It’s the perfect place to go camping in North Carolina, as it’s shoreline is so vast, you will be sure to find a quiet spot – in fact, there are seven campgrounds around the 50,000-acre lake ...

Straddling North Carolina and Tennessee ... Though there are no established campgrounds at Cape Lookout, camping is permitted year-round. You can also rent rustic wooden cabins.

The state closed all North Carolina parks west of I-77 after Helene ... At Crowders Mountain, trails and day-use areas will reopen. Camping areas remain closed in November.