Stone Cliff Campground — New River Gorge National Park and Preserve
Reviewed Aug. 11, 2020

World’s Largest Spider!

Beautiful spot on New River. Make sure you remember to print off directions if you are unfamiliar with the area. There are 4 nice spots down on the beach (we opted against these since we didn’t want to clean sand out of everything when we packed up) and two up a small hill close to the parking lot and trailhead. We stayed at #6. Had plenty of space and were far enough away to not hear our neighbors. It had a pit latrine bathroom which was better than what I expected for free! The campground is very close to the abandoned town of Thurmond (very cool site to see) and is within earshot of the train tracks. We were hanging some hammock stapes up on our last evening and saw the largest spider I’ve ever seen in the hollow of one of the trees at the campsite. If spiders aren’t your thing consider another site :)