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U.S. Forest Service · Research/Experimental Area · North Carolina

Bent Creek Experimental Forest

2 federal campgrounds, all of them reservable or unlisted.

2Campgrounds
96Sites
2,250 ftElevation
Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point queries at 2 of these 2 campgrounds

Where they are

2 of 2 mapped
Drawing the map
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Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Sep 8, 2026

The campgrounds · 2

2 campgrounds
Reservable
Lake Powhatan
Bent Creek Experimental Forest · NC
84 sites18 with a tent pad7 pull-through sitesrigs to 50 ft2,250 fttoiletshookups
Reservable
Lake Powhatan Glamping
Bent Creek Experimental Forest · NC
12 sitesrigs to 26 ft2,250 ftdrinking watertoilets
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Sep 8, 2026

This land

measured from the nearest campground in the unit
developing
Roadless
Laurel Mountain5,683 acres · 7 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
South Mills River8,588 acres · 9 mi · inventoried roadless area

Camping here is a stake in what happens to it. More Than Just Parks tracks the threats and the comment windows.

Roadless areas: USFS Inventoried Roadless Areas via MTJP Roadless Map · Jul 29, 2026
Source: MTJP Threatened Lands map · Aug 12, 2026

Who answers for this land

Bent Creek Experimental Forest’s campgrounds sit in one congressional district. These members vote on the laws that decide what happens to this land.

Chuck Edwards (R)NC 11th · 2 campgrounds · grade F
Source: U.S. Census district boundaries and the MTJP Congressional Public Lands Score
Unit: USGS Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US) land units
SRC · RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM · unified by CAMPANAC · refreshed nightly