Free & Dispersed Camping in North Carolina

Explore 181 campgrounds across North Carolina

181
Total Campgrounds
51
Free Spots
88
USFS Sites
0
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Campgrounds in North Carolina

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Doughton Park Campground

Name: Doughton Park Campground. Type: Campground. Unit: Blue Ridge Parkway

Fee Required National Park Service

Tow String Horse Camp

Name: Tow String Horse Camp. Type: Campground. Unit: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Fee Required National Park Service

Swing Bridges South Parking Area

Name: Swing Bridges South Parking Area. Type: Primitive Camping. Unit: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Fee Required National Park Service

Smokemont Group Camp

Name: Smokemont Group Camp. Type: Campground. Unit: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Fee Required National Park Service

Smokemont Campground

Name: Smokemont Campground. Type: Campground. Unit: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Fee Required National Park Service

Round Bottom Horse Camp

Name: Round Bottom Horse Camp. Type: Campground. Unit: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Fee Required National Park Service

Pullout Parking At Mile Post 17.46

Name: Pullout Parking At Mile Post 17.46. Type: Primitive Camping. Unit: Great Smoky Mountains National …

Fee Required National Park Service

Deep Creek Group Camp

Name: Deep Creek Group Camp. Type: Campground. Unit: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Fee Required National Park Service

Deep Creek Campground

Name: Deep Creek Campground. Type: Campground. Unit: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Fee Required National Park Service

Cataloochee Horse Camp

Name: Cataloochee Horse Camp. Type: Campground. Unit: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Fee Required National Park Service

Cataloochee Group Camp

Name: Cataloochee Group Camp. Type: Campground. Unit: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Fee Required National Park Service

Cataloochee Campground

Name: Cataloochee Campground. Type: Campground. Unit: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Fee Required National Park Service

Big Creek Horse Camp

Name: Big Creek Horse Camp. Type: Campground. Unit: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Fee Required National Park Service

Big Creek Group Camp

Name: Big Creek Group Camp. Type: Campground. Unit: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Fee Required National Park Service

Big Creek Campground

Name: Big Creek Campground. Type: Campground. Unit: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Fee Required National Park Service

Balsam Mountain Campground

Name: Balsam Mountain Campground. Type: Campground. Unit: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Fee Required National Park Service

Backcountry Parking #2

Name: Backcountry Parking #2. Type: Primitive Camping. Unit: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Fee Required National Park Service

#98 Chambers Creek

Name: #98 Chambers Creek. Type: Primitive Camping. Unit: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Fee Required National Park Service

#97 Big Walnut

Name: #97 Big Walnut. Type: Primitive Camping. Unit: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Fee Required National Park Service

#96 Eagle Creek Island

Name: #96 Eagle Creek Island. Type: Primitive Camping. Unit: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Fee Required National Park Service

#95 Dalton Branch

Name: #95 Dalton Branch. Type: Primitive Camping. Unit: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Fee Required National Park Service

#93 Twentymile Creek

Name: #93 Twentymile Creek. Type: Primitive Camping. Unit: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Fee Required National Park Service

#92 Upper Flats

Name: #92 Upper Flats. Type: Primitive Camping. Unit: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Fee Required National Park Service

#91 Upper Lost Cove

Name: #91 Upper Lost Cove. Type: Primitive Camping. Unit: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Fee Required National Park Service

#88 Possum Hollow

Name: #88 Possum Hollow. Type: Primitive Camping. Unit: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Fee Required National Park Service

#90 Lost Cove

Name: #90 Lost Cove. Type: Primitive Camping. Unit: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Fee Required National Park Service

#89 Lower Ekaneetlee

Name: #89 Lower Ekaneetlee. Type: Primitive Camping. Unit: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Fee Required National Park Service

#87 Jerry Hollow

Name: #87 Jerry Hollow. Type: Primitive Camping. Unit: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Fee Required National Park Service

#86 Proctor

Name: #86 Proctor. Type: Primitive Camping. Unit: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Fee Required National Park Service

#85 Sawdust Pile

Name: #85 Sawdust Pile. Type: Primitive Camping. Unit: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Fee Required National Park Service

#84 Sugar Fork

Name: #84 Sugar Fork. Type: Primitive Camping. Unit: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Fee Required National Park Service

#83 Bone Valley

Name: #83 Bone Valley. Type: Primitive Camping. Unit: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Fee Required National Park Service

#82 Calhoun

Name: #82 Calhoun. Type: Primitive Camping. Unit: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Fee Required National Park Service

