Tent Camping near Moncure, North Carolina

Norwood Campground

25 RV Sites, 10 Tent Sites

Norwood Campground in Norwood, NC, offers 25 full-hookup RV sites and 10 tent sites, with 30 and 50-amp service and room for rigs up to 45 feet. Sites come in two categories, back-in 30-amp and back-in 50-amp, each carrying water, sewer, and electric with site-delivered WiFi, a fire pit, and a picnic table. The campground is open all year, with laundry, a bathhouse, a general store, firewood, propane exchange, a dump station, a recreation center, golf cart rentals, boat storage, and a pet washing station. Pets are welcome. The lake access is the draw: exclusive Lake Tillery beach access, boat docks, and a fishing pier, plus a pond, walking trails, a pavilion, a jumping pillow, horseshoes, corn hole, a playground, and gem panning, with swimming, fishing, boating, birding, and planned activities. Norwood sits at Morgan Mountain on Lake Tillery in Stanly County's Piedmont foothills, with hardwood forest around it. From 24/27 heading west, turn onto Indian Mound Road in South Albemarle just after crossing the Pee Dee. Rates for sites and tent spots are on the booking page. Summer lake weekends fill first.

from $40/night

Indian Heritage RV Park

46 RV Sites, 1 Cabin, 12 Tent Sites

Indian Heritage RV Park in Martinsville, VA, offers 46 full-hookup RV sites, 1 cabin, and 12 tent sites, with 30 and 50-amp service and room for rigs up to 84 feet. Sites come in three premium categories — 30/50-amp full-hookup back-ins, 30/50-amp full-hookup pull-throughs, and 30/50-amp full-hookup riverfront sites — all carrying water, sewer, and electric with a fire pit and picnic table. The riverfront sites are the ones to request, and at 84 feet the pull-throughs take long coaches. The park is open all year, with laundry, a bathhouse with showers, a dump station, WiFi, and a cabin for guests without a rig. Pets are welcome. Smith River frontage runs the property, with fishing, kayaking, and picnicking straight from the site. Martinsville sits at 184 Tensbury Drive in Henry County on the Smith River, in the Virginia Piedmont where the Blue Ridge's eastern foothills give way to rolling agricultural country. The Smith River is one of the better trout tailwaters in the state. Rates by site category are on the booking page. Premium riverfront sites book first.

from $34/night

Jellystone Park™ Tabor City

179 RV Sites, 5 Cabins, 8 Yurts

Tucked away on a quiet farm is one of Southeastern North Carolina's best-kept secrets: Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park™ in Tabor City! Formally known as Daddy Joe's, our Camp-Resort invites you to RV camp with us and friends. Just minutes away from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and Wilmington, North Carolina, Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park™Camp-Resorts in Tabor City is a great destination for relaxing and having fun with friends and family. Whether you are an angler at heart, enjoy hiking, joining in on our planned activities, or just relaxing while camping in our cabins, you will experience natural beauty like you've never seen before at Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park™ in Tabor City, NC. You can bet the best spots go first, so don't wait to plan your camping trip. There's no other camping RV resort like it! When you are out of fun things to do, be sure to visit nearby attractions in Myrtle Beach, SC, and Wilmington, NC. We are located right between everything good in North and South Carolina! Come on by, we're worth the trip! YOGI BEAR and all related characters and elements © & ™ Hanna-Barbera. (s26)

Smith Mountain Campground

18 RV Sites, 2 Tent Sites

Smith Mountain Campground in Penhook, VA, offers 20 full-hookup RV sites and 2 tent sites, with 30 and 50-amp service and room for rigs up to 50 feet. Sites come in three categories — back-in 30-amp water-and-electric, back-in 30/50-amp, and pull-thru 30/50-amp — with full-hookup sites carrying water, sewer, and electric plus a fire pit and picnic table. A bathhouse with showers, a general store, firewood, a dump station, a recreation center, and cabins cover the rest. Pets are welcome. A stocked fishing pond, private hiking trails, a pavilion, sport courts, bocce, corn hole, horseshoes, a playground, and creek frontage fill the family-owned grounds, with boating, picnicking, and dark-sky stargazing. Penhook sits on Liberty Road in the Blue Ridge foothills of Franklin County, less than five miles from the nearest public boat launch on Smith Mountain Lake, with the Booker T. Washington Monument, The Homeplace Vineyard, and The Coves Amphitheater all close. Rates for sites and cabins are on the booking page. Twenty sites near Smith Mountain Lake fill quickly in summer, so reserve ahead.

