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Dog-Friendly Camping near Blue Ridge Parkway, VA
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Stone Mountain State Park Campground accepts pets in tents, RVs, cabins, and glamping accommodations. The Blue Ridge Parkway area features multiple pet-friendly camping options including Doughton Park Campground, Raccoon Holler Campground, and New River State Park, all with established fire rings and picnic tables. Dogs must be leashed throughout these campgrounds, with most sites maintaining standard National Park Service regulations. Campgrounds generally require pets to be attended at all times and kept on leashes no longer than six feet. Basin Cove offers primitive camping opportunities for hikers with dogs willing to trek approximately one mile to reach campsites. These backcountry sites provide food storage lockers and fire pits but lack vehicle access.
Trails throughout the region provide excellent dog walking opportunities, particularly at Doughton Park where white-tailed deer often greet visitors alongside their canine companions. Peak Creek RV Campground offers stream access where dogs can cool off during summer months. When camping in primitive areas like Basin Cove, visitors should bring water filtration systems as no clean water sources exist onsite. The Blue Ridge Parkway elevation provides cooler temperatures during summer months, making it more comfortable for pets than lower-elevation campgrounds. Bears have been reported in campgrounds including Doughton Park, requiring all scent sources including pet food to be secured in vehicles when not in use. The primitive sites at Basin Cove make excellent base camps for day hikes with dogs along the basin creek trail.
Best Dog-Friendly Campgrounds near Blue Ridge Parkway (185)
1. Stone Mountain State Park Campground
"Great park with large sites and plenty of space between sites.Bathrooms were clean and we'll maintained.plenty of hiking and creek wading opportunities as well as fishing.also the Blue Ridge Parkway is"
"We stayed here one night passing through on our 3 week trip of SHEN NP, Blue Ridge Parkway and Great Smoky Mountains NP."
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Get a text when availablefrom $17 - $72 / night
2. Doughton Park Campground — Blue Ridge Parkway
"This campground is quiet, shaded, and right on the blue Ridge parkway. It's high in elevation so it's cooler than the surrounding areas. There are trails you can hike from camp."
"Friendly and picturesque campground on the blue ridge parkway. One side for tents, with RVs across the parkway."
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Get a text when availablefrom $30 - $45 / night
3. Wagoner — New River State Park
"Beautiful days hiking nearby, cold nights. Pet friendly. Pretty clean bath house. Visitors center nearby. Sites were mostly level, with gravel, fire pit, picnic table."
"Also they have a pole there to hold your pets while setting up. I think we will go back."
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Get a text when availablefrom $27 - $72 / night
4. Hickory Ridge Campground — Grayson Highlands State Park
"Please respect the distance advice and don't feed them. We witnessed a lady attempting to pet the stallion of the herd, not respecting his signs to make her back off."
"I was car camping with my cat and found a great flat area to park at site #9. Hiking was very close by and the wild ponies were so cool! Camp hosts offered ice and firewood."
Check Availabilityfrom $27 - $98 / night
5. Raccoon Holler Campground
"Located on the Blue Ridge Parkway this campground is a great out of the way destination. Offers full hookup as well as tent camping. Quiet and very clean. Highly recommended !"
"I picked this campground because it was very close to Blue Ridge Parkway. My plan was to ride my motorcycle through this beautiful area of NC, but the rain didn't cooperate this trip."
6. COE W Kerr Scott Reservoir Bandits Roost Campground
"My wife and I biked/ ran the trails nearby. Our dogs loved walking around the campground. Some nice wooded tent sites that a very large areas. Our spot was a two level site."
"Swimming, kayaking, boat launch, small hiking trail. Sites have a fire pit, picnic table (it’s really heavy!) and a grill. I loved how each site is fairly unique."
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Get a text when availablefrom $20 - $85 / night
7. Twin Rivers Family Campground
"Twin rivers campground is located in Crumpler NC on the river. It is a primitive campground with both RV and tent sites. "
"It seems a little bit of a sketchy drive into the primitive sites, but no one had any problems as far as I know—we certainly didn’t!"
8. Sandy Creek Family Campground
"The grounds are adjacent to the Stone Mountain State Park. Very fun long weekend at a family friendly campground. Would definitely camp here again!"
"Stayed there for a weekend, great location close to Stone Mtn park. Hiked from there into the state park. Very clean kept campground and nice owner"
9. Basin Cove — Blue Ridge Parkway
"Near a creek as well. Just follow the basin creek trail for about a mile and then cross bridge."
"This camp ground is very small and on the side of a very quiet road next to beautiful fields with breath taking views it has no paved roads so bring a truck or suv sedans will get stuck easily there is"
10. Blue Bear Mountain Camp
"It offers RV, drive in and hike in tent sites and also teepee camping."
"There is a place to wash dishes outside as well. Fantastic walking trails - some parts quite steep but we got a good workout through the woods on the property."
