With beautiful parks including two National Parks and one State Park, Prince William is the perfect place for outdoor camping or RV experience! In addition to being conveniently located outside of Washington DC, Prince William offers tents, cabins and full hook-up RV campsites. Perfect for a road trip detour or an overnight stay.

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Prince William Forest Park - National Park

With 3 front-country campgrounds, 1 back-country campground and 5 cabin camps, Prince William Forest Park offers prime tent and RV camping in the Northern Virginia/DC area. The park gives visitors a unique opportunity to camp in, hike through, and explore 15,000 wooded acres filled with wildlife and more than 300 years of human history. Campers can enjoy an array of outdoor activities at the park including the 37 miles of hiking trails, on and off-road biking, bird watching, an orienteering coarse, as well as streams and ponds for fishing (permit required and can be obtained at the parks Visitor Center).

 

 

Chopawamsic Backcountry Camp Sites

  • 18100 Park Headquarters Road

Chopawamsic (chop-ah-wahm-zik) Backcountry Area, which means by the small "divided streams" or "river flats" in Algonquian, is 1,500 acres of backcountry area with eight designated campsites. The Chopawamsic Backcountry Area is a hike-in/hike-out, backcountry campground. Each…

Oak Ridge Campground

  • 18100 Headquarters Road

Oak Ridge Campground is a 100-site campground with bathrooms, grills, picnic tables, and drive-up campsites. Both tents and RVs are welcome in Oak Ridge Campground, although there are no hook-ups for RVs, and RVs are restricted to 30 feet or less in length. The campground is open…

Prince William Forest Park Historic Cabin Camps

  • 18100 Headquarters Road

These rustic camps, constructed in the 1930's by the Civilian Conservation Corps, contain sleeping cabins , mess halls with complete kitchens, craft lodges, council rings, and recreational lakes. Sleeping capacity in the camp rangers up to 200 people. Individual cabin rental and…

Turkey Run Ridge Group Campground

  • 18100 Headquarters Road

Turkey Run Ridge Group Campground(tents only) is a 9-site campground with bathrooms (no showers), grills and picnic tables. Sites hold from 25 to 40 people and parking is readily available. Alcohol and pets are prohibited at Turkey Run Ridge Group Campground.

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Leesylvania State Park

Leesylvania State Park has five tent-only campsites. One large group campground and four individual campsites for visitors arriving by canoe or kayak. The group campsite contains several picnic tables, benches, running water, and a large fire pit with a grill top. There is also plenty of room for recreational activities in the large field adjacent to the campsite. The individual sites are located near a small boat launch and contain a picnic table, a fire pit with grill top, and a lantern hook. Leesylvania State Park is known for great fishing, beaches with swimming areas and historical hiking trails.

Listed on the National Register of Historic Landmarks, Leesylvania State Park offers many land and water activities, including hiking, picnicking, fishing and boating. A universally accessible fishing pier, playground, boat launch, boat storage area, snack bar and store, visitor center and gift shop are available. A 20-station fitness trail and canoe and kayak rentals also are available.

 

 

Leesylvania State Park

  • 2001 Daniel K. Ludwig Drive

The birthplace of "Light Horse" Harry Lee, father of Civil War General Robet E. Lee, this 500-acre state park on the banks of the Potomac River features a state-of-the-art boat launch, sandy beaches for excellent bass fishing and hiking trails. Overnight boating March through…

Nearby Attractions

Jiffy Lube Live

  • 7800 Cellar Door Drive

Jiffy Lube Live hosts some of the biggest names in the music industry at its 25,000-seat outdoor amphitheater. Located…

Potomac Mills

  • 2700 Potomac Mills Circle

Potomac Mills is the Washington, DC area’s largest outlet mall and features over 220 stores with the largest selection…

Historic Occoquan

  • Mill Street

Perched on the banks of the Occoquan River, this former mill town welcomes visitors to more than 100 art, antique and…

SplashDown Waterpark

  • 7500 Ben Lomond Park Drive

Northern Virginia's largest water park, SplashDown offers a fun day in the sun for all ages. The park features an…

RV and Camping Parks

Long term, full hookup, scenic campgrounds located in DC's Countryside and near many popular attractions. Facilities include bathhouses, laundry facilities, fishing ponds and more. Prince William Forest Park RV Campground and Greenville Farm Family Campground also have swimming pools and playgrounds for guests to enjoy.

 

Greenville Farm Family Campground

  • 14004 Shelter Lane

Located 35 miles outside of Washington, D.C. near the Manassas Battlefield, Greenville Farm is a 200 acre working farm with 43 wooded acres developed for your camping pleasure; includes bathhouses with hot showers, electric hook-ups, camp store, laundry facilities, picnic tables…

Hillwood Camping & RV Park

  • 14280 Gardner Manor Place

Tucked amongst the beautiful forests of Gainesville in Northern Virginia, Hillwood Camping Park is a long-term campground open all year round offering 140 sites for military, business, and residential campers traveling through the Washington D.C. area. As a full-hookup…

Prince William Forest RV Campground

  • 16058 Dumfries Road

The Prince William Forest RV Campground is a concessionaire-operated campground with full hook-ups. The campground boasts pull through sites, a pool, laundry facility and senior citizen discounts. It is Virginia's closest RV campground to Washington, D.C. The Campground offers…

Camper & RV Assistance

Need maintenance or repair work completed on your camper or RV? Looking to browse the latest RV and outdoor gear? Prince William, VA’s camper assistance facilities can help get you back to experiencing the great outdoors.

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