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Julian Price Campground

Closedrecreation.gov lists every site closed this weekend, read 16:30 UTC
Why it’s closed, and what’s open near hereTell me when it comes back
Right now
Closedrecreation.gov lists every site closed this weekend, read 16:30 UTC
A night
$30When it reopens, per site
Sites
194In the agency’s record
Photos · Debbie Webber
92 ftLongest rig
3,360 ftElevation
16 ftWater · Boone Fork
1.4 miSE of Foscoe, NC
98Walk-up sites

The place

the agency’s own description · what’s there · 9 notices

In the agency’s own words

Located along the scenic Blue Ridge Parkway in the lush green expanses of North Carolina, Julian Price Campground is a top destination for boating, hiking, fishing and more. Whether it's for a family camping excursion or a peaceful getaway, this campground has something for everyone. Keep reading

Recreation

Canoe rentals are available at Price Lake, and other types of non-motorized boats are permitted. Fishing is also available at the lake, with a dock provided. Price Lake Trail offers a refreshing hike around the edge of the water, and the Boone Fork , Green Knob and Tanawha Trails are just a few of the trails that are conveniently accessed through the campground. Hebron Falls : A small waterfall accessed from the Boone Fork Trail . The Cascades : A beautiful waterfall accessed by the easy 1-mile loop Cascades Trail. A great hike for children. Moses Cone Flat Top Manor : A historic estate house (currently undergoing restoration) once owned by the Cone family. The grounds offer 25 miles of carriage roads to hike. Tours of the home are available. Currently houses the Southern Highland Craft Guild. Wildlife viewing is also popular as campers have a good chance of spotting bears, grouse, turkeys, owls, hawks and more.

Facilities

Julian Price Campground combines the traditional great outdoors experience with the modern conveniences of flush toilets, dump station, and drinking water. Both RV and tent sites are available, and are equipped with grills, picnic tables, and lantern poles. In addition to the 75 sites available for advance reservations, 115 sites are available on a first come, first served basis. Availability for first come, first served sites cannot be tracked through Recreation.gov. These sites must be booked in person at the campground kiosk. Primitive Backcountry Camping is available at Johns River Road. Permits are required and can be obtained on www.recreation.gov or by calling 1-877-444-6777 only. Permits are not distributed at the park.

Natural Features

Julian Price Campground is adjacent to Price Lake, a pristine body of water that sparkles against the backdrop of rolling Carolina hills. The surrounding forest offers hemlock, white pine, oak, hickory and birch trees, along with a colorful assortment of wildflowers in the spring and an array of vivid orange and red foliage displays in autumn. 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. Contact Info For facility specific information, please call (828) 963-5911.

Nearby Attractions

The beautiful town of Blowing Rock , located just 20 minutes away on the Blue Ridge Parkway, offers fine dining, shopping and more.

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

What the agency tells you

Rule

Reservations only. No first come, first served, camping in 2026. Shower house not available in 2026.

Rule

There are no electric, water or sewer hook-ups available.

Rule

All tents must be placed on prepared pads where provided.

Everything else this campground posts · 6
Rule

Only one tent is allowed per site unless there is adequate space on the provided tent pad. Sites are for use of nor more than 6 people. Designated Group Campsites are located at Doughton Park Campground and Rocky Knob Campground.

Rule

Hammock camping is permitted, but campers must abide by posted regulations.

Rule

Vehicles are to be parked on the pavement of an assigned site or in designated parking areas. A maximum of two vehicles may be parked in each site (i.e. trailer and car, two cars, two motorcyles). Most sites are limited to only one vehicle.

Rule

Generator use is prohibited from 9:00 pm to 8:00 am.

Rule

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 POSTS.

Rule

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!

