Elkmont Group Camp

The rangers were extremely helpful in guiding us to the path we wanted to take and telling us about major points of interest. We had no difficulty on the trail and finding the major points.

Great place to camp with a group. Plenty of space for kids to run around and have fun.

Very nice campsite. Plenty of room for tents and hammocks. Long picnic tables and 2 fire pits

We always love Elkmont. The sites are clean and wonderful

This was my first time camping at Elkmont. We reserved site 1 and 3 for our Scout Troop, 27 people total . In site 1, I’m not sure where the third tent pad was, but we had plenty of room for our 5 tents (8 person, 4- 4 person sized). In site 3 we had an 8 person, 6 person and 2-4 person sized tents. The bathrooms were clean, bear boxes were conveniently located and the rangers were super friendly and helpful. The kids enjoyed exploring the campground and LOVED playing in the creek each night. Great experience!

Wonderful experience exceptional staff and volunteers working at the campground. Plenty of trail access and things to do!

campsite is in a great location, only maybe half full when we visited.

My Girl Scout troop stayed in the Group Tent site #2 at Elkmont and enjoyed ourselves. A few words of things to be aware of: despite the fact that they don't want you to bring in firewood, and the fact that they sell it at the campground, the space that sells the wood is only open 11-5, which is prime time to be AWAY from the campsites. Once you arrive, they let you know you can buy heat treated wood off-site, but then you are there. The place they sell wood DOES have availability after hours for honor-system pick up, but they don't tell you that anywhere and they don't tell you where to actually FIND the honor system wood, even if you talk to one of the people when checking in, assuming you can be there when they are there as well. No one was in the office when we rolled into the campground at 6:30pm. Clarity on this point would be super helpful. Also, there are NO showers in the park, and they just advise you to see if you can catch a shower at a local KOA. Not super helpful, but good to know in advance. A rinse of in the stream in August worked ok. The camp site was clean, as were the bathrooms. The place was peaceful and beautiful. Skinny metal stakes are a must-have to make it through the material on the camping pads to stake out your tent. Group site 2 and 3 are quite close together, but the folks at the other site were mostly out, so it didn't create too much trouble. Otherwise, those sites are better suited to a larger group traveling together. Also, there was NO cell service, so come with maps and plans. And money to buy maps as they all cost money, unlike other national parks.

Group site 01 was a large site. We had (6) two man tents, on two of the tent pads, and there was room for maybe two more small tents but that was it. The third pad was not usable. It was overgrown and muddy. It rained once while we were there and this pad was in standing water. The other two pads had gravel, and were nice pads, but the third is useless due to the occasional rains. 5 nice large tables. 2 firerings. One large grill, but we didn't use it. Bathrooms were clean and stocked with toliet paper and a hand dryer. The group sites are not kept up like the other sites. Overgrown. Staff was not friendly. But we tried to give them the benefit of the doubt in the volume of campers they see, but don't expect southern hospitality. Great trails. Easy access via walking. We hung out in the water a lot due to the heat. Very clean clear water. We saw turkey and an owl in the campground. Saw a bear at Laurel Falls. Wood and ice were available. $10/$5 rounded up. We plan to come back next year, but probably won't book the group site unless they are cared for better. Group site 01 is the handicap site, and it would be very difficult to get a wheelchair down the walk pad, to the site, due to the broken chunks of concrete. All in all we had a great time at this campground.

This group camping site is excellent. It's close to the parking area, making it easy to load things from your car. The site is clean and quiet, and the restrooms are very well-maintained.