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Directions & Camp Map

Find Your Way to Brooklyn Heights Riverfront Campground

Brooklyn Heights Riverfront Campground is located along the Dry Fork River just outside Parsons, WV, on a quiet dead-end road with beautiful river, waterfall and scenic cable swinging bridge views along the way.

We are a self-check-in, book-online campground. Once you arrive, just head straight to your reserved, labeled site.

Camp Map

Tap or click the camp map above to open a full-size version you can zoom in on, download, or print.
If it looks cut off on your screen, it will display correctly once downloaded.

 

For more detail, you can also:

  • View a smartphone-friendly “Things To Do On-Site and Nearby” guide (Google Doc)

  • View camp specs for each site — sizes, site numbers, occupancy and photo collections (Google Sheets)

 

GPS Address

Use this address in your GPS or mapping app:

Brooklyn Heights Riverfront Campground
3110 Brooklyn Heights Rd.
Parsons, WV 26287

If you pass a neighbor’s farm and feel like you’ve gone “too far into the country,” you’ve probably just slightly overshot the camp entrance — turn around and look for our signs and office cabin on your way back.

 

Driving Directions from Parsons, WV

From downtown Parsons (near the Subway): Brooklyn Heights Riv

  • 0.0 mi – Turn onto Central Ave.

  • Make a quick left onto Railroad Ave.

  • Then a quick right onto Billings Ave.

  • Around 0.8 mi, you’ll pass the Parsons cemetery and the road becomes Brooklyn Heights Rd.

Keep following Brooklyn Heights Rd. along the river: 

  • Around 1.7 mi – You leave town and it begins to feel more rural and wooded.

  • Around 2.3–2.4 mi – You’ll see the entrance to Fernow Experimental Forest on the right (Rt. 701) and a mud bogging property to the left — stay straight on the main asphault road.

  • Shortly after, cross the Elklick Run concrete bridge.

  • Around 2.6 mi – You’ll enter Sponogle Bottom village.

  • Around 3.0 mi – End of the village; continue straight.

  • Around 3.5 mi – You’ll see the Hendricks swinging bridge (pedestrian cable suspension bridge).

  • Around 3.7 mi – The Black Fork joins the Dry Fork River.

 

Identifying Camp Entrances

As you continue, you’ll start passing campground landmarks along Brooklyn Heights Rd.

  • 3.9 mi – Start of Camp Property – Look for the beautiful multi-tier waterfall / rapids section of river.

  • 4.0 mi – Camp bulletin board & information kiosk (Sector A) and first entrance.

  • 4.2 mi – Entrance to Sectors B & C and the Office Cabin / RV parking area.

  • 4.3 mi – End of Camp property & main camp beach parking area.

Beyond the campground:

  • Around 6.0 mi – Parking area for Monongahela National Forest with bigger rapids.

  • 6.5 mi – End of the road (red gate / private property / hostile dogs)

 

When You Arrive

  • Park in your designated area for your site or cabin.

  • Follow the signs and labeled posts to your reserved campsite, RV pad, cabin, or group site.

  • You’ll find information at the kiosk / bulletin board near Sector A and near the office cabin as well as at the grey  Coffee Pavilion building across from the office cabin.

  • Staff may stop by to check in to say hello and answer questions, but you’re free to help yourself directly to your reserved spot.

 

The camp is open for business with online reservations and self-check-in so your arrival is smooth, even if it’s after dark.  After dark, the office area has the only bright street light nearby making it easy to navigate to that part of camp.

 

Need Help While Driving In?

If you’re unsure you’re on the right road, or you’d like help spotting the entrance in the dark or rain, feel free to call or text:

📱 703-328-1840

We’ll gladly help guide you in.

703-328-1840

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