Read them on the agency’s own page →
Source: recreation.gov facility notices, quoted verbatim · Oct 1, 2026

Tents and rigs

Sites
194 · 91 tent-only
Hookups
None
Longest rig
92 ft
Paved pads
All
Accessible sites
6
Pets
Allowed
Campfires
Allowed, barring fire bans
Shade
Every site
Source: Recreation.gov campsite records · Aug 23, 2026

Facilities

Toilets
Flush Toilets - seasonal
Drinking water
Yes
Dump station
Yes
recreation.gov lists “Dump Station”
Stay limit
30 nights
recreation.gov facility rule maxStay
Source: National Park Service and agency records

Around the campground

On the water
Waterfall, Lake, River
Canoeing
Fishing
Hiking
Historic site
Horseback riding
Ranger programs
Kayaking
Picnicking
Stargazing
Visitor center
Water access
Wildlife viewing
Tree cover
86%
Night sky · 58th darkest of 84 in NC
Bortle 4
Source: Recreation.gov activity records · Aug 23, 2026
Tree cover: NLCD Tree Canopy Cover 2024 (USDA Forest Service / MRLC), one 30 m cell at this coordinate · Sep 9, 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

Nothing to book until it reopensread 16:30 UTC

recreation.gov lists every site closed this weekend

OpenBookedClosed

These counts cover the 194 reservable sites only. This campground also has first-come sites, and recreation.gov publishes no availability for a site you can’t reserve.

Max stay30 nightsthe facility record
A night, when it reopens$30plus $8 to reserve, once per bookingthe agency’s rate schedule
If plans change$10 to cancel$10 to change a reservationrecreation.gov’s schedule
Runs itNational Park ServiceBooked through recreation.govthe agency’s record
What’s open near here
Tell me when it reopens

Watch for it to come back

One email when the agency reopens it, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.

We check the agency’s own record once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time it stops saying closed.

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.

We’ll write once, when the agency reopens it.

Free forever, no booking kickbacks.
Every line of the receipt · 12

What you actually pay

The sign priceNational Park Service
A night, when it reopens$30
RV Nonelectric$30
Standard Nonelectric$30
Tent Only Nonelectric$30
Rates for the season the campground is in now, May 22, 2026 to Oct 25, 2026.
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.
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

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 · 4
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
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
Why this page can’t say why

recreation.gov lists every site at Julian Price Campground closed this Friday and Saturday night. The National Park Service has published no closure notice we hold, so this page can’t say why, and it won’t fill the gap with a guess. A closed night isn’t a sold-out one: the reservations its record still carries were taken before the sites were closed.

Closure: National Park Service status record · Oct 17, 2026

There’s no notice to quote and no reason to argue with, so this page offers you the watch and the list below, and no letter.

Open within 60 miles · 4

The agency’s own word that these are open, not our reading of a season.

Open near here: Agency-published status, in the CAMPANAC campground index · Oct 17, 2026

recreation.gov availability, read 16:30 UTC · rules read Oct 1, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this

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The sites

194 sites · which ones have room · the site map

The sites, ranked

from 192 mapped sites
65 ftbetween you and the next site, typically
Most roomLoop A A35 177 ftLoop D D14 140 ftLoop B B26 120 ftLoop F F01 119 ftLoop A A01 118 ft
Least roomLoop A A17 25 ftLoop A A18 25 ftLoop A A20 28 ft
Source: Derived by CAMPANAC from recreation.gov per-site coordinates (nearest-neighbor distance) · Oct 12, 2026

All 194 sites

194 of 194 sites located
Standard27Tent only91RV / electric74Type not stated2
A01A02A03A04A05A06A07A08A09A10A11A12A13A14A15A16A17A18A19A20A21A22A23A24A25A26A27A28A29A30A31A32A33A34A35B01B02B03B04B05B06B07B08B09B10B11B12B13B14B15B16B17B18B19B20B21B22B23B24B25B26B27B28B29B30B31B32B33B34B35B36B37B38B39B40B41B42B43B44B45B46C01C02C03C04C05C06C07C08C09C10C11C12C13C14C15C16C17C18C19C20C21C22C23C24C25C26C27C28D01D02D03D04D05D07D08D09D10D11D12D13D14D15D16D17D18D19D20D21D22D23D24E01E02E03E04E05E06E07E08E09E10E11E12E13E14E15E16F01F02F03F04F05F06F07F08F09F10F11F12F13F14F15F16F17F18F19F20F21F22F23F24F25F26F27F28F29F30F31F32F33F34F35F36F37F38F39F40F41F42F43F44F45F46
Aerial · Esri World Imagery
Sites: recreation.gov (RIDB), coordinates as published · Aug 23, 2026
Imagery: Esri World Imagery
SleepsTakes aUp to

Toilet distances are OpenStreetMap’s, measured for 194 of the 194 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. 192 of the 194 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.

