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About Wilderness Road Campground
Number of accommodations: 151
Seasonal information
2026 Season availability
Campground Amenities
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Pet friendly
Showers
RV Utilities and Hookups
- Dump station on site
Water and Hygiene
- Potable Water
- Showers
Pets and Policies
- Pet friendly
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Reviews (679)
What Guests Are Saying
Wilderness Road Campground offers a peaceful, clean, and beautifully maintained setting with courteous staff and accessible facilities, including well-kept bathrooms and showers. Visitors appreciate the variety of scenic hiking trails and wildlife, as well as the campground's serene atmosphere, making it a favorite destination for many. Some reviewers noted issues with site leveling and noise from nearby roads, but overall, the positive experiences highlight the campground's charm and tranquility.
What Guests Are Saying
Wilderness Road Campground offers a peaceful, clean, and beautifully maintained setting with courteous staff and accessible facilities, including well-kept bathrooms and showers. Visitors appreciate the variety of scenic hiking trails and wildlife, as well as the campground's serene atmosphere, making it a favorite destination for many. Some reviewers noted issues with site leveling and noise from nearby roads, but overall, the positive experiences highlight the campground's charm and tranquility.
Review Summary
Elizabeth S
VerifiedMay 2, 2024 • Stayed at: C-17, Loop: C
Very quiet campground. Sites wooded and private, easy check in. Good hiking. Nearby town has groceries, gas, numerous restaurants and fast food.
Valerie M
VerifiedMay 3, 2024 • Stayed at: D-19, Loop: D
We stayed on night while visiting Cumberland Gap. This was a nice campground with very clean and accommodating facilities.
Lydia G
VerifiedMay 6, 2024 • Stayed at: O-2, Loop: O
The park and staff get 5 stars. The site we booked, group site O2, gets zero stars. It was horrendous. It is so sloped that sitting by a fire is nearly impossible and very dangerous. To get from the car to the tent site was also dangerous. We literally slid down the hill with our gear. The site is listed for 25 people. We had 21 in 5 tents. There was not enough room and again, the slope!!!! The worst of all, however, was the proximity to the highway. It would have been more peaceful sleeping in the median on I-40. The truck traffic all night was unbearable. The bathhouses are in great shape and kept clean. I will go back to the park but never to the group sites. I should have been paid to camp there, not the other way around.
Teresa B
VerifiedMay 8, 2024 • Stayed at: C-12, Loop: C
This was a beautiful park. Very clean, quiet and nice camp sites
I spent 14 days here. Tuesday morning about 11:15am I discovered my cargo rail on my truck ( front left rail) had broke and the ranger and caretaker was there and I asked if any of them had a drill so I could try and repair it just to get me to my next campsite? They both said no but maintenance would have one. I asked if they could get a hold of maintenance? The ranger looked at his watch and told me that not anymore today “ I kind of doubt it” knowing that I had to leave today ( next day ) and being a disabled 64+ old female with just her dog you would think that I would have been offered some kind of help? So I spent over 5 hours yesterday doing the best I could with what little I had. I am on my way to another campsite in Kentucky and I hope it holds up? My younger sister in Louisiana is going to order me new set of rails to replace these. I am hoping that I can get them delivered at the campground? I am pretty sure I can seeing I will be there 14 days.
Other than that which started bothering me this morning when packing up to leave and the demeanor of the ranger & grounds keeper is when I started getting angry because not even 11:30 am and maintenance was not available to let me use a drill to use larger screws to secure my cargo carrier and telling them I leave tomorrow?
But it is what it is! The park is beautiful, nice clean bathrooms and showers and great walking and hiking.
Thomas C
VerifiedMay 10, 2024 • Stayed at: C-25, Loop: C
Campsite was well maintained, but maybe too much so. During my stay, there was constant noise from weedeaters, leaf blowers, and tractors throughout the campground; it basically never stopped! Maybe it's not like that all the time and I was just unlucky.
Barb H
VerifiedMay 11, 2024 • Stayed at: B-13, Loop: B
We love this park. It’s clean, very pretty and the staff is awesome.
james h
VerifiedMay 12, 2024 • Stayed at: B-16, Loop: B
We always enjoy going to Wilderness Road Campground. It is always clean and maintained. It would be nice if the government would also maintain the smaller campgrounds they have around the Virginia area. More people would use them if they taken care of better.
Carmi G
VerifiedMay 17, 2024 • Stayed at: B-04, Loop: B
Site was small, hard to back into.
The site's slope was more than moderate, we actually had to back almost off the pad in order to balance the RV - so not a good site. The campground itself was very shady and nice, bathroom clean and nearby.