from $35/night

The Lakes RV & Cabin Resort

47 RV Sites, 5 Cabins, 4 Tent Sites

The Lakes RV & Cabin Resort in Maysville, NC, offers 49 full-hookup RV sites, 1 cabin, and 4 tent sites, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and back-in sites for rigs up to 40 feet. Sites come in three categories — preferred, lake view, and poolside — all back-ins carrying water, sewer, and electric with site-delivered WiFi, a fire pit, and a picnic table. EV charging is available, still uncommon in this part of the state. Laundry, a bathhouse with showers, propane fills and exchange, golf cart rentals, and both RV and boat storage cover the practical side. Check-in for RV sites is 2pm with a 1pm checkout; cabins run 4pm. Pets are welcome, with a dog park. An outdoor pool, a beach, a boat ramp, sport courts, volleyball, a pavilion, a playground, and walking trails fill the grounds, with swimming, boating, fishing, hiking, live music, and planned activities on the calendar. Maysville sits in Jones County on the eastern North Carolina coastal plain, midway between the freshwater lakes of Croatan National Forest and the coast. Rates for sites, the cabin, and tent spots are on the booking page. Lake view and poolside sites are the ones to request and they go first.

from $41/night

Cotton Patch Landing

3 RV Sites, 5 Cabins, 1 Tent Site, 1 Cottage

Cotton Patch Landing in Chocowinity, NC, offers 3 full-hookup RV sites, 6 cabin and cottage rentals, and 1 tent site, with 30 and 50-amp service and room for rigs up to 80 feet. Every RV site is a full-hookup 30/50-amp back-in carrying water, sewer, and electric with site-delivered WiFi, a fire pit, and a picnic table, and ADA-accessible sites are available. At 80 feet the sites take the longest coaches — remarkable for a three-site property. Laundry, a bathhouse with showers, a general store, firewood, and propane fills and exchange cover the essentials. Pets are welcome, and there's a playground. The marina carries the property: boat docks, a boat ramp, boat and kayak rentals, boat storage, on-site dining, a snack bar, food trucks, and a pavilion, with fishing, boating, paddling, and picnicking on the creek. Chocowinity sits on Blount's Creek in the tidal estuary country of North Carolina's Inner Banks, where the Pamlico River meets the creek system draining the coastal plain south of Washington. Rates for sites, cabins, and the tent spot are on the booking page. Three RV sites at a working marina means booking early is essential.

from $26/night

Brunswick Beaches Campground

76 RV Sites, 14 Tent Sites

Brunswick Beaches Campground in Sunset Beach, NC, offers 76 full-hookup RV sites and 14 tent sites, with 30 and 50-amp service and room for rigs up to 100 feet. Sites come in four categories — back-in, pull-thru, pull-thru 30-amp, and pull-thru 50-amp — all carrying water, sewer, electric, and cable TV with site-delivered WiFi. At 100 feet the pull-thrus take the longest coaches. Laundry, a bathhouse with showers, a general store, firewood, propane fills, a dump station, on-site dining, and both RV and boat storage cover the practical side, with cabins for guests without a rig. Pets are welcome — the dog park has separate sides for small and large dogs. An outdoor pool, a pond, a pavilion, basketball, volleyball, horseshoes, corn hole, and a playground fill the grounds, with fishing, swimming, biking, and boating nearby. Sunset Beach sits at the southern end of the Brunswick Islands on the Cape Fear coast — a string of barrier islands with some of the least crowded beaches on the East Coast, between Myrtle Beach and Wilmington. Rates by site category are on the booking page. Summer on the Brunswick Islands books early.

