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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
SCOTT P
VerifiedNovember 12, 2021 • Stayed at: 27, Loop: CATALOOCHEE CAMPGROUND
Wonderful, well kept secret of the park system. Beautiful trails, campgrounds, historical buildings, streams, creeks, rivers and waterfalls. Everything is well maintained and clean. Please be aware that the ride into the park is very intense. Not for the faint of heart. Love this park.
William C
VerifiedDecember 29, 2021 • Stayed at: 9, Loop: CATALOOCHEE CAMPGROUND
Bring plenty of kiln-dried firewood this time of year. Very pleasant experience.
William C
VerifiedDecember 29, 2021 • Stayed at: 9, Loop: CATALOOCHEE CAMPGROUND
Bring plenty of kiln-dried firewood this time of year. Very pleasant experience.
John W
VerifiedApril 8, 2022 • Stayed at: 18, Loop: CATALOOCHEE CAMPGROUND
Nice secluded campground tucked back in the mountains. You have to drive a narrow, curvy dirt road for miles in the mountains to get to it. In places, the road is just barely wide enough for two regular-sized vehicles to squeeze past each other. The sites are of good size and the bathroom was clean.
John W
VerifiedApril 8, 2022 • Stayed at: 18, Loop: CATALOOCHEE CAMPGROUND
Nice secluded campground tucked back in the mountains. You have to drive a narrow, curvy dirt road for miles in the mountains to get to it. In places, the road is just barely wide enough for two regular-sized vehicles to squeeze past each other. The sites are of good size and the bathroom was clean.
Jason B
VerifiedApril 28, 2022 • Stayed at: 3, Loop: CATALOOCHEE CAMPGROUND
Jason B
VerifiedApril 28, 2022 • Stayed at: 3, Loop: CATALOOCHEE CAMPGROUND
Jason B
VerifiedApril 28, 2022 • Stayed at: 3, Loop: CATALOOCHEE CAMPGROUND
Jeffrey S
VerifiedMay 3, 2022 • Stayed at: 22, Loop: CATALOOCHEE CAMPGROUND
Be aware of the twisty, gravel road over the pass that you have to traverse to get to the campground, The biggest thing I worried about was meeting a large vehicle coming in the other direction! There were at least 3 large travel trailers (pulled by large trucks) in the campground when we were there... and all three were running their generators ALL DAY, which was very annoying and took away from the feeling of being in nature in a remote area. I was surprised at the length of paved road in front of the campground. If they could pave that, why not go all the way over the pass? Just a little puzzled! Still, a very nice campground, other than the lack of privacy.
Jackie S
VerifiedMay 3, 2022 • Stayed at: 10, Loop: CATALOOCHEE CAMPGROUND
Very quiet and small campground in a fairly remote part of the park with great hiking. Was less crowded then prior trips
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
