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Uncle Jim's River Cove Campground

81 RV Sites, 5 Tent Sites, 3 Onsite RV/Trailers

Uncle Jim's River Cove Campground in Sevierville, Tennessee, offers 84 full-hookup RV sites and five tent sites on the West Prong of the Little Pigeon River, with 30 and 50-amp service, cable TV, and rigs accepted up to 98 feet. On-river, river loop, mountain view loop, and buddy site categories join a beach, playground, and pickleball courts. Eighty-four sites span full-hookup on-river, full-hookup river loop, full-hookup mountain view loop, and full-hookup mountain view loop buddy categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp with cable TV and site WiFi, sized to 98 feet, with fire pits, picnic tables, and BBQ pits. Ninety-eight feet is exceptional for the Smokies, where terrain usually limits length. Every site gets a fire pit, charcoal grill, and picnic table. The buddy sites suit two rigs traveling together. Five tent sites round out the lodging. A general store, laundry, restrooms, showers, and an indoor bathhouse handle the practical side. The river carries the recreation, with a beach, swimming, fishing, and inflatable water toys. Sports courts, pickleball, basketball, gaga ball, a playground, dog park, and picnicking fill the grounds. Pets are welcome, and there is a dog park for them. The address is 2575 Pittman Center Road, in the Sevier County countryside between Sevierville's commercial corridor and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park's Greenbrier entrance — close to Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg without sitting in the traffic. Summer and fall foliage drive demand hard. Reserve well ahead for June through October.

from $49/night

Camp Margaritaville RV Resort & Lodge - Pigeon Forge

91 RV Sites

Camp Margaritaville RV Resort and Lodge in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, offers 91 full-hookup back-in RV sites with 30 and 50-amp service, cable TV, and rigs accepted to 60 feet at the foot of the Great Smoky Mountains. Super, premium, deluxe, family, and standard categories join a lazy river, pool, hot tub, and bar minutes from Dollywood. Ninety-one back-in sites span standard, family, deluxe, premium, and super categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp with cable TV and site WiFi, sized to 60 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. The five-tier structure gives real range, and the family category is sized for groups. Cabins round out the lodging. A general store, restrooms, and showers handle the practical side. Check-in is 2pm; arriving earlier may mean waiting, and an early check-in fee applies where the site is ready. A lazy river is the anchor, with an outdoor pool and hot tub and sauna alongside. A craft room, arcade, billiards, ping pong, tennis, pickleball, a playground, pavilion, dog park, snack bar, and bar fill the grounds, with live music, boating, and planned activities through the season. The Margaritaville brand's tropical energy against a Smoky Mountain backdrop is an odd combination that works. Pets are welcome. Dollywood and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park entrance are both minutes away. Summer and fall foliage drive the heaviest demand in Pigeon Forge. Reserve well ahead for June through October.

from $42 $36/night

Camp Riverslanding

64 RV Sites, 1 Glamping Site, 7 Onsite RV/Trailers, 1 House

Camp Riverslanding in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, offers 71 full-hookup back-in RV sites, a house, and a glamping site on the Little Pigeon River, with 30 and 50-amp service, cable TV, and rigs accepted to 50 feet. Riverside Signature and premium categories join named RV rentals, with a heated pool, splash pad, community fire pit, and library. Seventy-one back-in sites run in 30/50-amp premium and 30/50-amp riverside Signature categories, both carrying water, sewer, and electric with cable TV and site WiFi, sized to 50 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. The riverside Signature sites put you directly on the water — the reason most guests book here. Named RV rentals including The Hideaway and Bear Tracks, a house, and a glamping site round out the lodging. A general store, laundry, restrooms, showers, and firewood handle the practical side. A heated pool and splash pad anchor the summer, with a game room, recreation center, barn, library, playground, community fire pit, dog park, horseshoes, corn hole, and on-site dining filling the rest. Fishing, swimming, picnicking, and planned activities round it out, and the property operates as a wedding venue. Directions from Knoxville: take I-40 east toward Asheville, exit 407 toward Gatlinburg, Sevierville, and Pigeon Forge, right onto Winfield Dunn Parkway/Highway 66 south for about nine miles, then right. The property sits among the trees on the river a few miles from Dollywood, in the heart of the Smoky Mountain corridor. Summer and fall foliage drive demand hard. Reserve well ahead for June through October.

