Doughton Park Campground
- Right now
- Taking bookingsSites offered on 10 of the next 11 nights read 16:11 UTC
- A night
- $30From, per site
- Sites
- 13477 of them walk-up
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 12 notices
In the agency’s own words
Nestled in a landscape of mountains, open meadows and pioneer cabins, Doughton Park Campground is surrounded by 30 miles (48 km) of hiking trails offering opportunities to view wildlife as well as get a feel for the lives of those who lived here long ago. Originally known as The Bluffs, the area came by its present name in honor of Congressman Robert L. Doughton, a long-time advocate and supporter of the Parkway. Keep reading
Recreation
Over 30 miles of trails are available varying from strenuous to easy. Bicycles and motorized vehicles are prohibited on trails. Mileage listed is only traveling one way. Double the trail mileage to include out and back trip. Trail elevations can change more than 2,000 feet as trails descend into the Basin Cove Creek area from the parkway. Maps available on the Blue Ridge Parkway.gov website. Bluff Mountain Trail (7.5 miles) offers many scenic vistas and traverses relatively flat terrain. The trail runs near the parkway and is accessible from many locations along its route from Brinegar Cabin to Basin Cove Overlook. Cedar Ridge Trail (4.4 miles) descends a forested ridgeline to Grassy Gap Fire Road. Trailhead is located at the Brinegar Cabin. Grassy Gap Fire Road (6.1 miles) is wide enough for hikers and horseback riders to travel side by side. The trail starts at Milepost 243.9 and ambles down the mountainside past the primitive campground to State Route 1730 (Longbottom Road). Horseback riders must enter and exit at Longbottom Road. Flat Rock Ridge Trail (5.0) miles begins on the mountain-top meadow of Basin Cove Overlook. And ends on the damp, cool banks of Basin Cove Creek. NC Thurmond Game Lands and bear sanctuary border the south side of the trail. Basin Cove Creek Trail (3.2 miles) is accessible only from the grassy Gap Fire Road at the Long Bottom Road (State Hwy 1730). A 1.7-mile hike is required to reach the beginning of the Basin Cove Creek. It winds past cascading waterfalls to the century-old Caudill Cabin, former home of the Martin Caudill family. Part of the once-thriving Basin cove Community, this cabin was one of the few structures that withstood the devasting 1916 flood. Prepare for over 26 creek crossings on this trail. The total trip one way is 4.9 miles and 9.8 miles for the total trip. Bluff Ridge Primitive Trail (2.7 miles) is the shortest but steepest route into Basin Cove. The strenuous climb up the trail makes the hike seem much longer. Trailhead location is in the Bluffs Picnic Area. Fodder Stack Trail (1.4 miles roundtrip) shows off its delicate display of wildflowers in the spring. It is the easiest hike through a mixture of pine and hardwood forest with a short, steep brief beginning. Recommended for families. Trailhead is at Wildcat Rocks Overlook. The Brinegar Cabin dates from about 1885 and was the home of Martin Brinegar and his family. Brinegar was a cobbler as well as a farmer. His home is open Memorial Day weekend days through October. Hand-loom weaving and other craft demonstrations are often given during the summer months. The one-room Caudill Cabin exhibit can be viewed from the scenic Wildcat Rocks (milepost 240.6). Historic Cemetery: near milepost marker 245.5. The cemetery contains some three dozen graves dating from the 1880's to more recent times. The Basin Cove Creek complex (mileposts 238 - 244) (located off the Parkway on Longbottom Road) has Rainbow and Brook Trout where the streams are stocked. Anyone with a valid Virginia or North Carolina fishing license is welcome, but please check with the visitor center for any special regulations.
