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U.S. Forest Service · Pisgah National Game Refuge · NC

Big John · Site 018.

at Lake Powhatan

This site, in 3 agency photographs
Photos · Pisgah Hospitality Partners
Photos: Recreation.gov RIDB media records filed against this campsite · Oct 19, 2026
Filed by the agency against this site and 1 other campsite here
Lake Powhatan, Big John - water hydrant across from 18, filed by the agency against 2 campsites at Lake Powhatan
Lake Powhatan, Big John - water hydrant across from 18 · Lake Powhatan
Shared frame: SHA-256 of the agency’s own file, compared across every campsite photograph at this campground · Sep 12, 2026
Tent Only NonelectricType
Reservablerecreation.gov lists it
27 ftRoom
2,250 ftElevation
85%Tree cover
299 ftWater · to an unnamed stream
1,025 ftNearest toilet · OpenStreetMap
Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point query at this site’s coordinate · Sep 7, 2026
Tree cover: NLCD Tree Canopy Cover 2024 (USDA Forest Service / MRLC), one 30 m cell at this coordinate · Sep 9, 2026
Water: USGS National Hydrography Dataset, nearest perennial lake, reservoir, river or stream to this site’s coordinate · Sep 8, 2026
Toilet: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), nearest mapped amenity=toilets to this site’s coordinate · Oct 7, 2026

Room

27 ftto the nearest other site, against 58 ft typical here
#60 of 71roomiest site in the campground
2other sites within 100 ft
No RV or electric sites within 100 ftso, probably no generators
Nearest sites017 27 ft016 69 ft019 103 ft020 104 ft015 161 ft021 168 ft
Source: Derived by CAMPANAC from recreation.gov per-site coordinates (nearest-neighbor spheroid distance) · Oct 19, 2026

The site

TypeTent Only Nonelectric
LoopBig John
HookupsNone
Driveway EntryBack-In
Driveway SurfaceGravel
Capacity/Size RatingSingle
Max Num of People8
Max Num of Vehicles2
ShadeYes
Pets AllowedYes
Campfire AllowedYes
Checkin Time2:00 PM
Checkout Time12:00 PM
Driveway Length30 ft
GrillsYes
Min Num of People1
Picnic TableYes
Tent PadYes
AccessibleNot listed
The record, complete · 17
Sewer HookupNo
Water HookupNo
Source: Recreation.gov RIDB full extract, per-site record · Oct 19, 2026

What fits here

Tentno length limit listed

Recreation.gov lists these as the equipment permitted on this site. A length is the ceiling for that equipment; where none is published we say so rather than guess.

Source: Recreation.gov RIDB full extract, per-site record · Oct 19, 2026

Book this exact site

Opens this site’s own calendar on recreation.gov.

Site 018 on recreation.gov
Source: Recreation.gov

The campground

Every site, the season, fees, weather, and what’s happening on this land right now: Lake Powhatan →

Most private sites here028/029 136 ft048 128 ft027 124 ft004 122 ft005 122 ft
Source: CAMPANAC campground index