DEEP CREEK TUBE CENTER & CAMPGROUND, NC
Bryson City, North Carolina
📅 Date visited: 6/9/2022
⏰ Check-in / Check-out Times: Campsite check-in is 1 p.m., Cabin check-in is 3 p.m. for most cabins. Check-out is 11 a.m. for everything.
🌞 Type: Campground
📍 Address/Grid Coord: 1040 West Deep Creek Rd, Bryson City, North Carolina
🌐 Website/Social Media Link: https://www.deepcreekcamping.com/
📞 Phone: 828-488-6055
💲 Pricing Details/Discounts: Rates vary by site and duration. Updated information can be viewed HERE.
🅿️ Site Used: 13
⌚ Length of Stay: 7 days
⏱️ Max Length of Stay Permitted: Daily and weekly rates are published. Other options can be discussed with management.
🚘 Vehicle and Rig Specs: Ford F-250, SRW - Palomino Solaire 317BHSK, Length: 35’ Height: 11’, 50amp service
👨👩👧👧 Family Demographics: 2 Adults, 2 Kids (Under 10)
🐶 Pets: We don’t have any, but they are permitted and must be on 6’ leash. If staying in a cabin, there is a limit of (2) and a $20 fee per night/pet.
📱 Cell Service Used: Verizon, average service.
📶 Other Cell Service Quality: Kids have Gabb watch phones, service was not available.
💻 Internet Service Used: Verizon
🛰️ Starlink Accessibility: N/A, didn’t use at this location.
📡 Campground WiFi Quality: Moderate
🛀 Facilities: Camp Office & Store, multiple bathhouses, laundry facilities and picnic shelters.
🏊🏻♂️ Amenities: On-site tubing and water play in the creek. Petting zoo with goats. You can purchase feed in the camp store. Several unique and themed playgrounds for the kids. Ice and firewood are available in the camp store. Firewood is not allowed to be brought in from outside the park.
🔢 Total Number of Sites and General Condition: 26 RV sites (10 are creek-side), 10 big rig sites (3 are pull through), 3 sheltered sites with water and electricity, 5 tent only sites, and 25+ cabins
⛺ Tent Camping Permitted: Yes, in designated sites.
♿ Handicap Accessibility: Yes
🔌💧🚽 Electric, Water & Sewer details: Full service utilities available, site specific (see map).
👋🏻 Assigned sites or FCFS: Select site when reserving.
👀 Site selection/location assistance: No
🔒 Gated Access: No
🚧 Road Condition: Good, but it’s a tight drive going through town up to the campground. I’m not sure I would take our current 5th wheel back up there. Anything over 30’ needs to be careful.
⛽ Gas: Shell (2 miles) The closest Open Roads station is TA (52 miles).
🛒 Grocery: Ingles Markets (2.5 miles)
🚩 Local Area Attractions / Amenities: Bryson City (2 miles), Great Smoky Mountains Railroad (2 miles), Deep Creek Trailhead (2 miles), Darnell Farms (4 miles), Great Smoky Mountains National Park (12 miles), Cherokee (12 miles), Mountain Farm Museum (15 miles)
✏️ Additional Notes / Review: We came across Deep Creek Tube Center and Campground while planning one of our summer trips. All the reviews and pictures had us very excited about staying here for a week. It was everything we thought it would be and more. We stayed on site 13, just across from the creek. We were able to put our tubes in and float down about ¾ of a mile to an exit point at the lower portion of the campground. You can walk back through the campground and do it as many times as you want. If you want a little longer ride, you can head up West Deep Creek Rd about 2-miles to the Deep Creek Trailhead. You can put in at the trailhead or hike a little further for an even longer tubing adventure. The further you head up, the more turbulent the water gets. None of it was too crazy though. The campground has several play areas, a few of them are themed like a fort and a pirate ship. They also have goats onsite that you can feed by purchasing food from the camp store. Bryson City and the surrounding area have so much to offer. We loved Deep Creek and hope to make it back one day, but it probably won’t be with our new rig. It gets tight navigating through Bryson City and into the campground, but if your rig is at or under 30’, you’ll be fine. If you’ve not explored this area, add Deep Creek to your list!
