Location: Little River Road in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. From US 441, turn at the Sugarlands Visitor Center (we missed this turn, it looks like you are turning into the visitor center, but it is actually Little River Road!)
Our site: G20.
We made our reservation the week before we went, and as this is one of the more popular campgrounds in the park there were not many sites available. If we'd had our pick, we probably would have stayed at the other end of the campground closer to the hiking trails and the river. This was not one of our favorite campgrounds. Its prime location and popularity make it a very busy campground. We still had a lot of fun (hard not to have fun in the woods!) but the campsites are all very close together and small. The Little River runs through the middle of the campground and a good number of campsites are on the water. These fill up fast though, so if you want a riverside campsite plan to make your reservation towards the end of the 6 month reservation window, especially during the summer and fall and even moreso if you're hoping for a holiday weekend stay.
For information and reservations click here.
Like anywhere in the Smokies, you can expect rain at some point nearly every day. It may just be a light sprinkle, it may a storm that passes through quickly, or it may pour and pour. You never know what kind of precipitation you'll get, you just know that it will rain. We are always determined to have fun despite the weather, however. I splashed in puddles in my new rain boots, we have a rain shelter to keep our chairs and table dry and we bring cards to play when we're tired of getting wet (pretty sure Mommy is sick of playing War for hours on end). Usually the rain doesn't come until the late afternoon or evening and if you're really lucky it may just rain while you sleep.
I want to go camping and sleep in a tent every day!
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