I was wondering if anyone could tell me if camping in the NPS Smokemont campground would be during August. I am concerned that the temps will be to high. Also, my parents might want to go and take their motorhome. They are wondering if it is open enough to navigate a class a through.Thanks, Jeff

I would check in with the rangers at the site... You are aware there are no hookups here for the air conditioners or the Motorhome...Looks like generators are allowed in certain areas from 8AM to 8PMSMOKEMOUNT NCMy kind of place haha...Roy Ken

big_murph_279 wrote:I was wondering if anyone could tell me if camping in the NPS Smokemont campground would be during August. I am concerned that the temps will be to high. Also, my parents might want to go and take their motorhome. They are wondering if it is open enough to navigate a class a through.Thanks, JeffYeah. It's going to be hot. That part of the mountains is no cooler than the flatlands. We avoid the area in the summer.

Thats what I was worried about. I dry camp a lot in the spring and fall. Not a problem. Open some windows and turn on the fan. I didn't know how much cooler that area would be this time of year. I might just have to wait until later on in the fall or early winter.

big_murph_279 wrote:Thats what I was worried about. I dry camp a lot in the spring and fall. Not a problem. Open some windows and turn on the fan. I didn't know how much cooler that area would be this time of year. I might just have to wait until later on in the fall or early winter.You live in Concord. Go outside. It will be the same there. IF the Cherokee area is your only option. Wait until late Sept at least. However. IF you want to go dry camping, and want to be in the cool. Try Julian Price, outside of Blowing Rock, or Linville Falls, on the BRP. Both are always cool. AC is not needed, Even on the hottest days down here. Average highs in the 70s

Terry someone in another thread a while back was looki to escape the heat around Charlotte cof course you and I are usually a couplevdegrees cooler than they are, I noticed that up at Stone Mountain State Park on Roaring Gap, that they are about 10 degrees cooler than Charlotte and according to weather dot com, today they are about 12 degrees cooler. So I imagine the rhododendron and moss covered Julian price will be even a tad bit cooler itself. We hope to make it up that way in August or September.

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wbwood
Explorer
Jul 23, 2013
Terryallan wrote:
BTW. The high today in Cherokee was 88. The high here was 88 as well. So not a lot of difference. It's 82, and cloudy there now. Forecasted lows are virtually the same. 67, there, and 68 here.
Again. The temps there are the same as the temps here. Not the kind of dry camping I want to do.

On a brighter note. It's 76, and lows in the low 60s tonite Supposed to be in the 50s in Blowing Rock tomorrow nite.

Same as at SMSP. 70's during the day and 50's at night.
wbwood
Explorer
Jul 23, 2013
Was just comparing roaring gap (SMSP) and blowing rock. Virtually the same temps. Roaring gap just a degree or two cooler. But Julian price is mostly tree covered, where as SMSP campsites are generally not tree covered. So a difference there. I imagine smokemont to be pretty well tree covered as well.
schrecker96
Explorer
Jul 24, 2013
Been to Cherokee in the summer HOT like Charlotte. It will cool down at night but that is about it. I would not pick that time of year for dry camping. But that is just me. Our house is always a balmy 73/74 degrees in the summer

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