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LAKE POWHATAN

USDA Forest Service

National Forests in North Carolina

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Accessible sites

Reservation required

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Sites

84 sites — 61 rv · 23 tent · 33 with 50A · 1 ADA

Loop

Site

Type

Max RV

Electric

Notes

LAKE POWHATAN

XXX

rv

30 ft

—

first-come

Hard Times

095

rv

28 ft

—

first-come

Big John

020

rv

34 ft

—

first-come

Hard Times

079

rv

36 ft

50A

first-come

Bent Creek

030

tent

—

—

first-come

Lakeside

038

rv

40 ft

50A

water

sewer

first-come

Hard Times

088

tent

—

—

first-come

Hard Times

087

rv

30 ft

—

pull-through

first-come

Big John

010

rv

40 ft

—

first-come

Lakeside

050

tent

—

—

first-come

Big John

013

rv

40 ft

—

first-come

Lakeside

040

rv

40 ft

50A

first-come

Lakeside

039

rv

40 ft

50A

water

sewer

first-come

Lakeside

036A

rv

40 ft

50A

water

sewer

first-come

Lakeside

037

rv

40 ft

50A

water

sewer

first-come

Big John

006

rv

35 ft

50A

first-come

Hard Times

062

rv

40 ft

50A

first-come

Lakeside

043

rv

25 ft

50A

water

sewer

first-come

Big John

016

tent

—

—

first-come

Hard Times

059

tent

—

—

first-come

Hard Times

070

rv

35 ft

—

first-come

Big John

018

tent

—

—

first-come

Big John

004

rv

36 ft

50A

first-come

Hard Times

089

tent

22 ft

—

first-come

Big John

002

rv

40 ft

50A

first-come

Lakeside

055

rv

40 ft

50A

water

sewer

first-come

Hard Times

072

rv

40 ft

—

first-come

Lakeside

056

rv

40 ft

50A

water

sewer

first-come

Lakeside

053

rv

40 ft

50A

water

sewer

first-come

Hard Times

067

rv

34 ft

—

first-come

Big John

005

rv

40 ft

50A

first-come

Big John

007

rv

35 ft

—

first-come

Hard Times

065

tent

—

—

first-come

Hard Times

060

rv

40 ft

—

first-come

Bent Creek

035

rv

40 ft

50A

first-come

Big John

012

rv

50 ft

—

first-come

Hard Times

069

rv

30 ft

—

first-come

Bent Creek

023

rv

40 ft

50A

first-come

Bent Creek

025

tent

—

—

first-come

Big John

011

rv

34 ft

—

first-come

Big John

009

rv

34 ft

—

first-come

Lakeside

052

rv

40 ft

50A

water

sewer

first-come

Bent Creek

031

rv

32 ft

—

first-come

Big John

021

rv

40 ft

50A

first-come

Bent Creek

026

rv

28 ft

50A

water

sewer

pull-through

first-come

Hard Times

094

rv

32 ft

—

first-come

Big John

014

rv

35 ft

—

pull-through

first-come

Hard Times

090

tent

—

—

first-come

Hard Times

091

tent

—

—

first-come

Lakeside

051

rv

25 ft

50A

water

sewer

first-come

Lakeside

042

rv

28 ft

50A

water

sewer

first-come

Lakeside

044

rv

40 ft

50A

water

sewer

first-come

Bent Creek

024

tent

—

—

first-come

Hard Times

092

tent

—

—

first-come

Big John

001

rv

30 ft

50A

first-come

Bent Creek

033

tent

—

—

first-come

Bent Creek

027

tent

—

—

first-come

Bent Creek

032

tent

—

—

first-come

Big John

017

rv

28 ft

—

first-come

Hard Times

068

tent

—

—

first-come

Lakeside

45/47

rv

40 ft

50A

water

sewer

pull-through

first-come

Hard Times

061

rv

32 ft

—

pull-through

first-come

Hard Times

066

rv

34 ft

—

first-come

Bent Creek

034

tent

—

—

first-come

Lakeside

057

rv

40 ft

50A

water

sewer

first-come

Bent Creek

028/029

rv

—

—

pull-through

first-come

Lakeside

046

rv

40 ft

50A

water

sewer

first-come

Hard Times

064

tent

—

—

first-come

Lakeside

049

rv

32 ft

50A

first-come

Lakeside

036

rv

40 ft

50A

water

sewer

first-come

Big John

019

rv

35 ft

—

first-come

Hard Times

096

rv

30 ft

—

pull-through

first-come

Big John

006A

rv

—

—

ADA

first-come

Hard Times

063

tent

—

—

first-come

Lakeside

041

rv

35 ft

50A

water

sewer

first-come

Big John

015

rv

40 ft

—

first-come

Hard Times

071

rv

36 ft

—

first-come

Hard Times

097

tent

—

—

first-come

Hard Times

093

rv

36 ft

50A

first-come

Big John

003

rv

40 ft

50A

first-come

Bent Creek

022

tent

—

—

first-come

Big John

008

tent

—

—

first-come

Lakeside

048

rv

35 ft

50A

water

sewer

first-come

Hard Times

058

rv

32 ft

—

first-come

Nearby

Parks:

Andrew Johnson National Historic Site (48.1 mi)Blue Ridge Parkway (10 mi)Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site (17.9 mi)Cowpens National Battlefield (52.3 mi)Great Smoky Mountains National Park (50.1 mi)

Trailheads:

Shut-In Trail (8 mi)Big Creek Trail (5 mi)Trace Ridge Trail (5.1 mi)Spencer Gap Trail (3 mi)Bad Fork Trail (3.7 mi)Mount Pisgah Trail (7.9 mi)Sleepy Gap Trail (1.1 mi)Chestnut Cove Trail (1.6 mi)

Verify before you book or tow

Site counts, RV length limits, hookups, and accessibility are reported by the operator and merged from Recreation.gov (RIDB) (medium confidence) — they change. Confirm current rates, closures, fire bans, and length limits on Recreation.gov or with the managing agency before you rely on them.

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