Eating & Sleeping

Camping at Turkey Run Ridge Group Campground

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Whether by yourself, with your family, or part of a large group, Prince William Forest Park has a variety of different opportunities to go camping or stay in a rustic cabin in the woods of Northern Virginia! While there are no restraurants or camp stores in the park, there are a variety of convenience stores and places to eat in the surrounding community.

Camping

There are 3 different front country campgrounds as well as 1 backcountry campground. Oak Ridge Campground is a family camping area, Turkey Run Ridge Group Campground is a group camping area, Prince William Forest RV Campground is an RV camping area with hook-ups run by a private concessionaire, and Chopawamsic Backcountry Area is a backcountry hike-in campground. Campground reservations for the group and family campgrounds can be made on recreation.gov and the backcountry area has first-come/first-serve sites available at the visitor center.

Cabin Camping

There are five historic cabin camps in Prince William Forest Park that were built in the 1930s by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) as summer camps for children from the Washington D.C. area. All 5 camps are available for group rentals and Cabin Camp 3 also has individual cabin rentals available on recreation.gov.