Beartree Recreation Area
in George Washington and Jefferson National Forest
The managing agency’s description mentions a closure. Read it below and confirm before you drive out.
The numbers that decide it
- Longest rig
- 99 ft
- Sites
- 132
- Electric hookups
- Not published
- Pull-through sites
- No
- Paved access
- Yes
- Accessible sites
- 4
- Driveway grade
- Slight
- Bear boxes
- Not published
- Campfires
- Yes
- Shade
- Yes
- Group sites
- 3
Site-level detail from Recreation.gov, checked 2026-08-05. Where a field says “not published”, the agency has not published it — it does not mean zero. See it on Recreation.gov
Beartree Recreation Area
Due to Hurrican Helene impacts, Bever Flats, Chipmunk Circle, and group camping are closed for the 2025 season. Picnicking and day use are available beginning 5/16.
Before you go
Season
Mid-May – late-October
Fees
No Day Use Fee
Hours
Gate open 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Scenic drives that pass close
Make it a night on a better road
Byway plans the drive in — real stops, real weather, nothing invented.