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About Cataloochee Campground
Number of accommodations: 27
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2026 Season availability
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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
Jamie C
VerifiedMay 8, 2023 • Stayed at: 11, Loop: CATALOOCHEE CAMPGROUND
We LOVE Cataloochee. We camp here every year- and multiple times a year. Plan to come back real soon!
Henry C
VerifiedMay 7, 2023 • Stayed at: 20, Loop: CATALOOCHEE CAMPGROUND
Campsite was great. Road was horrible, either a washboard or pothole all the way in after hitting the graveled portion of the road, including the paved portion on Park lands. To think of all the nice rail fences being built along the roads in TN and as always, nothing being done on the NC side of the Park..
Henry C
VerifiedMay 7, 2023 • Stayed at: 20, Loop: CATALOOCHEE CAMPGROUND
Campsite was great. Road was horrible, either a washboard or pothole all the way in after hitting the graveled portion of the road, including the paved portion on Park lands. To think of all the nice rail fences being built along the roads in TN and as always, nothing being done on the NC side of the Park..
John E
VerifiedMay 5, 2023 • Stayed at: 4, Loop: CATALOOCHEE CAMPGROUND
As always, the Cataloochee Campground was enjoyable to stay at for the week. All the grounds and facilities were very clean. Unfortunately my stay was punctuated by a loud, obnoxious group of 4 or 5 guys that disturbed those near them, myself included with their hollering, laughing and cursing until 2:30 PM one evening. And this was after the host told them to get quiet. The next morning the host told them to leave the campground immediately or she would contact the park's law enforcement personnel to have them evicted. The group cleared out by about 10;30 AM and the campground returned to being peaceful and quiet. I commend the host for taking care of this situation as promptly as she did.
John E
VerifiedMay 5, 2023 • Stayed at: 4, Loop: CATALOOCHEE CAMPGROUND
As always, the Cataloochee Campground was enjoyable to stay at for the week. All the grounds and facilities were very clean. Unfortunately my stay was punctuated by a loud, obnoxious group of 4 or 5 guys that disturbed those near them, myself included with their hollering, laughing and cursing until 2:30 PM one evening. And this was after the host told them to get quiet. The next morning the host told them to leave the campground immediately or she would contact the park's law enforcement personnel to have them evicted. The group cleared out by about 10;30 AM and the campground returned to being peaceful and quiet. I commend the host for taking care of this situation as promptly as she did.
Sheri R
VerifiedApril 30, 2023 • Stayed at: 17, Loop: CATALOOCHEE CAMPGROUND
Cataloochee Campground is one of our favorites! Great sites! Lots of good trails near by also,
Sheri R
VerifiedApril 30, 2023 • Stayed at: 17, Loop: CATALOOCHEE CAMPGROUND
Cataloochee Campground is one of our favorites! Great sites! Lots of good trails near by also,
Jane S
VerifiedApril 22, 2023 • Stayed at: 6, Loop: CATALOOCHEE CAMPGROUND
Appreciated that the restrooms were clean and that our Camp Host was very visible and available. Also appreciated that other campers observed the quiet hours. The hiking trails in the Cataloochee Area were varied in levels of challenge but all with interesting architectural relics and natural beauty. We enjoyed that we were able to bike in the area without too much road traffic.
Jane S
VerifiedApril 22, 2023 • Stayed at: 6, Loop: CATALOOCHEE CAMPGROUND
Appreciated that the restrooms were clean and that our Camp Host was very visible and available. Also appreciated that other campers observed the quiet hours. The hiking trails in the Cataloochee Area were varied in levels of challenge but all with interesting architectural relics and natural beauty. We enjoyed that we were able to bike in the area without too much road traffic.
Joseph S
VerifiedApril 19, 2023 • Stayed at: 8, Loop: CATALOOCHEE CAMPGROUND
Bring your bikes! Hike during the day then ride into the valley to see the elk in the evening . We had a wonderful time. Campground is quiet and the scenery is beautiful. We’ve been in summer fall and winter and each season has its own beauty.
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