Cataloochee Campground

A nice small and quiet campground away from the main roads. Good road for bicycling to see the Elk and close to numerous hiking trails.

Great campground to see the elk or hike some trails but compared to the others in smokey NP, this one seems to be ignored. No showers, no nothing....barebones. about a 45 min drive to main part of park. Enjoyed being somewhat secluded. Super host!

Great campground to see the elk or hike some trails but compared to the others in smokey NP, this one seems to be ignored. No showers, no nothing....barebones. about a 45 min drive to main part of park. Enjoyed being somewhat secluded. Super host!

Very well maintained campground. Bathrooms are cleaned and trash emptied. Camp Host checked sites regularly. The Campground is a couple of miles from the fields where the Elks graze. The first morning, we saw a large Bull Elk which gave us very impressive Bugle Calls with his herd of about 10 Cow Elks. On another occasion we drove another half mile to the end of the road, parked the the car and walked over the bridge to a much large field. There were 4 Bull Elks and many Cows of various sizes. Dawn and dusk are best for Elk watching.

Loved it! Please fund this campground more!its absolutely beautiful

Very well maintained campground. Bathrooms are cleaned and trash emptied. Camp Host checked sites regularly. The Campground is a couple of miles from the fields where the Elks graze. The first morning, we saw a large Bull Elk which gave us very impressive Bugle Calls with his herd of about 10 Cow Elks. On another occasion we drove another half mile to the end of the road, parked the the car and walked over the bridge to a much large field. There were 4 Bull Elks and many Cows of various sizes. Dawn and dusk are best for Elk watching.

Loved it! Please fund this campground more!its absolutely beautiful

This small campground was well maintained and very peaceful. The campsites are very close together and it would be nice to have a little more privacy , but the other campers were a observant of 10 p.m. quiet time. When we arrived the host had allowed people picnicking to use the campsite. We were tired after driving 3 hours and had to wait for them to pack up. I felt picnickers should not be in the campground because it decreases the safety with unregistered guests on site. Every one in the campground should be accounted for by name and home address. I felt less safe and worried about my belongings while I was away from my campsite. I feel a separate pick nick area similar to Cade’s Cove and others that have a separate area without allowing transient people in the campground should be considered.

This small campground was well maintained and very peaceful. The campsites are very close together and it would be nice to have a little more privacy , but the other campers were a observant of 10 p.m. quiet time. When we arrived the host had allowed people picnicking to use the campsite. We were tired after driving 3 hours and had to wait for them to pack up. I felt picnickers should not be in the campground because it decreases the safety with unregistered guests on site. Every one in the campground should be accounted for by name and home address. I felt less safe and worried about my belongings while I was away from my campsite. I feel a separate pick nick area similar to Cade’s Cove and others that have a separate area without allowing transient people in the campground should be considered.

The campground is small but nice. The best part of the stay was seeing the Elk. But you have to travel a few miles to see them. Since we have a large RV and do not pull a vehicle, I was disappointed that they were not right at the campground. But some fellow campers, Robert and Loretta ,offered to let us ride with them. It was awesome seeing the herd of elk!!!
I must warn fellow RVer’s, that this campground IS NOT a good place for large RVs. We have a 29’ class C and would not have reserved a site there had I been warned about the road to the campground! It is 7.5 miles of an awful narrow, twisty, turning gravel and mud road. The road is about 12-15 ft wide in some places right on the side of a mountain!!!! And if another vehicle is coming the other way, it is VERY SCARY!! No guardrails so if you go over, you better hope a tree stops your RV. Once you are on the road to the campground, there is no where to turn around so you are stuck on the road for the 7.5 miles! One of the other campers couldn’t believe we got our RV up there . He asked if we had a helicopter drop us in there! LOL!