Burnsville Lake · West Virginia
Overview Riffle Run Campground is in the heart of scenic Central West Virginia area near the Little Kanawha River and boasts 54 full hook-up sites and 6 primitive sites. This campground offers wooded and serene campsites without compromising any of the modern amenities such as a shower house and laundry facility. Recreation Relax in the peaceful and quiet campground, take a hike on the over 100 miles of trails, visit the numerous playgrounds, or take a bike ride.
Sites at Riffle Run Campground 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 | 60 |
|---|---|
| Site types | Standard |
| Hookups | Electric hookups at some sites |
| Location | Burnsville, WV |
| 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 Riffle Run Campground 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.
| Bulltown Camp | Cancellation alerts available |
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| Burnsville Lake Shelters | Cancellation alerts available |
Page data refreshed 2026-10-29. Site facts come from the official directory listing for Riffle Run Campground; cancellation statistics come from our own scanning logs.