J.C. Cooper Campground — Kerr Lake State Recreation Area

Camping on Kerr Lake offers beautiful views, boat ramp/dock, fire pit, swimming and sunny beaches. Large gravel sites 30A and water. Lots of fishing.

We camped overnight making our way south.  There are a number of sites right on the lakefront, so snag one of those if you can!  Many of the sites offer good flat terrain, and electric hook-ups are available at many sites.  Nice, shady and quiet, the campground is very clean.  Pretty convenient to I-85.  Be sure to go out near sunset to see the beautiful reflections in the lake waters!  We will be back!

Very nice campground , clean restrooms and quiet, some of the sites for tents are level some not so much but nonetheless a beautiful location and nice park.

We stayed at Kerr lake JC Cooper campground in April at the side of the lake. Nice and quiet excellent for fishing. Level site and can park right next to tent. Cell signal good.

Campground is very pretty, lots of sites on the water. Shower house is very nice. Everything is well maintained

Went for a quick trip for some cold camping, and I wish I could’ve stayed longer! Great views, spacious sites with plenty of separation between sites, well kept, and quiet even though it was packed. Will absolutely be back, and highly recommend!

We were one of only a few campers in the lovely JC Cooper state park campground. All sites have shade and the cool breeze from Lake Kerr is a delightful break from the summer heat.

This campground is a great N.C. State Park campground with a large number of Electric and Water for RV camping. We stayed at site #29 and had great sunset views over the water. NOTE - to bring at least 75 feet of water hose, as some sites have long runs from in front of camper.

Quiet and clean, right on the water.

Kerr Lake has many nice CGs and JC Cooper is a good choice for stays. It is easy to get to and has spacious sites and quite a few are waterfront. Some have private beaches. We have stayed at a number of sites and all have been nice, none very level though.

We stayed at J.C Cooper Campground at Satterwhite Point Area 2.

The site was near the water with very nice lake views right from the tent.

Great for swimming, kayaking, SUP, and other water activities.

The nearest grocery store (Food Lion) was about 15 minutes drive from our campground.

Firewood was available for purchase at the gate. We didn't notice it at first and it took us quite a bit of driving around to find firewood since Food Lion didn't sell it.

On the con side, some sites are located pretty close to each other, so if you have loud "neighbors" it might be annoying. But this is not unique to this campground.

Overall we loved this campground and already booked two other dates later this year.

I've only camped here twice, both times on Memorial Day weekend. Our campground was in the JC Cooper campground area. I think that this isn't fair to this campground because each time its just been too dang busy. I assume that on a non holiday weekend it wouldn't be nearly as bad as when I've been. The lake really is beautiful, though again, busy when I've been there. The bathhouses are always in good shape, with toilets, sinks and showers (and in this post COVID time, smelled of cleaning solution/bleach). When here I've only been in the trailer/electric areas. We're normally tent people, so all this trailer stuff is A LOT for me! If you know what I mean. Sites are generous, but closer together then I prefer. I'd try to camp here again, but mostly in an area where more tents were. Some of the spots along the lake looked nice, though I think I'd struggle to find a flat enough spot on some of them.

We visited Kerr Lake State Rec Area, JC Cooper Campground, Loop 1, at Satterwhite Point in April and it was fully booked for the weekend.  The sites are beautiful. Many have direct views of Kerr Lake. Water and electric were good, maintenance was good.  There are State Park quality toilets and showers. There's a small playground and a few nice trails. We're new to RVing with a tiny teardrop camper, so we were pretty intimidated by the herd of huge RVs all around, but it didn't feel crowded at all. It was wonderful to see life returning to normal after being locked down with Covid for so long. Everyone was feeling it. Dogs barked, kids played, country music was all around us, but by 10 pm it was amazingly peaceful for having so many people in one area. The motor boats start up at first light out on the lake, but the campers get up later. The rangers patroled all weekend, but there were no issues anywhere. We'll go back for sure.  It was a nice place.

Great safe spot for tubing, fishing, hammocking, swimming. Water felt great. Gorgeous sunset. Campsites are closely sandwiched between each other and since there's not a lot of tree cover I felt like I was sharing a campsite with 20 other people! Ranger drove by at least 3x a day but kept a distance. Bathrooms were nasty. I think I'd come back to Kerr Lake but not this campground.

We stayed at site 21 on the satterwater loop. It was a little steep for a roof top tent but we made do backing the truck in! The water was shockingly warm for October and the kids got their feet in! Highly recommend this area for families. A large field for the kids to run around play catch and a small play ground. My only complaint is late into the evening walking to the bathroom the one way road was fairly busy with a lot of big trucks and campers

This camp ground is full of memories for me. The possibilities are endless. Enjoy the lake. Enjoy sitting around a camp fire. Enjoy walking to the bath house in the rain. Enjoy.

Sand and water great camping spots loads of fun.

We were able to secure a spot right on the lake with a private sandy walk in. The area was gorgeous and the camping area was shaded. It IS on sand, so be prepared to clean out your tent afterwards. The spots are a little closer together than we like, but the private “beach” was amazing!

Our campsite was roomy and by the lake although we did not have running water or electricity. However, we knew that in advance and were prepared for it. Since we were by a sandy beach, we could put our kayaks in right there at the campsite. The bath house was quite a walk from our campsite, but it did have hot water and showers. We chose to drive to the bath house, especially during the night. I would give it five stars, but without water and electricity, and the fact that the bath house was so far away, I had to give it only four stars.

What a great last minute find for us. We stayed in the Nutbush section in our 37ft TT, water and electric, no sewer but dump station on site. Beautiful lakefront spot, went kayaking and swimming from our site, no need to walk to the "beach" or marina. This is a HUGE lake, and water activities rule the day, so don't expect pools, arcades, or extensive hiking/biking trails.

Wal-Mart and all kinds of shopping/food about 15 mins away. Inexpensive as well, $20 weekeday, mid $20s weekend. Online booking.