Camping In North Carolina

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North Carolina is home to just about the most beautiful campgrounds in the country for RV and tent campers alike. Camping in North Carolina offers vast recreational opportunities ranging from backpacking and primitive camping to snorkel diving and windsurfing.

This nature-filled state has long been a beloved destination for travelers from all around the Atlantic seaboard and beyond since it offers a terrific combination of gorgeous scenery, historical sites and generally exciting things to do. North Carolina is blessed with earthy beauty and is home to over thirty state parks offering camp sites where you will be able to enjoy a plenitude of outdoor activities such as swimming, hiking, picnicking or fishing.

There are plenty of places to pitch a tent and be a part of the great outdoors. However, those who are not inclined to “roughing it” need not trouble themselves, for the state is brimming with an array of privately owned and state owned camp sites that offer amenities with no comfort lost.

From water and electric hookups and washing facilities to individual cabins and ample lots, there truly is something for everyone that makes North Carolina one of the best of the states to camp. Planned activities and various themed weekends are common at campground resorts, and guests always have many a chance to meet other RV enthusiasts along the way.


North Carolina is a rich arena of cove woodlands that is a camper’s dream. The New River, the centerpiece of the 1,500-acre New River state park near West Jefferson, North Carolina, is ironically thought to represent one of the first rivers on the Earth.
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Its quiet, slow-flowing waters meander through pastoral farmlands, past grass-covered meadows and craggy hillsides. It has banks that are shrouded in wildflowers when in season, and superb trout and bass fishing may be enjoyed from both a boat and the bank around a number of camping areas.

Traversing 6,510 acres with over 150 miles of pristine shoreline, Lake James is the recreational gem that beckons all types of outdoor enthusiasts to North Carolina’s Lake James state park. Lake James state park is only one of a few in North Carolina that offers nature trails, hiking, camping facilities, and picnic sites with a variety of scenic vistas around the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Brevard North Carolina is a magnificent outdoor paradise situated right at the entryway to the Pisgah National Forest, a place where you will be able to camp and enjoy North Carolina hiking trails and excellent horseback riding.

Bring your tent or a motor home and go camping out at other premier wilderness locations that include: Lake Norman, Kerr Lake, Hickory Falls Lake, Guilford Courthouse National Military Park or a host of other great camping areas in North Carolina.

If the ocean is your thing, check out Carolina beach in Wilmington with several parks including the Carolina Beach state park which has first-class fishing and a remote expanse for camping.

Be sure to search the Internet for a location near your destination and you will easily find a spot for you excursion in any part of the state. Without a doubt, you can have the outdoor time of your life camping in North Carolina.

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