Army Camp Campground

We struck out on this place. It was full on a Sunday afternoon. No cell service on Verizon, T-Mobile or AT&T. Verizon and T-Mobile with a roof mounted Pepwave antenna. Starlink could work for a center spot.

The access road is very narrow and generally in bad shape with lots of potholes. You'd have issues with anything much longer than us and if anyone was coming from the opposite direction. Some hanging branches.

We found New River Gorge camping at Army Camp in West Virginia. In this video, we take you to Army Camp, a free campground here in the New River Gorge National Park. This free campground comes with clean vault toilets, picnic tables, fire rings, lamp posts, charcoal grills, river access, and trash receptacles. There was no Verizon, AT&T, or T-Mobile cellular service at this location.

Agree with last reviewer assessment of drive into park. The first two miles in is a residential narrow paved road along the river. Some branches hang in the road but just need to take it slow. We are a 30 ft tow behind and made it fine. Would of been a challenge if another rig came in as there are no real pull offs to fit a large trailer. Once in campground it’s a loop. Only a few of the sites would accommodate us. Quiet, river bed access, dumpster, vault toilets. Your closest grocery is Walmart about 25-30 minutes out. Not much solar charge since it’s situated in a canyon and it’s November with shorter days and the sun is lower. No Verizon but good Starlink with the right site in an open sky.

The road in is narrow but made it without issue in my 8 foot wide trailer. Not on the New River but next to it; good river access to sandy/rocky beach. Vault toilets that were clean. Sites are gravel, fairly level & have table, grill & fire ring. Dumpster in the parking lot. Very quiet with only river, bird & cricket sounds. Wonderful night sky. Only a couple other campers in and out each day. Some sites are shady, some sunny spots for solar. Verizon has no internet; with WeBoost it was just enough to send text messages & calls, that's all. Central location for the NP, visitor center & bridge were about 30 minutes away. Beckley, with Walmart & all other shopping/services, is about 20 minutes away.

Good sized sites with plenty of space between sites, river access with beach area, so peaceful at night with the roar of the river. No hook ups of course but the pit toilets are clean, trash cans by the toilets and dumpster on the campground loop. A couple of the sites are more level than the others, we were in site 3 and didn’t have to level our 23 ft B+ RV. Cell coverage is basically non-existent on Verizon, occasionally we would be able to send or receive a text, no internet connectivity or voice service.

Car/tent camped here in my Subaru Outback. Road to get down to camp is single lane paved, turning into gravel for last 1/2 mile. Mostly camper vans and tents. But did see one 24’ pull behind. Gravel sites are large with enough parking for 2 cars, fire pit, charcoal grill, and picnic bench. I believe all most of the sites had shade. Multiple trash cans. Clean pit toilet bathroom. Not able to see the river from sites but can hear it. Able to go down and walk along river. Would return and recommend!
Had very spotty and poor Verizon service. Was able to get a few iMessages out.

This is a great little campground in the middle of New River Gorge. It's secluded and quiet and sites are spread out well.
The real only downside is access. The campground is in the very bottom of the river valley, which means a couple miles of very steep, very winding roads to get to. The last mile or so is EXTREMELY narrow. It's a 1 lane road with houses and steep banks. We made it with our 37' 5th wheel, but it was a slow careful ride. In a small truck or van it wouldn't be an issue though.
There's about 8 sites, and about 3 of them were large enough for our rig. The rest range in size but are all pretty spread out, so you get plenty of space. River access is just on the other side of the parking area with a nice large rock beach.
Cell service is virtually non existent. Our verizon phones got a sporadic 1 bar. My trucks OnStar (AT&T) got service and I could use it's wifi for checking email, but my AT&T hotspot got zero signal.

Stayed here for 7 days in late October and we will be back! The campsite layout and location on the bend of the New River easily makes this one of our favorite spots. It was quiet and clean. Nestled in the gorge, you can hear the soothing sounds of the river at all times. We made several trips to the rivers access point, or as we called it "the beach." The convenient central location made hiking in several different areas of the Gorge a breeze. It is around 20 mins to Beckley, which has all the amenities you might need. The road into the campsite is narrow, but we did not have any issues and there are areas for a vehicle (not towing) to pull to the side if need be. We highly recommend Army Camp Campground!