National Park System · NC, VA

Camping in Blue Ridge Parkway

The Recreation.gov record puts 11 campgrounds inside the park, all reservable. Entrance fees, alerts and hours for the park itself are on our sister site, Park Atlas.

11 campgrounds

The park in figures

recreation visits in 2025: 16,533,753
campsites: 947
campgrounds take reservations: 11 of 11
longest RV or trailer allowed: 92 ft

The entrance fee and visit count come from Park Atlas open data. The campground figures are totals across the 11 Recreation.gov records listed below, and the rig length is the longest any one of them allows.

Reservable · NC

Julian Price Campground

194 sitesNo hookups

Reservable · VA

Peaks Of Otter Campground

143 sitesNo hookups

Reservable · NC

Doughton Park Campground

135 sitesNo hookups

Reservable · NC

Mount Pisgah Campground

128 sitesNo hookups

Every campground

Campground	Booking	Rig	Sites
Julian Price Campground	Partly reservable	92 ft	194
Peaks Of Otter Campground	Partly reservable	77 ft	143
Doughton Park Campground	Partly reservable	88 ft	135
Mount Pisgah Campground	Partly reservable	80 ft	128
Rocky Knob Campground	Partly reservable	55 ft	110
Crabtree Falls Campground	Partly reservable	55 ft	84
Otter Creek Campground	Reservable	66 ft	69
Linville Falls Campground	Partly reservable	50 ft	66
Basin Cove Backcountry Camping	Reservable	·	8
Rock Castle Gorge Backcountry Camping	Reservable	·	8
Johns River Road Backcountry Camping	Reservable	·	2

Park campgrounds book out fastest of any on Recreation.gov. Most open six months ahead at 10 a.m. Eastern; the first-come loops are the fallback when the window is gone. The first-come playbook