Check Availabilityfrom $25 - $136 / night
Drive Time
- 1 hr 19 min from Winston-Salem, NC
- 1 hr 58 min from Kingsport, TN
- 2 hrs 1 min from Blacksburg, VA
- 2 hrs 10 min from Johnson City, TN
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Dog-Friendly Camping Reviews near Blue Ridge Parkway
1279 Reviews of 185 Blue Ridge Parkway Campgrounds
- MMichelle A.
GuideFort Chiswell RV Park
Overnight Stay
Need an overnight stay on 81/77 this is the place. Booked is call them complete the reservation via Campspot app which they use so I had to download it. Place had plenty of sites pull through which I didnt need but they were so accommodating. I had a perfect view of mountains and cow pasture Relaxation and sleep close to bathhouse and office. They also have propane fill for your camper
- MMichelle A.Guide
Midway Campground Resort
1st trip in forever
Driving 14 1/2 hrs I was cooked called and had the most easiest booking. There was a sites available so I booked it. Needless to say I got there in the dark and a kind person helped me to my site and got me backed in. Soo exhausted I hooked up electric only hit the bed passed out
tommy M.ScoutJomeokee Campground
Great location , clean bathhouse
- KKristen M.Scout
Whitetop
Great camping spot! Road isn’t horrible going up but there are some rougher areas toward the end of the road. Gorgeous sunset and sunrise spot! Fire rings seemed fairly abundant at the pull offs.
Windy W.ScoutDoe River Landing
Beautiful Place, Ugly host, Oct 2026
Let me first start by saying that this campground is absolutely beautiful. I have lived in this area my entire life and the Doe is one of my favorites. I am a avid camper and have camped all over this area. I decided to give this place a try, I own a small pop-up camper and knew it was going to get cold 10/20/2026-10/22/2026, so me and my sister rented the RV at Doe River. #1 check in is not until 3pm, I always order a load of wood from a local guy who delivers to camp sites, I do all my cooking in a Dutch oven over the fire or burgers and dogs in the fire, what is a camping trip without a nice warm fire. The owner came over to my campsite and asked if I had ordered this wood and I replied yes, she then asked what I was going to do with it all, I replied I am going to burn it. So, I told Carl (the wood guy) where to stack it, the owner then said that I need to leave it in my truck bc if I didn't use it all I would have to put it back on my truck and take it home with me, I said really? It's just a unspoken rule that if you don't use all your wood that you pay it forward and leave it for the next camper?? She said absolutely not, So we moved the wood from his truck and into mine. She then asked again why I needed so much wood and that most ppl just buy small bundles from her. And just like that I understood! Carl the wood man and his wife also made a comment about how rude she was about the wood. It does not end there, Not only does she have camaras on some of the out blds which I get, but I don't get why they are pointing directly at camp sites, We felt like we were in a fish bowl the entire time. Every single time we went to the bathroom she showed up abt 5 mins later, There is a camara right above the bathroom door, One on the pavilion, and one on each side of the bathhouse, at the entrances and who know where else. So much for privacy in the great outdoors. I didn't even feel comfortable hiking, we felt like we were being watched constantly. She was constantly there, walking her dog which was not friendly and so big she could hardly control him on the leash which was really scary, she also was driving through several times throughout the day. Then came the kicker, about 1 o'clock in the morning we were freezing, I had turned the heat on in the camper before going to bed and heard it come on, Well the propane ran out between 11pm and 1am, I called her at least 10 times we had every blanket and was still freezing, We decided we would go to the bath house bc it had a mini split hanging on the wall, Out of luck there, it was set on air conditioning with no way to change it, so we found a blow dryer trying to get warm, still the entire time trying to call the owners, We finally ended up in our car until the husband arrived. He acted so annoyed at us and said all u have to do is fip the switch on the propane tanks outside! We had never stayed in a travel trailer before and according to them all we had to do was show up and start glamping!! So, I was supposed to know to go outside at 1 am and switch over propane tanks?? No, It should have been FULL when I got there!!! With attitude he said,"Its Basic Camping" No sir it's not, what I do is basic camping, I was told on the phone that I was glamping, She, the owner also said we should have called 911 when we could not get hold of them so that Carter County police officers could come and wake them up!!! Not sure if that is putting our tax dollars to good use?? Like I said it is truly a beautiful place and has great potential, we left that second night at 11pm because again the heat was not working, we have not asked for any refund we just took the loss. it would be to much of a hassle. We just know better next time. With owners like that they can keep it. Windy Wells/Debra Price
Jacob A.
TravelerWhitetop
The road was very bumpy but I got up on my 2WD Honda Odyssey. A couple people came during the day to take photos, but the night was peaceful. A couple campsites on the drive up, less secluded though. View was gorgeous and the sunset was amazing. Amazing spot for stargazing.
