A white Tacoma with a camper shell parked on a rise above a broad, empty basin under building cloud.

Camping near

Elk Garden, West Virginia

3 federal places to camp within 30 miles of Elk Garden in Mineral County: 2 Forest Service, 1 Army Corps.

3
federal places to camp
2 Forest Service, 1 Army Corps
3 mi
to the nearest one
Robert W Craig
2,055 ft
at the highest of them
Robert W Craig. The lowest, Horseshoe Recreation Area, sits at 1,719 ft
74
campsites you can book ahead
On Recreation.gov. The longest rig any of them takes is 35 feet

Interactive map. Drag to pan, scroll or pinch to zoom, and select any point to see which agency manages the land. Arrow keys pan and the plus and minus keys zoom when the map has focus. A list of every state with its share of federal land is on the Explore page.

Map layers

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Base map
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Federal land, by managing agency

  • Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
  • US Forest Service (USFS)
  • National Park Service (NPS)
  • US Fish and Wildlife (USFW)
  • Bureau of Reclamation (USBR)
  • Department Of Defense (DOD)
  • Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA)
  • Other Federal
  • State
  • Local
  • Alaska Native Lands (Patented or Interim Conveyed)
  • Alaska Native Allotment

Federal campgrounds, by agency

  • Forest Service
  • Bureau of Land Management
  • National Park Service
  • Army Corps of Engineers
  • Reclamation, Fish and Wildlife and others

State and local land (USGS PAD-US)

  • State land
  • County and city land
  • Regional agency or district
  • Land trust or conservancy

Gaps with no tint inside public land are private parcels, often old mining claims and homesteads. They are not open to the public.

Dashed clay lines on the base map are unpaved tracks from OpenStreetMap. They show what exists on the ground, not what is legal to drive.

Select any point to see who manages the land.

Boundaries are approximate and land status changes. This map is a planning aid, not a survey or a statement of access. Confirm routes, closures and camping rules with the managing office.

Within 30 miles of Elk Garden, nearest first

3 places

  1. Robert W Craig Army Corps · Jennings Randolph Lake · Mineral County 3 miaway 2,055 ftelevation 68sites 4 ftlongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov
  2. Red Creek Campground Forest Service · Monongahela National Forest · Tucker County 25.9 miaway 3,878 ftelevation n/asites n/alongest rig First comeor not listed
  3. Horseshoe Recreation Area Forest Service · Monongahela National Forest · Tucker County 27.7 miaway 1,719 ftelevation 6sites 35 ftlongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov