Backbone Rock Campground

This place is awesome! The campsites were clean and super big. When we got there, our fire ring was full of sticks and twigs, all set up and ready for a fire. I thought that was super nice. The campsites are right of the road, but not a lot of traffic goes by. I only got waken up once the 2 nights we were there for a loud truck coming by, but that was one time in 2 days. We stayed on site 03, and there is a creek right behind it that you can not see, but you can hear it, and you can walk down there. There are working toilets only. The bathrooms were also kept nice and clean. Beutiful place to explore and relax away from busy lives. We will most definitely be going back again.

Nice place. Needs some clean dup and ditching to reroute rain water from flooding camp spots. Beautiful area.

Really liked this campground. I knew there would be some traffic, so I cannot really complain about that, but I need to mention that we were in spot #10, which is across from the hosts, and we spent much of the weekend listening to them fight and argue (LOUDLY) most of the time. Someone showed up after 11 pm, and backed into the spot with their high-beams on shining right into our camper. Then ALOT of arguing and kids screaming for about an hour. I WILL DEFINITELY STAY HERE AGAIN, just absolutely not anywhere near the host site.

Ideal national forest campground. Cost us only $10 per night. Small, I think 10 sites and with an excellent host, a man from the region, Mike Brown. Mike and his wife, Annette, made my wife, two young children, and me feel welcome from even before we arrived. (Our campsite was extraordinarily clean the moment we got there.) My children made friends with Mike and Annette’s grandchildren, who are spending the summer at the campground. The campground sits at about 2,100 ft. and is in a narrow gorge, sandwiched in between Tennessee State Road 133 and Beaverdam Creek, and is extraordinarily shady and cool. We tent-camped. There are no showers as of yet, but the toilets flush, and there is running water and even hot water. Our site did not have a water source, but there are two spigots in the campground. Damascus, Virginia is only a 10-minute drive away and has a large grocery store. Backbone Rock is within walking distance. We spent four happy nights at this memorable campground, and we recommend it highly.

I love camping here. It's generally very peaceful except the campground is right next to the road and there is a lot of traffic noise especially from loud motorcycles. The bathrooms are always clean. There are no showers. Site #1 is our favorite but people are constantly walking through our site to the river even the the river is accessible from every campsite by walking through the tree behind each site.

Beautiful tiny campground, well kept. Sites are not right on top of eachother. We had the pleasure of tent camping at site 1, the best site in my opinion. It has great river access and you can listen to water glow all night. Each site has a picnic table & fire pit and bit gravel pad for camping. There are no hookups at the sites but there is a water pump at the campground. There are double sites you can rent for groups, camp host on site, and a Pavilion. Definitely check out Backbone Rock & trail nearby - it's a short 0.3 mile hike, though a bit strenuous as it is switchback steps all the way up. Awesome place!