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North Carolina campgrounds: how hard are they to book?

We track 30 reservable North Carolina campgrounds on Recreation.gov. Across the 4 measured so far, an average of 38% of weekend (Friday and Saturday night) site-nights in the next 90 days are already reserved, and 0 rate Hard or Very hard. The toughest right now is Lake Powhatan.

Campground	Difficulty	Weekends booked	Open dates (30d)
Lake Powhatan National Forests in North Carolina	Easy	50%	26
Davidson River National Forests in North Carolina	Easy	47%	27
Oregon Inlet Campground Cape Hatteras National Seashore	Easy	33%	28
Ocracoke Campground Cape Hatteras National Seashore	Easy	22%	30
Smokemont Campground Great Smoky Mountains National Park	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Bandits Roost W. Kerr Scott Dam & Reservoir	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Frisco Campground Cape Hatteras National Seashore	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Cedar Point Campground National Forests in North Carolina	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Mount Pisgah Campground Blue Ridge Parkway	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Julian Price Campground Blue Ridge Parkway	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Deep Creek Campground (Nc) Great Smoky Mountains National Park	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Great Island Cabin Camp Cape Lookout National Seashore	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Jackrabbit Mountain National Forests in North Carolina	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Cataloochee Campground Great Smoky Mountains National Park	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Arrowhead Campground National Forests in North Carolina	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Cape Point Campground Cape Hatteras National Seashore	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Balsam Mountain Campground Great Smoky Mountains National Park	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Flanners Beach Campground National Forests in North Carolina	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Badin Lake Campground National Forests in North Carolina	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
North Mills River National Forests in North Carolina	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Fort Hamby Park W. Kerr Scott Dam & Reservoir	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Warrior Creek W. Kerr Scott Dam & Reservoir	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Standing Indian Campground National Forests in North Carolina	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Linville Falls Campground Blue Ridge Parkway	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Van Hook Glade National Forests in North Carolina	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Carolina Hemlocks Rec Area National Forests in North Carolina	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Big Creek Campground (Great Smoky Mountains National Park) Great Smoky Mountains National Park	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Doughton Park Campground Blue Ridge Parkway	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Canebrake Horse Camp National Forests in North Carolina	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a
Oyster Point Campground National Forests in North Carolina	Not measured yet	n/a	n/a

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