Medoc Mountain State Park Campground

The name of the park is deceiving because it is not in the mountains, but it has beauty in its meandering streams and trails.  The campsites have gravel tent pads, and tents must be set up on them.  The gravel on the site where I stayed was deeper than my tent stakes were long, and I could not get a good hold.  I was trying out a newly required tent, which was not freestanding, so it was frustrating.  My advice is to make sure you take a tent that IS freestanding.  Deep gravel tent pads and non-freestanding tents do not go together.  The tent site was large, had a fire ring, and a lantern pole, but the pad itself was NOT level.  I had to move the picnic table so I could set up my tent on the only level spot I could find.  Something you have to be careful about is poison ivy.  There was poison ivy all around the perimeter of my campsite.  The bathroom facilities were surprisingly modern and had spacious showers with hot water.  As far as I know, there are no electrical, sewer, or water hookups, but there is a dump station.  There is a mixture of pull-through sites and back in sites for RVs.  There are plenty of trails to explore, and plenty of fishing holes.  The Bluff Loop Trail leads from the campground and along Fishing Creek.  To see Medoc “mountain,” you have to hike quite a distance, or you can drive to the park office down the road and hike from there.  Cross the road to the Bear Swamp Trail, get on the Saponi Loop (which is also a bicycle trail), and then head to the Summit Loop Trail.  There are several miles of bicycle trails as well as hiking trails, and some of them are one way only, meaning that hikers are required to hike in one direction and bicycles go in another direction.  Even though this is in the Coastal Plain, the Bluff Loop Trail will take you by a couple of sections of whitewater.  They are small, but if you like a (mostly) easy hike through the forest, this trail is a good one.  There are no swimming pools or playgrounds, but if you want to just enjoy nature, there are hiking, biking, and fishing opportunities.

State Park with Biking, Hiking, and Fishing Opportunities

This campground is beautiful for fall camping. There are over 10 miles of trails to hike. We also conoed down the creek. The creek is about 2.5 miles long and took us only 2 hours to paddle. The campground was also very clean!

Lots of Great Hiking Trails!

This was my first time hiking with my teen daughter by ourselves, setting up camp, tent, cooking, etc. Picnic table, fire pit w/grill, level gravel tent pad on site, water spigot and trash can right in front of camp site. Bath house had doors for shower stalls as opposed to curtains, with shelves and hooks for your things. We brought our furbabies with us and we enjoyed 2 or 3 wonderful trails with beautiful views, some rock climbing, just a wonderfully happy place. My girl rode her bike around the campground and it was perfectly safe. I've been waiting to get back for quite a while.

Amazing canpground/park

Nice camp great for mountain bikes

We spent one night here in April. It was great! 

  

There are some pretty easy hiking trails, great for kids. Really beautiful wooded area. The campground was everything you could ask for! Large, level sites that are very secluded and far apart from each other. Bathrooms were clean and well situated. Very family-friendly!

  

We want to come back soon!

Great campground!

This was our first time at Medoc Mountain State Park in Hollister, NC.  There are bike trails, horse trails, and walking trails at this state park.  When we went the trails were too wet for us to do but I understand that they are beautiful right along the creek.  We were there with a group of Bigfoot enthusiasts and we found out that this area of NC is known for Bigfoot sightings.  The group had a thermal image hit the night before we got there.  Anyway, the RV park and Tent sites are intermixed which I kind of like.  The campground is like a figure 8 with the top of the 8 as mainly RV with electric sites and the bottom with sites without electricity.  Most sites were recently graveled and were in good status especially on the tent side of the site.  You could park a small RV in any of the sites, even the “tent” sites but there would be no electricity.   There is no water or sewer at any of the sites but there are water faucets spread around the campground to fill freshwater tanks and there is a dump station out the way out of the camping area.  This is an older park so it is Not setup to handle larger RVs.  Angles getting in and out of some of the sites will be challenging for some RVs.  We stayed 3 nights and enjoyed our time there. Fred, the camp host, was the best camp host ever and fun to talk with.  

If you are ok with dry camping with electricity only, this is a great place to try and especially at such a low site cost.

Great little NC State Park campground 

We stayed in site 4 which was fairly level if you park in the right spot. 
The bathrooms were clean and the hosts were friendly. 
No cell service, but if you go to the Visitor’s center during the day they have WiFi.  The history of the location is interesting. We won’t spoil it for you. 

Nice amount of little trails. 
The reason we gave it 3 stars, in the morning fighter jets were screaming overhead at treetop level. Really ruined the atmosphere and sense of being out in nature. 


Decent small campsite

This was our shakedown for our new camper. We found the site to be very neat and well cared for.  The trails are very nice.  There are lots of nice camping spots including some pull through sites. It was hot when we camped — but there is lots of late afternoon shade.  It seems that higher numbers have more shade/are closer to wooded tracts.  We will be back.

Quiet location with good amenities

We had a great weekend getaway. The campsite was perfect and the hiking was great. Different levels of difficulty for hiking trails and and little fishing creek. 

Great Getaway! 

We loved staying at Medoc Mountain! The staff is superb!! Very well maintained. Restroom’s &amp; shower’s are kept very clean. Their’s always firewood right next to the ladies restrooms. We enjoyed all of the hiking we did during our stay. We weren’t aware that there are quite a bit of Sasquatch sightings in this state park. I seriously thought I was seeing things when I witnessed Big Foot!!! Plenty of wild flowers and insects. The campsites are all good. Our favorite was site 32 it’s a pull through. At night you can see the constellations Amazing views right from your campsite. We loved our stay there in August so much we recently went back to visit and of course he needed to say hello to my favorite park ranger Miss Barbara as well as Allan in the office. Peaceful and very friendly environment. 

Our Stay at Medoc Mountain 

Very quiet with well spaced sites. 

Well maintained hiking trails. 

Big open park area for night sky viewing or daytime picnics.

Most the sites have deteriorating construction or in need of new gravel. 

The bath house was very clean. 

Trailer / RV sites aren't level for most sites. Some of the pull through sites don't accommodate large trailers due to tight turns. 

The tent camp areas are very level. 

Quiet with nice trails

We stopped at Medoc Mountain State Park for a night on our way North.  It was only 10 miles away from I-95.  It was a quiet campground (but we were camping the night after the 4th of July ).  Lots of space in between campsites, bathrooms were clean.  

Though the website said there was only 50 amp availability, we didn’t have to use our adapter and were able to connect using 30amp plug.  There was also a 15 amp connection.  

There is a shared water spigot for 4 sites right next to the site.  We were able to fill up using our hose before fully backing up into the site.  The water was much closer to site 3 than site 1,2,4.

Lots of hiking right from the campground and a fun playground nearby for the kiddos.  We would definitely visit again, especially as a stopover to destinations farther from home.

Clean and Quiet

I came here with a large group and really liked it! We were all at crammed into the 4 large group sites so I admittedly can’t comment on the size of a regular site. However the bath houses were adequate. The staff was helpful. And the trails were nice. I wish I would have explored the park a little more as well as the surrounding area. But nice little get away. 