About Beartree
Number of accommodations: 8
Campground Amenities
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Showers
Playground
Water and Hygiene
- Potable Water
- Showers
On Site Services
- Playground
Water Access
- Beach Access
- Lake Access
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Reviews (132)
What Guests Are Saying
Beartree is a well-maintained, quiet campground with nice privacy and clean facilities, offering a wonderful camping experience. Many sites are fantastic, although some require significant leveling, and the infrastructure could use upgrades. Overall, it provides a beautiful, woodsy atmosphere ideal for a relaxing retreat.
What Guests Are Saying
Beartree is a well-maintained, quiet campground with nice privacy and clean facilities, offering a wonderful camping experience. Many sites are fantastic, although some require significant leveling, and the infrastructure could use upgrades. Overall, it provides a beautiful, woodsy atmosphere ideal for a relaxing retreat.
Review Summary
Ethan B
January 23, 2020
Great location for biking on Virginia Creeper Trail. Beautiful sites with plenty of privacy. Bathrooms were clean as well.
Jamie S
January 17, 2020
We love this campground. It’s close to lots of fun and beautiful places, there’s lots of shade, the sites are mostly very private. We will keep going back.
Nancy H
January 17, 2020
This campground is in desperate need of repairs. The bathrooms are falling apart and the plumbing frequently fails. The campsites haven’t had new peagravel in at least five years, maybe longer. Please fix this campground. We have family memories here and we don’t want to go somewhere else.
Jennifer G
January 17, 2020
We have visited Beartree twice. The sites are clean and the people friendly. I like that the campsite is tucked away from light pollution and highway noise.
Hobart H
January 16, 2020
Very quiet and peaceful. Large camping area and very private. Near the creeper trail.
Charlye J
January 16, 2020
The campsites were nice and secluded with plenty of shade cover from trees and wood coverings. The sites have a nice gravel pads and fire pit rings with lantern hooks. Everyone we met there were nice and very helpful. I only have one negative comment to make about the loop we stayed on. I chose the site so we would be close to the bathhouse but it was out of order and it seemed to have been out of order for a long time. On the website it was not noted that it was not in usable condition. It would have been nice for the website with that park to be noted somewhere so I could have chose another site. With that being said we had a rather far distance to the other bathhouse. Distance wise, Bear creek was about 30 minutes from downtown Damascus but it wasn’t a bad drive. Kinda curvy but your in the mountains so that’s to be expected. You seem to be about halfway up the mountain and closer to the start of the Creeper Trail. The scenery was nice along the roadway to the park. For those wanting to be off the grid there seemed to be absolutely no cell phone service in the park. We might have got a little service near the bathhouse but it was nearly nothing. We didn’t get to explore all the park had to offer because we used our time on the Creeper Trail but we can’t wait to go back and adventure out to the lake and beach area. We will definitely stay here again.
Evan B
January 15, 2020
An excellent two day group camping trip. Can't wait to visit again!
Terry S
January 11, 2020
We enjoyed it even if the bathroom were out of order wish we could set up our tent a little closer to the lake next time
Mike H
January 10, 2020
Excellent campground with great activities nearby.
David G
December 26, 2019
Super nice camp site - close to the Appalachian trail and also a lots of boulder routes!
Location Beartree
Address:
20993 Beartree Gap Road
Damascus, VA, 24236
United States
Beartree Family Camp is accessible via US Highway 58, approximately 11 miles to the north, and Interstate 81 is about 20 miles to the west.
Latitude & Longitude: 36.6847 / -81.6472
Elevation: 1025 feet
Policies & Rules
Arrival & departure
Check in time
2PM
Check out time
12PM
General
- You may email questions to: SM.FS.MRNRA@USDA.GOV
- No hookups are available at campsites
- This campground has first-come, first-serve sites and reservable sites
- Limit one RV per parking spur
- No Cell phone coverage
- The beach is closed to swimming.
- Click here for more information on George Washington and Jefferson National Forests
- Don't Move Firewood: Help protect our forests! Prevent the spread of tree-killing pests by obtaining firewood at or near your destination and burning it on-site. Moving firewood is illegal in some states. Visit dontmovefirewood.org to learn more.
- A trailer waste disposal station (water is not available) is located near the campground’s exit.
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Last updated: June 4, 2026
