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Frisco Campground

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Alerts: National Park Service alerts API · Oct 17, 2026

ReservableBookable through November 29, and from March 26 through April 16.

Book on recreation.govWe make nothing when you book

Right now: Taking bookingsSites offered on 30 of the next 30 nights read 16:38 UTC
A night: $28From, per site
Sites: 128124 on recreation.gov

Photos · NPS

49 ftLongest rig

10 ftElevation

2,504 ftWater · an unnamed streamOcean · 1,116 ft · to the Atlantic Ocean

1.9 miSW of Buxton, NC

16%Tree cover

The place

the agency’s own description · what’s there · 12 notices

In the agency’s own words

Frisco Campground is part of Cape Hatteras National Seashore on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Camping here will put you in a prime location to experience the history, culture, and breathtaking beauty of North Carolina's barrier islands. Keep reading

Recreation

On a walk around the Frisco Campground visitors can enjoy the rolling topography, views of the Atlantic Ocean, and at night, the sweeping beacon of the nearby Cape Hatteras Lighthouse. Boardwalks from the campground to the beach give pedestrians easy access to enjoy activities such as surfing, swimming, and fishing. There is also an off-road vehicle (ORV) ramp at the entrance of the campground for beach driving with a Cape Hatteras ORV permit.

Facilities

Campers have access to modern restrooms with flushing toilets, potable water, and outdoor unheated showers. Each campsite is equipped with a paved parking pad, picnic table, and a charcoal grill for cooking. There are no RV hook ups in the campground. Dumpsters and a recycling center are located at the entrance of the campground. Wooden boardwalks make it easy for campers to travel to and from the beach.

Natural Features

The elevated dunes in Frisco Campground afford campers the opportunity to have an ocean view from some of the campsites. Dense vegetation creates a sense of privacy not present in the other campgrounds on Cape Hatteras National Seashore. Contact Info For facility specific information, please call (252) 475-9054.

Nearby Attractions

Frisco campground is within a short drive of the historic Cape Hatteras Lighthouse. The beacon gained fame in 1999 when it was picked up and moved 2900 ft. to its current location. It is also the tallest brick lighthouse in the country.

Charges & Cancellations

Changes and cancellations to reservations follow Recreation.gov polices.

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

What the agency tells you

Rule

A reservation to camp is required. Same day reservations can be made based on availability.

Rule

OVERNIGHT USE LIMITATIONS: Restrictions limiting the duration of camping will allow all campers to have the opportunity to enjoy camping in America’s first National Seashore. Established limits are designated to prevent resource damage and impacts to sites and allow for an enjoyable recreational experience. For more information, visit Laws & Policies - Cape Hatteras National Seashore (U.S. National Park Service) - Camping is limited to a total of 14 days of camping between Easter Day and Thanksgiving Day. Making reservations under another name or account to circumvent the 14-day restriction is prohibited.

Rule

Quiet hours are 10:00 pm - 6:00 am - Generators must be turned off during quiet hours.

Everything else this campground posts · 9

Rule

Wood fires are not permitted in the campground. Only charcoal cooking fires are permitted in a grill, stove, or other self-contained unit.

Rule

A fire may be ignited and maintained only by using fuel sources designed and commonly used for warmth or the preparation of food, such as charcoal briquettes or natural firewood. Lighting or maintaining a fire with other materials including, but not limited to, flammable liquids, garbage, fireworks, plastics, aerosol canisters, batteries, or other manufactured or synthetic materials, is prohibited.

Rule

All equipment must fit on the site pad, large RVs over 25 feet may have to park second vehicles in auxiliary parking away from the campground, or purchase an additional campsite. Parking on the grass is prohibited.

Rule

There is a limit of 6 persons per site, a maximum of 2 cars, or 1 car and 1 trailer, and a maximum of two tents.

Rule

Biting insects are prevalent in the summer months, therefore netting and repellent are recommended.

Rule

Most campsites are exposed and subject to weather extremes. There are limited sites with shade in the campground.

Rule

The Access Pass and both the Senior Annual and Senior Lifetime Pass are the only passes that provide a discount on the fee for the campsite physically occupied by the pass owner, not to any additional campsite(s) occupied by members of the pass owner's party. The discount does not apply to utility hookups. The pass discount must be applied at the time of the reservation; it cannot be applied retroactively. For more information on Interagency Passes visit https://store.usgs.gov/.