#81 North Shore

Name: #81 North Shore. Type: Primitive Camping. Unit: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Fee Required National Park Service

#78 Double Island

Name: #78 Double Island. Type: Primitive Camping. Unit: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Fee Required National Park Service

#77 Pilkey Creek

Name: #77 Pilkey Creek. Type: Primitive Camping. Unit: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Fee Required National Park Service

#76 Kirkland Creek

Name: #76 Kirkland Creek. Type: Primitive Camping. Unit: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Fee Required National Park Service

#75 Poplar Flats

Name: #75 Poplar Flats. Type: Primitive Camping. Unit: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Fee Required National Park Service

#74 Lower Forney

Name: #74 Lower Forney. Type: Primitive Camping. Unit: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Fee Required National Park Service

#73 Lone Pine

Name: #73 Lone Pine. Type: Primitive Camping. Unit: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Fee Required National Park Service

#72 Gunter Branch

Name: #72 Gunter Branch. Type: Primitive Camping. Unit: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Fee Required National Park Service

#71 C.C.C.

Name: #71 C.C.C.. Type: Primitive Camping. Unit: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Fee Required National Park Service

#70 Jonas Creek

Name: #70 Jonas Creek. Type: Primitive Camping. Unit: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Fee Required National Park Service

#69 Huggins

Name: #69 Huggins. Type: Primitive Camping. Unit: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Fee Required National Park Service

#68 Steel Trap

Name: #68 Steel Trap. Type: Primitive Camping. Unit: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Fee Required National Park Service

#67 Goldmine Branch

Name: #67 Goldmine Branch. Type: Primitive Camping. Unit: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Fee Required National Park Service

#65 Bear Pen Branch

Name: #65 Bear Pen Branch. Type: Primitive Camping. Unit: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Fee Required National Park Service

#66 Lower Noland Creek

Name: #66 Lower Noland Creek. Type: Primitive Camping. Unit: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Fee Required National Park Service

#64 Mill Creek

Name: #64 Mill Creek. Type: Primitive Camping. Unit: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Fee Required National Park Service

#63 Jerry Flats

Name: #63 Jerry Flats. Type: Primitive Camping. Unit: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Fee Required National Park Service

#62 Upper Ripshin

Name: #62 Upper Ripshin. Type: Primitive Camping. Unit: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Fee Required National Park Service

#61 Bald Creek

Name: #61 Bald Creek. Type: Primitive Camping. Unit: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Fee Required National Park Service

#60 Bumgardener Branch

Name: #60 Bumgardener Branch. Type: Primitive Camping. Unit: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Fee Required National Park Service

#59 Mc Cracken Branch

Name: #59 Mc Cracken Branch. Type: Primitive Camping. Unit: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Fee Required National Park Service

#58 Nicks Nest Branch

Name: #58 Nicks Nest Branch. Type: Primitive Camping. Unit: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Fee Required National Park Service

#57 Bryson Place

Name: #57 Bryson Place. Type: Primitive Camping. Unit: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Fee Required National Park Service

#56 Burnt Spruce

Name: #56 Burnt Spruce. Type: Primitive Camping. Unit: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Fee Required National Park Service

#55 Pole Road

Name: #55 Pole Road. Type: Primitive Camping. Unit: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Fee Required National Park Service

#54 Nettle Creek

Name: #54 Nettle Creek. Type: Primitive Camping. Unit: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Fee Required National Park Service

#53 Poke Patch

Name: #53 Poke Patch. Type: Primitive Camping. Unit: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Fee Required National Park Service

#52 Newton Bald

Name: #52 Newton Bald. Type: Primitive Camping. Unit: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Fee Required National Park Service

#51 George's Branch

Name: #51 George's Branch. Type: Primitive Camping. Unit: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Fee Required National Park Service

#50 Lower Chasteen Creek

Name: #50 Lower Chasteen Creek. Type: Primitive Camping. Unit: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Fee Required National Park Service

#49 Cabin Flats

Name: #49 Cabin Flats. Type: Primitive Camping. Unit: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Fee Required National Park Service

#48 Upper Chasteen

Name: #48 Upper Chasteen. Type: Primitive Camping. Unit: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Fee Required National Park Service

#47 Enloe Creek

Name: #47 Enloe Creek. Type: Primitive Camping. Unit: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Fee Required National Park Service

#46 Estes Branch

Name: #46 Estes Branch. Type: Primitive Camping. Unit: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Fee Required National Park Service

