Hawk Recreation Area Campground

This was our very first camping spot and had a great time! It was very quiet and private included a fire pit and picnic table. Everything we needed. We were working using iPhone hotspot on ATT service and we’re averaging 30-35 Mbps plenty sufficient for most internet needs. We have a WeBoost WiFi extender that didn’t do much to improve the speeds. (First time using that as well). The road in is about 3 miles of gravel, narrow but do-able. Overall great spot.

Rolled in at around 8pm. Several cars were already here and we pulled into spot 7(has the little wall) and unpacked and quickly made food. Place seemed pretty popular because the weather was not the best but most spots were full. Only stayed here the one night on the way down to flagpole knob but everything was tidy. Spots are decently close together so there is no real privacy.

A nice, well maintained camping area with 15 sites. ~6 RV sites (I was the only one with an RV!) can fit a 30’ rig but not much more. Road coming in was NARROW but in good condition...not sure how two RV’s could pass. Sites were slightly sloped for good drainage. Two pit toilets and well water from a hand pump. Very quiet with a comfortable distance between sites so you’re not crowded. Will stay here again for sure!

Located in the George Washington National Forest these are great free sites. The roads leading to the campground are well maintained and in good condition. We camped for two nights in a pop up. About half the sites had good level parking pads for an easier rv/camper set up, and almost all had great level tent pads (just site number 5 was not maintained). There are additional walk in or boondock sites further down the dead end forest road past campground area with fire rings. The only disappointment was the water pump was inoperative and locked, which is contradictory to the forest service website. There are two pit toilets with two toilets each which were in good shape aside from some rusting on the metal seats. Toilet paper was well stocked. There is a small creek down the hill behind campsites 6 and 7 if you wanted your dog to have a lay down in to cool off. Short drive to trailheads and a few minute drive to the Cacapon River which has swim spots and fishing. All sites were well shaded except the group campsite which was in a large sunny field. We stayed during the week and only 3 other sites were occupied so noise was no issue. Decent ATT cell service throughout forest as well. If accessing with a camper or TT I would recommend entering through capon springs, wv as it was the shortest distance on the gravel, with a wider road for dual vehicle passage. The only negatives were the lack of water, and some minor trash left at the site which we cleaned up from the previous campers. Please pack it in pack it out.