John H. Kerr Dam and Reservoir · Virginia
Overview Longwood Park Picnic Shelter is located on John H. Kerr Reservoir, a 50,000-acre lake that extends 39 miles up the wooded, cove-studded shoreline of the Roanoke River in Virginia and North Carolina. Kerr Reservoir, also known as Buggs Island Lake, was created with the construction of the John H.
Sites at Longwood Park Picnic Shelter are reserved through Recreation.gov. Sites here can be reserved in advance through the official system, and they are claimed fast — cancellations then trickle back all season, unannounced, at any hour of the day or night.
| Total sites | 1 |
|---|---|
| Site types | Group, Shelter |
| Location | Clarksville, VA |
| Book through | Recreation.gov |
| Official listing | Recreation.gov |
Because sites are booked months ahead, a steady share of reservations get cancelled as trips fall through. Each cancellation instantly returns that site and those nights to the official calendar — first-come, first-served, no waitlist, no announcement. Refreshing the booking page yourself, every few minutes for weeks, works in theory. In practice, the people who get these sites are the ones who hear about the opening first.
itOpened scans the Recreation.gov calendar for Longwood Park Picnic Shelter around the clock. When a site matching your dates and your vehicle opens, you get a text with a direct link to it. You book it yourself, in your own account, at the normal price. We never book, hold, or resell — your fee pays for monitoring, and openings are first-come, so speed is the whole game.
| North Bend Park | Cancellation alerts available |
|---|---|
| Rudds Creek Rec. Area | Cancellation alerts available |
| Longwood Park | Cancellation alerts available |
| Buffalo Park | Cancellation alerts available |
| Buffalo Park Picnic Shelter | Cancellation alerts available |
| Grassy Creek Park | Cancellation alerts available |
| Island Creek Park | Cancellation alerts available |
| Ivy Hill Park | Cancellation alerts available |
| North Bend Park OSAGE Picnic Shelter | Cancellation alerts available |
| Old Picnic Area (John H Kerr) | Cancellation alerts available |
| Palmer Point Park | Cancellation alerts available |
| Rudds Creek Rec Area Picnic Shelter | Cancellation alerts available |
| Tailrace Park | Cancellation alerts available |
Page data refreshed 2026-10-29. Site facts come from the official directory listing for Longwood Park Picnic Shelter; cancellation statistics come from our own scanning logs.