Rule

Must be 18 yrs of age to reserve a campsite.

Rule

For specific questions please call (252) 475-9054, hours are 8:00 am - 4:30 pm ET.

Read them on the agency’s own page →

Source: recreation.gov facility notices, quoted verbatim · Sep 9, 2026

Tents and rigs

Sites: 128 · 2 tent-only
Hookups: None
Longest rig: 49 ft
Paved pads: 90 of 128
Accessible sites: 1
Pets: Allowed at 90 of 128 sites
Campfires: Not allowed
Shade: Every site

Source: Recreation.gov campsite records · Aug 23, 2026

Facilities

Toilets: Flush Toilets - seasonal
Showers: Accessible Showers; ACCESSIBLE SHOWERS on 128 of 128 campsite records
Drinking water: Yes
Stay limit: 14 nights; recreation.gov facility rule maxStay

Source: counted from this campground’s own campsite records, shown above · Sep 12, 2026

Around the campground

On the water: Beach, Coast; Beachcombing; Biking; Crabbing; Fishing; Hiking; Off Road Vehicle Trails; Sea Kayaking; Stargazing; Surfing; Swimming; Visitor center; Water access; Windsurfing
Night sky · 3rd darkest of 84 in NC: Bortle 2
Cell signal · Cell signal · Park Service says: Yes

Source: Recreation.gov activity records · Aug 23, 2026

Night sky: VIIRS Day/Night Band annual cloud-free composite, VNL V2 2024 (Earth Observation Group, Colorado School of Mines), read at the published coordinate · Sep 8, 2026

Cell signal: the Park Service’s own per-site records, read as text by CAMPANAC. None of this is a measurement. It’s what the land manager published about the place, and phones, carriers and weather all disagree with each other; treat it as a warning, not a promise. · Sep 8, 2026

127 of 248 site-nights open this Friday and Saturdayread 16:38 UTC

recreation.gov lists 124 of the 128 campsites the agency files here. The rest aren’t on its booking system, so a reservation won’t get you one.

OpenBooked

Booking windowThrough November 29Bookable now through November 29, 2026, the end of this reservable season, and again for March 26, 2027 through April 16, 2027. Today at 10 AM ET, availability opens through April 17, 2027.recreation.gov

Max stay14 nightsthe facility record

A night$28plus $8 to reserve, once per bookingthe agency’s rate schedule

A weekend$64DerivedFriday and Saturday, everything includedours, from the lines above

If plans change$10 to cancel$10 to change a reservation; this campground publishes its own terms toorecreation.gov’s schedule

Runs itNational Park ServiceBooked through recreation.govthe agency’s record

Watch for a cancellation

Full? Watch it.

One email when a night opens, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.

We read recreation.gov once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time a site in your window is free for the nights you asked for.

Scanners that check every few minutes exist, and most of them charge. This one is free, it reads the same calendar, and it won’t always be first.

Free forever, no booking kickbacks.

Tell me when the season opens

Watch for the season to open

One email when the season goes on sale, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.

We check once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time the agency has that season on sale.

Scanners that check every few minutes exist, and most of them charge. This one is free, it reads the same calendar, and it won’t always be first.

Free forever, no booking kickbacks.

Book on recreation.gov

We make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.

Every line of the receipt · 15

What you actually pay

The sign priceNational Park Service

A night$28

Standard Nonelectric$28

Rates for the season the campground is in now, Apr 3, 2026 to Nov 29, 2026.

Payment is only accepted through Recreation.gov.

Change Fee: A service fee may be charged at the time a modification is made depending on the changes.

Cancellation Fee: A service fee will be withheld from any refunds for a cancelled reservation.

The booking feerecreation.gov

Reservation fee, booked online$8

One fee per reservation, however many nights you book, and it’s non-refundable. $9 if you book by phone, $3 in person.

Pass discounts only apply to the recreation (or use) fee for the facility. Other charges such as electricity or water hookups, reservation or other fees are not eligible for a discount.

What a stay costs

One nightDerived$36

A weekend, Friday and SaturdayDerived$64

Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rate for this season, $28 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.

