Camping near
Townsend, Tennessee
12 federal places to camp within 30 miles of Townsend in Blount County: 10 Park Service, 2 Forest Service.
- 12
- federal places to camp
- 10 Park Service, 2 Forest Service
- 5.1 mi
- to the nearest one
- Cades Cove Group
- 2,562 ft
- at the highest of them
- Look Rock Campground. The lowest, Jake Best Campground, sits at 1,063 ft
- 554
- campsites you can book ahead
- On Recreation.gov. The longest rig any of them takes is 48 feet
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Within 30 miles of Townsend, nearest first
12 places
- Cades Cove Group Campground group campground Park Service · Great Smoky Mountains National Park · Blount County in town areaaway n/aelevation n/asites n/alongest rig First comeor not listed
- Cades Cove Group group campground Park Service · Great Smoky Mountains National Park · Blount County 5.1 miaway 1,952 ftelevation 4sites n/alongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov
- Anthony Creek Horse Camp horse camp Park Service · Great Smoky Mountains National Park · Blount County 5.2 miaway 1,800 ftelevation 3sites 24 ftlongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov
- Cades Cove Campground Park Service · Great Smoky Mountains National Park · Blount County 5.3 miaway 1,897 ftelevation 161sites 42 ftlongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov
- Elkmont Group Camp group campground Park Service · Great Smoky Mountains National Park · Sevier County 9.4 miaway 2,159 ftelevation 4sites n/alongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov
- Elkmont Campground Park Service · Great Smoky Mountains National Park · Sevier County 9.6 miaway 2,126 ftelevation 211sites 35 ftlongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov
- Appalachian Clubhouse Park Service · Great Smoky Mountains National Park · Sevier County 9.7 miaway 2,190 ftelevation n/asites n/alongest rig First comepay on arrival
- Spence Cabin cabin or lookout Park Service · Great Smoky Mountains National Park · Sevier County 10 miaway 2,193 ftelevation 1site n/alongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov
- Look Rock Campground Park Service · Great Smoky Mountains National Park · Blount County 10.6 miaway 2,562 ftelevation 68sites 48 ftlongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov
- Abram's Creek Campground Park Service · Great Smoky Mountains National Park · Blount County 11.1 miaway 1,114 ftelevation 16sites 12 ftlongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov
- Jake Best Campground Forest Service · Cherokee National Forest · Monroe County 25.6 miaway 1,063 ftelevation n/asites n/alongest rig First comepay on arrival
- Indian Boundary Forest Service · Cherokee National Forest · Monroe County 27.5 miaway 1,560 ftelevation 86sites 26 ftlongest rig ReserveRecreation.gov
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