Great Smoky Mountains National Park - Camping (U.S. National Park Service)

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Most frontcountry campsites in the park are wooded.

The park offers several different types of campsites:

• Backcountry - for backpackers. Requires hiking several miles to a site located in the park's backcountry.

• Frontcountry - camping near your car in a developed campground that has restrooms with cold running water and flush toilets. Each individual campsite has a fire grate and picnic table.

• Group Campgrounds - large campsites suitable for groups of eight people or more. Located in frontcountry campgrounds.

• Horse Camps - Small campgrounds, accessible by vehicle, that offer hitch racks for horses and primitive camping facilities.

Campground facilities and the procedures for obtaining a site in each type are different. Click on the titles above for additional information about facilities, reservations, and operating seasons.

Campground Rules and Regulations
Includes food storage regulations, generator use and quiet hours

Quarantine Notice: Firewood from the states of Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, New Jersey and New York can not be brought into the national park. The United States Department of Agriculture has quarantined firewood from these states to prevent the spread of highly destructive insects that may be living in the wood.