The best camping spots are free.

Trekkar wrote:

Terryallan wrote:
Much harder to come by on the East Coast. From the Blue Ridge Mountains to the Atlantic ocean. Places you can just stop and camp are few, and far between. Not much land that is not in use around here.

I find that most of the dispersed camping that shows up on the MVUF maps from the USDA are pretty accurate, and lightly used. Have you tried FS camping in the National Forests? (Pisgah, Cherokee, Uwharrie, etc. in NC)

There are some Forest Service Campgrounds in those areas. But you aren't really going to just pull off the side of the road, and set up. mostly because the side of the road is most often a cliff on one side, and a mountain on the other.

Admittedly. I have not been on every side, or back road in the Blue Ridge. But have been on quite a few, and the last place I saw where you could pull over and camp was about 30 years ago near Brown Mountain. But that has washed away now. You are not allowed to park over night in the National parks. Even on the Blue Ridge Parkway overnight parking at the over looks, picnic areas, or on the side of the road are not permitted. there are however many Forest Service CGs on the BRP. We used them for years, and still do. Primitive camping only. Seems the Rangers are very particular about their parks.