Loop AA01standard nonelectric24 ft118 ft289 ftPrice Lake262 ft$30
Loop AA02standard nonelectric25 ft73 ft203 ftPrice Lake412 ft$30
Loop AA03tent only nonelectric34 ft272 ftPrice Lake444 ft$30
Loop AA04tent only nonelectric24 ft34 ft266 ftPrice Lake477 ft$30
Loop AA05tent only nonelectric55 ft222 ftPrice Lake513 ft$30
Loop AA06tent only nonelectric62 ft170 ftPrice Lake548 ft$30
Loop AA07standard nonelectric15 ft41 ft139 ftPrice Lake489 ft$30
Loop AA08standard nonelectric15 ft41 ft134 ftPrice Lake453 ft$30
Loop AA09tent only nonelectric50 ft39 ftPrice Lake481 ft$30
Loop AA10tent only nonelectric50 ft40 ftPrice Lake439 ft$30
Loop AA11standard nonelectric21 ft74 ft89 ftPrice Lake350 ft$30
Loop AA12tent only nonelectric18 ft38 ft158 ftPrice Lake338 ft$30
Loop AA13tent only nonelectric18 ft38 ft181 ftPrice Lake303 ft$30
Loop AA14standard nonelectric35 ft92 ft179 ftPrice Lake172 ft$30
Loop AA15tent only nonelectric24 ft46 ft91 ftPrice Lake193 ft$30
Loop AA16tent only nonelectric24 ft46 ft87 ftPrice Lake150 ft$30
Loop AA17tent only nonelectric24 ft25 ft118 ftPrice Lake93 ft$30
Loop AA18tent only nonelectric24 ft25 ft107 ftPrice Lake111 ft$30
Loop AA19tent only nonelectric82 ft74 ftPrice Lake160 ft$30
Loop AA20tent only nonelectric30 ftyes28 ft128 ftPrice Lake140 ft$30
Loop AA21tent only nonelectric30 ftyes28 ft124 ftPrice Lake161 ft$30
Loop AA22tent only nonelectric51 ft52 ftPrice Lake224 ft$30
Loop AA23tent only nonelectric51 ft32 ftPrice Lake271 ft$30
Loop AA24standard nonelectric22 ft71 ft115 ftPrice Lake224 ft$30
Loop AA25standard nonelectric23 ft81 ftunder 10 ftPrice Lake407 ft$30
Loop AA26tent only nonelectric15 ft47 ftunder 10 ftPrice Lake470 ft$30
Loop AA27tent only nonelectric24 ft47 ftunder 10 ftPrice Lake487 ft$30
Loop AA28tent only nonelectric24 ft47 ft148 ftPrice Lake388 ft$30
Loop AA29tent only nonelectric24 ft47 ft171 ftPrice Lake341 ft$30
Loop AA30rv nonelectric69 ft88 ft249 ftPrice Lake361 ft$30
Loop AA31rv nonelectric64 ft65 ft291 ftPrice Lake273 ft$30
Loop AA32rv nonelectric24 ft69 ft209 ftPrice Lake274 ft$30
Loop AA33rv nonelectric26 ft65 ft314 ftPrice Lake212 ft$30
Loop AA34rv nonelectric67 ftyes78 ft232 ftPrice Lake196 ft$30
Loop AA35rv nonelectric25 ftyes177 ft289 ftPrice Lake91 ft$30
Loop BB01tent only nonelectric66 ft638 ftPrice Lake721 ft$30
Loop BB02tent only nonelectric83 ft694 ftPrice Lake712 ft$30
Loop BB03tent only nonelectric66 ft702 ftPrice Lake779 ft$30
Loop BB04tent only nonelectric69 ft794 ftPrice Lake755 ft$30
Loop BB05tent only nonelectric57 ft845 ftPrice Lake689 ft$30
Loop BB06tent only nonelectric47 ft893 ftPrice Lake658 ft$30
Loop BB07tent only nonelectric41 ft931 ftPrice Lake638 ft$30
Loop BB08tent only nonelectric88 ft908 ftPrice Lake709 ft$30
Loop BB09tent only nonelectric41 ft968 ftPrice Lake619 ft$30
Loop BB10tent only nonelectric95 ft983 ftPrice Lake668 ft$30
Loop BB11tent only nonelectric63 ft1,076 ftPrice Lake560 ft$30
Loop BB12tent only nonelectric51 ft1,139 ftPrice Lake519 ft$30
Loop BB13tent only nonelectric51 ft1,189 ftPrice Lake496 ft$30
