Primitive & Backcountry Camping in North Carolina

172 spots

172 primitive & backcountry camping in North Carolina, sourced from OpenStreetMap and checked for the practical details below.

Compare at a glance

Showing the 141 spots where we have at least one confirmed practical detail.

Name	Fee	Parking	Water	Toilets
Cape Lookout beach camping	Free	—	No	—
Attic Window	Fee	—	No	No
Upper Falls Campground	Fee	—	—	vault
Shinny Falls Campground	Fee	—	—	vault
West Morris Mountain Campground	Fee	—	No	—
Zone Camp A	Fee	—	No	—
Birch Spring Gap #113	Fee	—	—	—
Lower Noland Creek Boater Camp #66	Fee	—	—	—
Pilkey Creek #77	Fee	—	—	—
North Shore #81	Fee	—	—	—
Goldmine Branch #67	Fee	—	—	—
87	Fee	—	—	—
Bear Pen Branch #65	Fee	—	—	—
Twentymile Creek #93	Fee	—	—	—
Proctor #86	Fee	—	—	—
Possum Hollow #88	Fee	—	—	—
Sawdust Pile #85	Fee	—	—	—
Dalton Branch #95	Fee	—	—	—
Upper Lost Cove #91	Fee	—	—	—
Sugar Fork #84	Fee	—	—	—
Upper Flats #92	Fee	—	—	—
Lower Ekaneetlee #89	Fee	—	—	—
Jonas Creek #70	Fee	—	—	—
Upper Ripshin #62	Fee	—	—	—
Nick's Nest Branch #58	Fee	—	—	—
Pole Road #55	Fee	—	—	—
Nettle Creek #54	Fee	—	—	—
Poke Patch #53	Fee	—	—	—
Caldwell Fork #41	Fee	—	—	—
Big Hemlock #40	Fee	—	—	—
Spruce Mountain #42	Fee	—	—	—
Cabin Flats #49	Fee	—	—	—
McGee Spring #44	Fee	—	—	—
Pretty Hollow #39	Fee	—	—	—
Mount Sterling #38	Fee	—	—	—
Upper Walnut Bottom #36	Fee	—	—	—
Lower Walnut Bottom #37	Fee	—	—	—
Estes Branch #46	Fee	—	—	—
Upper Chasteen #48	Fee	—	—	—
Lower Chasteen Creek #50	Fee	—	—	—
George's Branch #51	Fee	—	—	—
Newton Bald #52	Fee	—	—	—
Burnt Spruce #56	Fee	—	—	—
Bryson Place #57	Fee	—	—	—
Bumgardner Branch #60	Fee	—	—	—
Bald Creek #61	Fee	—	—	—
Jerry Flats #63	Fee	—	—	—
Mill Creek #64	Fee	—	—	—
Steeltrap #68	Fee	—	—	—
Huggins #69	Fee	—	—	—
CCC #71	Fee	—	—	—
Gunter Branch Boater Camp #72	Fee	—	—	—
73	Fee	—	—	—
Lower Forney #74	Fee	—	—	—
Poplar Flats #75	Fee	—	—	—
78	Fee	—	—	—
Calhoun #82	Fee	—	—	—
Bone Valley #83	Fee	—	—	—
Lost Cove #90	Fee	—	—	—
Eagle Creek Island #96	Fee	—	—	—
Big Walnut #97	Fee	—	—	—
Blue Ridge Parkway Tent	Free	—	—	—
Old Johns River Road	Free	—	No	—
The Refuge	Fee	—	untreated	—
Storyteller Rock	Fee	—	untreated	—
The Hermitage	Fee	—	untreated	—
Streamside	Fee	—	untreated	—
Daniel Boone	Fee	—	untreated	—
Cliffside	Fee	—	No	—
Raven's Roost	Fee	—	No	—
Briar Patch	Fee	—	No	—
Profile	Free	—	No	—
Camp 7	Free	—	untreated	—
Camp 5	Free	—	No	—
Camp 3	Free	—	untreated	—
Calloway Gap	Fee	—	No	—
Alpine Meadow	Fee	—	No	—
Obids Creek Campsite	Free	—	No	—
Deep Gap Campsite	Free	—	No	—
Goshen Creek	Free	—	No	—
Site B	Fee	—	No	—
Site A	Fee	—	No	—
Bearcamp Creek Campsite	Free	—	untreated	—
Shallow Ford Campsites	Fee	—	No	—
Site 3	Fee	—	No	—
Site 2	Fee	—	No	—
Site 1	Fee	—	No	—
Buck Fields	Free	—	untreated	—
Bear Gap Campsite	Free	—	untreated	—
Indian Camp Campsite	Free	—	No	—
Wintergreen Campsite	Free	—	untreated	—
Heath Pine Ridge Campsite	Free	—	No	—
Toxaway Creek Campsites	Free	—	untreated	—
Rock Creek Campsite	Free	—	untreated	—
Peaks Groupsite	Fee	—	No	—
Peaks 61	Fee	—	No	—
Peaks 61	Fee	—	No	—
Sawtooth Campground	Fee	—	—	—
Little River Campground	Fee	—	—	—
Murray Branch Campground	Fee	—	—	—
Fox Trail Campground	Fee	—	—	—
McCracken Branch #59	Fee	—	—	—
UNC-CH Campground	Free	—	—	—
Kirkland Creek #76	Fee	—	—	—
Chambers Creek #98	Fee	—	—	—
Big Snowbird Rd USFS Free Campground	Free	—	—	—
Round Mountain Campsite	Free	—	untreated	—
Glenn Hilliard Campsite	Free	—	untreated	—
Group Site 2	Fee	—	No	—
Group Site 1	Fee	—	No	—
Hi-Balsam Shelter	Fee	—	No	—
Enlow Creek #47	Fee	—	—	—
East Morris Mountain Hunt Camp	Free	—	No	—
Site F	Fee	—	—	—
Shining Rock Campground	Free	—	—	—
Site E	Fee	—	—	—
Site A	Fee	—	—	—
Site D	Fee	—	—	—
Site C	Fee	—	—	—
Site B	Fee	—	—	—
WF-3	Free	—	—	—
Boone Fork Campground	Free	—	—	—
Wine Springs Horse Camp	Fee	—	—	—
Victor Road Dispersed Camping Site 1	Free	—	—	—
Tricorner Shelter	Fee	—	—	—
Wolf Ford Horse Camp	Free	—	—	—
WF-2	Free	—	—	—
WF-6	Free	—	—	—
Ward Family Campground	Free	—	—	—
Overmountain shelter camping area	Free	—	—	—
Long Arm Boat-In Campground	—	—	No	—
Camp 8B	Free	—	—	—
Coley Creek Campsite	Free	—	—	—
Long Leaf Campsite	Free	—	—	—
Cosby Knob Shelter	Fee	—	—	—
Icewater Spring Shelter	Fee	—	—	—
Kephart Shelter	Fee	—	—	—
Laurel Gap Shelter	Fee	—	—	—
Pecks Corner Shelter	Fee	—	—	—
Russell Field Shelter	Fee	—	—	—
Spence Field Shelter	Fee	—	—	—