Linville Falls Campground
Parkway camping at the head of Linville Gorge, the deepest gorge in the eastern United States.
- Burke County, NC
- Nearest town: Crossnore
- 3,220 ft
Coordinates
- Lat
- 35.96697
- Lng
- -81.93293
Van camping
You can drive in and sleep in your van here.
At a glance
The basics
What to expect
Blue Ridge Parkway
High elevation, tunnels with posted clearances, closes in winter weather.
- County
- Burke County
- State
- North Carolina
- Nearest town
- Crossnore
- Elevation
- 3,220 ft
- Max vehicle length
- Not verified
The place
About Linville Falls Campground
The campground sits in hemlock and rhododendron where the Linville River is still gentle, a few hundred yards upstream of the point where it drops into the gorge and stops being gentle at all. A short network of trails leads to a series of overlooks on the falls, each one lower and louder than the last. Below that, Linville Gorge itself is rugged, popular with climbers and serious hikers, and a genuinely committing place to walk into. The campground is quiet, wooded and cool, and the sound of the river carries through it all night.
For van drivers
Getting a van in and out
Reached from the Parkway, with the usual consequences: a 45 mph limit, curves, and tunnels to the south with posted clearances that a high-roof build needs to respect. US 221 and the town of Linville are nearby for supplies. Expect the Parkway approach to close during winter ice; the gorge traps fog in the mornings well into spring.
Written for a high-roof van, not a pickup. Surfaces and clearances change with the weather and with the season’s roadwork — the official page below is the last word.
On the ground
Facilities & fees
Not verified means nobody has confirmed it — treat it as unknown, never as a no. 8 of the 8 below are still unconfirmed.
- Restrooms
- Not verified
- Drinking water
- Not verified
- Showers
- Not verified
- Dump station
- Not verified
- Hookups
- Not verified
- Campfires
- Not verified
- Dogs allowed
- Not verified
- Reservations
- Not verified
- Max vehicle length
- Not verified — check with the park
- Season
- Not verified — check with the park
- Fees
- Not verified — check with the park
The last word on all of this is nps.gov(opens in a new tab).
Where it is
Coordinates & directions
Decimal degrees
- Latitude
- 35.966966
- Longitude
- -81.932927
35.9670° N · 81.9329° W
No map tiles here on purpose. Half of these places have no signal at the gate, so coordinates you can save offline beat a map that needs one. Drop them into your phone before you turn off the pavement.
Nearest gas and groceries: Crossnore
Before you go
Official sources
Fees, site counts, length limits and closures change season to season. Everything we have not confirmed ourselves is marked Not verified above rather than guessed at — and where we do have a number, the operator’s own page still wins.
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