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Conasauga River Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · TN · 34.98991, -84.63560
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Ask about this camp →U.S. Forest Service lists this site. On most of their ground you can camp away from developed sites pretty much anywhere — so treat this as a known-good spot, not the only one allowed. The unit sets stay limits and how far off road and water you must be. What changes is conditions — roads, gates, closures, fire rules. Check those with the unit before you commit to the drive.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Conasauga River Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 955 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Conasauga River CampgroundNIFC · AirNow
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Active wildfires from NIFC (within ~50 mi); air quality from AirNow. Always confirm current fire restrictions with the managing office before you go.
Everything you need — measured from Conasauga River Campground · Cherokee National Forest · TN
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- @Mail6 mi
- FFuel6 mi
- GGrocery6 mi
- HHardware11 mi
- ShShower11 mi
- AAir-up12 mi
- MMechanic12 mi
- LLaundry12 mi
- OOutfitter13 mi
- RxPharmacy14 mi
- +Urgent care14 mi
- EVEV fast charger18 mi
- WWater23 mi
- DDump23 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 23-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 6 mi out.
Not within 60 mi: Propane. Plan those before you head up.
One dot per need — the nearest of each kind, straight-line from camp. Places from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors); the EV fast charger from the US DOE station locator. Open in Google Maps ↗
The site — Conasauga River Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
955 ft
State
TN
Coordinates
34.98991, -84.63560
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Conasauga River Campground · Cherokee National Forest · TN (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureJacks River (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townAlaculsy · ~0.2 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelShell · ~8.2 mi
- Propane / LPGFreeman Gas Propane · ~16.0 mi
- Dump station~23.2 mi
- GroceriesFred's · ~12.4 mi
- PharmacyLiving Well Pharmacy · ~13.5 mi
- Hospital / clinicBenton Family Health Care Center · ~13.6 mi
- HardwareBlue Ridge Stone Depot · ~20.2 mi
EV charging — from Conasauga River Campground · Cherokee National Forest · TN — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger17.8 mi straight-line SW — Chatsworth Ford (at a public site) · FORD_CHARGE · CCS · 2 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach8 within 25 mi · 42 within 50 · 344 within 100 · 632 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)20.5 mi — Cleveland, TN - Tesla Supercharger, Cleveland
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO23.4 mi — GEORGIA POWER E ELLIJAY DC2, East Ellijay
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)13.2 mi — 496 Deal Rd, Copperhill, TN (at a public site) · RIVIAN_WAYPOINTS · J1772 · 1 Level 2 port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Pricing at the fast chargernot listed
- Power (kW)not listed by AFDC — “DC fast” spans roughly 24 to 350 kW, so ask the network.
- Read this honestlyStraight-line miles, like every distance on this site. Roads run longer than this, and you have to get back. We know where a charger is listed. We don’t know if it works today, how fast it is, or the road miles. Check the network before you commit.
Snapshot 2026-09-16 · AFDC record 390426 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Conasauga River Campground · Cherokee National Forest · TN — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletConasauga Blue Hole · ~0.5 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletSumac Shooting Range · ~5.4 mi SW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletParksville Beach Area · ~7.6 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletParksville Boat Launch Complex · ~8.6 mi N · USFS
Open Conasauga River Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Conasauga River Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Cottonwood Patch Area~0.6 mi · fee
- Sylco Campground~3.2 mi
- Sylco Campground~3.5 mi
- Hickey Gap Forest Service Camping Area~6.9 mi
The unit that manages Conasauga River Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Conasauga River Campground are set by Cherokee National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Conasauga River Campground
Source
U.S. Forest Service recreation data
Confidence
Likely — The record is good enough to put a pin on, but thin in places. Treat the details as a starting point, not gospel.
How it was placed
Free but developed (not dispersed) - review
EV chargers
US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center station locator, snapshot 2026-09-16. Straight-line miles to the nearest public, open, unrestricted station; restricted and planned units are shown but never counted.
Field check
On the agency's books. The land manager inventoried this site, so its existence is not in question — current conditions are. Nobody from here has camped it recently.
What we don’t know about Conasauga River Campground
A land record can put you within a few meters of a spot. It cannot tell you any of this — so check it yourself, and treat anything below as the open question it is.
- Road surface & last-mile access
- How many rigs actually fit
- Cell coverage by carrier
- Seasonal & winter access
- Current fire restrictions
- Whether any water here is drinkable
- Shade & wind exposure
- Noise and who else shows up
- Whether a listed EV charger works today, or the road miles to it
Before you go — Conasauga River Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Reading the aerial →All field notes →
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