Bonnie H.ScoutDoe River Landing
Kylie T & Andrew W. Review not accurate
My husband and I arrived at Doe River Landing for 3 nights and enjoyed everything the resort offered. While there we read the 2 reviews posted by Kylie T, and by Andrew W, who gave the resort a 1 star rating. Not knowing the facts that caused the rating by them, and occurred prior to us, we approach the owner and asked.
The owner showed us videos from their security cameras. These adults has stated in Kylie T review and confirm by Andrew W review that they were a group of 20 adults and "every single one of us is over 21 and family". So why are these adults playing "hide and seek" under the pavilion as they stated? Andrew W stated, "It was not blocked off", yet they had to crawl on the ground and around bushes to get under the pavilion. When the owner yelled at them approximately 10 adults that were under the pavilion crawled out which was captured on the security cameras. Andrew W stated in his review the owner called them hooligans, which is rowdy, destructive persons and from the security cameras, that description is correct. There was no mention of damages in their reviews such as the Adirondack chair they broke or possible damage to the water pipes and electric wires under the pavilion, which the owner was currently checking.
Once we read these two reviews by Kylie T and Andrew W and saw the owners security videos, we felt future customers deserved to know another opinion based on our findings.
These entitled adults justified their review of a 1 star by stating they paid money to use the campground.
I would ask these adults "why do you think it is OK to treat someone else's property in this destructive way?"
Kyle T.ScoutDoe River Landing
Unprofessional hosts that ruins a place with good potential
We brought our whole family out and rented almost every cabin on the property, plus the event center, for the weekend— we gave this place a lot of business. And honestly, the stay itself was great— nice place, no complaints about the cabins. The owner is the problem. He came flying in in his blue F-150 doing 20–30 mph where the posted speed limit is 5, and started screaming at us over something that could've been handled with a simple conversation. His exact words:"Where are your parents? This is a family establishment. I will not have hooligans running around here." Every single one of us is over 21 and family. All we were doing was playing hide and seek— which isn't against any of the property's rules— and there were no other guests to disturb, since we had the entire area rented. He still threatened to call the police, even though it wasn't even quiet hours. Before anyone could get a word in, he peeled out so fast the gravel sprayed up at us and our cars. Then on his way out he drove the wrong way down the property's one-way road, so apparently the rules only apply to guests. It's sad, because the property itself is great, and we were never anything but nice to the owners the whole weekend. To be treated in such an unprofessional manner— screamed at, threatened, and never given so much as an apology afterward— put a real dent in the weekend. We won't be back
Guide to Blue Ridge Parkway
Camping near Blue Ridge Parkway offers distinct seasonal temperatures with summer highs averaging 75-85°F and lows of 55-65°F. The area sits at elevations between 2,000-6,000 feet, providing cooler respites during hot weather. Dense hardwood forests surround most camping areas, creating natural shade for many tent sites.
What to do
Hiking from camp to waterfalls: Stone Mountain State Park connects directly to several waterfall trails. "Great sites. Clean bathrooms, close to many hiking trails and waterfalls," notes Joe B. about Stone Mountain State Park Campground.
Fishing in mountain streams: Freshwater fishing opportunities exist at several locations, with trout being common catches. At Basin Cove Campground, one camper mentioned "The site is surrounded by excellent hiking trails and is a great place to set as 'base camp' for day hikes."
Mountain biking accessible trails: Several trail networks connect to campgrounds in the region. "Rode the bike trails and loved it. Did some kayaking too," reports Kelley G. from Bandits Roost Campground about the extensive trail system nearby.
River floating and cooling off: The New River provides calm waters perfect for floating. At Peak Creek RV Campground, "Host was very accommodating and had inner tubes for floating in the stream," according to Lynn's review.
What campers like
Private, spacious sites: Many campgrounds offer well-spaced sites. "The campsites are very spaced out. The elevation is high so weather is nice for those trying to escape the summer heat," writes Kristen J. about Blue Bear Mountain Camp.
Clean facilities despite remote locations: Bathhouses at many locations receive regular maintenance. "The bathhouse was nice and includes showers and drinking water. You're literally on a mountain, so there's not much for hiking," notes Raven B. about Blue Bear Mountain Camp.
Walk-in tent camping privacy: Several campgrounds feature tent-only areas separated from RV sections. At Wagoner — New River State Park, "You have to walk in but the park provides little carts and wheelbarrows. The sites and the bathhouse are very well maintained," says Katrin M.
Diverse wildlife viewing: The parkway region hosts abundant wildlife. "Lots of nice spot, tons of wildlife and deer. Plenary of hiking and mice shower house. A must do," writes Von B. about their stay at Stone Mountain.
What you should know
Limited connectivity: Cell service varies greatly by location and carrier. "Internet and phone service available in some parts of the park," notes Annell N. about Stone Mountain State Park Campground.
