Offering essential details and easy-to-read maps, Best Tent Camping: Southern Appalachian and Smoky Mountains presents 50 of the region's best campgrounds for car campers.

Johnny Molloy is an outdoors writer based in Johnson City, Tennessee. He has averaged more than 100 nights per year in the wild since the early 1980s, backpacking and canoe-camping throughout the US in nearly every state. The result of his efforts is more than 30 books, including hiking guides throughout the Southeast, tent-camping and paddling guides, and outdoor-adventure books. He continues to write and travel extensively to all four corners of the United States, endeavoring in a variety of outdoor pursuits. For the latest on Johnny, visit his website, johnnymolloy.com.

Southern Appalachians-Smokies Campground Locator Map

Map Legend

Acknowledgments

Preface

Best Campgrounds

Introduction

Tennessee Campgrounds

• Bandy Creek Campground


• Chilhowee Campground


• Cosby Campground


• Dennis Cove Campground


• Foster Falls Campground


• Frozen Head State Park Campground


• Hiwassee-Ocoee Scenic River State Park Campground


• Holly Flats Campground


• Indian Boundary Campground


• Little Oak Campground


• Nolichucky Gorge Campground and Cabins


• North River Campground


• Obed Wild and Scenic River: Rock Creek Campground


• Old Forge Campground


• Paint Creek Campground


• Pickett State Park Campground


• Rock Creek Campground


• Round Mountain Campground

North Carolina Campgrounds

• Balsam Mountain Campground


• Big Creek Campground


• Black Mountain Campground


• Cable Cove Campground


• Cataloochee Campground


• Doughton Park Campground


• Horse Cove Campground


• Lake Powhatan Campground


• Linville Falls Campground


• Mount Mitchell State Park Campground


• Mount Pisgah Campground


• Nelson's Nantahala Hideaway Campground


• North Mills River Campground


• Price Park Campground


• Rocky Bluff Campground


• Smokemont Campground


• Standing Indian Campground


• Tsali Campground


• Van Hook Glade Campground

South Carolina Campgrounds

• Burrells Ford Campground


• Cherry Hill Campground


• Devils Fork State Park Campground


• Keowee-Toxaway State Park Campground

Georgia Campgrounds

• Black Rock Mountain State Park Campground


• Cloudland Canyon State Park Campground


• DeSoto Falls Campground


• Dockery Lake Campground


• Fort Mountain State Park Campground


• Lake Conasauga Campground


• Tate Branch Campground


• Upper Chattahoochee Campground


• Wildcat Creek Campground

Appendix A: Camping Equipment Checklist

Appendix B: Sources of Information

Index

About the Author