A cascading whitewater stream flowing out of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Rippling trout runs, sparkling waterfalls, natural swimming holes, mountain trails lined with wildflowers and a mile of the best whitewater tubing in the Smokies. That's Deep Creek, a family vacation paradise in the Great Smoky Mountains of Western North Carolina.
For more than 25 years, outdoor vacation enthusiasts have been returning to Deep Creek Tube Center & Campground, a Smoky Mountain campground, cabin and RV vacation destination on the banks of Deep Creek, north of Bryson City and near Cherokee, North Carolina.
For more than 25 years, outdoor vacation enthusiasts have been returning to Deep Creek Tube Center & Campground, a Smoky Mountain campground, cabin and RV vacation destination on the banks of Deep Creek, north of Bryson City and near Cherokee, North Carolina.
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Deep Creek Tube Center & Campground is a private campground just outside the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in Bryson City NC. Our amenities are tailored to the needs of couples, families, church groups and scout groups. Camp office & store, fully equipped with snacks, drinks, gifts, camping and tubing supplies and apparel.
Deep Creek Tube Center & Campground is the ideal setting for your outdoor Smoky Mountain vacation - tents-only, popup & RV sites; a large camp store; and tube rentals - all on Deep Creek at the edge of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. With our location at the edge of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, all firewood must be heat-treated, bundled and certified by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) or a state agency.
For years, generations of fun-loving vacationers have been coming back to Deep Creek to experience the thrill of riding an inner tube down the rapids of this mountain stream in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The one-mile stretch of Deep Creek in the National Park set aside for tubing is divided into two sections, as shown on our Deep Creek Trails & Waterfalls map.
Bryson City is located at the southern edge of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, near Cherokee. It's just an hour's drive west of Asheville; and less than three hours from Atlanta, Greenville/Spartanburg, Charlotte, Knoxville and Chattanooga. Directions to the campground: From US 74 and exit 67, go down the hill (north) on Veterans Blvd.
Reviews (10)
Sumit Agrawal
Oct 29, 2021
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Staff: friendly
Location: excellent, very close to the city and national park
Facilities: decent overall, maybe good if renting cottage. For tenting, the area was nice in general, though it felt like primitive campsite as there was no water faucet in the area and even the bathhouse had no electrical outlets. The hot water turned cold in 2 minutes and then only cold water was available for shower.
Activities: gem mining & tubing was closed for the season, goat petting was open.
You could try and book the campsites in national park area and maybe better off in terms of facilities.
Location: excellent, very close to the city and national park
Facilities: decent overall, maybe good if renting cottage. For tenting, the area was nice in general, though it felt like primitive campsite as there was no water faucet in the area and even the bathhouse had no electrical outlets. The hot water turned cold in 2 minutes and then only cold water was available for shower.
Activities: gem mining & tubing was closed for the season, goat petting was open.
You could try and book the campsites in national park area and maybe better off in terms of facilities.
Patricia Elliott
Oct 26, 2021
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Loved the campground and site except when those who are near you don’t want to follow the rules. We had campers appear all around us, supposedly together, who ran generators until 10:00 p.m., children on skateboards (not allowed), dogs not on a leash, and children running through your campsite with flash lights and screaming at dark. I’m all for children having fun but not in your camp site and when lights are constantly shining through your windows. We even had adults trampling through our camp site headed to the bathroom when there is a perfectly paved road and path that leads to it. Camping
Laura Lane Bender
Oct 15, 2021
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The location was central making it easily accessible to the places we wanted to go and the activities in which we planned to participate. The reason for 3 stars—and I really wanted to give only 2–we had 30 amp power and the breaker continually tripped so my husband was outside in the middle of the night to turn it back on more than a few times. We are well aware of power management and were practicing that but to no avail. We had to turn off the heat to use the microwave, for example, and most of the time, that wasn’t adequate. We were having to depend on the heat pump and couldn’t use
Sherri Lessman
Sep 28, 2021
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If you're planning to tent camp, don't come here! We reserved and paid for a campsite only to find it was a tiny space beside two RV's. Ugly and cramped. Who wants to camp in a parking lot?! Even the RV's were crammed together. Showers were lukewarm with no pressure. She wouldn't return our money so we camped at another very crowded area with other tents. Really disappointing. Bad experience
Andrea Manley
Sep 02, 2021
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Absolutely loved this place. Rented River otter cabin which was within steps to the creek!! Was able to listen to the Creek 24/7. Amazing sound!!! I have absolutely no complaints. The cabin was super clean!! The staff was very helpful and polite!! Loved feeding the goats. Very convenient to Town. Will absolutely be staying here again and in the same cabin!!!
Caleb Fulwood
Aug 26, 2021
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Facility is very clean, we loved the playground and feeding the goats. I liked that they had tubes for rent at the campground which was convenient but I would recommend getting them from down the road because the adult tubes don't have a back on them. Which would make your tubing experience much better! Overall loved the campground! We will be back!
Nathan Sikes
Aug 13, 2021
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Brought my Motorhome and loved the place. Convenient to many nice hikes and water venues. Beautiful rapid running creek which friends and others used for tubing. My site, #13, was muddy and could have used more gravel like some other sites but we had two large mats which covered most of where we walked. The sites are nice size and adequate. Dog-friendly area unlike most of GSMNP. Looking forward to returning next year.
Josie Moe
Jul 28, 2021
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Service was fast, easy, cheap, and friendly. Tubes are not highly quality though! The tubes we rented from them did not have back support on the adult sizes (but they did on the children’s sizes-🤨.) We didn’t even notice it until we started. The majority of other adult tubes on the creek did have nice back rests and it makes a huge difference in comfort level. In addition to that, my tubes air hole kept popping out the entire trip, which meant it was losing air a lot. Not a great quality when you’re tubing. Still had fun, and the place was still easy to work with!
Darrel Kowalski
Jul 19, 2021
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Really enjoyed this campground. We tent camped. The creek felt great. No big issues other than a few flies . Bathrooms and shower were a little outdated, but clean. I mean you’re camping, it’s not suppose to be fancy. I really appreciated the sink outside near the bathhouse so I could wash my dishes. The sites were a little to close to each other but that’s the only negative thing in can think of. The store was well stocked and employees were all very nice and helpful. I will definitely return to this campground.
Greta Stedam
Jul 13, 2021
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