Cataloochee Campground

Excellent atmosphere, quiet, and the host was always making her presence be known.

Such a great clean campsite. Remote and best of all no reception anywhere!

The campground is more remote than most others located within the park. There is no camp store or provisions at the campground so be prepared to bring food and firewood with you.

The campground, attendant, and area are excellent. Campers not being courteous to other campers makes the experience less fun

Cataloochee (to me) is literal heaven on earth. It's a beautiful experience to be in that part of the Smokies. The history and homesteads in the valley take you back to the settlers that began living in the area.
The camp host (Gertie) was a joy to have in the campground. She was always on top of the do's and don'ts and always reminded us gracefully and with a smile.
100% recommend this campground.

Janet, the camp host, would greatly benefit from training focused on identifying harassment and fostering a greater sense of welcoming to the campground. Hopefully her shift as camp host will end shortly.

Clean, quiet, great hiking

I have been going here since I was little and absolutely LOVE it. The campground is beautiful, peaceful, and the host are very nice. I was very disappointed how only one of the trails are being worked on and the rest have been left to the elements. I know restoration takes time. I was also upset that the trails all have “closed” signs expect for the woody house but after taking that trail, it’s so over grown passed the first creek crossing that you can’t get through. There should’ve been a sign stating this. I also was here last year and it seems like there has been no work on the road passed the church/across the bridge. Growing up those were the fields everyone wanted to go watch the animals and hang out while now again, it has been left to the elements. I absolutely love it out there but feel like it’s going to turn into nothing if not taken care of unfortunately. The campground itself is still amazing and taken care of.

Camp sites are well maintained and the campground host was helpful and informative.

Quiet campground, lots of wildlife. We saw quite a few elk, including a 12 point and 5 bears during our stay.