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About Cataloochee Campground
Number of accommodations: 27
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2026 Season availability
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- Potable Water
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Reviews (818)
What Guests Are Saying
Cataloochee Campground offers a beautiful and peaceful camping experience, with friendly hosts and abundant wildlife, including elk and bears. The area is well-maintained, featuring clean facilities and a lovely creek, making it ideal for photography and exploration. However, access can be challenging due to rough roads, and some sites may have issues with standing water and proximity to neighbors.
What Guests Are Saying
Cataloochee Campground offers a beautiful and peaceful camping experience, with friendly hosts and abundant wildlife, including elk and bears. The area is well-maintained, featuring clean facilities and a lovely creek, making it ideal for photography and exploration. However, access can be challenging due to rough roads, and some sites may have issues with standing water and proximity to neighbors.
Review Summary
Larry W
VerifiedSeptember 21, 2023 • Stayed at: 5, Loop: CATALOOCHEE CAMPGROUND
Beautiful, large campsites. Secluded in a deep forest with pretty stream at the back of some of the sites. Clean and well maintained.
Henry C
VerifiedSeptember 20, 2023 • Stayed at: 20, Loop: CATALOOCHEE CAMPGROUND
Campground is always great. The road in needed help, badly wash-boarded and rough.
Allison W
VerifiedSeptember 20, 2023 • Stayed at: 2, Loop: CATALOOCHEE CAMPGROUND
100% will be back. Some things I had a hard time finding online and would have been helpful to know before our trip:
-There is a utility sink (cold water only) for washing dishes and dumping grey water by the bathrooms.
-The fire pits have grill/grates on them.
-The bathrooms have flush toilets and cold water sinks with hand dryers (no paper towels).
-We only saw one bear bin food storage box, by campsite #1.
-Sites were rocky and muddy. It's a very shaded area so if it's damp, don't expect it to dry out!
Allison W
VerifiedSeptember 20, 2023 • Stayed at: 2, Loop: CATALOOCHEE CAMPGROUND
100% will be back. Some things I had a hard time finding online and would have been helpful to know before our trip:
-There is a utility sink (cold water only) for washing dishes and dumping grey water by the bathrooms.
-The fire pits have grill/grates on them.
-The bathrooms have flush toilets and cold water sinks with hand dryers (no paper towels).
-We only saw one bear bin food storage box, by campsite #1.
-Sites were rocky and muddy. It's a very shaded area so if it's damp, don't expect it to dry out!
Henry C
VerifiedSeptember 20, 2023 • Stayed at: 20, Loop: CATALOOCHEE CAMPGROUND
Campground is always great. The road in needed help, badly wash-boarded and rough.
Janet C
VerifiedSeptember 14, 2023 • Stayed at: 15, Loop: CATALOOCHEE CAMPGROUND
It’s beauty near ceases to amaze me.
Janet C
VerifiedSeptember 14, 2023 • Stayed at: 15, Loop: CATALOOCHEE CAMPGROUND
It’s beauty near ceases to amaze me.
James D
VerifiedAugust 28, 2023 • Stayed at: 25, Loop: CATALOOCHEE CAMPGROUND
Very well kept facilities, we enjoyed our stay and would recommend to anyone.
James D
VerifiedAugust 28, 2023 • Stayed at: 25, Loop: CATALOOCHEE CAMPGROUND
Very well kept facilities, we enjoyed our stay and would recommend to anyone.
Seth M
VerifiedAugust 21, 2023 • Stayed at: 2, Loop: CATALOOCHEE CAMPGROUND
good flat campsite, right beside the creek that is deep enough to tube. clean bathrooms and great bike riding all around.
Location Cataloochee Campground
Address:
3576 Ranger Station Rd
Waynesville, NC, 37876
United States
From I-40 take Exit 20 in North Carolina. Turn right onto Cove Creek Road and follow to the Park boundary. The road goes from pavement to gravel to pavement. Upon reaching the pavement the second time, turn left. Go 2.5 miles to an intersection and continue another .5 miles to the left.
Cataloochee Campground is accessible via I-40, with Exit 20 providing the nearest access point. From the interstate, travelers can reach the campground by following Cove Creek Road to the park boundary.
Elevation: 801 feet
Nearby National Park
Arch Rock Entrance
Approximate driving time: 55 min
22 mi drive to downtown Waynesville (about 49 min)
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Last updated: September 10, 2026
