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Spots in Tennessee, North Carolina and South

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  • Rodanthe Watersports and Campground
  • private business Rodanthe NC
  • funky, but very convenient, probably awesome on a pretty day. Sadly it was gloomy and windy when I was there. good windsurfing I'll bet!

  • Fontainebleau State Park
  • Louisiana State Parks, Mandeville LA
  • expensive, but quite nice really. great beach, little nature trail through the swamp, gazebo.

  • Torreya State Park
  • Florida State Parks, Bristol FL
  • An out-of-the-way state park with a good price point. The big deal here is that it is on a bluff ... in Florida. Really! My site is at the edge of a steep drop-off that falls for a few hundred feet and gives a great view ... of nothing really interesting. This feature would be unremarkable in most places, but it's the highest bluff in Florida!

  • Newport Campground
  • Wakulla County, St Marks FL
  • A very handy spot, right outside St Marks Wildlife Refuge. A great place to spend more time someday.

  • Pickwick Dam Campground
  • Tennessee Valley Authority, Pickwick TN
  • The TVA is almost like the Army Corps, a gigantic federal agency that builds dams then tosses in a few campgrounds around for fun. This one is below the dam, right across the road from the water. It is fun to watch the barges.

  • Suwanee River State Park
  • Florida State Parks, Live Oak FL
  • A sleepy little campground in a sleepy little park. Pleasant and quiet. The Suwanee River is pretty, it would be fun to kayak it. The bathroom/laundry had a little book exchange!

  • Meriwether Lewis Campground
  • Natchez Trace Parkway, Hohenwald TN
  • A campground on the Natchez Trace Parkway, so you don't even have to exit to get there. Drive past the M Lewis obelisk and up the hill to a really nice, free federal government campground.

  • Brierfield Ironworks State Park
  • Alabama State Parks, Brierfield AL
  • A remote, slightly shabby historical park with campground in the hills of Alabama. Nice folks running it. Along with the Ironworks, there's also an historical church and a baseball field.

  • Congaree Campground
  • Congaree National Park, Columbia SC
  • merely the gravel parking lot for the tent camping ... not much in the way of amenities, but the park si very cool

  • Buck Hall Recreation Area
  • Francis Marion National Forest, McClellanville SC
  • on the Intracoastal Waterway. The campground fills early with fishermen, but there is overflow camping a little inland, hence the $3!

  • Ocean Pond Campground
  • Osceola National Forest, Olustee FL
  • pretty spot next to the lake

  • Bandy Creek Campground
  • Big South Fork National Recreation Area, Oneida TN
  • Merchants Millpond Campground
  • North Carolina State Parks, Gatesville NC
  • A quiet little loop of campsites right off US 158. The rest of the park - Visitors Center, access to the Millpond, trails - are a couple of miles to the west then south. Very pleasant place.

  • Carolina Beach State Park
  • North Carolina State Parks, Carolina Beach NC
  • odd check in: 1. pick a site, 2. drive 2 miles to the office, 3. drive back. Very nice campground and park, though.

  • Ekim and Carol's house
  • private business Chapel Hill NC
  • 60's style split level on a cul-de-sac, feels like you're in a park

  • Reelfoot Lake Campground
  • Tennessee State Parks, Samburg TN
  • Beautiful lakeside setting. No alcoholic beverages allowed in Tennessee State Parks.

  • Whitewater Creek Park Campground
  • Macon County Parks, Oglethorpe GA
  • I ended up here as a last resort, but it's quite a nice place. Large, spacious, level sites, looks like it was built by the Army Corps. It is near a lake after all... Most folks are here to fish on the little lake.

  • Petersburg Campground
  • Army Corps of Engineers, Augusta GA
  • On Strom Thurmond Lake, god help me. According to the map I am on the Georgia side of the lake, South Carolina ten miles away. There are a number of ACE campgrounds on the lake. All except this one closed at the end of September.

  • Goose Creek Campground
  • Goose Creek State Park, Washington NC
  • in the swampy piney woods

  • Manatee Springs State Park
  • Florida State Parks, Chiefland FL
  • Aquatic recreation paradise. swimming, kayaking, snorkeling, scubaing. You can swim or snorkel in the mouth of the spring Checkout is 3 pm.

  • Cotton Hill Campground
  • Army Corps of Engineers, Ft Gaines GA
  • A well laid out campground on the Georgia side of Lake Eufaula. All manner of water pursuits, many from the edge of your campsite.