Basin Cove Backcountry Camping
Blue Ridge Parkway, North Carolina
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About Basin Cove Backcountry Camping
Overview
Basin Cove backcountry is a primitive camp located in historic Basin Cove at Doughton Park on the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina.. Multiple trails allow access to the primitive campground. Click to see a map Doughton Park Hiking Trails
Overnight parking for backcountry is permitted at designated areas.
From the parkway, the trails descend over 1500 feet into the Basin Cove Area. Easiest trail is the Grassy Gap Fire Road entrance from Longbottom Road.
This year-round campground has eight campsites each with individual fire rings, lantern post, and food storage boxes. No pit toilet or privy exists. Note particularly that surface water is unsafe. Water from natural sources must be purified by boiling or filtering and disinfecting.
Thunderstorms are common along the escarpment.
Cell phones most likely do not work in the area.
Multiple creeks provide fishing opportunities.
Source: Recreation.gov
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