Facilities
Doughton Park has a picnic area (at milepost 241), a campground (milepost 239), comfort stations, drinking water and access to 30 miles (48 km) of trail over bluegrass bluffs. The historic Bluff’s restaurant has reopened (at milepost 241). The restaurant’s web page, www.bluffsrestaurant.org, provides information on hours and menu. Campsites are shaded under an umbrella of thick trees, and provide campers with tables, latern posts, plus, campfire rings and grills. The site also offers camper conveniences like flush toilets, drinking water and a dump station. Doughton Park Campground usually has campsites available. Three group sites are available by reservation at www.recreation.gov. In addition to the 33 sites available for advance reservation, 70 campsites are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Availability of first come, first served sites cannot be tracked through Recreation.gov. These sites must be booked in person at the campground kiosk. With regard to backcountry camping: A permit is required to camp at Basin Cove Backcountry Camping. The cost is $15 per night. Permits and other details are available at https://www.recreation.gov/ .
Natural Features
Rolling ridgetop meadows and steep mountainsides characterize the 7,000-acre Doughton Park. The elevation is a cool 3688 feet. It is one of the best places along the motor road to view white-tailed deer, raccoons, red and gray foxes, and bobcats. Visitors can enjoy spectacular shows of flame azalea and rhododendron in the late spring and fields of Dense Blazing Stars in mid to late July. Nearby Bluffs picnic area features open areas for night sky viewing with limited light pollution. The Blue Ridge Parkway is a scenic byway that follows the high crests of the central and southern Appalachians for 469 miles from Shenandoah National Park in Virginia, to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in North Carolina.
Nearby Attractions
Mount Airy, NC : Andy Griffith's hometown, the ideal American town that was the inspiration for Mayberry--Hwy 52 South; 12 miles south of Fancy Gap, VA: https://www.visitmayberry.com/ New River National Wild and Scenic River offers excellent opportunities for tubing, canoeing, kayaking, and fishing . Multiple access points and several local outfitters are available within a 30‑minute drive of the campground. https://www.fws.gov/rivers/river/new Sparta, NC & Allegheny County: https://www.alleghanycountychamber.com/ West Jefferson, Jefferson Lansing, and Todd: https://ashechamber.com/ Wilkes County: https://wilkescountytourism.com/#/ Yadkin Valley, NC: North Carolina Wine Country - Yadkin Valley, NC
What the agency tells you
Firewood Regulation: Only heat-treated firewood bundled in its original packing and bearing a certification seal from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) or a state department of agriculture may be brought onto the Parkway. Campers may still collect dead and down wood in the immediate vicinity of campgrounds and picnic areas. This rule is strictly enforced!
Don't Move Firewood: Help protect our forests! Prevent the spread of tree-killing pests by obtaining firewood at or near your destination and burning it on-site. Moving firewood is illegal in some states. Visit dontmovefirewood.org to learn more.
GPS and mapping devices do NOT provide accurate directions to Doughton Park Campground. They will take campers onto routes not intended for RV or trailer travel.
Everything else this campground posts · 9
Some campsites at this facility are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Status of these sites is not available online.
There are no showers. No electric, water or sewer hook-ups are available.
All tents must be placed on prepared pads where provided.
Only one tent is allowed per site unless there is adequate space on the provided tent pad. Sites are for use by parties not to exceed six people unless specifically designated as Group Camping.
Group sites have a maximum of 20 people and a minimum of 12. If you reserve a group site with less than 12 people, campground staff reserves the right to move you to a regular campsite.
Hammock camping is permitted, but campers must abide by posted regulations.
Vehicles are to be parked on the pavement of an assigned site or in designated parking areas. Only two vehicles may be parked in each site (i.e. trailer and car, two cars, two motorcycles), unless otherwise indicated.
Generator use is prohibited from 9:00 pm to 8:00 am.
CAUTION: Bears frequent the area. Be aware! Keep a clean camp and store all food or scented items in your car or provided food lockers. DO NOT HANG TRASH FROM THE LANTERN POST.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 134 · 48 tent-only, 3 group
- Hookups
- None
- Longest rig
- 88 ft
- Paved pads
- All
- Accessible sites
- 4
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- 129 of 130 sites
Facilities
- Toilets
- Flush Toilets - seasonal
- Drinking water
- Yes
- Dump station
- Yes
- recreation.gov lists “Dump Station”
- Camp host
- On site
- recreation.gov lists “Host”
- Stay limit
- 30 nights
- recreation.gov facility rule maxStay
Around the campground
- On the water
- Waterfall, River, Creek, Meadow
- Backpacking
- Birding
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Historic site
- Picnicking
- Stargazing
- Visitor center
- Wildlife viewing
- Tree cover
- 69%
- Night sky · 21st darkest of 84 in NC
- Bortle 4
Fully booked this Friday and Saturday, all 59 site-nights takenread 16:11 UTC
recreation.gov lists 122 of the 134 campsites the agency files here. The rest aren’t on its booking system, so a reservation won’t get you one.
