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2026 Season availability
Open year round
This campground is open year round, providing flexibility for your stay.
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- Dump station on site
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- Potable Water
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Reviews (854)
What Guests Are Saying
Smokemont Campground is praised for its beautiful, wooded setting, peaceful atmosphere, and proximity to hiking trails and nearby attractions. Visitors appreciate the cleanliness of the facilities, friendly and helpful staff, and the enjoyable ranger programs. However, some concerns include maintenance issues, such as overgrown grass and the need for more thorough restroom cleaning, along with the absence of showers and limited privacy between sites.
What Guests Are Saying
Smokemont Campground is praised for its beautiful, wooded setting, peaceful atmosphere, and proximity to hiking trails and nearby attractions. Visitors appreciate the cleanliness of the facilities, friendly and helpful staff, and the enjoyable ranger programs. However, some concerns include maintenance issues, such as overgrown grass and the need for more thorough restroom cleaning, along with the absence of showers and limited privacy between sites.
Review Summary
Mark B
VerifiedJune 1, 2025 • Stayed at: F032, Loop: Loop F
Campground has great fishing and hiking trails nearby.
Debbie V
VerifiedMay 31, 2025 • Stayed at: A004, Loop: Loop A
So much to see at GSMNP - don't miss the Quiet Walkways and short nature trails throughout the park.
Cayden C
VerifiedMay 30, 2025 • Stayed at: B012, Loop: Loop B & C
Amazing campground, good community, and nice sounds from the creek.
Charles S
VerifiedMay 30, 2025 • Stayed at: B015, Loop: Loop B & C
We had a great experience, including seeing lots of elk, even in the campground! The camp host was very friendly and helpful, and the office staff were also great. They helped us switch campsites in order to be in a sunnier spot for our solar panels and explained what the later posts were. (We saw people using them for all sorts of crazy things!)
Lynda C
VerifiedMay 27, 2025 • Stayed at: B023, Loop: Loop B & C
Beautiful campground. Lots of wildlife. I was there during the monarch butterfly migration. There were hundreds of butterflies. Saw pileated woodpecker, elk, had a run in with a timber rattlesnake on a trail so be aware. Had a wild baby pig run through camp. Lots of trails and it right next to the river. Beautiful place
Kathy W
VerifiedMay 26, 2025 • Stayed at: F047, Loop: Loop F
We had a very nice site at smokemont. This was our first time here. We stayed 5 nights. Elk were in the campground too. Restroom has flush toilets, water fill up and dump station made it convenient. It's only 7 mi to Cherokee. We saw elk and turkey. Shopped and enjoyed a delicious burger. Had our generator during the day. Everyone was nice except mother nature. Lots of rain. We hope to return.
Robert R
VerifiedMay 25, 2025 • Stayed at: B032, Loop: Loop B & C
There are trailheads to several hikes to do located within the campground; facilities are clean and quiet. Only complaint was that bathrooms didn't have soap or hand sanitizer.
Frank K
VerifiedMay 25, 2025 • Stayed at: B021, Loop: Loop B & C
Smokemont is probably my favorite campground in the Smoky Mountains. I camp at all of them, depending on where our activities will be centered around, but Smokemont is a small, quaint campground like the ones I remember when I was a kid.
Suzanne S
VerifiedMay 25, 2025 • Stayed at: C006, Loop: Loop B & C
The site did not have enough gravel on the tent pad. It was also uneven so when a rain blew through the pad flooded. Our tents were dry and sealed but the tent pad flooded & water rushed into the bottom of tent.
Susan P
VerifiedMay 25, 2025 • Stayed at: F004, Loop: Loop F
Good trails go hike. It was quiet.
Location & Directions for Smokemont Campground
Mailing Address Is C/O Oconaluftee Ranger Station, 60 Enloe Floyd Bottoms Road, Cherokee, NC 28719 United States
Elevation: 672 ft
Getting There
There is no street address for the campground. <br />
<p>From Cherokee, NC: Take Newfound Gap Road (aka US 441) North 6 mi. Turn right at campground sign. </p>
<p>From Gatlinburg, TN: Take Newfound Gap Road (aka US 441) South 27 mi. Turn le...
There is no street address for the campground.
From Cherokee, NC: Take Newfound Gap Road (aka US 441) North 6 mi. Turn right at campground sign.
From Gatlinburg, TN: Take Newfound Gap Road (aka US 441) South 27 mi. Turn left at campground sign.
Highway access
Smokemont Campground is accessible via Newfound Gap Road (US 441), which connects Cherokee, NC to Gatlinburg, TN.
Nearby National Park
In Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Approximate driving time: 8 min
Arch Rock Entrance
Approximate driving time: 47 min
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Last updated: October 22, 2026
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