About Bandits Roost
Number of accommodations: 103
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Boating
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Hiking
Swimming
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2026 Season availability
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- Dump station on site
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Reviews (1821)
What Guests Are Saying
Bandits Roost is praised for its spacious, clean, and beautiful campsites, with many guests highlighting the welcoming staff and peaceful atmosphere. The campground offers convenient access to local attractions and activities, making it a favorite for returning visitors. While some maintenance issues, such as the boat ramp and bathhouse updates, were noted, the overall experience remains highly positive.
What Guests Are Saying
Bandits Roost is praised for its spacious, clean, and beautiful campsites, with many guests highlighting the welcoming staff and peaceful atmosphere. The campground offers convenient access to local attractions and activities, making it a favorite for returning visitors. While some maintenance issues, such as the boat ramp and bathhouse updates, were noted, the overall experience remains highly positive.
Review Summary
Vicky S
VerifiedMay 22, 2025 • Stayed at: 22-A, Loop: A
We love this campground. However, we do not like recent changes. The entry gate has been broken for 2 years, with use of movable barriers, making it much less secure. There are no full-time employees to contact with questions or concerns. Park rangers drive through only occasionally. Maintenance of the grounds is sporadic - we had weeds growing through the gravel on our site. All the small trees have been removed on the campsites near the water on the outer loop A and it looks so bare. Yet there are many scrubby small trees growing around other sites that add nothing of value. No problems with litter and we do not use bath houses. We still camp here but not as often as in years past. Most reservations must be scheduled 6 months out.
Peter S
VerifiedMay 22, 2025 • Stayed at: 11, Loop: A
Clean neat campsites, odd arrangement for picnic table and fire ring, ten or more steps down from where camper parked, also right behind, next campers RV. Not all sites. Bathrooms were functional, dated and older.
Vicky S
VerifiedMay 22, 2025 • Stayed at: 22-A, Loop: A
We love this campground. However, we do not like recent changes. The entry gate has been broken for 2 years, with use of movable barriers, making it much less secure. There are no full-time employees to contact with questions or concerns. Park rangers drive through only occasionally. Maintenance of the grounds is sporadic - we had weeds growing through the gravel on our site. All the small trees have been removed on the campsites near the water on the outer loop A and it looks so bare. Yet there are many scrubby small trees growing around other sites that add nothing of value. No problems with litter and we do not use bath houses. We still camp here but not as often as in years past. Most reservations must be scheduled 6 months out.
David C
VerifiedMay 18, 2025 • Stayed at: 75, Loop: B
site was clean and ready for our visit. Staff was welcoming.
David C
VerifiedMay 18, 2025 • Stayed at: 75, Loop: B
site was clean and ready for our visit. Staff was welcoming.
David C
VerifiedMay 18, 2025 • Stayed at: 75, Loop: B
site was clean and ready for our visit. Staff was welcoming.
Dianne M
VerifiedMay 17, 2025 • Stayed at: 32, Loop: A
I love this place been coming here for the past 10 years and made a lot of memories .
Dianne M
VerifiedMay 17, 2025 • Stayed at: 32, Loop: A
I love this place been coming here for the past 10 years and made a lot of memories .
Dianne M
VerifiedMay 17, 2025 • Stayed at: 32, Loop: A
I love this place been coming here for the past 10 years and made a lot of memories .
Stephen M
VerifiedMay 16, 2025 • Stayed at: 22-B, Loop: A
We were in the prettiest part of loop A. What a great location. How you managed to arrange that severe thunderstorm with 45 minutes of hail, just for our entertainment (ha ha), I do not understand. OK. the storm wasn't your doing. It really was an enjoyable campground. We will return.
Location Bandits Roost
Address:
667 Jess Walsh Road
Wilkesboro, NC, 28697-0182
United States
From Winston-Salem, North Carolina, take Highway 421 North (approximately 55 miles) to Exit 286B, turn left onto Highway 268 and continue for approximately 5 miles. Turn right onto Jess Walsh Road. Campground entrance is located at the end of the road.
From Charlotte, North Carolina, take I-77 North (approximately 60 miles) before merging onto Highway 421 North towards Wilkesboro/Boone. Continue to Exit 286B (approximately 20 miles), turn left onto Highway 268 and continue for approximately 5 miles. Turn right onto Jess Walsh Road. Campground entrance is located at the end of the road.
Travel times from:
Winston Salem: 1 hour.
Charlotte: 1.5 hours.
The campground is accessible via Highway 421, which is approximately 5 miles from Highway 268, and I-77 is also within reach, merging onto Highway 421 toward Wilkesboro/Boone.
Latitude & Longitude: 36.1219 / -81.2507
Elevation: 339 feet
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Last updated: June 5, 2026
