U.S. Forest Service · Cherokee National Forest · Tennessee

Dam Creek Walk-In Campground And Picnic Area

This Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) site offers a quiet retreat for picnicking and camping.

First-come, first-served

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Dam Creek Walk-In Campground And Picnic Area
Photo from the area. Chris M Morris (CC BY 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons

Weather by month

NOAA climate normals →
Weather by month near Dam Creek Walk-In Campground And Picnic Area30°40°50°60°70°80°January: 4.63 inches of precipitation, 1.0 inches of snowFebruary: 4.86 inches of precipitation, 1.3 inches of snowMarch: 4.91 inches of precipitation, 0.3 inches of snowApril: 4.80 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowMay: 4.92 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowJune: 4.48 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowJuly: 5.34 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowAugust: 4.14 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowSeptember: 4.08 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowOctober: 3.15 inches of precipitation, 0.0 inches of snowNovember: 4.76 inches of precipitation, 0.1 inches of snowDecember: 5.18 inches of precipitation, 0.1 inches of snowJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJanuary: 39.2°F averageFebruary: 43.2°F averageMarch: 50.6°F averageApril: 58.7°F averageMay: 67.5°F averageJune: 75.0°F averageJuly: 78.1°F averageAugust: 76.9°F averageSeptember: 70.7°F averageOctober: 59.3°F averageNovember: 48.4°F averageDecember: 42.4°F average0 in2 in4 in6 inTemp °FInches
The line is the average temperature and the bars are average precipitation at Tellico Plains, 11 miles from the campground at 910 feet, station USC00408886 in the NOAA monthly climate normals for 1991 to 2020. Precipitation totals about 55 inches a year. The dotted line is average snowfall, about 3 inches a year on the same inches scale.

Getting there

Coordinates35.3096° N, 84.1219° W · Directions ↗

Supplies & services

Dump stationNorth River Checking Station ↗0.4 mi
RV sales & serviceRick's RV Center ↗17.2 mi
Outdoor gearLovin Equipment & Sales, Inc - Outdoor Equipment & Sportsman ↗18.8 mi

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Limited data for this unit

No site-by-site records, no amenities, no fee schedule or directions in the Recreation.gov record. What is here comes from the agency's own listing. The rest lives there.

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Video

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Trails nearby

Forest Service trail data →
  • 1.3 mi
    McNabb Creek Trail
    3.9 mi trail
  • 1.3 mi
    Panther Branch Trail
    2.2 mi trail
  • 1.5 mi
    Laurel Branch Trail
    3 mi trail
  • 1.7 mi
    Hemlock Trail
    3.1 mi trail
  • 1.8 mi
    Henderson Mountain Trail
    4.2 mi trail
  • 2 mi
    Long Branch Trail
    2.7 mi trail

Trail and trailhead records are the Forest Service's. Distances are straight-line to the nearer trail end. Trail conditions are not tracked here.

Public land it sits in

On Wilderness Atlas →

Bald River Gorge Wilderness begins about 1.6 miles away, and it is the closest of these.

Each unit is published as a centre point and an acreage rather than a boundary, so this section stands it in for a circle of the same area. Whether a campground is inside, and how far it is from one it is outside, are both approximate.

On the National Register nearby

On Register Atlas →

Guidebooks for Cherokee National Forest and Tennessee

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  • Cherokee National Forest hiking guide
    William H. Skelton and Lamar Alexander, 2024
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  • Best Tent Camping: Tennessee
    Johnny Molloy, 2015
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  • Campgrounds in and Around the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
    Grueen Huffman, 2010
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Reference

Questions people ask

Do I need a reservation at Dam Creek Walk-In Campground And Picnic Area?

No. Dam Creek Walk-In Campground And Picnic Area is first-come, first-served. Sites are taken on arrival and paid at the fee station.

Source: Forest Service recreation page for this forest

What if Dam Creek Walk-In Campground And Picnic Area is full?

The nearest public campgrounds are North River Campground (0.6 mi, first-come), Spivey Cove Campground (0.6 mi, first-come), and Mcnabb Creek Group (1.4 mi).

Source: Campgrounds nearby