Meadow Creek Loop Campground

Closed — Closed for the season. Opens May 20. Reservations available via Recreation.gov starting 6 months in advance.

About

Meadow Creek Loop Campground is one of four camping loops at Lake Sherwood Recreation Area in Monongahela National Forest. Perched along the 156-acre Lake Sherwood at an elevation of 2,600 feet, this complete family destination offers a wide variety of outdoor activities. Each campsite includes a parking spur, tent pad, picnic table, fire ring, and lantern post. The recreation area features flush toilets, hot showers, and running water during the summer season, with vault toilets and a hand pump well available in spring and fall. A dump station is on-site, though hookups are not available. Anglers can fish for tiger muskie, channel catfish, bullhead, bluegill, and largemouth bass in the lake, while Meadow Creek below is intermittently stocked with trout. Two sand beaches connected by a footbridge provide swimming access, and boats with electric motors are permitted on the lake. Numerous hiking trails depart from the picnic area, including the popular 3.5-mile Lake Sherwood Trail that circles the lake. Wildlife is abundant in the area, with black bear, white-tailed deer, wild turkey, coyote, red and gray fox, bobcat, fisher, otter, and mink calling this forest home. The recreation area also features picnic shelters, a playground, volleyball courts, and horseshoe pits.

Directions

From White Sulphur Springs, head northeast on E Main Street toward Mill Hill Avenue. Turn left onto WV-92 N/Pocahontas Trail and drive 15.4 miles. Turn right onto Lake Sherwood Road and continue 3.8 miles, then continue straight to stay on Lake Sherwood Road for 6.4 miles. Turn right to reach Lake Sherwood Recreation Area.

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