Loop BB14tent only nonelectric77 ft1,158 ftPrice Lake510 ft$30
Loop BB15tent only nonelectric67 ft1,272 ftPrice Lake468 ft$30
Loop BB16tent only nonelectric85 ft1,236 ftPrice Lake408 ft$30
Loop BB17tent only nonelectric67 ft1,317 ftPrice Lake405 ft$30
Loop BB18tent only nonelectric82 ft1,308 ftPrice Lake331 ft$30
Loop BB19tent only nonelectric70 ft1,390 ftPrice Lake309 ft$30
Loop BB20tent only nonelectric70 ft1,380 ftPrice Lake248 ft$30
Loop BB21tent only nonelectric21 ft78 ft1,455 ftPrice Lake246 ft$30
Loop BB22tent only nonelectric75 ft1,533 ftPrice Lake151 ft$30
Loop BB23tent only nonelectric80 ft1,611 ftPrice Lake211 ft$30
Loop BB24rv nonelectric12 ft77 ft1,746 ftPrice Lake381 ft$30
Loop BB25tent only nonelectric47 ft77 ft1,680 ftPrice Lake372 ft$30
Loop BB26standard nonelectric41 ft120 ft1,687 ftPrice Lake202 ft$30
Loop BB27tent only nonelectric95 ft1,569 ftPrice Lake89 ft$30
Loop BB28tent only nonelectric30 ft38 ft1,590 ftPrice Lake92 ft$30
Loop BB29standard nonelectric38 ft1,557 ftPrice Lake74 ft$30
Loop BB30standard nonelectric25 ft63 ft1,498 ftPrice Lake69 ft$30
Loop BB31standard nonelectric25 ft71 ft1,430 ftPrice Lake119 ft$30
Loop BB32standard nonelectric20 ft71 ft1,371 ftPrice Lake187 ft$30
Loop BB33standard nonelectric26 ft72 ft1,313 ftPrice Lake258 ft$30
Loop BB34rv nonelectric31 ft111 ft1,184 ftPrice Lake418 ft$30
Loop BB35standard nonelectric21 ft91 ft1,050 ftPrice Lake488 ft$30
Loop BB36standard nonelectric24 ft62 ft1,076 ftPrice Lake514 ft$30
Loop BB37standard nonelectric19 ft62 ft1,016 ftPrice Lake569 ft$30
Loop BB38rv nonelectric92 ft86 ft936 ftPrice Lake592 ft$30
Loop BB39standard nonelectric23 ft65 ft926 ftPrice Lake639 ft$30
Loop BB40standard nonelectric23 ft65 ft863 ftPrice Lake685 ft$30
Loop BB41standard nonelectric23 ft95 ft766 ftPrice Lake758 ft$30
Loop BB42standard nonelectric45 ft70 ft759 ftPrice Lake745 ft$30
Loop BB43standard nonelectric21 ft75 ft669 ftPrice Lake809 ft$30
Loop BB44standard nonelectric21 ft54 ft655 ftPrice Lake851 ft$30
Loop BB45standard nonelectric23 ft54 ft613 ftPrice Lake813 ft$30
Loop BB46standard nonelectric22 ft76 ft556 ftPrice Lake740 ft$30
Loop CC01tent only nonelectric17 ft36 ft1,457 ftPrice Lake145 ft$30
Loop CC02tent only nonelectric16 ft36 ft1,423 ftPrice Lake126 ft$30
Loop CC03tent only nonelectric22 ftyes58 ft1,394 ftPrice Lake60 ft$30
Loop CC04tent only nonelectric22 ft89 ft1,300 ftPrice Lake157 ft$30
Loop CC05tent only nonelectric17 ftyes38 ft1,342 ftPrice Lake76 ft$30
Loop CC06tent only nonelectric19 ft31 ft1,306 ftPrice Lake108 ft$30
Loop CC07tent only nonelectric20 ft31 ft1,279 ftPrice Lake134 ft$30
Loop CC08tent only nonelectric20 ft43 ft1,246 ftPrice Lake169 ft$30
Loop CC09tent only nonelectric22 ft82 ft1,167 ftPrice Lake246 ft$30
Loop CC10tent only nonelectric19 ft43 ft1,232 ftPrice Lake195 ft$30
Loop CC11tent only nonelectric18 ft63 ft1,130 ftPrice Lake297 ft$30
Loop CC12tent only nonelectric21 ft48 ft1,205 ftPrice Lake237 ft$30
Loop CC13tent only nonelectric25 ft63 ft1,146 ftPrice Lake309 ft$30
Loop CC14tent only nonelectric25 ft45 ft1,249 ftPrice Lake214 ft$30
