Kiptopeke State Park
The park entrance is 6 miles from Cape Charles. Day use costs $7 per vehicle parking (standard). Hours: Open year-round. Kiptopeke State Park is a state park in Northampton County, Virginia.
Kiptopeke State Park map
Kiptopeke State Park boundary from USGS PAD-US or the managing agency, simplified for display. Not for navigation or legal boundaries.
Fire restrictions
Agency fire restriction orders for this unit are not tracked here yet. Restrictions change with the season, so check the current orders before any campfire, stove or target shooting.
County and local burn bans may also apply on private, state, or county land nearby. On federal land, follow the land manager's order; off it, follow the strictest county or local rule that applies. When both touch your trip, obey both.
Common questions
- Sites can be reserved in advance.
- Entry to Kiptopeke State Park costs $7 per vehicle parking (standard). Hours: Open year-round.
- Kiptopeke State Park is 6 miles from Cape Charles.
- Yes, Kiptopeke State Park has electric hookups.
- Drinking water available. Electric hookups available. RV dump station on site. Showers available. Flush restrooms.
- No, dogs are not allowed at Kiptopeke State Park.
- Yes, Chesapeake Bay is open to swimming at Kiptopeke State Park.
- Yes, Kiptopeke State Park has cabins available.
Before you go
Kiptopeke State Park is 6 miles from Cape Charles.
- Drinking water available
- Electric hookups available
- RV dump station on site
- Showers available
- Flush restrooms
Camping at Kiptopeke State Park
Sites can be reserved in advance.
Trails
- Baywoods Trail
What to see
- Historic site Visitor center Mentioned in Wikipedia park article
Swimming
- Chesapeake Bay
Public lands next to Kiptopeke State Park
- National wildlife refugeKiptopeke State Park borders Eastern Shore Of Virginia National Wildlife Refuge.
- National wildlife refugeFisherman Island National Wildlife Refuge is 3 miles away, straight line between the two boundaries.
Measured between the units' boundaries as mapped in USGS PAD-US. Distances are straight line, not driving.
- dcr.virginia.gov (accessed 2026-09-30)
- en.wikipedia.org (accessed 2026-09-30)
- en.wikipedia.org (accessed 2026-09-30)
- www2.census.gov (accessed 2026-09-30)
- dcr.virginia.gov (accessed 2026-09-30)
- dcr.virginia.gov (accessed 2026-09-30)
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