from $23/night

Lake Ridge RV Resort

84 RV Sites, 20 Cabins, 7 Tent Sites

Lake Ridge RV Resort in Hillsville, Virginia, offers 84 RV sites, 20 cabins, and seven tent sites on a lake in Carroll County's Blue Ridge Mountains, with 30 and 50-amp full-hookup service and rigs accepted to 65 feet. An outdoor pool with water slides, a clubhouse, and a full activity calendar make this a family resort rather than an overnight stop. Sites run from back-in and deluxe back-in with 30-amp water and electric to VIP back-in and pull-through options and super pull-throughs with 50-amp, all sized for rigs to 65 feet. Twenty cabins serve guests traveling without a rig, and seven tent sites cover simpler camping. A general store, snack bar, laundry, propane fills and exchange, and a dump station handle the practical side, and WiFi reaches the property. On-site recreation is extensive. An outdoor pool with water slides anchors the summer, with a lake on the property for fishing, boating, paddle boats, and paddle boarding. Sports courts, basketball, horseshoes, shuffleboard, and gaga ball spread across the grounds, with an arcade and clubhouse indoors and a playground, pavilion, dog park, and walking trails besides. Golf cart rentals make the resort easy to cross, and planned activities run through the season. Pets are welcome. Hillsville sits near the Blue Ridge Parkway close to the Virginia–North Carolina line. Galax and its Old Fiddlers' Convention, the New River Trail State Park, and Grayson Highlands State Park are all close. Roanoke and Winston-Salem are each about 75 minutes; Virginia Tech is 52 miles. The resort runs the Blue Ridge season, with summer families and October foliage driving peak demand. Reserve ahead for both, and check pool and slide operating dates when booking shoulder-season stays.

Hideaway RV Resort - Myrtle Beach

105 RV Sites, 4 Tent Sites

Hideaway RV Resort in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, offers 105 full-hookup RV sites and four tent sites on the Intracoastal Waterway, with 30 and 50-amp service, cable TV, and rigs accepted to 68 feet. A waterfront pull-through category joins standard back-in and pull-through tiers, with boat docks, a private launch, fishing pier, and kayak rentals. One hundred five sites run in back-in, pull-thru, and waterfront pull-thru categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp with cable TV and site WiFi, sized to 68 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. Sixty-eight feet accommodates a long coach with a tow. The waterfront pull-through is the one to request. Four tent sites round out the lodging. A general store, laundry, restrooms, showers, RV storage, and boat storage handle the practical side. Boat docks, a boat ramp, boat rentals, kayak rentals, and a fishing pier open the waterway for boating, paddle boats, canoeing, kayaking, water sports, and fishing. An outdoor pool, recreation center, pavilion, walking trails, pond, playground, and dog park fill the rest, with planned activities through the season. Pets are welcome. The Intracoastal setting is the distinguishing feature in a corridor where most properties face the highway. The Grand Strand's famously wide Atlantic beaches are a short drive, while the waterway's calm tidal water sits at your site — a combination that lets you keep a boat here and still be at the beach in minutes. Broadway at the Beach, Brookgreen Gardens, and the Myrtle Beach golf corridor are all close. Summer beach season drives the heaviest demand. Reserve well ahead for June through August, and for spring golf season.