Loop CC15tent only nonelectric30 ft82 ft1,213 ftPrice Lake294 ft$30
Loop CC16tent only nonelectric22 ft45 ft1,292 ftPrice Lake193 ft$30
Loop CC17tent only nonelectric17 ft80 ft1,308 ftPrice Lake256 ft$30
Loop CC18tent only nonelectric25 ft58 ft1,350 ftPrice Lake166 ft$30
Loop CC19tent only nonelectric19 ft40 ft1,410 ftPrice Lake206 ft$30
Loop CC20tent only nonelectric21 ft53 ft1,417 ftPrice Lake125 ft$30
Loop CC21tent only nonelectric19 ft40 ft1,448 ftPrice Lake201 ft$30
Loop CC22tent only nonelectric17 ft49 ft1,462 ftPrice Lake111 ft$30
Loop CC23tent only nonelectric20 ft79 ft1,545 ftPrice Lake166 ft$30
Loop CC24tent only nonelectric13 ft44 ft1,479 ftPrice Lake86 ft$30
Loop CC25tent only nonelectric17 ft31 ft1,534 ftPrice Lake121 ft$30
Loop CC26tent only nonelectric17 ft44 ft1,483 ftPrice Lake72 ft$30
Loop CC27tent only nonelectric18 ft31 ft1,532 ftPrice Lake121 ft$30
Loop CC28tent only nonelectric17 ft64 ft1,459 ftPrice Lake65 ft$30
Loop DD01tent only nonelectric70 ft781 ftPrice Lake723 ft$30
Loop DD02tent only nonelectric81 ft849 ftPrice Lake661 ft$30
Loop DD03rv nonelectric23 ft88 ft847 ftPrice Lake657 ft$30
Loop DD04type not stated19 ft1,025 ftPrice Lake481 ft
Loop DD05tent only nonelectric19 ft91 ft1,034 ftPrice Lake493 ft$30
Loop DD07tent only nonelectric19 ft87 ft1,123 ftPrice Lake403 ft$30
Loop DD08standard nonelectric22 ft87 ft1,125 ftPrice Lake441 ft$30
Loop DD09tent only nonelectric27 ft53 ft1,209 ftPrice Lake350 ft$30
Loop DD10tent only nonelectric27 ft45 ft1,248 ftPrice Lake344 ft$30
Loop DD11tent only nonelectric18 ft45 ft1,289 ftPrice Lake332 ft$30
Loop DD12type not stated17 ft1,279 ftPrice Lake411 ft
Loop DD13tent only nonelectric61 ft1,348 ftPrice Lake315 ft$30
Loop DD14tent only nonelectric20 ft140 ft1,467 ftPrice Lake409 ft$30
Loop DD15rv nonelectric32 ft110 ft1,579 ftPrice Lake320 ft$30
Loop DD16rv nonelectric43 ft109 ft1,562 ftPrice Lake211 ft$30
Loop DD17tent only nonelectric20 ft87 ft1,470 ftPrice Lake147 ft$30
Loop DD18tent only nonelectric32 ft65 ft1,354 ftPrice Lake215 ft$30
Loop DD19tent only nonelectric18 ft76 ft1,398 ftPrice Lake140 ft$30
Loop DD20tent only nonelectric32 ft65 ft1,301 ftPrice Lake232 ft$30
Loop DD21tent only nonelectric18 ft74 ft1,322 ftPrice Lake186 ft$30
Loop DD22tent only nonelectric17 ft114 ft1,231 ftPrice Lake275 ft$30
Loop DD23tent only nonelectric21 ft63 ft1,143 ftPrice Lake362 ft$30
Loop DD24standard nonelectric22 ft63 ft1,086 ftPrice Lake416 ft$30
Loop EE01rv nonelectric31 ft84 ft636 ftPrice Lake152 ft$30
Loop EE02rv nonelectric29 ft84 ft641 ftPrice Lake235 ft$30
Loop EE03rv nonelectric20 ft93 ft435 ftPrice Lake211 ft$30
Loop EE04rv nonelectric79 ft51 ft515 ftPrice Lake119 ft$30
Loop EE05rv nonelectric47 ft79 ft438 ftPrice Lake197 ft$30
Loop EE06rv nonelectric29 ft51 ft512 ftPrice Lake118 ft$30
Loop EE07rv nonelectric74 ft56 ft562 ftPrice Lake108 ft$30
Loop EE08rv nonelectric25 ft61 ft628 ftPrice Lake178 ft$30
Loop EE09rv nonelectric25 ft56 ft618 ftPrice Lake87 ft$30
Loop EE10rv nonelectric30 ft53 ft769 ftPrice Lake162 ft$30
Loop EE11rv nonelectric27 ft78 ft701 ftPrice Lake84 ft$30
