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Located in Durham and Wake counties 15 miles east of downtown Durham, Falls Lake State Recreation Area provides seven access areas to the reservoir. More than 300 campsites offer a variety of overnight experiences. Trails include a portion of the Mountains-to-Sea State Trail, as well as one of the premier mountain bike trail systems in the Triangle area, located at Beaverdam access. During the spring and fall, migrating monarch butterflies add to the picturesque beauty of the lake.
Not every access has all the listed facilities. Please check the General Information page to view a table of the facilities at each access: https://www.ncparks.gov/state-parks/falls-lake-state-recreation-area/plan-your-visit
Great dry camping group site with waterfront lake access... There is a bathhouse with hot water. No electric hookup in camping area. Has grills picnic tables and a firepit.
Day 1: Shinleaf Lot37. Closer to other campers than I wanted to be. Not as close to the lake as expected. Also didnt know that it was all walking and not like where you have your car by your camp site. Was not a fan walking half a mile for blowing up my air mattress and the bathroom was closed by our site
Shower pressure was trash same with the temp.
The last shower at the end didn't lock.
Really nice camping facility with good amenities and easy trail access. Showers included and very nice to have after a day out hiking. Only put four stars because being decently close to the airport you get a good amount airplane noise into the night. Other then that exceedingly nice tent sites and great staff.
Shinleaf is one of our favorited trail we like to come. We like to take our kids for hiking here. My kids enjoy it so much!! We walk abt half a mile to the camp site and abt a quarter of mile to the lake. This place is beatiful!! The restrooms are cleaned!! We are thinking abt camping here someday!
This is one of the best campgrounds I've ever had. I selected site 39 and it's about 1 mile to get in and out. The sites are extremely quiet, compared to those campsites with vehicles. I can't hear any sound of engines in the morning nor in the night, and the only source of noise is the boats in the lake. There is no electricity in the site so I brought my own inverter. I carried it for half a mile and realized that I need a dolly, but my battery is not very heavy so I'm just okay. Two problems: 1. There is no laundry room around the site 2. burning fallen woods is not permitted.
