Backbone Rock Campground in TN -- Campground & RV Camping

Located along Beaverdam Creek at 2,100 feet elevation in the Southern Appalachian Mountains, this facility features 10 single and double campsites equipped with picnic tables, fire rings, and lantern holders, plus shared flush toilets. A CCC-built reservable pavilion with a large lawn sits adjacent to camp. Visitors come to fish for stocked trout in the creek or hike to nearby Backbone Rock, a historic railroad tunnel. Trail access connects to Backbone Falls and the Appalachian National Scenic Trail.

Getting there: Highway TN 133 north from Highway 91. The campsite is on Highway 133, just north of Backbone Rock.

• Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, an 11-site campground with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
• Backbone Branch runs 0.3 mi off.
• Morfield Ridge stands 1,308 ft above the map pin, 1.8 miles southeast.
• 9 on the water.
• Estimated night sky: Bortle 2, true dark-sky territory.

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