If your plans changerecreation.gov

Change fee, moving to dates outside your booking$10

Cancellation fee$10

Cancelling the day before, or the day of$10 + your first night

No-show$20 + your first night

“Changes and cancellations to reservations follow Recreation.gov polices.” · this campground’s own terms

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 · 6

Sign price: recreation.gov facility rate schedule, quoted as the agency publishes it · Sep 10, 2026

Booking fee, change fee, cancellation fee, no-show: Rules and Reservation Policies, Recreation.gov, the published fee schedule, curated by hand into lib/reservation-fee-schedule.json (9 rows, each carrying its own verbatim sentence). The publisher states these policies were last updated September 2019. · Sep 9, 2026

This campground’s own terms: recreation.gov facility cancellation policy for this campground, quoted verbatim. Recreation.gov states that policies listed for specific locations supersede its site-wide policies. · Sep 9, 2026

The two totals: Derived by CAMPANAC by adding the agency’s own published nightly rate to recreation.gov’s own published reservation fee. Both components are cited above; the addition is ours and is shown only where every component is known. · Sep 9, 2026

Who keeps the booking fee: Recreation.gov facility policy text, Dead Swede Campground (facility 234221) · Not on the national policy page. This is agency policy text recreation.gov publishes on individual campground pages; this site holds it verbatim on 45 active campgrounds (campground_rules.cancellation_description, scripts/load-facility-rules.mjs). · Sep 9, 2026

The contract: Reservation Gods: Who Stole Our Campsites and Sold Them Back to Us, More Than Just Parks, April 2025 · Apr 1, 2025

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

recreation.gov availability, read 16:38 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this

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The sites

128 sites · which ones have room · the site map

The sites, ranked

from 113 mapped sites

73 ftbetween you and the next site, typically

Most roomC002 164 ftP054 142 ftC005 137 ftB001 136 ftP056 134 ft

Least roomD005 43 ftD007 43 ftD002 43 ft

Source: Derived by CAMPANAC from recreation.gov per-site coordinates (nearest-neighbor distance) · Oct 12, 2026

