U.S. Forest Service · George Washington & Jefferson National Forest · Virginia

Little Fort

Open nowFirst-come, first-served

Sites are first-come, first-served. Recreation.gov lists this campground for paying on site, and you may be able to pay with the Scan and Pay feature of its app.

More like this: first-come in Virginia

Little Fort
Photo from the area. vastateparksstaff (CC BY 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons

Season & status

StatusOpen
SeasonOpen year round
ForestGeorge Washington & Jefferson National Forest
BookingReservations are not accepted.
FeesNo Fee
RulesAlcoholic beverages prohibited.

George Washington & Jefferson National Forest recreation page ↗

Weather by month

NOAA climate normals →
Weather by month near Little Fort30°40°50°60°70°80°January: 2.90 inches of precipitation, 7.4 inches of snowFebruary: 2.33 inches of precipitation, 6.9 inches of snowMarch: 3.23 inches of precipitation, 3.6 inches of snowApril: 2.82 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowMay: 4.36 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowJune: 4.22 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowJuly: 3.94 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowAugust: 3.44 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowSeptember: 4.44 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowOctober: 2.60 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowNovember: 2.49 inches of precipitation, 0.7 inches of snowDecember: 2.78 inches of precipitation, 5.1 inches of snowJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanuary: 31.8°F averageFebruary: 34.2°F averageMarch: 41.6°F averageApril: 51.9°F averageMay: 61.2°F averageJune: 70.0°F averageJuly: 74.4°F averageAugust: 72.9°F averageSeptember: 66.0°F averageOctober: 54.8°F averageNovember: 43.7°F averageDecember: 35.7°F average0 in2 in4 in6 in8 inTemp °FInches
The line is the average temperature and the bars are average precipitation at Woodstock 2 NE, 2 miles from the campground at 675 feet, station USC00449263 in the NOAA monthly climate normals for 1991 to 2020. Precipitation totals about 40 inches a year. The dotted line is average snowfall, about 24 inches a year on the same inches scale.

Getting there

Coordinates38.8669° N, 78.4444° W · Directions ↗

Supplies & services

Dump stationDump station ↗7.3 mi
Outdoor gearAppalachian Outdoor Adventures ↗13.9 mi
RV sales & serviceRoad Trip Camping ↗47 mi

Locations © OpenStreetMap contributors. Call ahead; hours change seasonally.

Limited data for this unit

No site-by-site records, no amenities, no fee schedule or directions in the Recreation.gov record. What is here comes from the agency's own listing. The rest lives there.

Checked nightly. Modules appear as soon as the record fills in.

Explore

Worth a stop

Trails nearby

Forest Service trail data →
  • 0.1 mi
    Wagon Road
    0.8 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike, ATV and 1 more
  • 0.4 mi
    Woodstock Tower
    0.05 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike
  • 0.8 mi
    Peters Mill Run ↗
    8.3 mi trail · hiking, bike, 4WD
  • 1.6 mi
    Lupton
    0.4 mi trail · hiking, bike
  • 1.7 mi
    Green Mountain
    3.8 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike, ATV and 1 more
  • 2.3 mi
    Walters Gap
    0.9 mi trail · hiking, horse, bike, ATV and 1 more

Trail and trailhead records are the Forest Service's. Distances are straight-line to the nearer trail end. Trail conditions are not tracked here.

Public land it sits in

On Wilderness Atlas →

Shenandoah Wilderness begins about 12.9 miles away, and it is the closest of these.

Each unit is published as a centre point and an acreage rather than a boundary, so this section stands it in for a circle of the same area. Whether a campground is inside, and how far it is from one it is outside, are both approximate.

Guidebooks for Virginia

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  • Best Tent Camping: Virginia
    Randy Porter, 2018
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  • Camping Virginia and West Virginia
    Desiree Smith-Daughety, 2013
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  • Best tent camping
    Johnny Molloy, 2014
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Reference

Questions people ask

Do I need a reservation at Little Fort?

No. Little Fort is first-come, first-served. Reservations are not accepted. Sites are taken on arrival and paid at the fee station.

Source: Forest Service

How much does it cost to camp at Little Fort?

No Fee

Source: Forest Service

Is Little Fort open right now?

Open as of Oct 16, 2026. Season Open year round.

Source: Forest Service status

What if Little Fort is full?

The nearest public campgrounds are Elizabeth Furnace (7.3 mi), Elizabeth Furnace Group Camp (8 mi), and Camp Roosevelt (10 mi, first-come).

Source: Campgrounds nearby