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Every one of the 30 sites on offer is taken this Friday and Saturday. 19 are free on Wed, Oct 21. read 16:11 UTC Why the weekend fills and the week doesn’t
These counts cover the 135 reservable sites only. This campground also has first-come sites, and recreation.gov publishes no availability for a site you can’t reserve.
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What you actually pay
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rate for this season, $30 a night, plus one $8 recreation.gov reservation fee for the booking. A weekend here means Friday and Saturday night, booked once. Optional charges (an extra vehicle, a second tent, a dump-station fee) are listed separately and aren’t in this total.
Who keeps the booking fee
The agency’s own policy text says the reservation fee and the cancellation processing fee are “retained by the reservation service contractor”, and that a campground concessionaire will decline to refund them because “they did not receive these fees”. Recreation.gov is run under contract by Booz Allen Hamilton. What share of your booking fee the contractor keeps isn’t published in any federal dataset we can read, so we print no number for it. Our reporting on the contract →
How we know this receipt · 5
recreation.gov availability, read 16:11 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
135 records · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 120 mapped sites2 sites share one published coordinate and are left out of the rankings.
All 135 records
Toilet distances are OpenStreetMap’s, measured for 125 of the 135 sites listed. A site with no reading is unknown, never far.
The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 121 of the 135 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
Measured shade is NLCD Tree Canopy Cover 2024 (USDA Forest Service / MRLC) read at the site’s own coordinate, 27% canopy or more, and only for the sites the agency gave no Shade value. It never changes the agency’s own shaded count beside it.
| A | A01 | rv nonelectric | 36 ft | 82 ft | 2,232 ftBasin Creek | 582 ft | $30 | |
| A | A02 | rv nonelectric | 37 ft | 82 ft | 2,161 ftBasin Creek | 568 ft | $30 | |
| A | A03 HOST | host pad | 35 ft | 60 ft | 2,034 ftBasin Creek | 618 ft | $30 | |
| A | A04 | rv nonelectric | 42 ft | 60 ft | 1,976 ftBasin Creek | 630 ft | $30 | |
| A | A05 | rv nonelectric | 37 ft | 76 ft | 1,906 ftBasin Creek | 582 ft | $30 | |
| A | A06 | rv nonelectric | 40 ft | 67 ft | 1,979 ftBasin Creek | 555 ft | $30 | |
| A | A07 | rv nonelectric | 20 ft | 67 ft | 1,924 ftBasin Creek | 501 ft | $30 | |
| A | A08 | rv nonelectric | 42 ft | 70 ft | 1,854 ftBasin Creek | 477 ft | $30 | |
| A | A09 | rv nonelectric | 88 ft | 130 ft | 1,736 ftBasin Creek | 344 ft | $30 | |
| A | A10 | rv nonelectric | 21 ft | 64 ft | 1,742 ftBasin Creek | 115 ft | $30 | |
| A | A11 | rv nonelectric | 23 ft | 64 ft | 1,804 ftBasin Creek | 77 ft | $30 | |
| A | A12 | rv nonelectric | 29 ft | 52 ft | 1,895 ftBasin Creek | 150 ft | $30 | |
