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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
James K
VerifiedMay 15, 2026 • Stayed at: 27, Loop: CATALOOCHEE CAMPGROUND
Nice and quiet.
Kevin S
VerifiedMay 18, 2026 • Stayed at: 11, Loop: CATALOOCHEE CAMPGROUND
Nice small national Park campground with lots of trees and a pleasant creek running through it.
ray m
VerifiedMay 19, 2026 • Stayed at: 19, Loop: CATALOOCHEE CAMPGROUND
staff were super, nice facilities were really clean
Beverly N
VerifiedMay 25, 2026 • Stayed at: 7, Loop: CATALOOCHEE CAMPGROUND
Campground host was polite and very informative, bathrooms were spotless and our site was perfect!
Henry R
VerifiedMay 25, 2026 • Stayed at: 10, Loop: CATALOOCHEE CAMPGROUND
Great campground. Great Camp Host. Great time.
Darla L
VerifiedMay 26, 2026 • Stayed at: 25, Loop: CATALOOCHEE CAMPGROUND
Be prepared for the bumpy dirt road! Take it slow and watch carefully for oncoming cars. I don’t recommend this campground for a one night stay like we did simply because it is not the easiest place to get to. With that said, this was our favorite campground on our vacation. The NPS ranger was fabulous, and the park is near a beautiful mountain stream, and a reconstructed historical community that we walked to in the early AM when we also were able to see some of the elk, and a number of turkeys, including a couple of strutting toms. It is experiences like we had that makes our National Parks/Campgrounds a treasure we must protect.
Kathy L
VerifiedMay 27, 2026 • Stayed at: 3, Loop: CATALOOCHEE CAMPGROUND
Magical experience here! From dusk and dawn viewing of elk in the field, to the gorgeous and quiet campground, everything was so enjoyable. We loved the sound of the stream while we were at our campsite.
Robert G
VerifiedMay 27, 2026 • Stayed at: 23, Loop: CATALOOCHEE CAMPGROUND
Very good , hurricane damaged areas not repaired but overall good
Jan D
VerifiedMay 28, 2026 • Stayed at: 3, Loop: CATALOOCHEE CAMPGROUND
The camping is very good. Great Camp Hosts, bathrooms are very clean. The problem is the Elk kept trying to come into our campsite over and over at night. Our neighbors had their tent knocked down by the Elk. I used my flashlight and German Shepherd to move them back, until they came again, and again, all night.
Rikki F
VerifiedMay 29, 2026 • Stayed at: 21, Loop: CATALOOCHEE CAMPGROUND
Beautiful campground in very remote area
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