from $45/night

Jellystone Park™ Natural Bridge

126 RV Sites, 22 Cabins, 23 Tent Sites, 9 Lodges

Jellystone Park at Natural Bridge in Natural Bridge Station, Virginia, offers 126 RV sites, 31 cabin and lodge units, and 23 tent sites in the Shenandoah Valley foothills, with 20, 30, and 50-amp full hookups, cable TV, and rigs accepted to 45 feet. Waterfront back-ins join deluxe, premium, and pull-through categories, alongside a water park, swim lake, and movie theater. One hundred twenty-six sites span 30/50-amp back-ins, deluxe back-ins, premium back-ins, pull-throughs, and waterfront back-ins, all carrying water, sewer, and electric with cable TV and site WiFi, sized to 45 feet, with fire pits, picnic tables, and BBQ pits. Thirty-one cabins and lodges and 23 tent sites round out the accommodations. A general store, laundry, propane fills and exchange, dump station, restrooms, showers, and firewood handle the practical side. A daily resort fee applies and covers cable and WiFi, aquatic facility access including the resort pool, waterslides, splash pad, and swim lake, the dog park, the movie theater, and 24-hour on-site management. Recreation is the product. A water park with waterslides, splash pad, swim lake, beach, and outdoor pool anchors the summer, with mini-golf, a jumping pillow, gaga ball, arcade, game room, and recreation center besides. Sports courts, basketball, a playground, pavilion, barn, golf cart rentals, and a pond for fishing fill the grounds. Pets are welcome. Natural Bridge State Park — one of Virginia's most striking natural landmarks — is close, with the upper Shenandoah Valley and Blue Ridge corridor beyond. Summer families and fall foliage drive demand. Reserve well ahead.

from $34/night

Jellystone Park™ Golden Valley

112 RV Sites, 157 Cabins, 26 Tent Sites, 6 Glamping Sites, 29 Cottages, 4 Lodges

Jellystone Park Golden Valley in Bostic, North Carolina, offers 112 full-hookup RV sites, 190 cabin, cottage, and lodge units, 26 tent sites, and six glamping sites across more than 600 acres, with 30 and 50-amp service, cable TV, and rigs accepted to 80 feet behind a gated entrance. Creekside premium and Creekside Red Carpet categories join a water park, zip line, mountain coaster, and disc golf course. One hundred twelve sites span Creekside premium back-in, Creekside premium pull-thru, Creekside Red Carpet back-in, and Creekside Red Carpet pull-thru categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric with cable TV and site WiFi, sized to 80 feet, with fire pits, picnic tables, and BBQ pits. Every RV category is creekside, which is unusual — there is no inferior inland tier. One hundred ninety cabins, cottages, and lodges, 26 tent sites, and six glamping sites make the lodging inventory extraordinary. A general store, laundry, propane fills, restrooms, showers, firewood, and RV storage handle the practical side. A daily resort fee covers mini-golf, the playground, and the amenity program. A water park and outdoor pool anchor the summer, with a hot tub and sauna alongside. A zip line, disc golf course, mini-golf, laser tag, a jumping pillow, sports courts, tennis, pickleball, volleyball, basketball, ping pong, golf cart rentals, walking trails, hiking, a lake, creek, playground, pavilion, dog park, on-site dining, and a bar fill the rest. Six hundred acres at the base of the Blue Ridge makes this one of the Southeast's most expansive family resorts. Summer and fall foliage drive demand. Reserve well ahead.

from $68/night

Montebello Camping & Fishing Resort

37 RV Sites, 5 Cabins, 17 Tent Sites, 2 Cottages

Montebello Camping & Fishing Resort in Montebello, VA, offers 38 full-hookup RV sites, 7 cabin and cottage rentals, and 17 tent sites, with 30 and 50-amp service and room for rigs up to 40 feet. Sites are labeled by exactly what they deliver: 30-amp water and electric, 30-amp water/electric/sewer, and 30/50-amp water/electric/sewer. Each comes with a fire pit and picnic table, in back-in and pull-thru configurations. Laundry, a general store, firewood, a dump station, and a pavilion handle the practical side. Pets are welcome. Cell service in this part of the Blue Ridge is limited, which is worth planning around rather than being surprised by. Fishing is the anchor — the resort has both a lake and a pond stocked for it — with kayaking, swimming, biking, picnicking, and birding filling out the days. Wine tasting is nearby. Montebello sits high in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Nelson County, less than three miles from the Blue Ridge Parkway, with adjacent trails climbing well above the campground. Rates for sites, cabins, and tent spots are on the booking page. Fall foliage weekends on the Parkway book far in advance.

from $29/night