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Monongahela National Forest › Potomac Ranger District › West Virginia
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› Campsite #12
Campsite #12 at Spruce Knob Lake Campground, WV
$18
Campsite #12
| 8 people | |
| 30 ft | Back-In |
| 2 | no signal |
4/17
Campsite #12 Features: Back-In parking, Accessible, RV Site, Tent Site, Trailer Site, Pets Allowed
Campsite Reviews (13)
5.0 out of 5
| 5 star | | 46% |
| 4 star | | 46% |
| 3 star | | 8% |
| 2 star | | 0% |
| 1 star | | 0% |
@RaymondC48F304 · Camped on Oct 10, 2025 at Campsite #12
My family and I come here at least every other year on Columbus Day weekend since they were small children. Now they are in their 40s and with two small grandsons (8 & 10) we took a trip this year for old times sake and loved it
No Service
@LaurenE50C41B5 · Camped on Aug 30, 2024 at Campsite #12
Great, lots of privacy. Clean toilets and drinking water.
No Service
@JonK140 · Camped on Sep 30, 2021 at Campsite #12
1. Be familiar with how to use your camera for astrophotography. Or, bring an iPhone.
2. Remember your tripod.
3. Hike down the lake at sunset, taking a red light source with you.
4. Be amazed at the night sky and photograph it. Don't use white light because you wreck your and other's night vision.
The campground is well maintained, beautiful, and as peaceful as others keep it. (Remember this.) Even the vault toilets are tolerable.
The water is over-chlorinated, so you may want to boil-off the chlorine, or use a zeolite or charcoal filter.
Spruce Knob is not far away and worth the visit on a clear day.
You drive several miles on a pretty rough gravel road. Be careful. You may need to yield to some larger trailers and RVs.
It's a great campground.
2. Remember your tripod.
3. Hike down the lake at sunset, taking a red light source with you.
4. Be amazed at the night sky and photograph it. Don't use white light because you wreck your and other's night vision.
The campground is well maintained, beautiful, and as peaceful as others keep it. (Remember this.) Even the vault toilets are tolerable.
The water is over-chlorinated, so you may want to boil-off the chlorine, or use a zeolite or charcoal filter.
Spruce Knob is not far away and worth the visit on a clear day.
You drive several miles on a pretty rough gravel road. Be careful. You may need to yield to some larger trailers and RVs.
It's a great campground.
No Service
@JonK7F01724F16 · Camped on Sep 30, 2021 at Campsite #12
1. Be familiar with how to use your camera for astrophotography. Or, bring an iPhone.2. Remember your tripod.3. Hike down the lake at sunset, taking a red light source with you.4. Be amazed at the night sky and photograph it. Don't use white light because you wreck your and other's night vision.The campground is well maintained, beautiful, and as peaceful as others keep it. (Remember this.) Even the vault toilets are tolerable.The water is over-chlorinated, so you may want to boil-off the chlorine, or use a zeolite or charcoal filter. Spruce Knob is not far away and worth the visit on a clear day.You drive several miles on a pretty rough gravel road. Be careful. You may need to yield to some larger trailers and RVs.It's a great campground.
No Service
@JoyceY661 · Camped on Sep 16, 2021 at Campsite #12
Campsite was very well kept. Camp ground attended was very informative and friendly. The lake area was clean, very good for fishing and peaceful. The sunset at the lake is breathtaking. We love the area for hiking and viewing the wonderful and wild mountains of WV!
@KurtZ43D1FC9BC · Camped on Sep 10, 2021 at Campsite #12
Spruce Knob lake has always been our favorite campground. However, over the past two years things seem to be going slightly downhill. The campsites are in need of gravel and can be somewhat muddy. This year we never saw the host and we needed to pickup our firewood from near the rear of his campsite. However, the water was better and didnt have a chlorine taste. The vault toilets were clean. Spruce Knob Lake continues though, to be a great place to get away and enjoy nature and unplug.
No Service
@AshG08C1789938 · Camped on Jun 8, 2021 at Campsite #12
Camp host was nice and informative, lots were quiet on the week day and well maintained. I wish I would of read somewhere that its all fire road or gravel roads to get to this campsite but besides that it worked out welll.
No Service
@AshG880 · Camped on Jun 8, 2021 at Campsite #12
Camp host was nice and informative, lots were quiet on the week day and well maintained. I wish I would of read somewhere that it’s all fire road or gravel roads to get to this campsite but besides that it worked out welll.
No Service
@KurtZ296 · Camped on Sep 11, 2020 at Campsite #12
Spruce Knob Lake has been our favorite campground for over 20 years. As tent campers we appreciate the cool climate, the relatively private and spacious sites, and the cleanliness of the toilets. Some of the best hiking trails in the Monongahela National Forest are nearby as well the relaxing lake. And given the bombardment of the digital age, we love the fact that there is no cell service! Being able to unplug is a blessing. We’ll keep coming.
No Service
@DanG7626330 · Camped on Aug 18, 2020 at Campsite #12
Very nice camp ground. About 1 mike about Seneca Lake.
No Service
@RichardH338463 · Camped on Sep 20, 2019 at Campsite #12
Very nice and clean site. The site was level. It was wooded and we felt secluded even though folks were nearby.
@KurtZ43D1FC9BC · Camped on Aug 16, 2019 at Campsite #12
Spruceknob Lake Campground has been our go to campground for years. As tent campers we enjoy the weather since, because of the altitude, its always about ten degrees cooler in the summer. The sites are spacious and private and for the past five years the campground hosts have kept the property well maintained. The proximity to many of the best hiking trails in the MNF is another attraction. Quiet time is mostly observed, and the hosts have been doing a good job of enforcing. The only reason we dont give a five star rating is because there are no showers. However, campers are permitted to use the showers at Seneca Shadows Campground down the Mountain. There is no cell service, so if you want to unplug, as we do, this is the place.
No Service
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