I85 area campground Virginia, North Carolina

If you plan on visiting Natural Bridge, bring lots of $$$$.
bumpy

LT E5 wrote:
Thanks for the replies. This will be my secondary route from CT to Ga. If the weather looks OK I plan the I84, I81 route and stay at the KOA in Natural Bridges. The I95, I85 route will be if the weather looks iffy more inland. Hopefully any bad weather will hold off.

I agree. I-84, I-81 is a better route. (When we came back from New England in October, there was 12 miles of one-lane traffic westbound on I-84 in Pennsylvania, due to road construction. I was told that both lanes should be open by Christmas.)

We stopped at the KOA in Natural Bridge, VA, this past Sunday night. A very nice couple from Michigan bought the campground two years ago. Part of the road around to our campsite (#75) was rough. The site itself was very nice. Cable was good, wifi was decent.

Have a nice trip.

Tom

LT E5 wrote:
Thanks for the replies. This will be my secondary route from CT to Ga. If the weather looks OK I plan the I84, I81 route and stay at the KOA in Natural Bridges. The I95, I85 route will be if the weather looks iffy more inland. Hopefully any bad weather will hold off.

you will enjoy I-81 a lot more than I-95
bumpy

Thanks for the replies. This will be my secondary route from CT to Ga. If the weather looks OK I plan the I84, I81 route and stay at the KOA in Natural Bridges. The I95, I85 route will be if the weather looks iffy more inland. Hopefully any bad weather will hold off.

bucky wrote:
Bumpy, the OP wanted a overnight at the VA/NC border on I85. Ashland is 114 miles from the VA/NC border. My wife went to Randolph Macon in Ashland and home is High Point, I'm fairly familiar with the area :).

you are right, I guess the OP will not/ can not alter his proposed travel plans. but americamps in bracy is probably the closest to I-85 near the VA/NC border.
bumpy

Bumpy, the OP wanted a overnight at the VA/NC border on I85. Ashland is 114 miles from the VA/NC border. My wife went to Randolph Macon in Ashland and home is High Point, I'm fairly familiar with the area :).

bucky wrote:
2 things. Ashland is north of Richmond and no where near I85. The Americamps at Bracey exit 4 I85 VA is a total ragged out worn out mostly side of a cliff mostly seasonal dump. Did I miss anything?
Kerr Lake area is only another 25 miles, well worth it. Still owned by COE but leased to the NC state park system. Visit their web site, some of the CGs are open year round. Make sure you know when and if they lock the gates at night. That locking deal varies by CG within their system.

Only Nutbush Creek and JC Cooper (at Sattlewhite Point) are open year round.

The gates at JC Cooper are not closed at night. I don't know about the gates at Nutbush Creek.

Tom

As I recall, the OP wanted an overnight stay off I-85. was not looking for a resort at which to spend a month.
yes, Ashland is off of I-95 which the OP probably will be taking to get to I-85.
bumpy

2 things. Ashland is north of Richmond and no where near I85. The Americamps at Bracey exit 4 I85 VA is a total ragged out worn out mostly side of a cliff mostly seasonal dump. Did I miss anything?
Kerr Lake area is only another 25 miles, well worth it. Still owned by COE but leased to the NC state park system. Visit their web site, some of the CGs are open year round. Make sure you know when and if they lock the gates at night. That locking deal varies by CG within their system.

byrdr1 wrote:

rjf7g wrote:
I created a map of campgrounds open year round in Virginia. I have a few additions to make but this may help...https://batchgeo.com/map/75aca32e7062171131fbbaa23af9fac1

Nice info, thanks for sharing.
randy

It would be a good addition if you would add the ones that aren't necessarily open year round. identified with a different color mark or something. I was getting ready to fuss that the Americamps in bracy was not shown but then remembered that I didn't know when they are open.
bumpy