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Rv Parking At The Welcome Center
The Welcome Center currently has three RV hookup sites for one night only, except during certain special events or with special permission. The sites have water, electricity, sewer and WI-FI. The cost for full hook-up is $25.00 per night. Use of the convenience stations for RV Campers is $5.00 and commercial buses is $15.00. All buses and campers must have a hose for the convenience stations. Parking only - no hookups is $10.00 per night. We do not take reservations. The sites are open year round except for Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. Picnic tables are available on the North side of the center. For more information on the RV Hook-up sites call 540-587-5681 or 1-877 HI PEAKS.

Blue Ridge Campground
8131 Burnt Chimney Road
Wirtz, VA 24184
540-721-3866
Web: www.blueridgecampground.com
Email: blurdgcamp@aol.com

Eagles Roost
Paul & Kay Knisely
15335 Smith Mt. Lake Parkway
Huddleston, VA 24104
540-297-7381
Website: www.eagleroost.20m.com

Mitchell’s Point Marina & Campground
3553 Trading Post Road
Huddleston, VA 24104
540-297-7174
NO OVERNIGHTS
PRIVATE - SEASONAL

Otter Creek
Milepost 61 - Blue Ridge Parkway
Big Island, VA 24526
434-299-5862
$12.00 - no reservations
No Hookups

Peaks of Otter
Milepost 86 - Blue Ridge Parkway
Bedford, VA 24523
Blue Ridge Parkway Visitors Center: 540-586-4496
(toll free) 877-HI PEAKS
$14.00 - no reservations
No Hookups

Smith Mountain Lake State Park
Brian Heff, Superintendent
1235 State Park Road
Huddleston, VA 24104
540-297-6066
Reservations: 800-933-7275
24 hookups 30' long W/E
26 tent sites

Wildwood Campground
Blue Ridge Parkway
Exit Rt. 130 East
Between Mile Posts 61 & 62
Route 130
6252 Elon Road
Monroe, VA 24574
434-299-5228
30 hookups


Upcoming Events

  • May 17 - Restoration Talk and Tour - 3:00pm to 4:00pm - In honor of National Historic Preservation month, Director of Restoration Travis McDonald will present a slide talk and tour explaining why Jefferson's design of his retreat, Poplar Forest, was a radically modern work of architecture in America for its time. Jefferson's work was a "melting pot" of architectural prototypes but also very personal. The current restoration work on the wing of service rooms is one of the most Jeffersonian parts of the architecture and one that was innovative and unusual in American architecture. Standard admission charge, which also includes a separate tour of the house either before or after the restoration tour. - Thomas Jefferson's Poplar Forest, 1548 Bateman Bridge Road, Route 661, Forest - 434-525-1806 - www.poplarforest.org

  • May 24 - Moonlight Serenade - 7:00pm - See the Memorial at dusk on this special Memorial Day weekend. The Jefferson Choral Society will perform an evening concert of 1940s music from 8:00pm to 9:00pm. Performer Keith Campbell will kick off the concert at 7pm. The Memorial will remain open until 10:00pm. - National D-Day Memorial, Bedford - 540-586-3329 - www.dday.org

  • May 31 - 3rd Annual BBQ at Sedalia - Barbeque connoisseurs will gather at the 3rd annual BBQ festival to celebrate the art and secrets of slow-cooked pork barbeque. Tastin' starts at High noon! BBQ Teams will likely begin cooking Friday night and continue into the early hours of Saturday morning. The 4-person teams typically have playful names, but are serious about tasty and tender pork barbeque. - The Sedalia Center, 1108 Sedalia School Road, Big Island - $ - 434-299-5080 - www.sedaliacenter.org

 

These events and more can be found in our event calendar.

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