Elevation affects temperatures: Higher elevation campgrounds stay cooler. "The constant light breeze and lack of mosquitoes is a treat," reports Raven B. about Blue Bear Mountain Camp.
Water access varies: Not all campgrounds provide water hookups or potable water. At Basin Cove, "There is NO clean water source, you have to bring a filter system with you," warns Julie L.
Seasonal road closures: Some campground access roads close during winter months. "The mike to the campsite is on a gravel road closed to cars/motorized vehicles," explains a reviewer at Doughton Park Campground.
Tips for camping with families
Look for campgrounds with play areas: Some facilities include kid-friendly features. "Campground has kids activities and a nice creek for them to play in," reports Robbie N. about Sandy Creek Family Campground.
Consider creek access sites: Water features provide natural entertainment. "The grounds are adjacent to the Stone Mountain State Park. Very fun long weekend at a family friendly campground," notes Ann H. about Sandy Creek.
Check for easy-access bathrooms: Location of facilities matters with children. "Sites 46, 45 and 41 where my favorites with water views (46 coming in 1st). The bathrooms and showers were well kept and clean," suggests Kerrie N. at New River State Park.
Pet-friendly trail options: Most dog friendly campgrounds along Blue Ridge Parkway connect to hiking trails suitable for pets. "Love this park. Internet and phone service available in some parts of the park. Nice hiking area," says Annell N. about Stone Mountain State Park.
Tips from RVers
Water fill logistics: Many campgrounds require filling tanks at central locations. "They do not have water hookups- you fill your camper tank with water at the office area," explains Mandy R. about Blue Bear Mountain Camp.
Site leveling challenges: Mountain terrain creates uneven sites. "The site we were at was pretty level, but they don't have a specific pad they just told us to park however we wanted," notes Becca C. about Sandy Creek Family Campground.
Dump station access: Some facilities have limited dumping options. "Nice looking camp in a beautiful area. Didn't stay but did use the dump station for $17, so wanted to update info," shares Mike A. regarding New River State Park.
Electric reliability considerations: Power fluctuations can occur in remote locations. "Extended family was staying in an RV site while we were there and they had some problems with their power staying on," warns Kirsten J. about Sandy Creek Family Campground.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which campgrounds on the Blue Ridge Parkway allow pets?
Which campgrounds on the Blue Ridge Parkway allow pets?
Most Blue Ridge Parkway campgrounds are pet-friendly. Julian Price Park Campground — Blue Ridge Parkway welcomes dogs, with pets permitted at both tent and RV sites. Doughton Park Campground — Blue Ridge Parkway also allows pets throughout their shaded, quiet camping areas. These campgrounds typically require pets to be on a leash no longer than 6 feet at all times, properly supervised, and never left unattended. Remember to clean up after your pet and be considerate of other campers, as excessive barking may result in being asked to leave.
Are dogs allowed on hiking trails in the Blue Ridge Parkway?
Are dogs allowed on hiking trails in the Blue Ridge Parkway?
Yes, dogs are generally allowed on most hiking trails along the Blue Ridge Parkway, making it a great destination for outdoor adventures with your canine companion. Linville Falls Campground — Blue Ridge Parkway provides easy access to trails where dogs are permitted. Similarly, Stone Mountain State Park Campground offers plenty of hiking and creek wading opportunities that are dog-friendly. Always keep your dog leashed, bring waste bags to clean up after them, and carry enough water for both you and your pet. Some sensitive ecological areas may restrict pet access, so check trail-specific rules before heading out.
What are the leash requirements for pets on the Blue Ridge Parkway?
What are the leash requirements for pets on the Blue Ridge Parkway?
The Blue Ridge Parkway requires all pets to be kept on a leash no longer than 6 feet at all times. This rule applies throughout the parkway's facilities, including campgrounds like Raccoon Holler Campground and Steele Creek Park & Campground. The leash requirement helps protect wildlife, vegetation, and ensures the safety of your pet and other visitors. Pets must never be left unattended, even if leashed, and should always be under physical control. Electronic or voice control is not sufficient. Remember to bring waste bags and properly dispose of pet waste in designated trash receptacles.
Are there pet-friendly cabins or lodging options along the Blue Ridge Parkway?
Are there pet-friendly cabins or lodging options along the Blue Ridge Parkway?
Yes, several lodging options near the Blue Ridge Parkway welcome pets. Fancy Gap-Blue Ridge Parkway KOA offers pet-friendly accommodations with convenient access to the parkway. The staff is helpful and they provide nice amenities including a shop and propane refills. Flintlock Campground near Boone also allows pets and provides access to numerous nearby activities. When booking, always confirm specific pet policies, potential breed restrictions, and any additional pet fees, as these can vary by location and may change seasonally.
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