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What is the best camping spot in Asheville NC?

dog-friendly car-camping in east tennessee

  • recommend a good dog-friendly car-camping spot in east tennessee, please. (or recommend a site that can help us find one) the bf and i are hoping to meet some friends for a little camping halfway between our home in nashville, tn, and their home in asheville, nc. i'm thinking somewhere around gatlinburg or pigeon forge, or maybe big south fork, but i don't know anything about the camping around here, so i was hoping to avoid just throwing darts at a map by seeking a little hivemind input. we have dogs, and we don't want to hike far with our gear. we don't need showers or facilities. can anyone either recommend a place or a website where i can search for such parameters? thanks!

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    Dunno what you mean by "dog-friendly," but if that includes keeping 'em on a leash, limit of 2, I can recommend the http://www.townsendgreatsmokies.com/, although it was overrun with screaming kids the last time I was there (hey, it's been nice and peaceful on several other trips). http://www.dogfriendly.com/server/travel/uscities/guides/us/cities/usonlinecityTNThe_Smoky_Mountains.shtml might be of interest, too.

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only one, maybe 2 dogs. prefer to be able to let them off the leash, if possible, but not necessary.

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I know a lot of places closer to Asheville but not so much in TN. That said, what about the http://gorp.away.com/gorp/resource/us_national_forest/nc_nanta.htm area? It's a lot further for you to drive than your friends but there are lots of places to camp. If I were you I'd look around there or in the http://www.greatsmoky.com/ which is closer to halfway between y'all. What you want is usually called wilderness camping. Here's a list of http://www.yoursmokies.com/smokymountainsnationalparkcamping.html. Oh, wait. http://www.nps.gov/grsm/planyourvisit/pets.htm Boo. Go to http://www.cs.unca.edu/nfsnc/recreation/recreate.htm or http://ncnatural.com/NCUSFS/Pisgah/or http://ncnatural.com/NCUSFS/Nantahala/nantfac.html instead.

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