from $40/night

The Ridge Outdoor Resort

140 RV Sites, 6 Tiny Houses

The Ridge Outdoor Resort in Sevierville, Tennessee, offers 133 full-hookup RV sites and six tiny houses across more than 50 acres three miles from Pigeon Forge, with 30 and 50-amp service, cable TV, and rigs accepted up to 83 feet on a big-rig-friendly layout. Back-in and pull-through categories join a pool, hot tub, fitness center, and pickleball courts. One hundred thirty-three sites run in back-in and pull-through categories, both carrying water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp with cable TV and site WiFi, sized to 83 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. Eighty-three feet is exceptional in the Smokies, where terrain usually limits length, and two straightforward categories keep booking simple. Six tiny houses round out the lodging. A laundry, dump station, restrooms, and showers handle the practical side. An outdoor pool and hot tub and sauna anchor the property, with a fitness center, sports courts, pickleball, basketball, gaga ball, golf cart rentals, a pond, playground, and dog park filling the grounds. Fishing and swimming run on site. Pets are welcome. Fifty acres is a lot of room for 133 sites, and the spacing shows — this is a luxury outdoor resort rather than a dense campground, with mountain scenery in every direction. Pigeon Forge is three miles off, which puts Dollywood, the Parkway, and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park entrance all within a short drive while keeping the resort itself out of the traffic. Summer and fall foliage drive the heaviest demand in the Smokies, with the Christmas season drawing a strong third wave. Reserve well ahead for June through October.

from $75/night

Sun Outdoors Pigeon Forge

194 RV Sites, 9 Cabins, 14 Cottages

Sun Outdoors Pigeon Forge in Sevierville, Tennessee, offers 194 full-hookup RV sites and 23 cabin and cottage units at the gateway to the Great Smokies, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service, cable TV, and rigs accepted up to 100 feet, open all year. Waterfront Signature, Signature Deluxe back-in, and Signature pull-through categories join standard tiers, with a lazy river, hot tub, and jumping pillow. One hundred ninety-four sites span standard full hookup, standard pull-thru full hookup, Signature deluxe back-in, Signature pull-thru full hookup, and waterfront Signature full hookup categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric with cable TV and site WiFi, sized to 100 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. One hundred feet is exceptional for the Smokies, where terrain usually limits length. Twenty-three cabins and cottages round out the lodging. A general store, laundry, propane fills, dump station, restrooms, showers, and firewood handle the practical side. The daily resort fee covers cable and WiFi, local attraction discounts, the fitness center, and access to the amenity program, with the arcade priced separately. A lazy river and outdoor pool anchor the summer, with a hot tub and sauna alongside. A fitness center, recreation center, game room, arcade, jumping pillow, gaga ball, sports courts, pickleball, basketball, golf cart rentals, a pond, creek, playground, pavilion, dog park, and on-site dining fill the rest, with live music and planned activities through the season. Dollywood and the park entrance are minutes away. Summer and fall foliage drive demand hard. Reserve well ahead.

from $39/night

Pigeon Forge Landing

99 RV Sites

Pigeon Forge Landing in Sevierville, Tennessee, offers 99 full-hookup RV sites along a lazy river, with 30 and 50-amp service, cable TV, and rigs accepted to 50 feet at a brand-new resort. Executive Waterfront back-in, Mountain View Executive Plus, and Executive+ pull-through categories join standard tiers, with a pool, fitness center, and clubhouse. Ninety-nine sites span Executive back-in, Executive+ pull-thru, Executive waterfront back-in, Mountain View Executive Plus, Mountain View, and pull-thru categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp with cable TV and site WiFi, sized to 50 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. Naming categories by outlook — waterfront or mountain view — tells you exactly what you are booking. A general store handles the practical side. One policy to clear first: the resort has a ten-year age restriction on all RVs, though older coaches are reviewed for approval — send a photo to [email protected] before booking. An outdoor pool anchors the property, with a fitness center, clubhouse, playground, and dog park filling the grounds. Canoeing, kayaking, pickleball, and hiking round it out. Pets are welcome. The property is new throughout, which shows in the finishes. Sevierville sits minutes from the Pigeon Forge entertainment corridor and the western entrance to Great Smoky Mountains National Park — the most visited national park in the country at more than 12 million visitors a year. Summer and fall foliage drive demand hard in the Smokies. Reserve well ahead, and clear RV approval early if your coach is older.

