Campgrounds in North Carolina Near the Water

Make it a weekend — these are the campgrounds in North Carolina within 15 miles of a boat ramp, so you can launch at first light. 632 places mapped.

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Every pin is within 15 miles of a launch. The anchors are the boat ramps — so you can see how far the water is from any stop.

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Adley

  • Bandit's Roost Campground · US Army Corps of Engineers directions

Almond

Apex

Arapahoe

Arden

Arrowhead Beach

Ashboro

  • Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park · Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park directions

Asheboro

Asheville

Aurora

Avon

Badin

Bakersville

Balsam Gap

Banner Elk

Bayboro

Bear Creek

Beech Mountain

Belhaven

Bent Creek

  • Firefighter Island Campsite directions
  • Lake Powhatan Campground · Pisgah Hospitality Partners directions

Bessemer City

Beulaville

Birdtown Community ᏥᏍᏉᎯ

Black Mountain

Blowing Rock

Boardman

  • Princess Ann Campground · North Carolina Division of Parks and Rec directions

Boomer

Boone

Bostic

Brevard

Broad Creek

Bryson City

Burnsville

  • Black Mountain Campground · Cradle of Forestry In America Campground directions
  • Briar Bottom Campground · United States Forest Service directions
  • Carolina Hemlocks Rec. Area Campground directions
  • Carolina Hemlocks Recreation Area · Cradle of Forestry in America Campground directions
  • Crabtree Falls Campground · National Park Service directions
  • Victor Road Dispersed Camping Site 1 · National Forest directions

Butner

Buxton

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Calabash

Camden

  • U.S. Coast Guard Base Elizabeth City Campground directions

Camp Hardee

Camp Leach

  • Goose Creek State Park Family Campground · North Carolina State Parks directions

Candler

Canton

Cape Carteret

Carolina Beach

  • Carolina Beach State Park Campground · North Carolina Division of Parks and Rec directions

Carthage

Cedar Island

Cedar Mountain

Cedar Point

Charlotte

  • Carowinds Camp Wilderness · Cedar Fair Entertainment Company directions

Cherokee

Cherry Point

Chocowinity

City of Durham

  • Ward Family Campground · Friends of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail directions

Clemmons

Coinjock

  • Outer Banks West/Currituck Sound KOA Holiday · KOA directions

Collettsville

Concord

Connelly Springs

Core Creek

Cotton Patch Landing

Courtyard Food Court

Creedmoor

Creswell

  • Pettigrew State Park Campground · North Carolina Division of Parks and Rec directions
  • Pettigrew State Park Group Campground directions

Cruso

Currituck

Danbury

  • Group Campground · Hanging Rock State Park directions

Davis

  • Great Island Cabins · National Park Service directions

Dillsboro

Eagle Springs

East Bend

  • Canoe-In Campground · Pilot Mountain State Park directions

East Flat Rock

East Monbo

Elizabethtown

  • Greene's Pond Cabins & RV Park directions
  • Jones Lake Family Campground · North Carolina Division of Parks & Recre directions
  • Jones Lake Group Campground directions
  • Sandy Ridge Campground and RV Resort directions

Elk Park

Elkin

Emerald Isle

Fairfield Harbour

  • Flanners Beach/Neuse River Campground · USDA-Forest Service, Croatan National Fo directions

Fairmont

Fayetteville

Ferguson

Flat Rock

Fletcher

Fontana Dam

Four Oaks

Franklin

Franklinville

Frisco

Gamewell

George Washington Carver

Gerton

Glade Valley

  • Stone Mountain Campground · North Carolina Division of Parks & Recre directions
  • Stone Mountain Group Campground · North Carolina Division of Parks & Recre directions

Glen Alpine

  • Paddy's Creek Drive-In Campground At Lake James · North Carolina Division of Parks & Recre directions

Goldsboro

Goodwin Hills

Greenevers

Grifton

Hampstead

  • Campground · North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commis directions

Harkers Island

Harrisburg

  • Tom Johnson's Morehead Farms Campground directions

Hartman

  • Hanging Rock State Park Campground · Hanging Rock State Park directions

Hatteras

Hayesville

Henderson

Hendersonville

Hertford

Hickory Grove

Hiddenite

High Point

Highlands

  • Ammons Branch Campground directions
  • Van Hook Glade Campground · United States Forest Service directions

Hillsborough

Hiwassee Village

Holden Beach

Holly Ridge

Holly Ridge/Surf City

Hot Springs

Hubert

Jacksonville

Jacksonville/109 1

Jefferson

  • Camp Host directions
  • Racoon Holler Campground directions
  • Wagoner Family Campground · North Carolina Division of Parks & Recre directions
  • Wagoner Group Campground · North Carolina Division of Parks & Recre directions

Jinnys Branch

Jonesville

Kenly

Kill Devil Hills

King

Kings Mountain

Kitty Hawk

Knotts Island

Kure Beach

Lake Lure

Lake Santeetlah

Lake Toxaway

Lake Waccamaw

  • Lake Waccamaw State Park Campground · North Carolina Division of Parks and Rec directions

