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

Pisgah National Forest

Here, one in eight take walk-ups.

16Campgrounds
2Take walk-ups
$15–$37A night, across 8
325Sites, 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 · Oct 23, 2026

The campgrounds

16 campgrounds
Black Mountain CampgroundReservableOpenPisgah National Forest · NCfrom $284 hike-in sites28 with a tent pad41 sites3,010 fthookupstoiletsCarolina Hemlocks Rec AreaReservableOpenPisgah National Forest · NCfrom $283 hike-in sites1 with a tent pad35 sitesrigs to 35 ft2,760 fthookupstoiletsNorth Mills RiverReservableOpenPisgah National Forest · NCfrom $311 group site29 sitesrigs to 35 ft2,220 fthookupsdrinking watertoiletsMortimer CampgroundReservableOpenPisgah National Forest · NCfrom $205 hike-in sites16 with a tent pad17 sites1,500 fttoiletsBriar Bottom Group CampgroundReservableOpenPisgah National Forest · NCSites from $1256 group sites6 sites3,010 fttoiletsKuykendall Group CampReservableOpenPisgah National Forest · NCSites from $1301 group site1 siterigs to 30 ft2,330 ftdrinking watertoiletsDavidson RiverReservablePisgah National Forest · NCfrom $3727 with a bear box135 with a tent pad144 sitesrigs to 67 ft2,150 fthookupstoiletsHarmon Den CampgroundReservablePisgah National Forest · NCfrom $1522 sitesrigs to 30 ft2,900 fttoiletsRocky Bluff CampgroundReservablePisgah National Forest · NCfrom $1517 with a tent pad17 sitesrigs to 55 ft1,750 ftdrinking watertoiletsSunburstReservablePisgah National Forest · NCfrom $2510 sites3,240 ftdrinking watertoiletsCove Creek Lower Group CampReservablePisgah National Forest · NCSites from $1301 group site1 siterigs to 35 ft2,970 ftdrinking watertoiletsCove Creek Upper Group CampReservablePisgah National Forest · NCSites from $1301 group site1 siterigs to 35 ft2,970 ftdrinking watertoiletsWash Creek Horse CampReservablePisgah National Forest · NCSites from $401 group site1 site2,450 fttoiletsCove Creek Group CampgroundOpenPisgah National Forest · NC2,640 fttoiletsBoone Fork CampgroundFirst-comePisgah National Forest · NC1,320 ftCurtis Creek CampgroundFirst-comePisgah National Forest · NC1,870 ft
Source: RIDB · NPS · USFS EDW · BLM, unified by CAMPANAC · Oct 23, 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
Harper Creek7,325 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 · Oct 3, 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, official portrait
Chuck Edwards (R)NC 11th · 14 campgrounds · grade F
Virginia Foxx, official portrait
Virginia Foxx (R)NC 5th · 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
Source: campground records from RIDB, NPS, USFS EDW and BLM, unified by CAMPANAC, refreshed nightly