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
Megan S
November 6, 2021
Love this Campground, great place to dry camp/boondock. Lots of tree cover, so not good for solar, but is very cozy. Love the privacy that the rhododendron provide between campsites. Is close to Mt Rogers & the Creeper trail. Damascus is near by and has essentials if you run out/forget them.
Kelly D
November 2, 2021
It was our 3rd time camping at Beartree. Perfect location away from it all! Very convenient to the Creeper Trail. No cell service in the area.
Suzanne C
October 30, 2021
Very nice & spacious campground with great hiking nearby. Bathrooms were clean, but have to be a vertically challenged to get under the shower head right next to the wall. The dumpster was overflowing all 5 days we were there & was not bear-proof.
Close to Mount Rogers, Grayson Highlands & Appalachian Trail.
Lynn G
October 30, 2021
This was our second visit to Beartree. This second visit was much more pleasant. There were quite a few RV's there on our first trip whose owners did not follow the generator guidelines. It is a great place.
Dan S
October 28, 2021
Nice campground. Quiet. Close to Virginia Creeper Trail, A.T., and many other hiking trails.
STEVE M
October 26, 2021
Beautiful place. Camp hosts were extremely helpful and friendly. Love it. The only thing that it needs is water & electricity.
Shadelle H
October 25, 2021
The bathrooms were clean. There was hot water to take showers. Campground was mostly quiet.
Frank H
October 24, 2021
Well maintained campground. Plenty of woods. Clean bath houses.
William M
October 21, 2021
The campground was very well maintained. Bathrooms were kept very clean and the campsites were as well. The hosts, Jim and Patty, were very friendly and helpful. I can't offer enough praise for the way they watched over everything. The campground is very close to the Virginia Creeper Trail and also to many fabulous hikes especially in Grayson Highlands.
Randy F
October 20, 2021
Very Quiet
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