All 128 sites

115 of 128 sites located

Standard101Tent only2RV / electric10Type not stated2

Aerial · Esri World Imagery

Sites: recreation.gov (RIDB), coordinates as published · Aug 23, 2026

Imagery: Esri World Imagery

SleepsTakes aUp to

The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 112 of the 128 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	A001	standard nonelectric	39 ft		97 ft	2,532 ft	$28
A	A002	standard nonelectric	42 ft		109 ft	2,585 ft	$28
A	A003	standard nonelectric	38 ft		90 ft	2,433 ft	$28
A	A004	standard nonelectric	39 ft		90 ft	2,401 ft	$28
A	A005	standard nonelectric	42 ft		90 ft	2,314 ft	$28
A	A006	standard nonelectric	38 ft		102 ft	2,312 ft	$28
A	A007	standard nonelectric	39 ft		104 ft	2,237 ft	$28
A	A008	standard nonelectric	40 ft		73 ft	2,311 ft	$28
A	A009	standard nonelectric	43 ft		102 ft	2,217 ft	$28
A	A010	standard nonelectric	40 ft		73 ft	2,324 ft	$28
A	A011	standard nonelectric	39 ft		89 ft	2,262 ft	$28
A	A012	standard nonelectric	42 ft		89 ft	2,342 ft	$28
A	A013	standard nonelectric	44 ft				$28
A	A014	standard nonelectric	40 ft				$28
A	A015	standard nonelectric	45 ft		68 ft	2,292 ft	$28
A	A016	standard nonelectric	43 ft		119 ft	2,403 ft	$28
B	B001	standard nonelectric	42 ft		136 ft	2,528 ft	$28
B	B002	standard nonelectric	44 ft		66 ft	2,576 ft	$28
B	B003	standard nonelectric	43 ft		60 ft	2,490 ft	$28
B	B004	rv nonelectric	42 ft		66 ft	2,578 ft
B	B005	standard nonelectric	39 ft		60 ft	2,492 ft	$28
B	B006	standard nonelectric	41 ft		81 ft	2,586 ft	$28
B	B007	standard nonelectric	46 ft		65 ft	2,491 ft	$28
B	B008	type not stated	42 ft
B	B009	standard nonelectric	41 ft		58 ft	2,496 ft	$28
B	B010	type not stated	43 ft			2,581 ft
B	B011	standard nonelectric	44 ft		58 ft	2,499 ft	$28
B	B012	standard nonelectric	42 ft		84 ft	2,531 ft	$28
B	B013	type not stated	35 ft			2,512 ft
B	B015	rv nonelectric	36 ft		84 ft	2,458 ft
C	C001	standard nonelectric	37 ft		76 ft	2,703 ft	$28
C	C002	standard nonelectric	34 ft		164 ft	2,471 ft	$28
C	C003	standard nonelectric	38 ft		66 ft	2,646 ft	$28
C	C005	standard nonelectric	34 ft		137 ft	2,539 ft	$28
C	C007	standard nonelectric	25 ft	yes			$28
D	D001	standard nonelectric	28 ft		57 ft	2,739 ft	$28
D	D002	standard nonelectric	44 ft		43 ft	2,757 ft	$28
D	D003	standard nonelectric	37 ft		56 ft	2,708 ft	$28
D	D004	standard nonelectric	38 ft		65 ft	2,710 ft	$28
D	D005	standard nonelectric	32 ft		43 ft	2,669 ft	$28
D	D006	standard nonelectric	36 ft		67 ft	2,621 ft	$28
D	D007	standard nonelectric	31 ft		43 ft	2,634 ft	$28
D	D008	standard nonelectric	37 ft		67 ft	2,560 ft	$28
D	D009	standard nonelectric	32 ft		52 ft	2,586 ft	$28
D	D010	standard nonelectric	22 ft		53 ft	2,476 ft	$28
E	E001	standard nonelectric	34 ft		78 ft	2,736 ft	$28
E	E002	standard nonelectric	34 ft		100 ft	2,856 ft	$28
E	E003	standard nonelectric	33 ft		54 ft	2,678 ft	$28
E	E005	standard nonelectric	29 ft		54 ft	2,654 ft	$28
F	F001	standard nonelectric	33 ft		98 ft	2,892 ft	$28
F	F002	standard nonelectric	43 ft		75 ft	3,000 ft	$28
F	F003	standard nonelectric	31 ft		61 ft	2,926 ft	$28
F	F004	standard nonelectric	41 ft		49 ft	3,047 ft	$28
F	F005	standard nonelectric	33 ft		61 ft	2,946 ft	$28
F	F006	standard nonelectric	42 ft		53 ft	3,054 ft	$28
F	F007	standard nonelectric	40 ft		74 ft	2,857 ft	$28
F	F008	standard nonelectric	35 ft		71 ft	3,008 ft	$28
F	F010	standard nonelectric	40 ft		71 ft	2,943 ft	$28
P	P001	standard nonelectric	43 ft				$28
P	P002	type not stated	40 ft
