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Cardens Bluff Campground, a Forest Service campground

Cherokee National Forest

Cardens Bluff Campground

Campground43 sitesReservable
Reserve on Recreation.gov

Photo: US Forest Service

About this campground

Cardens Bluff Campground is now re-opened as of Thursday 9/3/26. If you have reservations starting Thursday 9/3/26, or after, your reservations are still active and good to go. At nearly 2,000 feet elevation, Cardens Bluff Campground is located on a peninsula overlooking the 6,430-acre Watauga Lake in Carter County, TN.
From the USDA Forest Service's description on Recreation.gov.

Around here

Around Cardens Bluff Campground

41 of 43 campsites at their real positions. Tap a site for its hookups and rig length.

0.5 mi

Data Source: Recreation.gov · Source: USGS GNIS · Public land: USGS PAD-US

Sites and hookups

Campsites
43
Sites by type
36 tent
Max RV length
30 ft
Waterfront sites
14
Walk-in sites
32
Accessible sites
6
Pets
Allowed
Campfires
Allowed
Booking
Reservable on Recreation.gov

Amenities

  • Showers
  • Flush toilets