NPS · Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Balsam Mountain Campground

Nothing here fits 38 ft of 43 sites

Longest for your rig: 24 ft
Booking: Reservable
Hookups: none
Entry: Back-in only
ADA sites: 1
Elevation: 5,359 ft
Vehicles: up to 2

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Every bookable site

No site here takes a 38 ft rig. The layout, for what it is worth.

Too short for 38 ft — 26 sites

Tents only — no rig permitted here — 17 sites

fits 38 ft (0) too short (43) not published (0)Click a site for what it publishes and a way to book it. Positions are the agency’s; roads, water and terrain are not shown, so this says where the sites are and not how you drive between them.

Within 60 miles

Map marker#	Campground	Distance	Sites	Longest for your rig	Hookups
1	Round Bottom Horse Camp NC	4 mi NW	5	—	none
2	Cataloochee Horse Camp NC	5 mi NE	7	—	none
3	Cataloochee Campground NC	7 mi NE	27	34 ft	none · pull-through
4	Tow String Horse Camp NC	7 mi W	3	—	none
5	Smokemont Campground NC	8 mi W	142	40 ft	electric · pull-through
6	Smokemont Group Camp NC · tent-only	8 mi W	3	—	none

this campground numbered to match the tableClick a marker for what it is and how far. Straight-line distances, not driving distances; the inset shows where this sits in the state. For directions, open this location in OpenStreetMap.

Everything else on record

Bookable sites: 43
Longest driveway: 35 ft
Max occupancy per site: 6
Reservable sites: 42
Coordinates: 35.5654, -83.1743
Nearest place: Cherokee
Phone: 828-497-9270
Elevation: 5,359 ft

Sources

Recreation Information Database (RIDB) · fetched from https://ridb.recreation.gov/api/v1/facilities/273848 · retrieved 2026-08-14 · public-domain
USGS Elevation Point Query Service · fetched from https://epqs.nationalmap.gov/v1/json · retrieved 2026-08-14 · public-domain