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Sourwood Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · TN · 35.29381, -84.11230
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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 Sourwood Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 1,955 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Sourwood 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 Sourwood Campground · Cherokee National Forest · TN
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- DDump2 mi
- FFuel10 mi
- @Mail10 mi
- GGrocery11 mi
- HHardware14 mi
- +Urgent care14 mi
- MMechanic14 mi
- LLaundry14 mi
- RxPharmacy15 mi
- EVEV fast charger15 mi
- ShShower16 mi
- OOutfitter18 mi
- WWater21 mi
- AAir-up26 mi
- PPropane42 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 21-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 10 mi out.
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 — Sourwood Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
1,955 ft
State
TN
Coordinates
35.29381, -84.11230
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Sourwood Campground · Cherokee National Forest · TN (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureTellico River (river) · nearby
- Nearest townWaucheesi · ~5.7 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelFuel · ~10.1 mi
- Propane / LPGPropane · ~29.5 mi
- Dump stationNorth River Checking Station · ~1.6 mi
- GroceriesDollar General Market · ~11.8 mi
- PharmacyPharmacy · ~14.9 mi
- Hospital / clinicMurphy Medical Center · ~17.3 mi
- HardwareSloan's Hardware · ~23.3 mi
EV charging — from Sourwood Campground · Cherokee National Forest · TN — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger14.9 mi straight-line S — DOWNTOWN MURPHY MPB STATION 1 · ChargePoint Network · CHAdeMO, CCS · 1 fast port listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach2 within 25 mi · 41 within 50 · 272 within 100 · 580 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)14.9 mi — DOWNTOWN MURPHY MBP STATION 2, Murphy
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)21.5 mi — Fort Loudoun State Park, Vonore, TN (at a public site) · RIVIAN_WAYPOINTS · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Also listed, not counted aboveNACS-only Level 2 — Snowbird Mountain Lodge - Tesla Destination, Robbinsville, 12.9 mi · NACS (Tesla) · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to Teslas only. · AFDC lists it “Free”
- 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 355858 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Sourwood Campground · Cherokee National Forest · TN — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletSpivey Cove Cg · ~0.7 mi N · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletBirch Branch Campground · ~1.2 mi SE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletDavis Branch Cg · ~1.4 mi SE · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletNorth River Checking Station · ~1.6 mi NW · USFS
Open Sourwood Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Sourwood Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Spivey Cove Cg~0.7 mi · fee
- Birch Branch Campground~1.2 mi · fee
- Davis Branch Cg~1.4 mi · fee
- North River Cg~1.8 mi · fee
The unit that manages Sourwood Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Sourwood Campground are set by Cherokee National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Sourwood 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 Sourwood 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 — Sourwood Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Getting unstuck →All field notes →
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