National Park System · TN, NC

Camping in Great Smoky Mountains National Park

The Recreation.gov record puts 22 campgrounds inside the park, all reservable. Entrance fees, alerts and hours for the park itself are on our sister site, Park Atlas.

22 campgrounds4 with hookups

The park in figures

recreation visits in 2025: 11,527,939
campsites: 983
campgrounds take reservations: 22 of 22
longest RV or trailer allowed: 48 ft

The entrance fee and visit count come from Park Atlas open data. The campground figures are totals across the 22 Recreation.gov records listed below, and the rig length is the longest any one of them allows.

Cades Cove Campground

Every campground

Campground	Booking	Rig	Sites
Elkmont Campground	Reservable	35 ft	217
Cades Cove Campground	Reservable	42 ft	164
Cosby Campground	Reservable	30 ft	157
Smokemont Campground	Reservable	40 ft	142
Deep Creek Campground	Reservable	·	92
Look Rock Campground	Reservable	48 ft	69
Balsam Mountain Campground	Reservable	24 ft	43
Cataloochee Campground	Reservable	34 ft	27
Abram's Creek Campground	Reservable	12 ft	16
Big Creek Campground	Reservable	18 ft	12
Cataloochee Horse Camp	Reservable	30 ft	7
Big Creek Horse Camp	Reservable	35 ft	5
Round Bottom Horse Camp	Reservable	35 ft	5
Cades Cove Group	Reservable	·	4
Elkmont Group Camp	Reservable	·	4
Anthony Creek Horse Camp	Reservable	24 ft	3
Cataloochee Group Camp	Reservable	·	3
Cosby Group Camp	Reservable	·	3
Deep Creek Group Camp	Reservable	·	3
Smokemont Group Camp	Reservable	·	3
Tow String Horse Camp	Reservable	35 ft	3
Big Creek Group Camp	Reservable	·	1

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