Available Camping Facilities
Pitch your tent or park your recreation vehicle at one of more than 1,000 family campsites.
Crosswinds Campground
Crosswinds offers 182 campsites for recreational vehicles, tent and trailer camping; 134 sites have electric and water hookups. Each site includes a picnic table, grill, and lantern holder. Showers, restrooms, trash containers, and a dump station are conveniently located.
Parkers Creek
Parkers Creek offers 250 sites for RV, tent and trailer camping; 120 sites have electric and water hookups. Each site includes a picnic table, grill, and lantern holder. Showers, restrooms, trash containers, and a dump station are conveniently located.
Poplar Point
Poplar Point offers 579 sites for RV, tent and trailer camping; 363 sites have electric and water hookups. Each site includes a picnic table, grill, and lantern holder. Showers, restrooms, trash containers, and a dump station are conveniently located.
Walk-Up Campsites
Loops 3 and 4 at Parkers Creek and Loop E at Poplar Point are all walk-up campsites that are available on a first-come, first-served basis. These sites are not available for advance reservation and can be booked only when you arrive at the campground.
For those who prefer a more primitive campsite, New Hope Overlook offers 24 campsites nestled in the woods. These sites range from 100 yard to a half mile from the parking lot. Each site has a picnic table, grill, and lantern holder. Toilets and drinking water are provided nearby.
These sites cannot be reserved in advance and are walk-up only, which means you can be booked only when you arrive at the campground, on a first-come, first-served basis.
Two areas offer sections for camping clubs and other groups. Parkers Creek has six campsites available for group tent camping. Vista Point also offers five group tent campsites. Drinking water and showers are located nearby.
All of these campsites accommodate up to 35 people.
Cancellation Policy for Group Campsites
Please note that group camping reservations must be cancelled at least 14 days prior to the scheduled arrival date. No refunds are issued after the 14-day mark, but campers may reschedule to another date and will be charged only the cancellation fees.
Vista Point offers 50 campsites for group RV camping. All sites contain electric and water hookups. Although these sites are open year-round, water to the sites is turned off in the winter. Showers, restrooms, trash containers, and a dump station are conveniently located.
Cancellation Policy for Group Campsites
Please note that group camping reservations must be cancelled at least 14 days prior to the scheduled arrival date. No refunds are issued after the 14-day mark, but campers may reschedule to another date and will be charged only the cancellation fees.
Volunteer as a Campground Host
Campground hosts "live in" the park and assist park staff in maintaining the campgrounds and in serving campers. They typically answer questions, provide directions to local amenities, and inform campers of the rules and hours of the campground. They may also help register campers when the visitor center or park office is closed for the day, or they may sell firewood.
Campground hosts serve as the point of contact between campers and on-call rangers. They would report incidents, suspicious behavior, and other situations that may need to be addressed by staff.
Campground hosts serve as volunteers, so they do not get paid. A volunteer work schedule will be arranged with the park's host coordinating ranger. Those interested in serving as campground hosts should be willing to work flexible hours and be prepared to work on weekends and holidays.
Hosts will stay on the host campsite free of charge. Campground hosts serve for 1 month.
Hosts need to be willing to learn about the operations and general information about the park and the local area, in order to effectively assist campers. They must follow and comply with all North Carolina State Parks rules and regulations.
Hosts with pets are permitted, but they must follow pet rules at all times: dogs must be on a leash no longer than 6 feet, and they must be kept in the host's vehicle during quiet hours.