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U.S. Forest Service · National Forest · North Carolina

Pisgah National Forest

16 federal campgrounds, 2 of them with first-come, first-served sites.

16Campgrounds
2With first-come sites
313Sites, from 13
1,320–3,240 ftElevation
Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point queries at 16 of these 16 campgrounds

Where they are

16 of 16 mapped
Drawing the map
© OpenFreeMap · OpenStreetMap · Esri hillshade
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Sep 8, 2026

The campgrounds · 16

16 campgrounds
ReservableOpen
Black Mountain Campground
Pisgah National Forest · NC
41 sites4 hike-in sites28 with a tent pad3,010 fttoiletshookups
ReservableOpen
Carolina Hemlocks Rec Area
Pisgah National Forest · NC
39 sites3 hike-in sites1 with a tent padrigs to 35 ft2,760 fttoiletshookups
ReservableOpen
North Mills River
Pisgah National Forest · NC
29 sites1 group siterigs to 35 ft2,220 ftdrinking watertoiletshookups
ReservableOpen
Briar Bottom Group Campground
Pisgah National Forest · NC
6 sites6 group sites3,010 fttoilets
ReservableOpen
Kuykendall Group Camp
Pisgah National Forest · NC
1 site1 group siterigs to 30 ft2,330 ftdrinking watertoilets
Reservable
Davidson River
Pisgah National Forest · NC
144 sites27 with a bear box135 with a tent padrigs to 67 ft2,150 fttoiletshookups
Reservable
Harmon Den Campground
Pisgah National Forest · NC
22 sitesrigs to 30 ft2,900 fttoiletshookups
Reservable
Rocky Bluff Campground
Pisgah National Forest · NC
17 sites17 with a tent padrigs to 55 ft1,750 ftdrinking watertoilets
Seen from the air The agency never photographed these, so here is the satellite view. Same data, same sources.
Cove Creek Group CampgroundPisgah National Forest · NC2,640 ftOpenBoone Fork CampgroundPisgah National Forest · NC1,320 ftFirst-comeCurtis Creek CampgroundPisgah National Forest · NC1,870 ftFirst-come
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Sep 8, 2026

This land

measured from the nearest campground in the unit
developing
Roadless
Jarrett Creek7,485 acres · 2 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Middle Prong Addition1,852 acres · 2 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Balsam Cone10,591 acres · 2 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Laurel Mountain5,683 acres · 3 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Graveyard Ridge (addition)1,958 acres · 3 mi · inventoried roadless area
Roadless
Mackey Mountain5,934 acres · 3 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

Pisgah National Forest’s campgrounds sit in 2 congressional districts. These members vote on the laws that decide what happens to this land.

Chuck Edwards (R)NC 11th · 15 campgrounds · grade F
Virginia Foxx (R)NC 5th · 1 campground · 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