from $66 $57/night

Creekwood Farm RV Park

Along Jonathan Creek Road one mile off Interstate 40 at Exit 20 in Haywood County, North Carolina, Creekwood Farm RV Park combines 125 full-hookup RV sites, a creek-side setting ideal for fishing and tubing, and a mountain location 30 minutes from both Asheville and Great Smoky Mountains National Park in one of the most strategically positioned campgrounds in the Southern Appalachians. The park's straightforward I-40 access—no curvy mountain roads—gives it particular value for large rigs and first-time Western North Carolina visitors who want the mountain experience without the white-knuckle driving that characterizes approaches to some of the region's higher-elevation campgrounds. Five miles from Maggie Valley and eight miles from downtown Waynesville, the park occupies a genuinely scenic creek-side valley with enough natural character to feel removed from the interstate while remaining directly connected to it. All 125 RV sites include full hookups with 30 and 50-amp electric service, water, and sewer connections, along with free Wi-Fi and more than 70 channels of cable television—a combination that makes the park equally functional for entertainment-focused family camping and remote workers with serious bandwidth needs. A private bathhouse with individual bathroom suites, a recreation room, laundry facility, camp store stocked with RV accessories and propane, and complimentary firewood for the first campfire provide the complete support infrastructure. Two fully furnished cabin rentals available year-round extend accommodation options, and a covered pavilion and entertainment stage in the campground's Bear Park provide the venue for live music events and group activities throughout the season. Jonathan Creek runs along the park's edge, providing immediate fishing access for native mountain trout and other species in the cold, clear water draining Haywood County's upper watershed. Tubing on the creek during summer's warmer water months gives children an on-site water activity that connects them directly to the Appalachian mountain stream environment, and the creek's morning mist and surrounding mountain ridgelines create the visual setting that makes camping in the Southern Highlands feel categorically different from the lowland experience. The park's pet-friendly design and two small pocket parks ensure that the full family—including four-legged members—finds comfortable space throughout the grounds. The Blue Ridge Parkway, one of America's most celebrated scenic drives, passes through the Haywood County highlands just minutes from the campground and provides access to overlooks, trailheads, and the atmospheric high-mountain meadows that define the parkway's distinctive visual character. Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the most visited national park in the country, begins 30 minutes west at the Cherokee entrance and provides the full range of Smokies hiking, wildlife viewing, scenic drives, and waterfall destinations that make the park the Eastern United States' premier outdoor destination. Asheville, 30 minutes east, anchors a vibrant arts and culinary scene that draws visitors from across the country to a mountain city celebrated as one of the South's most creative and engaging destinations. Haywood County's prime camping season runs from spring through fall, with the Blue Ridge Parkway's wildflower season in May, the mountain weather that keeps daytime temperatures 10 to 15 degrees cooler than the Carolina Piedmont, and the spectacular fall foliage of October all providing compelling reasons to visit in sequence. Great Smoky Mountains National Park's fall color display, peaking in mid-to-late October, draws the heaviest visitation of the year to the surrounding corridor—a period when advance reservations at Creekwood Farm become essential. The I-40 access and full-hookup infrastructure make the park a practical stop for cross-country travelers moving through the Southern Appalachians as well as a destination campground for Western North Carolina enthusiasts.

from $48/night

Pigeon Forge RV Resort

182 RV Sites

Pigeon Forge RV Resort in Tennessee offers 182 RV sites in the heart of the Sevier County resort corridor, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service, cable TV, ADA-accessible sites, and rigs accepted to 65 feet on a big-rig-friendly layout, open all year. Signature, Deluxe, Deluxe Micro, and creekfront partial-hookup categories join a pool, mini-golf, and 13 private bathrooms. One hundred eighty-two sites span creekfront grass partial hookup, deluxe back-in full hookup, deluxe micro back-in full hookup, deluxe pull-through full hookup, and Signature back-in full hookup categories, carrying water, sewer, and electric where noted with cable TV and site WiFi, sized to 65 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. Two things worth knowing: the creekfront category is partial hookup rather than full, and the Deluxe Micro tier right-sizes for compact rigs. Accessible sites are available. A general store, laundry, dump station, and firewood handle the practical side. The bathhouse has 13 private bathrooms, each with its own shower. Four people are included per site, each additional person is $7 per day, and eight is the maximum. An outdoor pool anchors the summer, with mini-golf, volleyball, golf cart rentals, a pond, creek, playground, pavilion, community fire pit, dog park, and snack bar filling the grounds. Fishing, hiking, biking, and live music round it out. Dollywood, the Parkway, and the park's busiest entrance are all at hand. Summer and fall foliage drive demand hard. Reserve well ahead.

