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Camping at Natural Tunnel State Park

(276) 940-2674

1420 Natural Tunnel Parkway
Duffield, VA 24244

Latitude: 36.696984

Longitude: -82.738577

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The park has two campgrounds. The Cove View and Lover's Leap Campgrounds. The Cove View camping area is accessible just south of the main park road (route 646). It has 16 campsites, all of which have water and electricity and allow an RV to pull through without having to back in or out. A group campsite (currently closed due to construction or cabins) is also located here in an adjacent field and offers some communal electricity and water hookups. The Lover's Leap Campground has 18 multi-use, back-in, gravel sites with water and electic. Amp hookup for this campground can accommodate 20, 30, or 50 amps. Each site comes equipped with a fire ring that has an adjustable cooking grate, picnic table, and an extra small table. There is a modern bathhouse equipped with showers, flush toilets, outside sinks, and a laundry room. As you enter the campground there is a dump station along with a dumpster for trash.

Camping Amenities At Natural Tunnel State Park

Cove View Campground

The camping area is accessible just south of the main park road (route 646). It has 16 campsites, all of which have water and electricity and allow an RV to pull through without having to back in or out. The group campsite is currently closed due to construction of a new campground and cabin area. The campground has a bathhouse with showers and restrooms, phones, vending, and a dump station for RVs. All campsites have picnic tables and fire pits. This area also has a small stone fire pit with several benches circling around it for campfire programs.

Season/Hours: March 1 through the 1st Monday in December/Call Park (276) 940-2674
Fee: Park Fees
Location:36° 42.2299 -82° 44.3083

Lover's Leap Campground

The Lover's Leap Campground has 18 multi-use, back-in, gravel sites with water and electic. AMp hookup for this campground can accommodate 20, 30, or 50 amps. Each site comes equipped with a fire ring that has an adjustable cooking grate, picnic table, and an extra small table. There is a modern bathhouse equipped with showers, flush toilets, outside sinks, and a laundry room. As you enter the campground there is a dump station along with a dumpster for trash.

Season/Hours: Call Park/Call Park
Fee: Park Fees
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Cove Ridge Center

Cove Ridge Center is the park's conference center accessible just north of the picnic shelters near the pool area. This facility, built in 1999, offers meeting rooms, a classroom, a library with high speed and wireless internet, free pool access, a kitchen and overnight accommodations. The two lodges, Clinch and Powell, each have 6 bedrooms, a common TV/dining room, a kitchen, and restrooms. All bedrooms have two sets of bunk beds, thus sleeping 4 people in each room, or 5 if guests decided to double up in the larger bed in each room. The center offers packages for weddings, family reunions, as well as special rates for school, government, church, and other non profit groups. Contact the center (276-940-2696 ) for more information.

Season/Hours: All Year/Call 276-940-2696
Fee: Park Fees
Location:36° 42.5893 -82° 44.5570

Other Activities At Natural Tunnel State Park: Hiking, Biking, Educational Activities, Fishing, Gifts and Shopping, Wildlife Activities, Winter Activities, Hunting, Swimming, Picnicking, Boating and Water Sports and Canoeing And Kayaking

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