Janet C
VerifiedMay 18, 2024 • Stayed at: C-06, Loop: C
Very good sites with electricity but not water at the sites. Fill your tank at the dump station with potable water before you back in.
Janet C
VerifiedMay 18, 2024 • Stayed at: C-01, Loop: C
Beautiful, fairly private campsites. However, while there is electricity there isn’t water at the sites. Fill your tank before you back in.
Location Wilderness Road Campground
Address:
Cumberland Gap Wilderness Road Campground, 854 National Park Road
Ewing, VA, 24248
United States
Wilderness Road Campground is located at the end of National Park Road, off US Highway 58 in Virginia.
- From the Park Visitor Center in Middlesboro, Kentucky (approximately 5 miles): When leaving the visitor center parking lot, turn left onto Pinnacle View Road, then take the ramp down and merge into US-25E S toward Harrogate, Tennessee. Go through the tunnel into Tennessee. Turn right onto US-58 E toward Jonesville, Virginia and Cumberland Gap, Tennessee. Cross into Virginia. Continue on US-58 approximately 2.4 miles, then turn left onto National Park Road. Continue on National Park Road to the campground entrance.
- From Knoxville, Tennessee (approximately 56 miles): Take TN-331 (Tazewell Pike) toward Tazewell, approximately 39 miles. Turn left onto US-25E N toward Harrogate. Go through Harrogate, then turn right onto US-58 E toward Jonesville, Virginia and Cumberland Gap, Tennessee. If you enter the tunnel then you missed the turn. On US-58 you will cross into VIrginia. Continue on US-58 approximately 2.4 miles, then turn left onto National Park Road. Continue on National Park Road to the campground entrance.
- From Abingdon, Virginia (approximately 115 miles): Take I-81 S toward Bristol, Tennessee. After approximately 18 miles, take US-11W S toward Kingsport. After approximately 20 miles, turn right onto US-23 N. Cross into Virginia. After approximately 22 miles, turn left onto US-58 W. Continue on US-58 W for approximately 52 miles, then turn right onto National Park Road. Continue on National Park Road to the campground entrance.
- From Lexington, Kentucky (approximately 130 miles): Take I-75 S toward Knoxville, Tennessee. After approximately 75 miles, take exit 29 onto US-25E S (Cumberland Gap Parkway). Continue on US-25E S approximately 48 miles, going through the Cumberland Gap Tunnel and into Tennessee. Turn right onto US-58 E toward Jonesville, Virginia and Cumberland Gap, Tennessee. Cross into Virginia. Continue on US-58 approximately 2.4 miles, then turn left onto National Park Road. Continue on National Park Road to the campground entrance.
Wilderness Road Campground is accessible via US Route 58, which is approximately 13 miles to the south. Additionally, Interstate 75 is about 25 miles to the west, providing further access to the region.
Elevation: 418 feet
13 mi drive to downtown Ewing (about 16 min)
Policies & Rules
Arrival & departure
Check in time
2PM
Check out time
12PM
General
- Camping is permitted no more than 14 days within a rolling 30-day period. Campers should be prepared for unlevel campsites.
- BEARS ARE ACTIVE IN THE PARK. Please help keep humans, pets, and bears safe. NEVER feed wild animals. DO NOT leave pets unattended. Store food and scented items in your vehicle. Dispose of pet food, food scraps, and garbage properly. DO NOT leave trash or food scraps in fire rings. Report bear sightings to a park ranger or by calling the park visitor center at 606-248-2817.
- FIREWOOD must be purchased in the campground or within Lee County, VA, or gathered in the campground (down and dead wood only). Wood from outside Lee County may be infested with non-native insects that damage and kill native trees.
- Please note there is NO Wi-Fi at the campground.
- Pets are allowed but must be on a leash and under a person's control at all times.
- POISON IVY grows naturally throughout the area, including in the campground. Learn how to identify and avoid it. Stay on marked trails and roads. Wipe down pets that have explored undergrowth. Clean clothes and gear after contact.
- Quiet hours are from .
- Cars and trailers must be parked on asphalt at designated sites.
- Loops B, C, D and comfort station #2 will remain open from mid-November through mid-March for the winter season. The comfort station located between loops A & B and all other loops will be closed during this time. Campers should plan accordingly.
- Supplies are available in Cumberland Gap and Harrogate, TN; Gibson Station, VA; and Middlesboro, KY.
- For accidents or emergencies, CALL 911. To report suspicious activity after-hours, call the Claiborne County. TN, Dispatch at (423)626-1911
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Last updated: September 7, 2026