| A | A13 | rv nonelectric | 40 ft | 52 ft | 1,877 ftBasin Creek | 186 ft | $30 | |
| A | A14 | rv nonelectric | 35 ft | 74 ft | 1,949 ftBasin Creek | 235 ft | $30 | |
| A | A15 | rv nonelectric | 38 ft | 46 ft | 1,889 ftBasin Creek | 268 ft | $30 | |
| A | A16 | rv nonelectric | 37 ft | 56 ft | 1,973 ftBasin Creek | 316 ft | $30 | |
| A | A17 | rv nonelectric | 35 ft | 72 ft | 1,904 ftBasin Creek | 342 ft | $30 | |
| A | A18 | rv nonelectric | 41 ft | 56 ft | 1,976 ftBasin Creek | 366 ft | $30 | |
| A | A19 | rv nonelectric | 40 ft | 47 ft | 1,990 ftBasin Creek | 432 ft | $30 | |
| A | A20 | rv nonelectric | 43 ft | 47 ft | 2,023 ftBasin Creek | 477 ft | $30 | |
| A | A21 | rv nonelectric | 22 ft | 77 ft | 1,747 ftBasin Creek | 180 ft | $30 | |
| A | A22 | rv nonelectric | 24 ft | 64 ft | 1,818 ftBasin Creek | 199 ft | $30 | |
| A | A23 | rv nonelectric | 26 ft | 46 ft | 1,842 ftBasin Creek | 261 ft | $30 | |
| A | A24 | rv nonelectric | 24 ft | $30 | ||||
| A | A25 | rv nonelectric | 24 ft | $30 | ||||
| B | B01 | tent only nonelectric | 20 ft | 29 ft | 2,755 ftBasin Creek | 308 ft | $30 | |
| B | B02 | tent only nonelectric | 20 ft | 29 ft | 2,743 ft | 282 ft | $30 | |
| B | B03 | tent only nonelectric | 20 ft | 80 ft | 2,616 ft | 187 ft | $30 | |
| B | B04 | standard nonelectric | 22 ft | 80 ft | 2,574 ft | 118 ft | $30 | |
| B | B05 | tent only nonelectric | 20 ft | 27 ft | 2,536 ft | 237 ft | $30 | |
| B | B06 | tent only nonelectric | 23 ft | 27 ft | 2,551 ft | 262 ft | $30 | |
| B | B07 | tent only nonelectric | 21 ft | 74 ft | 2,599 ft | 283 ft | $30 | |
| B | B08 | tent only nonelectric | 20 ft | 64 ft | 2,523 ft | 353 ft | $30 | |
| B | B09 | tent only nonelectric | 23 ft | 30 ft | 2,449 ft | 422 ft | $30 | |
| B | B10 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 64 ft | 2,525 ft | 345 ft | $30 | |
| B | B100 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 27 ft | 2,304 ftBasin Creek | 239 ft | $30 | |
| B | B101 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 58 ft | 2,307 ftBasin Creek | 292 ft | $30 | |
| B | B102 | standard nonelectric | 19 ft | 35 ft | 2,290 ftBasin Creek | 350 ft | $30 | |
| B | B103 | standard nonelectric | 18 ft | 38 ft | 2,356 ftBasin Creek | 382 ft | $30 | |
| B | B104 | standard nonelectric | 18 ft | 35 ft | 2,297 ftBasin Creek | 381 ft | $30 | |
| B | B105 | standard nonelectric | 17 ft | 37 ft | 2,380 ftBasin Creek | 455 ft | $30 | |
| B | B106 | standard nonelectric | 17 ft | 37 ft | 2,412 ftBasin Creek | 475 ft | $30 | |
| B | B107 | standard nonelectric | 17 ft | 38 ft | 2,351 ftBasin Creek | 420 ft | $30 | |
| B | B11 | tent only nonelectric | 23 ft | 30 ft | 2,427 ft | 444 ft | $30 | |
| B | B12 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 37 ft | 2,477 ft | 397 ft | $30 | |
| B | B13 | tent only nonelectric | 24 ft | 37 ft | 2,485 ft | 397 ft | $30 | |
| B | B14 | standard nonelectric | 28 ft | 44 ft | 2,469 ft | 390 ft | $30 | |
| B | B15 | tent only nonelectric | 24 ft | 51 ft | 2,428 ft | 359 ft | $30 | |
| B | B16 | tent only nonelectric | 22 ft | 23 ft | 2,380 ft | 345 ft | $30 | |
