Army Corps of Engineers · Summersville Lake · Summersville, WV

Long Point Campground

This recreation area is part of Summersville Lake

First-come, first-served

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Long Point Campground
Photo from the area. Ken Thomas (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
1fire
active
Arrowhead Trails Rx (prescribed burn) · 17 mi away · 195 acres
Interagency incident data as of 2026-10-16
Incident details ↓

Weather by month

NOAA climate normals →
Weather by month near Long Point Campground30°40°50°60°70°80°January: 3.48 inches of precipitationFebruary: 3.11 inches of precipitationMarch: 4.27 inches of precipitationApril: 4.18 inches of precipitationMay: 5.26 inches of precipitationJune: 5.19 inches of precipitationJuly: 5.85 inches of precipitationAugust: 4.16 inches of precipitationSeptember: 3.83 inches of precipitationOctober: 3.25 inches of precipitationNovember: 3.28 inches of precipitationDecember: 3.89 inches of precipitationJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanuary: 30.6°F averageFebruary: 33.4°F averageMarch: 40.3°F averageApril: 51.5°F averageMay: 60.2°F averageJune: 67.6°F averageJuly: 71.1°F averageAugust: 69.8°F averageSeptember: 64.1°F averageOctober: 53.1°F averageNovember: 42.7°F averageDecember: 35.1°F average0 in2 in4 in6 inTemp °FInches
The line is the average temperature and the bars are average precipitation at Summersville Lake, 1 mile from the campground at 1,768 feet, station USC00468614 in the NOAA monthly climate normals for 1991 to 2020. Precipitation totals about 50 inches a year.

Getting there

Nearest townSummersville, West Virginia
Coordinates38.2361° N, 80.8759° W · Directions ↗

Fire nearby

  • Prescribed
    Arrowhead Trails Rx

    17 mi from the campground · 195 acres

Distance is to the reported incident point, not the fire edge. Call the managing office before you drive.

Supplies & services

Outdoor gearACE adventure gear ↗17.6 mi
Dump stationDump station ↗26.5 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.

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Public land it sits in

On Wilderness Atlas →

George Washington and Jefferson National Forest begins about 10.1 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.

On the National Register nearby

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Guidebooks for West Virginia

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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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  • Paddling Virginia and West Virginia
    Charli Kerns, 2019
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Reference

Questions people ask

Do I need a reservation at Long Point Campground?

No. Long Point Campground is first-come, first-served. Sites are taken on arrival and paid at the fee station.

Source: Summersville Lake Website

Is there cell service at Long Point Campground?

FCC coverage maps show Verizon 5G, AT&T 4G LTE, and T-Mobile 4G LTE at the campground point. Terrain changes that from one site to the next.

Source: FCC Broadband Map

What is the nearest town to Long Point Campground?

Summersville, West Virginia.

Source: Getting there

What if Long Point Campground is full?

The nearest public campgrounds are Battle Run (2.1 mi), Brooklyn Campground (19.3 mi, first-come), and Big Rock (19.5 mi).

Source: Campgrounds nearby