NPS · Blue Ridge Parkway
Johns River Road Backcountry Camping
No lengths published for any site here
- Longest for your rig
- —
- Booking
- Reservable
- Hookups
- none
- Entry
- Back-in only
- ADA sites
- —
- Elevation
- 3,409 ft
- Vehicles
- 1 per site
Every site here is listed for one vehicle. Agencies differ on whether a truck and the trailer it tows count as one or two, so this may not affect a fifth wheel — but it does decide whether a second car can come. Worth a call before you rely on it.
Book on Recreation.gov →the official reservation system; we take no cut
Every bookable site
Tents only — no rig permitted here — 2 sites
Within 60 miles
| Map marker# | Campground | Distance | Sites | Longest for your rig | Hookups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Julian Price Campground | 1 mi S | 192 | 92 ft | none · pull-through |
| 2 | Mortimer Campground | 11 mi S | 17 | 103 ft | none · pull-through |
| 3 | Linville Falls Campground | 17 mi SW | 64 | 50 ft | none · pull-through |
| 4 | Dennis Cove Campground | 22 mi W | 14 | 50 ft | none |
| 5 | Cardens Bluff Campground | 24 mi NW | 42 | 40 ft | none |
| 6 | Warrior Creek | 25 mi E | 63 | 155 ft | electric · pull-through |
Everything else on record
- Bookable sites
- 2
- Max occupancy per site
- 6
- Reservable sites
- 2
- Coordinates
- 36.1503, -81.7332
- Nearest place
- ASHEVILLE
- Phone
- 828-276-2300
- Elevation
- 3,409 ft
Sources
- Recreation Information Database (RIDB) · fetched from
https://ridb.recreation.gov/api/v1/facilities/10323780· 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