Big Creek Campground (Great Smoky Mountains National Park)

Beautiful campsite!

The site is beautiful. You park your cars in a lot not at your specific site. This isn't a big deal but it does mean that you haul your stuff a bit further. The setting is spectacular. The creek is beautiful. And the swimming hole is a perfectly close hike. Loved it.

This is my favorite campground of all. I just wish it had bearproof food storage lockers at the sites to prevent having to haul coolers and food boxes back and forth every time we leave the site or go to sleep. Absolutely beautiful little campground and the host was nice and helpful.

This is my favorite campground of all. I just wish it had bearproof food storage lockers at the sites to prevent having to haul coolers and food boxes back and forth every time we leave the site or go to sleep. Absolutely beautiful little campground and the host was nice and helpful.

This was my favorite campground by far! The sites are far enough apart to feel private and still close enough to feel the security of community. The bathrooms were clean and well lit although you need a flashlight or headlamp to wander in at night. The parking lot had plenty of space and wasn’t excessively far from any of the sites. There is no camp store for wood or ice or anything else you might need so come prepared. I would love to come back to this camp ground!

This was my favorite campground by far! The sites are far enough apart to feel private and still close enough to feel the security of community. The bathrooms were clean and well lit although you need a flashlight or headlamp to wander in at night. The parking lot had plenty of space and wasn’t excessively far from any of the sites. There is no camp store for wood or ice or anything else you might need so come prepared. I would love to come back to this camp ground!

Spent a week at campsite #7 Always enjoy Big Creek Campground. Quiet, clean and restful. Periods of very heavy rain did not dampen the experience. Two issues I bring to a camper's attention. With all the rain, #7 had some significant and potentially injurious heavy waterlogged rotted tree limb deadfall onto the site. Happened at 3 AM without warning. More overhead dead limbs remained. The host was informed. For all vehicles entering the entire Big Creek area on the single access one lane road, be cautious! Shortly after entering the Park, before the Ranger Station is passed, there are 2 or 3 mini-boulders protruding on the right side of the road. With vegetation they are obscured. Suffice it to say, they provide an accident waiting to happen. All that said, Big Creek is one of my favorite campgrounds in Great Smoky Mountains NP.

Spent a week at campsite #7 Always enjoy Big Creek Campground. Quiet, clean and restful. Periods of very heavy rain did not dampen the experience. Two issues I bring to a camper's attention. With all the rain, #7 had some significant and potentially injurious heavy waterlogged rotted tree limb deadfall onto the site. Happened at 3 AM without warning. More overhead dead limbs remained. The host was informed. For all vehicles entering the entire Big Creek area on the single access one lane road, be cautious! Shortly after entering the Park, before the Ranger Station is passed, there are 2 or 3 mini-boulders protruding on the right side of the road. With vegetation they are obscured. Suffice it to say, they provide an accident waiting to happen. All that said, Big Creek is one of my favorite campgrounds in Great Smoky Mountains NP.

Nice, quiet campground, only tents and only 12 sites. Very good hiking trails directly accessible from campground. Serviceable bathhouse, but particularly clean. No hot water, no showers. Access roads not bad.

Nice, quiet campground, only tents and only 12 sites. Very good hiking trails directly accessible from campground. Serviceable bathhouse, but particularly clean. No hot water, no showers. Access roads not bad.