Graves Mountain Farm Campground

Campground by Shenandoah National Park - the eastern side. Campground is 7 acres of the farm meadows growing to 55 acres on busy weekends. No need to reserve - always plenty of space. Free-form Camping - no assigned places. You get to make your own world Pet Friendly - on leads please. On an 1800 acre working Farm with 14 activities. Animal familiarization on weekend mornings. 18 Miles of Trails on the Farm leading to another 100 miles in the Park. Have two mountains - one higher than Old Rag and a 29% grade for a mile. Seasonal pool. Restaurant with Farm to Table food. Live Bluegrass music on weekends, campfire with marshmallows on Sat. Nature walks, guided hikes, yoga schedule, two mountain trout fly fishing streams, two Fishing Ponds - no license needed on the ponds. No hook-ups, sorry. Dump Station - $40 Excellent, potable water. Porta-potties, pit toilets, showers and wet toilets in Dorm Area - 150 yards away. **Fees** Adult to 16 yrs - $12 p/p per nt 15 yrs to 11 yrs - $6 p/p per nt 10 yrs and under - FREE Horses - $10 per horse per nt. **Stabling in Camp Field $25 per nt. Must reserve.** [Book Online using the Horse activities section here](). Or Guest Services 540 923 4231 \| [info@gravesmountain.com]() Your contacts will be at the Stables - Casey and Joey Haynes of Circle H Equine Sales Hay, feed and tack - see Casey and Joey at the Stables. **Honor Box Check-in** Always open. Use cash, fill out form and hang your placard in your vehicle. - For Credit Cards, please charge at the Market or up at the Main Lodge **Pay Online Option** Please follow the link below to book and pay online. Bring your paper confirmation with you and attach it to your self-check-in paper work to show that you have paid. This does not give you a "defined" space - still free-form camping where YOU choose. \*\*Campground Hosts \*\* Casey and Joey of the Stables. They will come through several times a day. The stables are up the road (toward the Blue Ridge), first lane on your right - Apple Tree Lane - drive to by the silo - the stables are just to the left. **Always Open for Arrival** Please just respect the peace of others when you come in. **Information, Events, Maps, Restaurant** All available across the road and up the hill at the Main Lodge Guest Care. **Size of Campground** The camp ground starts at 7 acres and expands to 55 plus cares. \*\*What Is it Like at Graves \*\* The Blue Ridge starts to rise just to the northwest - the shoulder Our farm lands abut the Shenandoah National Park in one place. To one side of you is our lower mountain - Graves at just 890 ft- there is a good ridge trail up to it. To the other side is Doubletop Mountain at 3455 ft - a hard scrabble on loose rock footing - technical. You are on a working farm, with many activities - 12 plus - see the tabs on the listing, farm animal tours, live music, local beers, wines, and moonshine, a southern family style restaurant, nature walks, hawk walks discoveries, a seasonal pool with lifeguards ($5 pp), two swimming holes, two stocked fishing ponds, two mountain trout streams, massage, Yoga, and mountain climbing - all by appointment. **Where on the Farm** In the Rose River Valley - braced by two streams. Just down the road - 200 yards - form the Market-Deli & Tackle corner store. The Main Lodge Overlooking our stream valley, the farm, and the Blue Ridge with "Old Rag" mountain folding above Graves Mountain. * - Coffee available at the main lodge from 7:30 AM. and the Market from 7AM* **Hiking the Two Famous SNP Trails ** - The Park access fee: $15 pp for a week/ - $30 per car and all people in t for a week. - When parking choose car and MARK your car with your receipt. - Young ones - 15 yrs down are FREE - [Buy on lone if you choose - here ]() - **\1** - **Old Rag Mountain Trails, Up and Down or Circuit.** - *No dogs allowed on Old Rag Trails.* - Now, for 2022 and on, the Park requires a day use trail permit for all hikers so as to limit hikers to a reasonable number. - :: [Buy tickets for each Old Rag hiker here]()\ > **You must take rain gear** and extra layers- frequent showers in the summer, food, water, extra layers, and head lamp. - WEATHER CHANGES and you could get into a "white out". ***There is no cell access.*** \*\*\*There are two ways to do this hike \*\*\* **1) Front Access** , scrambling through the boulder slots. This is VERY busy on weekends. It is a 10.5 mile drive from the Campground - going the back way via Etlan to Nethers to trail head. [Trail Details here > ]()The main parking lot is now right by the trail head with the over flow lots back 6/10th of mile. On a weekend, you will be hiking with hundred of others. The circuit is 9.5 miles and will take at least 8 hrs. Half is a 2800 ft vertical climb and descent while half is fire road and not too challenging. 2) **Back access** \-up our back hollow road - Weakley Hollow Rd, which starts by the corner Market. It is 6.6 miles to Berry Hollow Parking area. Limited parking but not much used. DO NOT park on the road shoulder. If needed, drive back to the White Oak Parking lot and walk up. Put park fees in the honor box. For Trail details - [see narrative explanation here >](). and follow these details in partial reverse You can go up to the top and down - 1780 elevation gain, with not many other hikers. Tough hike but you do not scramble through the rock slots. 6-7 hrs - STRENUOUS. Do do the full loop, scrambling down through the slots - now with the throngs from the front access, then at bottom you will loop back on the Weakley Hollow Fire Rd/Berry Hollow to your car. 9.5 hrs. STRENUOUS, last part of circuit is gentle. **\2** **White Oak Canyon Trail** Dog Friendly Trail. Parking Lot and Trail Head - a 6 mile drive up our back hollow road - Weakley Hollow Rd - that starts at the corner Market-Deli & Tackle. Park in the large parking lot. Put Park Fees in Honor Box. [For hike details see here ]()\>[ And here]()\ > https://gohikevirginia.com/whiteoak-canyon-trail/ 3 miles, 430 ft elevation gain This is not too strenuous, can be a family hike, up by a series of waterfalls. - Our cascading workshop comes down these waterfalls - led by our Shenandoah Mountain Guides Team). The hike can be STRENUOUS if you choose to hike up to the top of the Ridge. **Warning In winter** \- black ice build up by waterfalls, means that for safety, you should stay well back from the falls. Black ice can cause a catastrophic tumble. **It happens.** Please be aware.. **Our Own 18 Miles of Trails** On the Farm we have 18 miles of trails that can connect out to Camp Hoover, Rapidan and then up to Skyline Drive. - We have gentle strolls out through the orchard, around ponds, along the stream sides, up onto the shoulders of Graves Mountain, and then up to the ridge line. - Strenuous kickers will take you Doubletop Mountain at 3455 feet, along its shoulders. Steep, challenging footing and a killer workout - Here are two maps - [Map of Nar Farm Area and Trails]()\ > - [Map of near and far trails]()\ > \*\*Little Critters Notice \*\* ***– we are a Farm and you are on a partial meadow and forest around.*** So you will have bugs, toads, frogs come to visit, while bear and deer may stroll by in the early morning. We do not use pesticides on these fields. **Big Critters - Bears and Deer - no Sasquatch that we know of but keep listening for the "knocks"** Be "Bear aware" in campground and on trails. Keep your food secure, if you come across a bear, make noise and retreat facing it. Its is always wise to make human noise as you walk along - warning any bears that is is time to skedaddle.