Asheville, NC · Tent & RV Camping
Lake Powhatan Campground
Lake Powhatan Recreation Area sits inside the Bent Creek Experimental Forest just southwest of Asheville, close enough for a downtown dinner run…
- Electric Hookups
- Pull-Through Sites
Tent Camping in Western North Carolina
41 campgrounds
Tent camping in Western North Carolina means river-side Forest Service loops, high Parkway campgrounds with cool summer nights, and walk-up sites a short hike from trailheads and waterfalls. Many public campgrounds take reservations for part of their sites and keep others first-come, first-served.
Bring layers even in summer at higher elevations, store food properly — this is black bear country — and check fire restrictions before you go.
Swannanoa, NC · Tent & RV Camping
Mama Gertie’s Hideaway
Mama Gertie’s Hideaway is a small, well-kept campground on a terraced hillside in Swannanoa, east of Asheville, with RV sites, cabins, and…
Hot Springs, NC · Tent & RV Camping
Meadow Fork Campground
Family-owned campground near Hot Springs with cabins, tent sites and RV sites with full hookups.
- Full Hookups
Cherokee, NC · Tent & RV Camping
Mile High Campground
Rustic campground on the Cherokee Indian Reservation just off the Blue Ridge Parkway, with primitive camping, tent, trailer and RV sites and…
- Camp Store
- Showers
Collettsville, NC · Tent & RV Camping
Mortimer Campground
Forest Service campground in the Wilson Creek Wild and Scenic River Corridor south of Grandfather Mountain, with tent-only walk-in sites and sites…
- Fire Rings
- Picnic Tables
- Restrooms
- Showers
Mills River, NC · Tent Camping
North Mills River Campground
North Mills River Campground is a Forest Service campground on the Mills River in the Pisgah National Forest, just outside Asheville.
- Restrooms
Robbinsville, NC · Tent & Group Camping
Rattler Ford Group Campground
Hendersonville, NC · Tent & RV Camping
Red Gates RV Park
Quiet RV park near Hendersonville with full hookups and tent sites.
- Full Hookups
- Laundry
- Restrooms
- Wi-Fi
Spruce Pine, NC · Tent & RV Camping
Spacious Skies Bear Den
Privately operated campground near Pisgah National Forest in the Blue Ridge Mountains, with RV sites, tent sites and cabins, plus a fishing…
- Camp Store
- Electric Hookups
- Fire Rings
- Full Hookups
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