Loop EE12rv nonelectric24 ft63 ft777 ftPrice Lake161 ft$30
Loop EE13rv nonelectric27 ft60 ft836 ftPrice Lake212 ft$30
Loop EE14rv nonelectric25 ft60 ft875 ftPrice Lake261 ft$30
Loop EE15rv nonelectric33 ft62 ft885 ftPrice Lake310 ft$30
Loop EE16rv nonelectric27 ft62 ft825 ftPrice Lake250 ft$30
Loop FF01rv nonelectric22 ft119 ft449 ftPrice Lake365 ft$30
Loop FF02rv nonelectric37 ft65 ft608 ftPrice Lake373 ft$30
Loop FF03rv nonelectric27 ft53 ft551 ftPrice Lake290 ft$30
Loop FF04rv nonelectric30 ft65 ft645 ftPrice Lake333 ft$30
Loop FF05rv nonelectric27 ft53 ft587 ftPrice Lake251 ft$30
Loop FF06rv nonelectric30 ft62 ft734 ftPrice Lake341 ft$30
Loop FF07rv nonelectric27 ft61 ft659 ftPrice Lake236 ft$30
Loop FF08rv nonelectric22 ft62 ft783 ftPrice Lake339 ft$30
Loop FF09rv nonelectric31 ft63 ft714 ftPrice Lake230 ft$30
Loop FF10rv nonelectric29 ft63 ft777 ftPrice Lake264 ft$30
Loop FF11rv nonelectric40 ft67 ft849 ftPrice Lake379 ft$30
Loop FF12rv nonelectric27 ft66 ft843 ftPrice Lake317 ft$30
Loop FF13rv nonelectric37 ft75 ft940 ftPrice Lake445 ft$30
Loop FF14rv nonelectric21 ft57 ft914 ftPrice Lake376 ft$30
Loop FF15rv nonelectric41 ft75 ft1,014 ftPrice Lake409 ft$30
Loop FF16rv nonelectric31 ft57 ft972 ftPrice Lake390 ft$30
Loop FF17rv nonelectric41 ft75 ft1,019 ft345 ft$30
Loop FF18rv nonelectric27 ft57 ft1,036 ftPrice Lake325 ft$30
Loop FF19rv nonelectric41 ft75 ft969 ft292 ft$30
Loop FF20rv nonelectric16 ft57 ft1,090 ft273 ft$30
Loop FF21rv nonelectric22 ft58 ft1,056 ft220 ft$30
Loop FF22rv nonelectric41 ft107 ft896 ft234 ft$30
Loop FF23rv nonelectric29 ft94 ft994 ft151 ft$30
Loop FF24rv nonelectric27 ft94 ft936 ft126 ft$30
Loop FF25rv nonelectric24 ft100 ft787 ft260 ft$30
Loop FF26rv nonelectric27 ft58 ft871 ft177 ft$30
Loop FF27rv nonelectric24 ft68 ft796 ft268 ft$30
Loop FF28rv nonelectric45 ft58 ft907 ft163 ft$30
Loop FF29rv nonelectric27 ft68 ft824 ft278 ft$30
Loop FF30rv nonelectric26 ft74 ft868 ft299 ft$30
Loop FF31rv nonelectric24 ft78 ft952 ft192 ft$30
Loop FF32rv nonelectric29 ft115 ft966 ft331 ft$30
Loop FF33rv nonelectric37 ft78 ft1,029 ft186 ft$30
Loop FF34rv nonelectric27 ft115 ft1,079 ft316 ft$30
Loop FF35rv nonelectric27 ft107 ft1,133 ft238 ft$30
Loop FF36rv nonelectric39 ft79 ft1,071 ft125 ft$30
Loop FF37rv nonelectric52 ft91 ft1,179 ftPrice Lake190 ft$30
Loop FF38rv nonelectric35 ft105 ft1,104 ft135 ft$30
Loop FF39rv nonelectric32 ft87 ft1,088 ftPrice Lake265 ft$30
Loop FF40rv nonelectric27 ft85 ft1,052 ftPrice Lake288 ft$30
Loop FF41rv nonelectric29 ft79 ft1,001 ftPrice Lake347 ft$30
Loop FF42rv nonelectric27 ft85 ft952 ftPrice Lake364 ft$30
Loop FF43rv nonelectric22 ft73 ft926 ftPrice Lake310 ft$30
Loop FF44rv nonelectric27 ft68 ft872 ftPrice Lake279 ft$30
Loop FF45rv nonelectric39 ft73 ft860 ftPrice Lake239 ft$30
Loop FF46rv nonelectric27 ft53 ft807 ftPrice Lake213 ft$30
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 194 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
Coordinate36.13889, -81.73111
The phone828-963-5911 (MAY - OCTOBER)
The agency’s pageOfficial page ↗