| B | B17 | standard nonelectric | 29 ft | 23 ft | 2,379 ft | 324 ft | $30 | |
| B | B18 | tent only nonelectric | 19 ft | 28 ft | 2,469 ft | 276 ft | $30 | |
| B | B19 | tent only nonelectric | 30 ft | 28 ft | 2,496 ft | 274 ft | $30 | |
| B | B20 | tent only nonelectric | 18 ft | 45 ft | 2,462 ft | 214 ft | $30 | |
| B | B21 | tent only nonelectric | 19 ft | 45 ft | 2,487 ft | 179 ft | $30 | |
| B | B22 | tent only nonelectric | 20 ft | 52 ft | 2,505 ft | 137 ft | $30 | |
| B | B23 | standard nonelectric | 17 ft | 27 ft | 2,461 ft | 119 ft | $30 | |
| B | B24 | standard nonelectric | 16 ft | 23 ft | 2,434 ft | 122 ft | $30 | |
| B | B25 | standard nonelectric | 13 ft | 17 ft | 2,413 ft | 136 ft | $30 | |
| B | B26 | standard nonelectric | 13 ft | 17 ft | 2,397 ft | 149 ft | $30 | |
| B | B27 | standard nonelectric | 13 ft | 53 ft | 2,133 ft | 360 ft | $30 | |
| B | B28 | standard nonelectric | 13 ft | 42 ft | 2,186 ft | 313 ft | $30 | |
| B | B29 | standard nonelectric | 13 ft | 42 ft | 2,177 ft | 343 ft | $30 | |
| B | B30 | standard nonelectric | 15 ft | 42 ft | 2,208 ft | 337 ft | $30 | |
| B | B31 | tent only nonelectric | 15 ft | 67 ft | 2,285 ft | 319 ft | $30 | |
| B | B32 | tent only nonelectric | 15 ft | 67 ft | 2,352 ft | 300 ft | $30 | |
| B | B33 | type not stated | 17 ft | 2,335 ft | 266 ft | |||
| B | B34 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 25 ft | 2,480 ft | 249 ft | $30 | |
| B | B35 | tent only nonelectric | 20 ft | 25 ft | 2,505 ft | 257 ft | $30 | |
| B | B36 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 35 ft | 2,502 ft | 303 ft | $30 | |
| B | B37 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 35 ft | 2,534 ft | 312 ft | $30 | |
| B | B38 | standard nonelectric | 20 ft | 38 ft | 2,509 ftBasin Creek | 227 ft | $30 | |
| B | B39 | tent only nonelectric | 20 ft | 38 ft | 2,471 ftBasin Creek | 218 ft | $30 | |
| B | B40 | tent only nonelectric | 14 ft | 72 ft | 2,450 ftBasin Creek | 133 ft | $30 | |
| B | B41 | tent only nonelectric | 23 ft | 31 ft | 2,417 ftBasin Creek | 192 ft | $30 | |
| B | B42 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 31 ft | 2,388 ftBasin Creek | 185 ft | $30 | |
| B | B43 | tent only nonelectric | 15 ft | 37 ft | 2,241 ftBasin Creek | 220 ft | $30 | |
| B | B44 | standard nonelectric | 34 ft | 37 ft | 2,207 ftBasin Creek | 240 ft | $30 | |
| B | B45 | tent only nonelectric | 34 ft | 32 ft | 2,179 ftBasin Creek | 251 ft | $30 | |
| B | B46 | standard nonelectric | 24 ft | 32 ft | 2,168 ftBasin Creek | 254 ft | $30 | |
| B | B47 | tent only nonelectric | 19 ft | 34 ft | 2,172 ftBasin Creek | 246 ft | $30 | |
| B | B48 | standard nonelectric | 15 ft | yes | 24 ft | 2,308 ftBasin Creek | 113 ft | $30 |
| B | B49 | standard nonelectric | 12 ft | yes | 24 ft | 2,296 ftBasin Creek | 123 ft | $30 |
| B | B50 | standard nonelectric | 12 ft | yes | 65 ft | 2,362 ftBasin Creek | 59 ft | $30 |
| B | B51 | standard nonelectric | 14 ft | yes | 2,379 ftBasin Creek | 141 ft | $30 | |
| B | B52 | standard nonelectric | 21 ft | 2,379 ftBasin Creek | 142 ft | $30 | ||
