Camping sites are plentiful on and near the Blue Ridge Parkway. Please share your campfire stories, favorite campgrounds, experiences, ideas, and tips with fellow Parkway travelers.
The Vastness of the Blue Ridge Mountains never ceases to take my breath away. When you live in Boone, the parkway and all it has to offer seems as if it should be for tourists only.
For those who haven’t had the opportunity to soak up the inconceivable views, sleep among the North Carolina trees, or feel the cool evening breeze all around them.
Reality is, those privileged enough to call the mountains home, love the surroundings just as much as the visitors of the Blue Ridge Parkway. Read more »
After following signs to Price Park Campground I pulled off the Parkway. To my right sat a small reservation office where I discovered there were multiple ways to reserve a camp site.
Since it was around 8:30pm when I arrived, the office window was shut. Leaving two options- the self-registration drop box, or reservation by telephone.
Curious about the grounds, I went to the camp host house located directly behind the reservation office. During my trip to Price Park Campground I asked several questions to different people sitting on the porch of the Host house. Each time I was graciously welcomed and all of my questions were answered.
The campsites in particular were laid out nicely with not too little space in between your site and your neighbors. Read more »
Pamela Bowden's first Parkway adventure was at the age of 8; now since her two children are grown, she travels the Parkway via motorcycle with her husband, Danny. (1984)
Pamela: My parents made the trip almost every year camping along the way. I loved it so much once I was married, Danny and I made the same trip camping with our children. Our youngest child was in diapers when he made the first trip. Once our children left home, we have made the trip every year on a motorcycle. The first five or six years we carried a tent and sleeping bags to camp. Now we stay in the wonderful lodges along the way. To us, traveling the length of the Parkway is a legacy.
Our bug with tent poles attached! Near Doughton Park MP-245
We completed all of the Blue Ridge Parkway and the Skyline Drive in August of 1968. We tent camped at first and then bought a fold-out camper. My wife suggests a bumper sticker instead of a certificate which would be nice and provide some publicity to the Blue Ridge Parkway. Though in a wheelchair the last 14 years, I still try to get to the campgrounds once or twice a year.
P.S. Here’s a picture near Doughton Park with our tent poles tied on the back of our VW in 1965.