from $51/night

Forest Grove RV Resort

188 RV Sites

Forest Grove RV Resort in Dandridge, Tennessee, offers 188 full-hookup RV sites across 206 acres between Cherokee Lake and Douglas Lake, with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 60 feet. Basic and standard back-in categories join a splash pad, outdoor pool, and pond in East Tennessee's lake country. One hundred eighty-eight back-in sites run in basic and standard categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp with site WiFi, sized to 60 feet, with picnic tables. The sites are spacious across the 206-acre property. A general store, propane fills and exchange, restrooms, and showers handle the practical side. A splash pad and outdoor pool anchor the summer, with sports courts, volleyball, basketball, horseshoes, corn hole, and an arcade filling the grounds. A pond supports fishing, with walking trails, hiking, a playground, pavilion, and dog park besides. The forest setting across 206 acres gives genuine space between sites. Pets are welcome. Dandridge sits in Jefferson County between two of the region's best fishing lakes — Cherokee and Douglas — with the broader Great Smoky Mountains corridor within reach. That combination of serious recreational infrastructure and direct lake proximity is what has built the resort's reputation in East Tennessee. The resort serves the Tennessee lake season. Summer fishing and boating drive the heaviest demand, with October foliage in the Smokies bringing a second wave and the shoulder seasons offering the most comfortable conditions. Reserve ahead for warm-weather weekends and fall color.

from $55/night

Fort Wilderness RV Park & Campground

27 RV Sites

Nestled in the residential neighborhood near Whittier, North Carolina, just outside Cherokee, Fort Wilderness RV Park and Campground offers 130 shaded sites across ten acres at the doorstep of the Great Smoky Mountains—one of the most visited national parks in the United States. The campground's position on the Qualla Boundary of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians places it in a community that blends mountain natural beauty with a living Native American cultural heritage, giving guests a distinctive regional context for their Smokies stay. Sites are laid out across a well-maintained, shaded property off U.S. 441 and Shoal Creek Road, providing a quieter, residential-adjacent alternative to the busier commercial campgrounds directly on the Cherokee main strip. The campground is well suited to family reunions, group camping events, church gatherings, and Good Sam club travelers, with enough space to accommodate larger groups while maintaining a sense of privacy between individual sites. Full hookup options and the park's proximity to Cherokee's full service infrastructure give guests practical convenience without sacrificing the wooded mountain character of the setting. The Great Smoky Mountains National Park, accessible within minutes of the campground, encompasses over 500,000 acres of Appalachian mountain terrain spanning the Tennessee-North Carolina border—the most visited national park in the country and one with year-round recreation from spring wildflower displays and summer hiking to fall foliage and winter solitude. The Oconaluftee Visitor Center and Mountain Farm Museum near the Cherokee entrance to the park provide accessible introductions to the park's natural and cultural heritage for guests who want a structured starting point before exploring the trail network. Cherokee's Main Street and the surrounding Qualla Boundary offer a substantial roster of regional attractions. Harrah's Cherokee Casino provides large-scale entertainment and dining for guests looking for an evening option beyond the campground, and the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad in nearby Bryson City runs excursion trains through the Nantahala Gorge on one of western North Carolina's most scenic rail routes. Fontana Lake, the Cherokee Bear Zoo, and the town of Bryson City's growing culinary and outdoor outfitter scene provide additional day-trip destinations within easy reach. Fort Wilderness RV Park and Campground is busiest from spring through fall, when the Smokies' wildflower season, summer hiking, and October foliage draw peak visitation to the Cherokee area. The campground's shaded sites are particularly appreciated during the warm summer months when direct sun exposure can make less-forested camping positions uncomfortable. Advance reservations are strongly recommended for summer holiday weekends and the October foliage season, which ranks as the most competitive booking window across the entire western North Carolina accommodation market. The campground's ten-acre footprint within a residential setting near Shoal Creek Road gives it a level of quiet and security that stands in notable contrast to the busier commercial parks positioned directly on US 441 in Cherokee's tourist strip, making it particularly appealing to families and groups prioritizing a calm base over immediate proximity to retail activity.