Where it is

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Getting there

From Asheville, North Carolina, head east on I-40 E for approximately 20 miles to exit 72 for US-70E. At the top of the exit ramp, continue straight onto US-70 E and drive for 11 miles to the intersection with US-221 N. Turn left (north) onto US-221 N and continue for 21.6 miles. At the sign for the Blue Ridge Parkway, turn right onto the connector road. At the stop sign marking the intersection with the Parkway, turn left (north) and drive for approximately 22 miles until you see the Campground Registration Kiosk on the left side of the road.

From Boone, North Carolina, head south onto US-321 S and drive for 6.3 miles. At the sign for the Blue Ridge Parkway, turn right onto the connector road. At the stop sign marking the intersection with the Parkway, turn left (south) and drive for 4.4 miles until you see the campground on the right.

From Blowing Rock, North Carolina, take Main Street until you reach the intersection with US-221 S. Turn south onto US-221 S and drive for 1.6 miles. At the sign for the Blue Ridge Parkway, turn right onto the connector road. At the stop sign marking the intersection with the Parkway, turn left (south) and drive approximately 2 miles until you see the campground on the right.

Directions: Driving directions as the agency wrote them · Oct 1, 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

Overnight41°Rain Showers Likely72% rain
Saturday46°Chance Rain Showers then Mostly Sunny51% rain
Saturday Night32°Areas Of Frost
Sunday52°Areas Of Frost then Sunny

NWS forecast for Foscoe, NC

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

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.

90°32°10°

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: BOONE 1 SE, NC (USC00310982), 7 miles away and 260 ft lower
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

Roadless country, and what’s coming for it

Roadless
Wilson Creek4,863 acres · 7 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Lost Cove5,944 acres · 10 mi · inventoried roadless area

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

Source: USFS Inventoried Roadless Areas via MTJP Roadless Map · Jul 29, 2026

Who answers for this land

Virginia Foxx, official portrait

Julian Price 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 →

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 lists every site here closed on Friday and Saturday night (read 16:30 UTC). National Park Service has published no closure notice we hold, so the reason isn’t on this page. A closed night isn’t a sold-out one, and the reservations the record still carries predate the closure. That reading is ours, off the agency’s own booking record.
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 192 of the 194 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
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: 0.86 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
Cell signal: the Park Service’s own campground description, 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.
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