Cranberry Campground

US Forest Service · West Virginia

Cranberry Campground in West Virginia. Ringed marker is this site; the other dots are the 95 public campsites we map in West Virginia.

A popular semi-primitive campground adjacent to the Cranberry River and the "lower-gate" entrance to the Cranberry Backcountry. This campground receives very high use during trout stocking from the beginning of spring through the end of June and again in the fall from September through October. During these high use times there are usually more campers waiting than there are sites available.

What we know about it

Managed by

US Forest Service

Fee

Not published (the agency does not list one)

Booking

first-come, first-served

Dogs

Allowed on a leash (USFS policy)

Number of sites

192

Coordinates

38.32518, -80.44171

Nearest sites we map

• Poplar Branch Shelter3 km · US Forest Service
• Bishop Knob Campground4 km · US Forest Service
• Cranberry Rua Campsites7 km · US Forest Service
• Pheasant Hollow Shelter7 km · US Forest Service
• Big Rock Campground8 km · US Forest Service
• Summit Lake Campground9 km · US Forest Service

Source: Recreation.gov, dated 2026-02-25, fetched 2026-09-07. Official listing.

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