from $48/night

Smoky Mountain Meadows Campground

1 Onsite RV/Trailer

Smoky Mountain Meadows Campground in Bryson City, North Carolina, offers full-hookup RV sites, tent camping and cabin rentals across an open meadow valley four miles from the Deep Creek entrance to Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Sites accommodate rigs up to 42 feet, and the campground's meadow setting — framed by forested ridgelines rather than enclosed by them — gives it a more open feel than most sites in the Tuckasegee drainage. Full-hookup RV sites take rigs to 42 feet, with a dump station available on the property. Tent sites serve campers who want the valley setting at a simpler price point, and cabins provide enclosed lodging with the same meadow outlook. A general store stocks camp basics and firewood, and bathrooms, showers and laundry cover the practical side of a longer stay. WiFi reaches the campground. On-site recreation centers on the meadow itself. A playground anchors the family end of the property, and basketball, volleyball, horseshoes and corn hole give guests something to do without leaving camp. A community fire pit provides the evening gathering point, and a covered pavilion handles group meals and rainy afternoons. Pets are welcome. Great Smoky Mountains National Park's Deep Creek entrance sits four miles north on Deep Creek Road and holds the most accessible waterfall cluster in the park — Tom Branch, Indian Creek and Juney Whank Falls all fall within a 2.5-mile walk of the trailhead, and the creek's calm Class I water makes Deep Creek the park's most family-friendly tubing run. Bryson City itself is the departure point for the Great Smoky Mountains Railroad through the Nantahala Gorge, and Harrah's Cherokee and the Museum of the Cherokee Indian are eight miles northwest on the Qualla Boundary. The campground runs April through October. Spring wildflowers peak from late March into May and fall color arrives in the Tuckasegee valley through October — the two busiest windows of the year alongside the summer national park season. Reserve early for October weekends, when Bryson City lodging fills across the board.

Sun Retreats Nantahala

21 RV Sites, 2 Cottages

At the edge of the Nantahala National Forest in the mountains of western North Carolina, Sun Retreats Nantahala in Sylva offers a resort experience rooted in the extraordinary natural landscape that has made this corner of Appalachia a destination for hikers, paddlers, fly fishermen, and mountain music lovers for generations. The property sits along two mountain streams and a stocked fishing pond on grounds that open directly into the 530,000-acre Nantahala National Forest—a wilderness corridor that extends from the Tennessee border south to the Georgia state line and contains some of the most diverse temperate forest on earth. Sylva, a small Blue Ridge college town with a surprisingly vibrant dining and arts scene, is nearby. RV sites with full hookups, tent camping, and cottage rentals accommodate a broad range of travel styles, and an updated swimming pool provides a refreshing option on summer afternoons when the mountain humidity builds. The two on-property streams and stocked fishing pond offer immediate angling satisfaction without ever leaving the campsite, and the resort's dining and social calendar—featuring potluck dinners, holiday cookouts, and ice cream socials—creates the kind of campground community that makes repeat visits feel like a homecoming. Free WiFi and pet-friendly policies round out the practical amenities. The Blue Ridge Mountains surrounding Sylva and the Nantahala Forest represent one of the most botanically rich regions in the temperate world, sheltering more tree species within a 100-mile radius than exist in all of Northern Europe. The terrain rises and falls dramatically from creek-bottom coves dense with rhododendron and hemlock to open ridge tops above 5,000 feet where the views extend across a sea of forested ridgelines. Spring wildflower season is extraordinary—flame azalea and trillium, bloodroot and trout lily carpet the forest floor in a succession of bloom that runs from March through June at different elevations. The Nantahala Gorge, just minutes from the resort, is one of the most exciting whitewater destinations in the eastern United States—the Nantahala River drops through the gorge in a series of rapids capped by the famous Nantahala Falls, and commercial outfitters run raft trips daily throughout the summer. The Tuckasegee River near Dillsboro offers gentler floating for families and beginners. The Blue Ridge Parkway and Great Smoky Mountains National Park lie within easy reach, as do the Biltmore Estate in Asheville and the heritage-rich mountain communities of Waynesville, Bryson City, and Cherokee. The mountains of western North Carolina are genuinely four-season country: spring wildflowers and whitewater; summer cool and mountain music; fall foliage that many consider the finest in the eastern United States; and winter snows that bring a different, quieter beauty to the forest. Sun Retreats Nantahala's forested setting makes it comfortable even in July and August when lower elevations bake. Reservations fill quickly for fall weekends—the region's leaf-peeping season draws visitors from across the Southeast and beyond. Book your site at Sun Retreats Nantahala and let western North Carolina's wild mountains set the agenda for your stay.

from $60/night