#44 Mc Gee Spring

Name: #44 Mc Gee Spring. Type: Primitive Camping. Unit: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Fee Required National Park Service

#42 Spruce Mountain

Name: #42 Spruce Mountain. Type: Primitive Camping. Unit: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Fee Required National Park Service

#41 Caldwell Fork

Name: #41 Caldwell Fork. Type: Primitive Camping. Unit: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Fee Required National Park Service

#40 Big Hemlock

Name: #40 Big Hemlock. Type: Primitive Camping. Unit: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Fee Required National Park Service

#39 Pretty Hollow

Name: #39 Pretty Hollow. Type: Primitive Camping. Unit: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Fee Required National Park Service

#38 Mount Sterling

Name: #38 Mount Sterling. Type: Primitive Camping. Unit: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Fee Required National Park Service

#37 Lower Walnut Bottom

Name: #37 Lower Walnut Bottom. Type: Primitive Camping. Unit: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Fee Required National Park Service

#36 Upper Walnut Bottom

Name: #36 Upper Walnut Bottom. Type: Primitive Camping. Unit: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Fee Required National Park Service

#113 Birch Spring Gap

Name: #113 Birch Spring Gap. Type: Primitive Camping. Unit: Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Fee Required National Park Service

Campground

Name: Campground. Type: Campground. Unit: Cape Hatteras National Seashore

Fee Required National Park Service

Oregon Inlet

Name: Oregon Inlet. Type: Campground. Unit: Cape Hatteras National Seashore

Fee Required National Park Service

Ocracoke

Name: Ocracoke. Type: Campground. Unit: Cape Hatteras National Seashore

Fee Required National Park Service

Gang Braggs Camp

Name: Gang Braggs Camp. Type: Campground. Unit: Cape Hatteras National Seashore

Fee Required National Park Service

Frisco Campground

Name: Frisco Campground. Type: Campground. Unit: Cape Hatteras National Seashore

Fee Required National Park Service

Dicks Camp

Name: Dicks Camp. Type: Campground. Unit: Cape Hatteras National Seashore

Fee Required National Park Service

Case Williams Camp

Name: Case Williams Camp. Type: Campground. Unit: Cape Hatteras National Seashore

Fee Required National Park Service

Cape Point

Name: Cape Point. Type: Campground. Unit: Cape Hatteras National Seashore

Fee Required National Park Service

Crabtree Falls Campground

Name: Crabtree Falls Campground. Type: Campground. Unit: Blue Ridge Parkway

Fee Required National Park Service

Mount Pisgah Campground

Name: Mount Pisgah Campground. Type: Campground. Unit: Blue Ridge Parkway

Fee Required National Park Service

Price Park Campground

Name: Price Park Campground. Type: Campground. Unit: Blue Ridge Parkway

Fee Required National Park Service

Linville Falls Campground

Name: Linville Falls Campground. Type: Campground. Unit: Blue Ridge Parkway

Fee Required National Park Service

Campground

Name: Campground. Type: Campground. Unit: Blue Ridge Parkway

Fee Required National Park Service

Mt Pisgah

Name: Mt Pisgah. Type: Campground. Unit: Blue Ridge Parkway

Fee Required National Park Service

Linville Falls

Name: Linville Falls. Type: Campground. Unit: Blue Ridge Parkway

Fee Required National Park Service

Julian Price

Name: Julian Price. Type: Campground. Unit: Blue Ridge Parkway

Fee Required National Park Service

Camp Alice

Name: Camp Alice. Type: Campground. Unit: Blue Ridge Parkway

Fee Required National Park Service

Canebrake Horse Camp

Canebrake Horse Camp has 28 sites with parking spurs for horse trailers. Four of these …

Fee Required USFS

Cheoah Point Campground

Lake Santeetlah sits in the Nantahala National Forest, which covers 1.3 million acres of mountain …

Fee Required USFS

Black Mountain Campground

Black Mountain Campground sits in the shadow of Mt. Mitchell, the highest peak in the …

Fee Required USFS

Cedar Point Campground

Cedar Point Campground and Recreation Area is located in eastern North Carolina at the junction …

Fee Required USFS

Lake Powhatan Campground

LAKE POWHATAN CAMPGROUND (Campground)

Fee Required USFS

Flanners Beach Campground

FLANNERS BEACH CAMPGROUND (Campground)

Fee Required USFS

Jackrabbit Mountain Campground

Open May through October, Jackrabbit Mountain Recreation Area lies on a peninsula of Lake Chatuge. …

Fee Required USFS

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