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The campground offers comfortable tent or RV camping, with the convenience of flush toilets, dump station, and drinking water. Grills/fire rings and picnic tables at each site create a perfect environment for family barbeques or late-night marshmallow roasting.
In addition to the 27 sites available for advance reservations, 54 campsites are available on a first come, first served basis. Availability of first come, first served sites cannot be tracked through Recreation.gov. These sites must be booked in person at the campground kiosk.
Milepost 339.5 Blue Ridge Parkway
For campground inquiries, please call: 828-675-5444 (MAY - OCTOBER)
Take time to do the trail to the waterfall. It’s better to go counter clockwise. The waterfall will present itself to you better and it’s easier to climb stairs than descend stairs. The water fill station is located just past the dump station. The bathroom house near us did have running water. I expected just pit toilets. The only reason for the 4 star and not 5 is the unfriendly attitude of the gate ranger.
Really great primitive campground! A great location situated in the middle of the Blue Ridge Parkway between Asheville and Boone. This campground is close to the town of Spruce Pine, which has a Walmart, a few restaurants, etc. their bathrooms were very clean, and the tent sites included a firing ring, tent pad and picnic table. their sites are on a first come first serve basis. I went in the middle of October and I got there about 1 PM on a Saturday and there were a lot of sites available, but they did fill up quickly as the day went on. They have Rv sites. The trail to Crabtree Falls is right beside the campground. You can also purchase a bundle of wood at the campground if needed.
I love Crabtree falls and I really enjoyed having this beautiful waterfall trail less than 3 miles from my campsite. The atmosphere is beautiful especially in the fall and the weather was perfect for making a fire. I can't wait to go back. My only drawback was the wind blowing it sounded like an wind storm every night. Thankfully for the tent pads my tent never blew over
