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Tumbling Creek Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · TN · 35.01800, -84.46668
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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 Tumbling Creek Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 1,462 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Tumbling Creek 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 Tumbling Creek Campground · Cherokee National Forest · TN
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
- @Mail4 mi
- FFuel5 mi
- GGrocery5 mi
- +Urgent care5 mi
- RxPharmacy6 mi
- OOutfitter6 mi
- MMechanic6 mi
- AAir-up9 mi
- ShShower12 mi
- HHardware13 mi
- LLaundry14 mi
- WWater21 mi
- EVEV fast charger24 mi
- DDump27 mi
- PPropane60 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is a real 21-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 5 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 — Tumbling Creek Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
1,462 ft
State
TN
Coordinates
35.01800, -84.46668
Cost
Free · OpenStreetMap fee tag: no
Nearby & resupply — around Tumbling Creek Campground · Cherokee National Forest · TN (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureTumbling Creek (stream) · nearby
- Nearest townGrassy Creek · ~1.9 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelCircle K · ~4.6 mi
- Propane / LPGFreeman Gas Propane · ~9.6 mi
- Dump station~27.3 mi
- GroceriesCircle K · ~4.6 mi
- PharmacyWalmart Pharmacy · ~12.6 mi
- Hospital / clinicBlue Ridge Medical Center · ~8.7 mi
- HardwareBlue Ridge Stone Depot · ~13.3 mi
EV charging — from Tumbling Creek Campground · Cherokee National Forest · TN — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger23.5 mi straight-line S — GEORGIA POWER E ELLIJAY DC2, East Ellijay, GA · 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 reach3 within 25 mi · 45 within 50 · 347 within 100 · 624 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)24.8 mi — Lowe's - Tesla Supercharger, East Ellijay
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)3.8 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 237016 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Tumbling Creek Campground · Cherokee National Forest · TN — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletOwc Visitors Center · ~3.5 mi N · USFS
- Flush restroomParksville Campground · ~9.2 mi NW · USFS
- Flush restroomMac Point Recreation Area · ~9.5 mi NW · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletParksville Boat Launch Complex · ~9.6 mi NW · USFS
Open Tumbling Creek Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Tumbling Creek Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Thunder Rock Cg~4.2 mi · fee
- Sylco Campground~7.6 mi
- Sylco Campground~7.7 mi
- Parksville Campground~9.2 mi · fee
The unit that manages Tumbling Creek Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Tumbling Creek Campground are set by Cherokee National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Tumbling Creek Campground
Source
OpenStreetMap contributors
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
auto: drive (road/trail right there)
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 Tumbling Creek 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 — Tumbling Creek Campground
Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Gear & rig loadout →All field notes →
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