Elkmont CG in SMNP
My wife and I will be staying 5 days at the Elkmont Campground in the smokies during the second week of August. No water, elec, or sewer. Do not want to haul a full load of water from Birmingham AL....
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ELKMONT has water close by at an outside spigot at the several bath room buildings around the camp... I always carry a couple of water jeri-cans and use a folding two wheeled tote. We have the cassette potty so I will make a tote run to the bathroom bldg and dump down their toilet. Doesn't take very long to make a few of 5-gallon jeri can runs to fill up the fresh water tank.
There is a dump site at the main entrance to the park at Sugarlands Visitor Center but I'm not aware if they have potable water there to use or not.
We always try to get the F008 Site (F8) on the point right next to the river... Note that some sites don't allow use of generators...
ELKMONT MAP
Our favorite place to camp in the area...
Firewood and ICE is available at the camp ground... We always go to Townsend to do our grocery shopping just to keep out of all the goings on in the Gatlinburg/Pigeon Forge areas... ELKMONT also is a Trolly stop for Gatlinburg. CELL PHONEs is very spotty inside the campground. We usually have to go out on the main drag inside the park up to a close-by pull off over looking Gatlinburg for cell phone service. HDTV is great there using OTA antenna. Ham radio is also great as they have a close-by repeater site there which allows use of handheld radios in the area if you guys are Ham Radio types...
Been coming here for years since the 70s... Also visit the CADES COVE motor drive in the late afternoons and maybe get a friendly bear sighting...
Roy Ken
There is a dump site at the main entrance to the park at Sugarlands Visitor Center but I'm not aware if they have potable water there to use or not.
We always try to get the F008 Site (F8) on the point right next to the river... Note that some sites don't allow use of generators...
ELKMONT MAP
Our favorite place to camp in the area...
Firewood and ICE is available at the camp ground... We always go to Townsend to do our grocery shopping just to keep out of all the goings on in the Gatlinburg/Pigeon Forge areas... ELKMONT also is a Trolly stop for Gatlinburg. CELL PHONEs is very spotty inside the campground. We usually have to go out on the main drag inside the park up to a close-by pull off over looking Gatlinburg for cell phone service. HDTV is great there using OTA antenna. Ham radio is also great as they have a close-by repeater site there which allows use of handheld radios in the area if you guys are Ham Radio types...
Been coming here for years since the 70s... Also visit the CADES COVE motor drive in the late afternoons and maybe get a friendly bear sighting...
Roy Ken
