Dispersed Camping in Buncombe County, North Carolina
Showing 37 locations in Buncombe County.
Anytime Fitness - Royal Pines
Suburban commercial parking lot for a 24-hour fitness center. Active membership or direct manager permission is typically required for overnight stays.
Anytime Fitness - Westgate Parkway
Parking area associated with Anytime Fitness in West Asheville.
Asheville Bear Creek RV Park
An established commercial RV park located close to downtown Asheville. It features full hookups, a swimming pool, and laundry facilities, though visitors should expect significant road noise due to the nearby highway. The park is highly convenient for exploring local attractions but lacks privacy and has dated amenities.
Bent Creek Road Dispersed Camping
Scenic seasonal dispersed camping along Bent Creek Road in the Pisgah National Forest, close to hiking and reservoir recreation.
Black Mountain Campground
A highly rated developed campground nestled along the South Toe River at the base of Mount Mitchell. It features primitive sites and sites with electric hookups, complete with modern restrooms, hot showers, and direct access to the Mount Mitchell trail.
Briar Bottom Group Campground
A group-only developed campground located adjacent to Black Mountain Campground. Features six separate group sites that can accommodate up to 30 people each. The facility is equipped with flush toilets, and campers can use showers at the adjacent campground.
Campfire Lodgings
A scenic private campground situated on a hilltop near Asheville, offering full hookups, tent sites, and yurts. Features panoramic river views, clean restrooms, hot showers, and wireless internet access.
Catawba Falls Campground
A small, wooded campground located near Black Mountain. Reports indicate the property is closed for the 2025 season.
Curtis Creek Campground
An attractive forest campground located at the base of the Blue Ridge Mountains along a rushing trout stream. It is situated on historical Civilian Conservation Corps land and provides trails to nearby waterfalls.
Curtis Creek Campground
A peaceful and well-maintained USFS developed campground nestled in a deep forest setting alongside a pristine trout stream. The site features shaded, private campsites with picnic tables, fire rings, lantern posts, and tent pads, offering an authentic mountain experience.
Curtis Creek Road Dispersed
A scenic corridor of free dispersed campsites located along Curtis Creek Road in Pisgah National Forest. These roadside pull-offs sit adjacent to a flowing creek and provide shaded options with established fire rings and tent clearings, serving as an excellent rustic option between the valley and the Blue Ridge Parkway.
Curtis Creek Road Dispersed
Scenic dispersed camping along Curtis Creek within the national forest. Features access to nearby creeks and waterfalls, offering a peaceful wooded environment.
Firefighter Island Campsite
A primitive walk-in or paddle-in campsite situated on Firefighter Island along Clayton Road near Avery Creek.
Forest Road 2173
This scenic corridor along Forest Road 2173 offers several pull-offs suitable for vans, along with walk-in tent sites. Located near Walker Falls in the Pisgah National Forest, it provides quiet, wooded campsites in an active bear habitat.
Grace Lot (Paid Parking)
A paid public parking lot located in West Asheville next to Grace Baptist Church, offering overnight parking via mobile app payment.
Ingles Market Black Mountain
Overnight parking is available at this supermarket parking lot on the outskirts of Black Mountain.
Jarrett Creek Road Dispersed Camping
A seasonal forest road corridor within the Pisgah National Forest offering remote dispersed sites. The road experiences seasonal closures, restricting motorized access during parts of the year.
Lake Powhatan Campground & Glamping
A highly rated, well-maintained Forest Service developed campground located in the Pisgah National Forest near Asheville. It features spacious woodsy sites, clean bathhouses with hot showers, a swimming beach on Lake Powhatan, and excellent access to local hiking and biking trails.
Mama Gertie's Hideaway Campground
A highly rated, premium mountainside RV resort situated just outside Asheville. This facility offers immaculately maintained, terraced sites with scenic views, full hookups, and excellent modern amenities.
Mount Mitchell State Park Campground
A scenic, high-country walk-in campground located near the prominent summit of Mount Mitchell. The campground features nine tent-only pitches nestled in a dense spruce-fir forest. Facilities include flush toilets and potable water in the central restroom, and bear-proof food lockers at each site. Campsites require a short walk from the dedicated parking lot.
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Neals Creek Road Dispersed Camping
This scenic road corridor in the Pisgah National Forest offers roadside camping at designated spots. Camping is strictly limited to sites marked with a tent symbol sign. The locations are situated along Neals Creek, providing beautiful forest scenery and stone fire rings.
Newberry Creek Road Dispersed Area
This road corridor offers dispersed roadside camping along Newberry Creek within the Pisgah National Forest. It provides a peaceful Appalachian forest setting with easy stream access.
Old Fort Road (FS 4030)
A scenic mountain corridor winding through the National Forests in North Carolina near Black Mountain, providing seasonal dispersed camping opportunities. Its paved surface and ease of access make it highly suitable for all types of rigs searching for a mountain getaway.
Old Mitchell Toll Road Trailhead
Old Mitchell Toll Road is a non-motorized historic trail route where vehicle traffic and vehicle camping are strictly prohibited. Ideal only for hikers and trail users seeking non-motorized day recreation.
Pisgah National Forest Designated Campsites
These designated roadside campsites are located within the Pisgah National Forest and offer established, flat spaces with fire rings. Under forest regulations, dispersed camping along this roadway is strictly restricted to these designated, marked sites only. It provides a peaceful, heavily wooded retreat that can become muddy after periods of heavy rain.
Planet Fitness
A paved commercial parking lot outside of a 24-hour gym facility, commonly utilized for brief overnight parking.
Reems Creek Ridge Dispersed Area
A quiet cluster of dispersed campsites located along the wooded ridges near Woodfin and Weaverville. This area offers primitive forest camping with close proximity to local hiking trails and scenic vistas.
Reems Creek Ridge Dispersed Site
Primitive campsite shaded by dense hardwood canopy, offering flat ground for pitching a tent or parking a small camper van.
Rice Pinnacle Road
Located within the Bent Creek Experimental Forest section of Pisgah National Forest. While the road itself is open to traffic, overnight camping is strictly prohibited along this corridor to protect ongoing research areas.
Shope Creek Road
A scenic gravel forest road offering access to dispersed camping settings within the National Forests of North Carolina. It provides a peaceful setting close to local hiking opportunities.
South Toe River Road Dispersed
Scenic dispersed camping corridor along South Toe River Road in the Pisgah National Forest, offering direct access to the beautiful river and nearby hiking trails near the base of Mount Mitchell.
Stony Fork Road Dispersed
Stony Fork Road offers seasonal dispersed camping opportunities within the grand forests of North Carolina's Appalachian range. The area is highly shaded and close to popular trailheads.
TA Travel Center
A commercial travel center offering dedicated parking spaces, fuel, and basic convenience items.
Wash Creek Horse Camp
A small group campground designed specifically for equestrian use, offering one group site with a vault toilet and hitching posts. Located in a remote hardwood forest section near a shallow stream.
Young Pisgah Mountain Road
A scenic gravel forest road on Young Pisgah Mountain offering dispersed camping in a dense woodland setting.