Laurel Springs

  • Doughton Park Campground · National Park Service directions
  • Doughton Park Campground · National Park Service directions
  • Doughton Park Campground · National Park Service directions
  • Miller's Campground directions
  • Mountain Side Campground & Cabins directions
  • U.S. 221 Drive-in Campground · New River State Park directions
  • Wild Woody’s Campground directions

Lawndale

Lillington

Linville

Linwood

Littleton

Lumberton

Lupton

  • Long Point Cabins · National Park Service directions

Maggie Valley

Manson

Manteo

Marble

Marion

Mars Hill

Maysville

McGrady

  • Campground · NC Wildlife Resources Commission directions
  • Campground · NC Wildlife Resources Commission directions

McLeansville

Middleburg

Midland

Mill Creek

  • Oyster Point Campground · United States Forest Service directions

Mill Spring

Millers Creek

  • Rendezvous Mountain Group Camp · Rendezvous Mountain Educational State Fo directions

Mills River

  • Camp Highlander directions
  • North Mills River Campground · Cradle of Forestry in America Campground directions

Minnesott Beach

Mint Hill

Mocksville

Moncure

Mooresboro

Mooresville

Moravian Falls

  • Moravian Falls Family Campground & Cabin Rentals directions

Morganton

Mount Airy

Mt Gilead

Murphy

Nags Head

  • Oregon Inlet Campground · National Park Service directions

Near Whitmore

  • North Carolina State Fairgrounds Campground · North Carolina Department of Agriculture directions

Nebo

  • Camp Grimes Scout Reservation · BSA Mecklenburg County Council directions
  • Catawba River Walk-In Campground · North Carolina Division of Parks & Recre directions
  • Paddy Creek Campground directions

New Bern

New Hill

  • Vista Point Campground · North Carolina Division of Parks and Rec directions

New London

Newland

Newport

North Raleigh

  • Blue Heron Campground · North Carolina Division of Parks & Recre directions
  • Bootleg Point Campground · North Carolina Division of Parks & Recre directions
  • Catfish Cove Campground · North Carolina Division of Parks & Recre directions
  • Durant Nature Park directions
  • Holly Point Campground - Loop 3 directions
  • Osprey Nest Campground · North Carolina Division of Parks & Recre directions
  • Shinleaf Campground · North Carolina Division of Parks & Recre directions
  • Shortleaf Pine Campground · North Carolina Division of Parks & Recre directions

Oak Ridge

Ocean Isle Beach

Ocracoke

Old Fort

Otway

Penrose

Pilot Mountain

  • Pilot Mountain State Park Campground · Pilot Mountain State Park directions

Pine Hall

Pinnacle

Pisgah Forest

Pleasant Garden

Princeton

Providence

  • Park Springs Christian Camp & Retreat Center directions

Ramsey Commons

Redmon

Reidsville

Riverside

Roanoke Rapids

Robbinsville

Rodanthe

Rosman

Rutherfordton

Rutherforton

Rymers Ferry

Salisbury

Saluda

Salvo

Sapphire

Seaforth

Sealevel

Seaside

Secession

Selma

Seven Lakes

Shelby

Sherrills Ford

Sidney

Sims

Sneads Ferry

Snow Camp

Sophia

South Concord

South Rodanthe

Southport

Spruce Pine

Statesville

Stem

Stoneville

Supply

Surf City

Swan Quarter

Swannanoa

Swanquarter

Swansboro

Tabor City

  • Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park at Daddy Joe's · Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park directions

Talc Mountain

Taylorsville

Taylorsville Beach

Thomas Landing

Topton

  • Appletree Group Camp · US Forest Service directions

Trading Ford

Traphill

Trenton

Troy

Tuckasegee

Tuxedo

Union Mills

Vanceboro

Vandemere

Wade

Wake Forest

  • Holly Point Campground - Loop 1 directions
  • Holly Point Campground - Loop 2 directions
  • Holly Point Campground - Loop 4 directions
  • Holly Point Campground - Loop 5 directions
  • Overlook Campground · North Carolina Division of Parks & Recre directions
  • Shoreline Campground · North Carolina Division of Parks & Recre directions
  • Two Oaks Campground · North Carolina Division of Parks & Recre directions

Walgreens

  • Tanglewood RV Campground · Tangelwood Park directions

Walnut Cove

Walnut Creek

Washington Park

Watts Landing

Waves

Weaverville

Webbs

Weldon

West Jefferson

White Lake

Whittier

Wilkesboro

Wilmington

Wilsonville

  • Poplar Point Campground · North Carolina Division of Parks and Rec directions

Windsor

Winston Salem

  • Winston-Salem Fairgrounds RV Campground directions

Woodbridge

Woodfin

Yadkin Valley

Yanceyville

Zirconia

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