P	P003	standard nonelectric	31 ft				$28
P	P004	standard nonelectric	43 ft				$28
P	P005	standard nonelectric	45 ft				$28
P	P006	standard nonelectric	39 ft				$28
P	P007	standard nonelectric	42 ft				$28
P	P008	standard nonelectric	40 ft				$28
P	P009	standard nonelectric	42 ft				$28
P	P010	standard nonelectric	40 ft		118 ft	2,744 ft	$28
P	P011	standard nonelectric	40 ft		105 ft	2,706 ft	$28
P	P012	standard nonelectric	41 ft		89 ft	2,826 ft	$28
P	P013	standard nonelectric	42 ft		70 ft	2,754 ft	$28
P	P014	standard nonelectric	39 ft		71 ft	2,866 ft	$28
P	P015	standard nonelectric	40 ft		70 ft	2,784 ft	$28
P	P016	standard nonelectric	44 ft		89 ft	2,877 ft	$28
P	P017	standard nonelectric	43 ft		60 ft	2,794 ft	$28
P	P018	standard nonelectric	45 ft		83 ft	2,857 ft	$28
P	P019	standard nonelectric	40 ft		60 ft	2,803 ft	$28
P	P020	rv nonelectric	36 ft		72 ft	2,817 ft
P	P021	standard nonelectric	39 ft		73 ft	2,791 ft	$28
P	P022	standard nonelectric	43 ft		82 ft	2,780 ft	$28
P	P023	standard nonelectric	39 ft		51 ft	2,781 ft	$28
P	P024	standard nonelectric	42 ft		75 ft	2,793 ft	$28
P	P025	standard nonelectric	39 ft		51 ft	2,769 ft	$28
P	P026	standard nonelectric	40 ft		79 ft	2,835 ft	$28
P	P027	standard nonelectric	41 ft		72 ft	2,745 ft	$28
P	P028	standard nonelectric	35 ft		71 ft	2,862 ft	$28
P	P029	standard nonelectric	40 ft		66 ft	2,698 ft	$28
P	P030	standard nonelectric	35 ft		98 ft	2,982 ft	$28
P	P031	standard nonelectric	40 ft		57 ft	2,720 ft	$28
P	P032	rv nonelectric	39 ft		94 ft	3,144 ft
P	P033	standard nonelectric	39 ft		43 ft	2,792 ft	$28
P	P034	rv nonelectric	40 ft		82 ft	3,201 ft
P	P035	rv nonelectric	42 ft		49 ft	3,056 ft
P	P036	standard nonelectric	40 ft		59 ft	3,266 ft	$28
P	P037	tent only nonelectric	39 ft		59 ft	3,123 ft
P	P038	standard nonelectric	35 ft		59 ft	3,240 ft	$28
P	P039	tent only nonelectric	40 ft		59 ft	3,155 ft
P	P040	standard nonelectric	40 ft		80 ft	3,120 ft	$28
P	P041	standard nonelectric	40 ft		80 ft	3,077 ft	$28
P	P042	rv nonelectric	39 ft		69 ft	2,998 ft
P	P043	standard nonelectric	38 ft		69 ft	2,978 ft	$28
P	P044	standard nonelectric	39 ft		70 ft	2,831 ft	$28
P	P045	standard nonelectric	31 ft		70 ft	2,851 ft	$28
P	P046	standard nonelectric	38 ft		94 ft	2,741 ft	$28
P	P047	standard nonelectric	42 ft		92 ft	2,696 ft	$28
P	P048	standard nonelectric	40 ft		92 ft	2,670 ft	$28
P	P049	standard nonelectric	43 ft		60 ft	2,598 ft	$28
P	P050	standard nonelectric	42 ft		84 ft	2,518 ft	$28
P	P051	standard nonelectric	35 ft		53 ft	2,507 ft	$28
P	P052	standard nonelectric	38 ft		75 ft	2,456 ft	$28
P	P053	standard nonelectric	39 ft		98 ft	2,345 ft	$28
P	P054	rv nonelectric	39 ft		142 ft	2,288 ft
P	P055	standard nonelectric	37 ft		96 ft	2,306 ft	$28
P	P056	standard nonelectric	38 ft		133 ft	2,272 ft	$28
P	P057	standard nonelectric	49 ft		68 ft	2,233 ft	$28
P	P058	rv nonelectric	46 ft		69 ft	2,248 ft
P	P059	standard nonelectric	45 ft		105 ft	2,126 ft	$28
P	P060	standard nonelectric	36 ft		69 ft	2,240 ft	$28
P	P061	standard nonelectric	48 ft		94 ft	2,076 ft	$28
P	P062	standard nonelectric	45 ft		86 ft	2,171 ft	$28
P	P063	standard nonelectric	40 ft		76 ft	2,146 ft	$28
P	P064	standard nonelectric	42 ft		105 ft	2,024 ft	$28
P	P065	standard nonelectric	40 ft		88 ft	2,283 ft	$28
P	P066	rv nonelectric	39 ft		94 ft	1,985 ft
P	P067	standard nonelectric	31 ft		72 ft	2,366 ft	$28
P	P068	standard nonelectric	40 ft		76 ft	2,086 ft	$28
P	P069	standard nonelectric	32 ft		70 ft	2,438 ft	$28
P	P071	standard nonelectric	42 ft		70 ft	2,509 ft	$28

