Free camping near Asheville, NC
Yes. 16 of the 28 camps within 25 straight-line miles of Asheville, NC are listed as free; 10 charge a fee and 2 have no price on record. The closest free one is Wash Creek Roadside Campsites, 11 miles southwest, on U.S. Forest Service land. The closest camp of any kind is Buncombe County, 7.2 miles southwest, a fee campground.
Dave has slept at one of these camps.
All 28 camps near Asheville, NC
| Camp | Miles | Cost | Water | Nearest town | Season today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buncombe CountyDave slept here | 7.2 | Fee | Ledford Branch (stream) | 1.9 mi to Bent Creek | — |
| Lake Powhatan Campground | 7.5 | Fee | Bent Creek (stream) | 2.2 mi to Bent Creek | — |
| Wash Creek Roadside Campsites | 11 | Free | Wash Creek (stream) | 4.4 mi to Beaverdam | — |
| Wash Creek Horse Camp | 11 | Fee | — | 5.3 mi to Mills River | — |
| Hendersonville Reservoir Rd Roadside Campsites | 12 | Free | Bear Branch (stream) | 5.3 mi to Stony Fork | — |
| North Mills River Campground | 12 | Fee | — | 3.6 mi to Mills River | — |
| Yellow Gap Roadside Campsites | 13 | Free | Rocky Fork (stream) | 4.6 mi to Boylston | — |
| Wolf Ford Horse Camp | 17 | Free | Thompson Creek (stream) | 2.7 mi to Wolf Ford | — |
| Wolf Ford Horse Camp | 17 | Fee | — | 8.4 mi to Mills River | — |
| USFS dispersed camp — NC | 17 | Free | Thompson Creek (stream) | 2.2 mi to Wolf Ford | — |
| USFS dispersed camp — NC #4 | 18 | Free | Thompson Creek (stream) | 1.7 mi to Wolf Ford | — |
| Buckhorn Gap Shelter | 19 | Free | Clawhammer Creek (stream) | 1.4 mi to Wolf Ford | — |
| Commissary Hill Backcountry Campsite | 21 | Free | Lower Creek (stream) | 4.1 mi to Eskota | — |
| USFS dispersed camp #2 — Transylvania County, NC | 21 | Free | Avery Creek (stream) | 2.5 mi to Wolf Ford | — |
| USFS dispersed camp — Transylvania County, NC | 21 | Free | Avery Creek (stream) | 3.0 mi to Wolf Ford | — |
| Headwaters Roadside Campsites | 21 | Free | — | 7.2 mi to Brevard | — |
| USFS dispersed camp #3 — Transylvania County, NC | 21 | Free | Avery Creek (stream) | 2.7 mi to Mine Mountain Estates | — |
| Curtis Creek Campground | 22 | Unpriced | — | — | — |
| USFS dispersed camp #4 — Transylvania County, NC | 22 | Free | Avery Creek (stream) | 2.7 mi to Mine Mountain Estates | — |
| Curtis Creek Roadside Campsites | 22 | Free | Paddys Branch (stream) | 1.8 mi to Old Fort | — |
| White Pine South Group Camp | 22 | Fee | — | 3.0 mi to Brevard | — |
| Briar Bottom Group Camp | 22 | Fee | — | 8.1 mi to Montreat | — |
| Briar Bottom Campground | 22 | Unpriced | Setrock Creek (stream) | 2.8 mi to Busick | — |
| Davidson River Campground | 22 | Fee | — | 2.4 mi to Brevard | — |
| Black Mountain Campground | 22 | Fee | — | 8.5 mi to Montreat | — |
| Upper Cove Creek Roadside Campsites | 23 | Free | — | 6.4 mi to Brevard | — |
| Deep Gap Backcountry Campsite | 24 | Free | South Fork Cattail Creek (stream) | 2.0 mi to Cattail Creek Community | — |
| Cove Creek Group Campground | 24 | Fee | — | 4.9 mi to Brevard | — |
Who manages the camps near Asheville, NC
Who manages them: 28 on the Forest Service.
- National Forests in North Carolina — 28 camps: 16 free, 10 fee, 2 unpriced
Season read for these camps, today
Our record has no season word for any of these 28 camps today. Call the managing office before you go.
Forecast near Asheville, NC
This is the Weather Service forecast for the town, fetched when the page opens. It is not a forecast for any camp in the table; ground higher up or in a canyon can run colder or windier. It needs JavaScript; without it, see weather.gov.
Camping near other towns close by
The nearest towns that have their own page, with the straight-line miles between the towns.
Every distance on this page is a straight line from Asheville, NC, not a driving distance — a camp four miles out across a canyon can be an hour of road. Cost is the audited three-state verdict on each camp's own record: free, fee, or unpriced where we could not confirm a price. A blank column is a gap in the record, not a statement that the thing is absent. Camps come from state and federal agency records, not from a visit, except the ones marked. Seasons, permits and fire rules change: confirm with the managing office before you go. Found a fee where we show free? Tell us on the contact page.