Balsam Mountain Campground — Hotel in Big Cove Community

Balsam mountain campground site 14 review

Plenty of room to park, length and width. Parking is in the sun and a bit pitched in two directions, about two legos front to back and about one lego from the outside edge to the curb. The parking spot gets plenty of sun most of the day.

The tent pad gets a decent amount of shade most parts of the day, some strong sun around mid-day. Shade all day long under the old conifers that are great for hammocks.

Reception - spotty T-Mobile reception on the phone, spotty with the WeBoost and 5g mifi hot spot, but enough to keep in touch. Got starlink working best spots in the road in front of the sprinter or back on spot 16 by their tent pad.

It's a pretty remote campground, paved road all the way in, so much better than Cattaloochee. Some people are just here for one night, some for several nights. It's pretty quiet and low noise overall, no generators running, no kids running around. Almost always a breeze which is moderated by the trees that protect from all sides. Never a line in the bathroom. Very friendly and...

Oh! To be cold in the Southeast in August! This federal campground is at 5300 ft above sea level. It is often in the clouds, but the sun does come through. It's close enough to Cherokee and Waynesville that (Verizon) cell phones work.... And if you are into it, there is also tv reception. But.... You better have a functioning cell.... There is no park office or store. You have to call an 800 number (be prepared to wait on hold) to register. Those without Verizon were in a quandry. There is a volunteer camp host who is very nice, but let's just say this placed is a little loosey goosey. The bathrooms are like many federal campground bathrooms... No showers, no warm water and no lighting. But they were clean and at the end of the day, that means alot. This campground is off the beaten track, it's a hidden gem. We stayed longer than planned because we simply loved being in the Smokey Mountains at this elevation without so many people. We took some wonderful walks, saw a moose, wore jeans in July, cooked marshmallows every night, and had a...

What a beautiful place. Its too bad it’s the Wild West of campgrounds. I’ve been to some busy campgrounds but never one where there was with no control. The host is a nice guy but really just craziness in what should be a great campground based on location. . Kids yelling and honking horns through morning starting at 630 am. The same family yelling and promising to “spank you” so all campground can hear… A dog allowed to bark much of day for 3 days, guest leaving out of frustration. There was even on older gentleman that had a ham radio which he left on speaker so everyone could hear every trucker/weather person he spoke to. I always use used a headset out of respect for people around me. Not at this campground you can do whatever you want. I love camping this was far from camping. The only good thing was the bathrooms were very clean. I’ve camped at a lot of places and would go back to all except this one. It was that bad and really the host wasn’t doing what...