USDA Forest Service · West Virginia
Red Creek Campground
USDA Forest Service · West Virginia, United States
- Drinking water
- No
- Restrooms
- No
- Elevation
- 3,894 ft
- Dark sky
- Bortle class 1
- Cell coverage
- T-Mobile none · AT&T none · Verizon none (carriers' 4G LTE filings to the FCC, 2025-12; not measured here)
- Access road
- SEVENMILE (NFSR 312) · crushed aggregate or gravel · moderate degree of user comfort
- Lake
- Monongahela National Forest
- Address
- WV
- Activities
- <p>Bird banding is performed in late summer and during the fall.</p>, <p>Each site has a picnic table, fire ring, tent pad, and lantern holder.</p>, <p>RV's and trailers are allowed but space is limited. No dump station is available nor any electrical hookups. During busy times of visitation to the area, driving an RV or hauling a trailer can pose a challenge on the road to access the campground due to high traffic levels on the narrow roadway.</p>
About
Red Creek Campground is a primitive, small campground that sits on top of the Allegheny Plateau and within the Dolly Sods Scenic Area. The climate and plant life here resembles Northern Canada. A stone’s throw from the campground is Dolly Sods Wilderness which offers a unique wilderness hiking opportunity for those looking for adventure. This area features unique scenery and unusual plant communities. Flowering laurel, rhododendron and azaleas highlight this area from May through June. Huckleberry picking is popular during the month of July. And for those looking for wildlife, bird banding is performed in late summer and during the fall. Located approximately 20 miles northwest from Petersburg, West Virginia and 24 miles north of Seneca Rocks.
Weather, month by month
| Month | Typical high | Typical low | Coldest night | Hottest day | Years with a night below 32°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29° | 14° | -16° | 56° | 11 of 11 |
| February | 35° | 21° | -5° | 60° | 11 of 11 |
| March | 47° | 26° | 2° | 65° | 11 of 11 |
| April | 60° | 35° | 16° | 76° | 11 of 11 |
| May | 64° | 46° | 26° | 79° | 3 of 11 |
| June | 70° | 51° | 40° | 80° | 0 of 11 |
| July | 75° | 58° | 47° | 85° | 0 of 11 |
| August | 72° | 58° | 45° | 82° | 0 of 11 |
| September | 69° | 53° | 37° | 82° | 0 of 11 |
| October | 56° | 36° | 25° | 72° | 7 of 10 |
| November | 43° | 25° | 12° | 60° | 10 of 10 |
| December | 33° | 21° | 0° | 59° | 10 of 10 |
Mid-month figures from 2016–2026 of daily weather at this spot (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0), in °F. Typical is the median; coldest and hottest are the extremes seen.
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