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Campsite #A21 at Elkmont Campground, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, TN
$30
Campsite #A21
| Drive-In | 6 people |
| 27 ft | Back-in |
| 2 | good |
5/21
6/22
Campsite #A21 Features: Drive-In access, Back-in parking, 27ft driveway, Fire ring, Picnic Table, RV Site, Tent Site, Trailer Site, Pets Allowed
Campsite Reviews (8)
5.0 out of 5
| 5 star | | 50% |
| 4 star | | 25% |
| 3 star | | 25% |
| 2 star | | 0% |
| 1 star | | 0% |
@BrandonK567337 · Camped on Apr 28, 2025 at Campsite #A21
Beautiful, clean front-country campground! Lots of towering trees and shade. Great place to use as a base camp for Great Smokies day hikes or better yet - relax and enjoy a campfire before kicking off a backpacking adventure or do the same to decompress after one (if not both!)
@LauraK9305494 · Camped on Apr 22, 2025 at Campsite #A21
Elkmont is a lovely campground (even in the rain ;-) and we really enjoyed the Wildflower Pilgrimage events. There was a beautiful hike that you could walk to from the back of the campground, as well as many other wonderful hikes nearby. Elkmont is as "centrally located" as you can get!
@AMYS5542485 · Camped on Apr 13, 2024 at Campsite #A21
Favorite campground in the Smokies.
@AliS3029416 · Camped on Sep 5, 2023 at Campsite #A21
Awesome place and awesome staff
@BARBARAF617364 · Camped on Jun 25, 2023 at Campsite #A21
My first camping trip was with my brother in the early 90's...he has camped at Elkmont since the 1980's, not sure of exact dates...I have told many of my friends that Elkmont is my favorite of all. My son was with me this year in June......he loved it........all the camp host are nice and very helpful, appreciate what they do to keep us safe. The rangers are wonderful too.....I am a senior so I really don't care much for going to gatlinburg, but we do go to pigeon forge to shop for groceries prn......other than that, we just love to stay at the campground....thanks to all for keeping us safe.........my next trip will be July 23 this year
@RobinF580 · Camped on Oct 19, 2021 at Campsite #A21
Pretty campground.
@JulieD399 · Camped on Jun 13, 2021 at Campsite #A21
The campground loop roads could really use some repairs, as there are some massive pot holes. (I had to negotiate some to back my camper, and I observed one lady fall into one, and one take out a kid on a bicycle.) As the area is a watershed, expect slick mud in the campsites, and even very deep mud in some of the lower sites, but at least the tent pads are raised. There were plenty of park staff and rangers patrolling the campground during the day, but not at night, which would have been nice for enforcement of quiet hours and food storage. This is a very popular campground, and even though the campground signs and reservation system will indicate that the campground is full, there will be many empty sites. Not that I mind a less crowded campground, but most of those sites left empty are the nicer and waterside sites. Which I suspect people are reserving in advance of their intended stay, without intension of occupying them every night, just so that they can be assured to have a prime spot when they finally arrive. Even though the 'rules' indicate that sites need to be occupied from the first night of the reservation, this obviously goes unchecked and not enforced.
@robertm526 · Camped on Apr 3, 2021 at Campsite #A21
concessions were closed so i had to travel 40 mins for ice and firewood.
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