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Picturesque Chestnut Ridge Park & Campground is surrounded by Coopers Rock State Forest and the West Virginia University Forest, creating an outdoor recreational area of over 16,000 acres. Located just 10 miles east of Morgantown West Virginia on Interstate 68 at exit 15 / Coopers Rock. Please do not take Darnell Hollow Road unless you are familiar and confident with this WV backroad.
During the daylight, guests are welcome to picnic, begin a hike through the WVU Forest, fish our two ponds (no license required, catch and release only), swim in our pond beach area, or engage in family sports in our large field. During the winter, guests often use the park for sledding, XC skiing, snowshoeing, and snowboarding. These activities are free of charge and available from dawn to dusk, whenever weather conditions permit. We don't ALWAYS have snow in the winter, but we do have a snowmaker so we can have snow and sledding more often. A cable lift is currently being installed to pull weary legs up the hill!
Overnight rental accomodation are also available for guests who wish to extend the fun past dusk. We have over 40 primative tent sites, 10 RV sites, and seven unique cabins.
From east town limits (I-68/exit 15): Go 1-1/4 mi E on CR 73, then 1-1/2 mi N on CR 1 (Sand Springs Rd).
Awesome campground, nice showers and lots. Plenty of activities and a nice camp store. Also great spot to stay when visiting or climbing at coopers rock
Excellent little campground and music venue. Live music 6:30-9 every Sat night in the summer. Lawn seating. Awesome little lake for the kids to swim/play/fish and pavilions and picnic tables to grill out with friends before the show. Tent sites are great cause they have a nice level pad on every site. Great spot minutes from Morgantown.
We had a very peaceful night sleep at this clean and nice campground. Staff was friendly and although there was no one else there, the sites do have room between them. Most of the sites are for smaller campers/vans. But they do have a few longer sites.
Got to do some late season tent camping. Friendly staff and a decent general store that had everything I had forgotten to pack out (a little pricey, but it is what it is). Great views and atmosphere!