| B | B53 | standard nonelectric | 27 ft | 27 ft | 2,318 ftBasin Creek | 213 ft | $30 | |
| B | B54 | standard nonelectric | 16 ft | 51 ft | 2,541 ftBasin Creek | 293 ft | $30 | |
| B | B55 | standard nonelectric | 15 ft | 51 ft | 2,502 ftBasin Creek | 308 ft | $30 | |
| B | B56 | standard nonelectric | 13 ft | 94 ft | 2,441 ftBasin Creek | 211 ft | $30 | |
| B | B57 | standard nonelectric | 12 ft | 19 ft | 2,516 ftBasin Creek | 165 ft | $30 | |
| B | B58 | standard nonelectric | 13 ft | 26 ft | 2,542 ftBasin Creek | 178 ft | $30 | |
| B | B59 | tent only nonelectric | 14 ft | 35 ft | 2,559 ftBasin Creek | 172 ft | $30 | |
| B | B60 | tent only nonelectric | 14 ft | 19 ft | 2,501 ftBasin Creek | 147 ft | $30 | |
| B | B61 | standard nonelectric | 14 ft | 63 ft | 2,463 ftBasin Creek | 84 ft | $30 | |
| B | B62 | standard nonelectric | 48 ft | 46 ft | 2,527 ftBasin Creek | 110 ft | $30 | |
| B | B63 | standard nonelectric | 50 ft | 46 ft | 2,520 ftBasin Creek | 104 ft | $30 | |
| B | B64 | standard nonelectric | 34 ft | 52 ft | 2,442 ftBasin Creek | 280 ft | $30 | |
| B | B65 | standard nonelectric | 41 ft | 52 ft | 2,391 ftBasin Creek | 269 ft | $30 | |
| B | B65A | standard nonelectric | 47 ft | 42 ft | 1,949 ftBasin Creek | 490 ft | $30 | |
| B | B65B | standard nonelectric | 50 ft | 40 ft | 1,914 ftBasin Creek | 517 ft | $30 | |
| B | B65C | standard nonelectric | 27 ft | 40 ft | 1,885 ftBasin Creek | 539 ft | $30 | |
| B | B97 | type not stated | 19 ft | 2,102 ftBasin Creek | 328 ft | |||
| B | B98 | standard nonelectric | 19 ft | 19 ft | 2,145 ftBasin Creek | 296 ft | $30 | |
| B | B99 | standard nonelectric | 19 ft | 19 ft | 2,130 ftBasin Creek | 315 ft | $30 | |
| C | C66 | tent only nonelectric | 13 ft | 38 ft | 1,467 ftBasin Creek | 437 ft | $30 | |
| C | C67 | tent only nonelectric | 12 ft | 37 ft | 1,474 ftBasin Creek | 400 ft | $30 | |
| C | C68 | tent only nonelectric | 12 ft | 37 ft | 1,472 ftBasin Creek | 363 ft | $30 | |
| C | C69 | tent only nonelectric | 11 ft | 74 ft | 1,480 ftBasin Creek | 215 ft | $30 | |
| C | C70 | tent only nonelectric | 15 ft | 74 ft | 1,409 ftBasin Creek | 228 ft | $30 | |
| C | C72 | type not stated | ||||||
| C | C73 | type not stated | ||||||
| C | C74 | type not stated | ||||||
| C | C75 | tent only nonelectric | 44 ft | 167 ft | 947 ftBasin Creek | 517 ft | $30 | |
| C | C76 | tent only nonelectric | 25 ft | 99 ft | 1,106 ftBasin Creek | 406 ft | $30 | |
| C | C77 | tent only nonelectric | 18 ft | 157 ft | 1,179 ftBasin Creek | 272 ft | $30 | |
| C | C78 | tent only nonelectric | 18 ft | 99 ft | 1,093 ftBasin Creek | 479 ft | $30 | |
| C | C80 | type not stated | 1,065 ftBasin Creek | 383 ft | ||||
| C | C81 | type not stated | 1,082 ftBasin Creek | 363 ft | ||||
| C | C82 | tent only nonelectric | 11 ft | 44 ft | 1,347 ftBasin Creek | 143 ft | $30 | |
| C | C83 | tent only nonelectric | 12 ft | 44 ft | 1,389 ftBasin Creek | 111 ft | $30 | |
| C | C84 | tent only nonelectric | 38 ft | 115 ft | 1,549 ftBasin Creek | 168 ft | $30 | |
| C | C85 | tent only nonelectric | 19 ft | 49 ft | 1,594 ftBasin Creek | 171 ft | $30 | |
