Bulltown Camp
Burnsville Lake · West Virginia · 204 sites
Imagery: USGS The National Map
Overview
Bulltown Camp is a US Army Corps of Engineers campground in Burnsville Lake, West Virginia, with 204 sites in 7 loops. A mix: some shady sites, some open. No carrier reports coverage at any site.
84 of 197 sites shaded
87 of 197 sites in full sun
143 of 197 sites with clear sky
Map of the campground
Every site from the Recreation.gov listing. Choose a layer to see it across the campground; tap a site to open it in Roam.
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Questions
Which sites at Bulltown Camp are the shadiest?
About 40% of them. 84 of 197 sites have good shade and 113 are mostly open.
See the tree canopy in RoamWhich sites at Bulltown Camp get the most sun?
Some. 87 of 197 sites are open to the southern sky, good for solar panels, and 33 more get some sun.
See the tree canopy in RoamWill Starlink work at Bulltown Camp?
Easy here. About 143 of 197 sites have open sky for a Starlink dish, and 21 more have a partial gap. Satellite texting on a phone needs less open sky, but still works best from the most open spot you can find. This is our estimate from tree heights — check with the Starlink app's obstruction check when you arrive.
See the tree canopy in RoamWhich sites at Bulltown Camp are the most level?
25 of 197 sites are flat, and 64 more have a gentle slope most RVs can level with blocks; 108 are steeper, better for tents. Sites that take RVs or trailers fit rigs up to 80 ft.
See the slope at each site in RoamDoes Bulltown Camp have cell service?
Not really. None of T-Mobile, Verizon or AT&T reports coverage at any site at Bulltown Camp, so plan to be offline here. That's the coverage each carrier reports to the FCC, not a measured signal, so under trees or below a ridge it can be weaker.
See the coverage map in RoamWhen is the best time to see fall color at Bulltown Camp?
October. In a typical year the leaves around Bulltown Camp are at their best in early to mid October, though any one fall can run a week or two early or late. Roam’s fall foliage map shows how far the color has come this week, free every September through November.
See this week’s fall color in RoamWhat’s the weather like at Bulltown Camp in October?
In October, expect highs around 68°F and lows around 43°F, with about 3.5 inches of rain over the month. Every month’s averages are in Roam Premium.
Open Bulltown Camp in RoamCampground facts
- Sites
- 204 in 7 loops
- Kinds
- 204 for RVs or trailers
- Hookups
- 204 with electric
- Longest rig
- 80 ft
- Accessible
- 6 sites
- Elevation
- 795–881 ft
- Every site
- Picnic table · Fire ring · Campfires allowed · Check-in 6 PM, check-out 5 PM
- Managed by
- US Army Corps of Engineers
- Booking
- Reserve on Recreation.gov
How we know Sources and limits
Shade, sun and Starlink are our estimates from Meta and the World Resources Institute’s canopy-height model (about 2 m pixels, from satellite imagery calibrated with space lidar; CC BY 4.0). From 2 m above each site we trace 72 lines out to 60 m and note the tallest tree in each direction. Shade counts trees overhead, the canopy within 30 m and how much of the afternoon sky is blocked. Sun counts how open the southern sky is. Starlink needs open sky above 35°, with the northern half counted twice because US dishes tilt north, and we keep the best spot within 8 m of the site’s post. The model sees tree heights only, not trunks, buildings or hills, so check with the Starlink app when you arrive.
Slope is the ground at each site’s post over about 4 m, from USGS 3DEP 1 m lidar: level under 2%, gentle to 4% (most rigs level on blocks), sloped to 8% (fine for a tent), steep beyond.
Cell coverage is from the FCC Broadband Data Collection (carrier filings as downloaded May 2026): each site is tested against each carrier’s modelled outdoor 4G/5G coverage. It is what the carriers report, not a measured signal.
Fall color is the typical peak from NASA’s MODIS satellite record of when leaves change (2001–2023), limited to deciduous and mixed forest with USGS land cover (NLCD), calibrated to the USA National Phenology Network’s ground reports of colored leaves (CC BY 4.0). It is an average of many autumns, so the page gives a window, not a date.
Weather is NOAA’s 1991–2020 climate normals for the campground. Sites and facts are from Recreation.gov’s open data (July 2026). Map imagery: USGS The National Map.
From the campground’s Recreation.gov listing: “The campground offers nearly 200 campsites. Playgrounds and showers on located within each loop. A boat ramp is within the campground and a beach is about a mile away. The campground is near the headwaters of Burnsville Lake on the Little Kanawha River. The hilly, forested region lies at the foothills of the Allegheny Mountains, just west of the Allegheny Plateau.”
Page data as of October 15, 2026. Full source notes are in each layer’s info in the app.