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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
Ron & Terry J
VerifiedNovember 5, 2021 • Stayed at: 21, Loop: CATALOOCHEE CAMPGROUND
Our first visit to Cataloochee. Well kept, small, quiet. Mostly tent campers. Had a great time.
Rickey B
VerifiedNovember 5, 2021 • Stayed at: 20, Loop: CATALOOCHEE CAMPGROUND
Scott A
VerifiedNovember 3, 2021 • Stayed at: 3, Loop: CATALOOCHEE CAMPGROUND
This is probably my favorite campsite on the east coast. Spacious sites, good access to amenities, never noise after sunset. No cell service, so it’s great to put the phone in the car and leave it. Great trail systems aside from the obvious main attraction
Scott A
VerifiedNovember 3, 2021 • Stayed at: 3, Loop: CATALOOCHEE CAMPGROUND
This is probably my favorite campsite on the east coast. Spacious sites, good access to amenities, never noise after sunset. No cell service, so it’s great to put the phone in the car and leave it. Great trail systems aside from the obvious main attraction
Nancy W
VerifiedOctober 31, 2021 • Stayed at: 19, Loop: CATALOOCHEE CAMPGROUND
No ranger ever seen. No host or hostess present for 2 days. A german sheppard off of leash attacked my small dog and chased us down. No daily weather postings. Picnickers we’re in my site when arrived at 1:45. A man told us they had the site till 3, and became hostile. No sense of any rules being followed there with absence of any ranger or host presence. Horrible road to drive on to get in and out of campground.
Nancy W
VerifiedOctober 31, 2021 • Stayed at: 19, Loop: CATALOOCHEE CAMPGROUND
No ranger ever seen. No host or hostess present for 2 days. A german sheppard off of leash attacked my small dog and chased us down. No daily weather postings. Picnickers we’re in my site when arrived at 1:45. A man told us they had the site till 3, and became hostile. No sense of any rules being followed there with absence of any ranger or host presence. Horrible road to drive on to get in and out of campground.
Katherine A
VerifiedOctober 30, 2021 • Stayed at: 16, Loop: CATALOOCHEE CAMPGROUND
We went the end of October and found the campground was well maintained and quiet with decent size lots. We were able to hear the stream running alongside with no problem. The camp host was very nice and helpful giving us suggestions for hiking trails. The elk were beautiful, grazing in the evening when we went after 5 PM and again in the morning by 7:15. Able to get some great close up pictures. Road up to Cataloochee is very curvy and hard to see on-coming traffic at times so drive careful.
Katherine A
VerifiedOctober 30, 2021 • Stayed at: 16, Loop: CATALOOCHEE CAMPGROUND
We went the end of October and found the campground was well maintained and quiet with decent size lots. We were able to hear the stream running alongside with no problem. The camp host was very nice and helpful giving us suggestions for hiking trails. The elk were beautiful, grazing in the evening when we went after 5 PM and again in the morning by 7:15. Able to get some great close up pictures. Road up to Cataloochee is very curvy and hard to see on-coming traffic at times so drive careful.
Kent H
VerifiedOctober 28, 2021 • Stayed at: 5, Loop: CATALOOCHEE CAMPGROUND
No store at campground so need to buy your firewood beforehand. There are no stores within 30 minutes so plan ahead.
Kent H
VerifiedOctober 28, 2021 • Stayed at: 5, Loop: CATALOOCHEE CAMPGROUND
No store at campground so need to buy your firewood beforehand. There are no stores within 30 minutes so plan ahead.
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