| C | C86 | tent only nonelectric | 14 ft | 49 ft | 1,624 ftBasin Creek | 214 ft | $30 | |
| C | C87 | tent only nonelectric | 36 ft | 84 ft | 1,643 ftBasin Creek | 275 ft | $30 | |
| C | C89 | type not stated | ||||||
| C | C90 | type not stated | ||||||
| C | C91 | type not stated | ||||||
| C | C92 | type not stated | ||||||
| C | C93 | type not stated | 1,507 ftBasin Creek | 271 ft | ||||
| C | C94 | type not stated | ||||||
| C | C95 | tent only nonelectric | 20 ft | 68 ft | 1,429 ftBasin Creek | 132 ft | $30 | |
| C | C96 | tent only nonelectric | 19 ft | 68 ft | 1,380 ftBasin Creek | 99 ft | $30 | |
| C | Group Site 1 | group tent only area nonelectric | 13 ft | 143 ft | 1,240 ftBasin Creek | 344 ft | $45 | |
| C | Group Site 2 | group tent only area nonelectric | 18 ft | 198 ft | 1,085 ftBasin Creek | 369 ft | $45 | |
| C | Group Site 3 | group tent only area nonelectric | 13 ft | 87 ft | 1,598 ftBasin Creek | 296 ft | $45 |
The agency files 1 more record here that isn’t a site for the night. It names it a host pad. It’s in the table above, marked for what it is, and it isn’t counted as a site.
25 of 135 listed
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Basin Cove Backcountry CampingBlue Ridge Parkway · 2.7 mi
Fish Dam Creek Park21 mi
W. Kerr Scott Visitor Assistance Center Conference Room21 mi
Fort Hamby Park22 mi
Bandits Roost22 mi
Comer's Rock Recreation AreaMount Rogers National Recreation Area · 23 miNote: GPS devices and mapping programs do NOT provide accurate directions to Doughton Park Campground. GPS devices and mapping programs may take campers onto steep grades and gravel or dirt country roads not suitable for RV or trailer travel.
From Charlotte: Take I-77 North. Merge onto US-21-BYP N via EXIT 83 on the left toward Roaring Gap/Sparta. Go 2.9 miles. Merge onto US-21. Go 18.1 miles. Turn left to take the Parkway South ramp. Turn south onto Blue Ridge Parkway. Go 10 miles to Doughton Park Campground.
From Raleigh: Take I-40 West. Merge onto US-421 North via EXIT 188 toward Yadkinville/Wilkesboro. Go 28.3 miles. Merge onto I-77 N via EXIT 265A toward Elkin. Go 10.1 miles. Merge onto US-21-BYP N via EXIT 83 on the left toward Roaring Gap/Sparta. Go 2.9 miles. Merge onto US-21. Go 18.1 miles. Turn left to take the Parkway South ramp. Turn south onto Blue Ridge Parkway. Go 10 miles to Doughton Park Campground.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Sparta, NC
Typical weather
Typical October night 39°F, day 63°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical January night 22°F, below freezing. Bring a bag rated colder than that, and expect ice in the water bottle.
Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or more
A normal is the 1991-2020 average for the month, not a forecast: about half of all Julys are colder than the July line. The seven-day forecast above answers the other question.
The land, and who answers for it
who answers for it
Who answers for this land
Doughton Park Campground is in North Carolina’s 5th congressional district. Its representative, Virginia Foxx (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →