NPS · Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Big Creek Horse Camp

No lengths published for any site here

Longest for your rig: —
Booking: Reservable
Hookups: none
Entry: Back-in only
ADA sites: 1
Elevation: 1,676 ft
Vehicles: up to 4

Book on Recreation.gov →the official reservation system; we take no cut

Every bookable site

No site here takes a 25 ft rig. The layout, for what it is worth.

Tents only — no rig permitted here — 5 sites

1no rigs permitted · back · gravel 2no rigs permitted · back · gravel 3no rigs permitted · back · gravel 4no rigs permitted · back · gravel 5no rigs permitted · back · gravel

fits 25 ft (0) too short (5) 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	Big Creek Group Camp NC · group	0 mi SW	1	—	none
2	Big Creek Campground (Great Smoky Mountains National Park) NC · tent-only	0 mi SW	12	—	none
3	Cosby Group Camp TN · tent-only	6 mi W	3	—	none
4	Cosby Campground TN	6 mi W	157	25 ft	none
5	Harmon Den Campground NC	7 mi E	22	30 ft	none
6	Cataloochee Group Camp NC · tent-only	7 mi S	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: 5
Longest driveway: 62 ft
Max occupancy per site: 6
Reservable sites: 5
Coordinates: 35.7543, -83.1073
Phone: 865-436-1261
Elevation: 1,676 ft

Sources

Recreation Information Database (RIDB) · fetched from https://ridb.recreation.gov/api/v1/facilities/232484 · retrieved 2026-08-17 · public-domain
USGS Elevation Point Query Service · fetched from https://epqs.nationalmap.gov/v1/json · retrieved 2026-08-17 · public-domain