things: 

    1. absolutely no cell phone reception, no hint of it nearby that I got. 

    2. Do not confuse the open farmer's field with a couple dozen campers that is very nearby— that is not Gladwin dispersed camping but rather a private long-term rental spot.

    3. enjoy hiking? The 330 mile long Allegheny trail is right there next to the dispersed camping grounds

  • R
    Nov. 22, 2025

    Dispersed camping at Mower Basin

    Not for everybody, but definitely for me! dispersed camping at its finest

    I do a lot of dispersed camping, and have done several dispersed camping sites in West Virginia recently. Mower Basin is, hands down, my favorite one so far. And I suppose it depends on what you value and what you are looking for, but here's why I'm particularly fond of Mower Basin camping: 

    1. Many of the sites are legitimately dispersed, i.e. nowhere near other campsites, and sometimes not even visible from the main dirt road. 

    2. Remote enough that it is often not crowded because it does take a bit of work to get to it. 

    3. Significant variety from one camping spot to another. Some have stellar views from their 4000 foot-elevation perch, loooking down into the fog covered valleys far below, while others will have you surrounded in dense forests of pines, and some have tons of sun exposure -- handy if you've got a solar generator to charge. 

    4. Trails nearby— some of the finest trails I've experienced in WV— which is a lot of trails since that is one of my prime reasons for camping is to be near trails for hiking or trail running. There is a gorgeous network of trails defined as multi-use but designed particularly for mountain bikers, complete with berms, moguls, and generally sufficient width for navigating without hanging up a handlebar. Most noteworthy: the trails are beautifully groomed, well-maintained(which is definitely not the case in many of the national forest trails in the region). 

    5. Many of the sites are very tent-friendly, and most are also camper/RV friendly. Because of the roughness of the road to get up to Mower Basin, I doubt you could get easily get a large motorhome up here, but I have seen MANY fifth wheel or campers up to 25 feet in length. I wouldn't call the road four-wheel-drive, high clearance terrain, but it is fairly rotted, so you want to drive slow. 

    Reasons why it might not be perfect for everyone: 

    1. Really remote. I'm pretty sure the nearest hospital is at least an hour away, and I never get cell phone reception at any of the sites I have camped at. At best, I might get a momentary rush of incoming emails at one or two spots along one of the trails. But, for the most part, you will be truly off the grid here.

    2. Definitely not perfect if you aren't into dispersed, primitive camping, so look that up if you aren't familiar with it. The short story: if you need to go#2, be ready to dig a hole unless you've got a camper.:-) 

    3. Because of its remoteness and high altitude, it could be impassable for any vehicle in winter when there's heavy snow.

Guide to Volga

Camping spots near Volga, West Virginia primarily sit within the Allegheny Mountain range at elevations between 1,700-2,000 feet. The Middle Fork River watershed creates a cooler microclimate compared to surrounding regions, with evening temperatures dropping 15-20 degrees lower than daytime highs even during summer months. Many campsites within this region experience limited or non-existent internet connectivity, with Five River Campground being one notable exception offering consistent wifi service.

What to do

Swimming at natural river spots: At Audra State Park Campground, the Middle Fork River provides crystal-clear swimming opportunities during summer months. "The most scenic campground I have stayed in to date. The whole things is along a beautiful crystal clear river that runs along large rocks," notes Joshua E. The day use area features designated swimming areas with shallow sections suitable for children.

Fishing for trout: The Shavers Fork River at Five River Campground maintains healthy trout populations for anglers. "The river is fantastic and holds trout and smallmouth for those that like to fish," reports a camper. Fishing licenses required and available in nearby Parsons at local stores within 5 minutes of the campground.

Hiking varied terrain: Blackwater Falls State Park offers multiple trail difficulties ranging from the fully accessible boardwalk trail to the more challenging Lindy Point trail. "There's something to do for people of any activity level. Nearby towns of Davis and Thomas are so lovely and have charm out the wazoo," writes Kellie A. Multiple waterfall viewing points accessible within 1-2 mile hikes from the main parking areas.

