South Mountains State Park Family Campground

Great facilities and well kept trail areas. Tent camped for one evening and was very impressed with the facilities. Clean bathrooms. Electrical available. Grab a camp site next to the creek for some great babbling brook background noise. Saw a lot of folks fishing and with their kids hiking around. Highly recommend for a quick getaway from CLT.

Beautiful park, clean and safe campground, great fishing. Can't wait to go back!! **UPDATE** 5/16/2023 We stayed for one night about 1-1/2 weeks ago at the same campsite on our way home from a week in far western NC and wished we could have stayed longer... Still love this campground and there are several sites with easy access to the stream for fishing anytime. Which I did, though I did not catch anything this time. Gorgeous park, great visitor center, and a well-maintained campground & facilities!

No sewer hookups being a state park. I think it's great for tent camping and fantastic for hiking. Plenty of places to wade on the creek and cookout too. I LOVED that the rangers drove through checking on things, cleaning up, and generally keeping a good eye on the place. We felt safe.

Nice State Park. Bathhouse well maintained. Nice stream that runs through the camping area. Bring your swim suit. Fun area to splash around. Lots of hiking trails, to include a couple that will lead you to beautiful waterfalls. Not so good for biking, as there is only one and it is very steep making for a good workout, but not so good if your trying to enjoy the great outdoors for us average bikers. Lastly, a very big plus, "no mosquitoes" to be endured the 4 days that we were there.

It's a very pretty place and very accessible, if you need the bathroom while camping it's right there, and if you wanna swim the lake is right beside it. And it's a pretty place to fish to.

To avoid the ~80s_F heat later this SUN 2025.04.27 afternoon, i went to South Mountains SP fpr an early morning ~7+ mi hike, 50s - 60s_F. Trails were in good condition. On-the-trails, only encountered a young female Backpacker at the water-crossing of Jacob Fork creek; she v helpfully led the way 👍☺️ .. the water was ~8 ins deep, and cold .. No wildlife, but lots of birds singings 👍 No epic views, but i am happy for the peace and solitude 😚