Price: Derived by CAMPANAC: each site takes the per-night rate this campground publishes for the site’s own site type (recreation.gov rate schedule). recreation.gov publishes no per-campsite fee, and a site whose type carries no published rate is left blank rather than called free · Sep 11, 2026

25 of 128 listed

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

Getting there

the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number

Coordinate35.23459, -75.60881

The mapSee it on the map

The driveDirections ↗

The phone252-995-5101

The agency’s pageOfficial page ↗

Where it is

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Getting there

North (From Richmond, VA)

Follow I-95 South to Richmond, VA. Take I-64 East toward Norfolk/Virginia Beach, VA. Take I-64 or I-664 to Chesapeake, VA. From I-64, take Exit 291B to Route 168, the Chesapeake Expressway (a toll-road costing $3.00 - $6.00 each way). Once in North Carolina, Route 168 turns into US-158 East. Follow US-158 East through Nags Head, NC to the junction of NC-12 South. Continue on NC-12 South through the villages of Rodanthe, Waves, Salvo, Avon, and Buxton. Once you reach Frisco take a left on Billy Mitchell Road and proceed to the campground.

West (From Rocky Mount, NC)

Follow US-64 East through Tarboro, Williamston, Plymouth, Columbia, and Manteo, crossing the Alligator River Bridge and the Virginia Dare Bridge. Keep going on US-64 East to Nags Head, NC, going over the Washington Baum Bridge, to the junction of NC-12 South. Turn right onto NC-12 South and you will be at the north entrance to Cape Hatteras National Seashore. Continue on NC-12 South through the villages of Rodanthe, Waves, Salvo, Avon, and Buxton. Once you reach Frisco take a left on Billy Mitchell Road and proceed to the campground.

Directions: Driving directions as the agency wrote them · Sep 9, 2026

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

The weather

the next four days · the thirty-year normal

Next four days, and the thirty-year normal

Forecast

Overnight63°Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms20% rain

Saturday70°Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms then Showers And Thunderstorms98% rain

Saturday Night56°Rain Showers93% rain

Sunday69°Chance Rain Showers46% rain

NWS forecast for Frisco, NC

Source: National Weather Service, MHX forecast office · Oct 17, 2026

Typical weather

Typical October night 61°F, day 75°F.

Coldest month of the year: typical January night 41°F. Bring the bag rated for it.

100°30°

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.

Measured at: CAPE HATTERAS AP, NC (USW00093729), 0.8 miles away and at about the same elevation

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020, monthly normals · Sep 8, 2026

The land, and who answers for it

what threatens it · who answers for it

What threatens this place

Watch

Cape Hatteras National Seashoreclimate, defunding

You’re camping on ground somebody wants. We track the threats and the comment deadlines.

Source: MTJP Threatened Lands map · Oct 9, 2026

Who answers for this land

Frisco Campground is in North Carolina’s 3rd congressional district. Its representative, Greg Murphy (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →

Seen something wrong here? Tell us.

Source: U.S. Census district boundaries and the MTJP Congressional Public Lands Score

How we know

every fact on this page, and where it came from

Right now: recreation.gov is offering sites on 30 of the next 30 nights, which isn’t something a closed campground does.

Sites on recreation.gov: recreation.gov’s own month availability payload for this facility, asked for October 2026, November 2026 and July 2027. It names 124 of the 128 campsites the agency files here, and every one of them carries an answer either way. A campground nobody has read carries no answer at all, never a no. · Oct 11, 2026

Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point query at this campground’s coordinate · Sep 7, 2026

Tree cover: NLCD Tree Canopy Cover 2024 (USDA Forest Service / MRLC), one 30 m cell at this coordinate, taken as the median across the 115 campsites here that carry a reading · Sep 9, 2026

Water: USGS National Hydrography Dataset, nearest perennial lake, reservoir, river or stream to this campground’s coordinate · Sep 8, 2026

Coast: USGS National Hydrography Dataset, nearest ocean, bay, sound, estuary or tidal flat to this campground’s coordinate · Sep 8, 2026

Night sky: VIIRS Day/Night Band annual cloud-free composite, VNL V2 2024 (Earth Observation Group, Colorado School of Mines), read at the published coordinate: 0.08 mcd/m² of artificial all-sky glow, ranked against the 84 rated federal campgrounds in North Carolina · Sep 8, 2026

Sky-glow model: Duriscoe, Anderson, Luginbuhl and Baugh (2018), a simplified model of all-sky artificial sky glow derived from VIIRS Day/Night band data, the National Park Service sky-glow model

“the agency's own site records list "CELL PHONE SERVICE" on 128 of 128 campsites here”

Nearest place of any size: inside Frisco, NC (a census designated place). Straight line.

Nearest town: U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line 2024 places, measured by CAMPANAC to the town boundary; population is the ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimate · Sep 9, 2026