What campers like

River access for cooling off: Campers consistently mention the value of riverside camping for temperature regulation during warm months. "We were fortunate to find one along the river which was great to sit by a fire while the kids swam," shares Elaine L. about her Audra State Park experience. Sites nearest to water typically fill first, especially during weekends.

Observation points for scenery: Tygart Lake State Park Campground offers elevated camping with lake vistas. "Made last second reservations and took spot 18. It's right by the ranger shack and closest to the bath house, nice for night time walking to bathroom," notes Jere G. The campground features sites with varying degrees of privacy depending on location.

Clean facilities despite remote locations: Many reviews highlight the maintenance standards at area campgrounds. "The bathhouses are MUCH cleaner than Pipestem & checked often. There's more of a staff presence here also," writes Cynthia K. about Blackwater Falls State Park. Most facilities offer hot water showers even in more remote camping areas.

What you should know

Seasonal operation limitations: Most facilities in the region close between October and April. "Been camping here since the 90's. No hookups. Spotty phone service. Boat launch is close to campground," explains April J. about Tygart Lake. A few exceptions exist, with Stonewall Resort State Park Campground remaining partially open through mid-December.

Wildlife concerns: Several campgrounds report active wildlife, particularly raccoons. "We had site 33 (probably the worst site). The entire site was on a slant and covered in rocks," warns a Tygart Lake visitor. "There is a HUGE raccoon problem here, even during the day. I wish we were warned ahead of time."

Advance planning required: Many campgrounds fill quickly during peak season. "No reservations, first come, first served," notes Brian D. about Audra State Park. For weekend camping between Memorial Day and Labor Day, Thursday arrival often necessary to secure riverside sites at most locations.

Tips for camping with families

Playground access: Kick Back n Camp offers dedicated recreation areas for children. "The campground had a picnic table, a fire pit, and they even delivered our firewood directly to our site," shares Alia. "One of the standout features of the campground was the bathhouse. It was spotlessly clean and felt like a spa."

Learning opportunities: Several campgrounds provide nature education programs during summer months. "I recently went tent camping with my two children and 2 dogs it was a wonderful experience! The catch and release pond was a wonderful place to take kids to learn and gaurentee to catch a fish with worms. We also found newts!" writes a visitor to Broken Wheel Campground.

Bathroom proximity considerations: When camping with small children, bathhouse location becomes important. "Our site #37 was near the bathroom which was a plus with kids but did not have a lot of privacy. People were walking right through our site to get to the bathrooms," notes Katie M. about Blackwater Falls State Park. Request sites specifically close to facilities when traveling with young children.

Tips from RVers

Site leveling challenges: Many campgrounds in this mountainous region feature sloped sites. "Almost all sites are on a hill. The pictures do not accurately show this," warns a Tygart Lake visitor. Bring extra leveling blocks, especially for larger rigs over 25 feet.

Access road limitations: Road conditions to several campgrounds can create challenges. "Big/long RV's (driven or pulled) have difficulty navigating this narrow, curvy campground road pocked with rocky outcroppings," cautions Dave V. about Audra State Park. Park in designated areas to scout campgrounds before attempting to navigate with larger vehicles.

Power concerns: Electrical service quality varies significantly across campgrounds. "My surgeguard shut off the power in the evening due to high voltage. It was showing 137 volts at one time," reports an RVer at Stonewall Resort State Park. Consider bringing a surge protector when camping at locations with electrical hookups.

Frequently Asked Questions

What camping is available near Volga, WV?

According to TheDyrt.com, Volga, WV offers a wide range of camping options, with 123 campgrounds and RV parks near Volga, WV and 17 free dispersed camping spots.

Which is the most popular campground near Volga, WV?

According to TheDyrt.com, the most popular campground near Volga, WV is Audra State Park Campground with a 4.7-star rating from 33 reviews.

Where can I find free dispersed camping near Volga, WV?

According to TheDyrt.com, there are 17 free dispersed camping spots near Volga, WV.

What parks are near Volga, WV?

According to TheDyrt.com, there are 23 parks near Volga, WV that allow camping, notably Burnsville Lake and Sutton Lake.

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