Rolling Meadows Family Campground

Campground in Murphy, NC • 12 RV Sites

Rolling Meadows Family Campground in Murphy, North Carolina, is a well-equipped family campground in the far western corner of the state — a Cherokee County property with a brand-new heated bathhouse and laundry facilities, full-hookup pull-through sites, water and electric back-in sites, and tent camping in the Great Smoky Mountain scenery of the Appalachian highlands that surround Murphy at the convergence of the Hiwassee and Hiawassee River valleys just north of the Georgia and Tennessee borders. Murphy's tri-state corner position gives guests the most geographically compressed access to the western North Carolina, southeastern Tennessee, and northeast Georgia outdoor recreation landscape in the southern Appalachians, including the Nantahala National Forest, the Ocoee River's Olympic-standard whitewater, and the Hiwassee River's exceptional trout and smallmouth bass fishing. Full-hookup pull-through sites, water and electric back-in sites, and tent sites with the brand-new heated bathhouse and laundry give guests the complete and modern camping infrastructure in a western NC mountain setting that the campground's Cherokee County surrounding terrain makes instantly engaging. The new bathhouse quality reflects an investment in the daily comfort standard that Murphy area camping specifically benefits from in a region where older campground infrastructure has sometimes lagged behind the quality of the surrounding natural setting. Pets are welcome. The Nantahala National Forest, encompassing Murphy from multiple directions in Cherokee and surrounding counties, protects over 530,000 acres of southern Appalachian hardwood and pine forest that sustains the hiking, fishing, waterfall, and backcountry camping access that makes western North Carolina one of the most comprehensively recreated natural landscapes in the eastern United States. The Unicoi Mountains southeast of Murphy provide the ridge trail access to the Tennessee border and the Ocoee River watershed, and the Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest in Graham County preserves 3,800 acres of old-growth cove hardwood forest — the most extensive unlogged cove hardwood stand in the eastern United States, where yellow poplars reaching 100 feet in height and 20 feet in circumference give visitors the specific physical scale of what the Appalachian forest looked like before the 19th and 20th-century timber industry removed the vast majority of the original forest. The Ocoee River in Polk County, Tennessee, 30 miles north of Murphy, hosted the 1996 Atlanta Olympics whitewater slalom events on the same commercially guided Class III-IV rapid sequence that white water kayakers and rafters specifically target for the consistent, challenging, and scenically dramatic run through the Ocoee Gorge in the Cherokee National Forest. The commercial rafting season on the Ocoee from May through October sustains a major outdoor recreation economy on the river's most accessible section above the Olympic venue, and the flatwater below Lake Ocoee provides the paddling calm that complements the whitewater's intensity. Rolling Meadows Family Campground serves guests year-round in Cherokee County's mild mountain climate, where the elevation moderates summer temperatures and the spring through fall season sustains the full outdoor recreation range of the tri-state mountain corridor. Fields of the Wood, 12 miles northwest of Murphy in Cherokee County on the Tennessee border, is a biblical theme park operated by the Church of God of Prophecy with the world's largest replica of the Ten Commandments carved in the hillside in a setting whose religious sincerity and dramatic Appalachian Mountain backdrop create an unexpected and genuinely distinctive cultural landscape stop. Reserve sites ahead for summer and fall weekends when the western NC mountain campground market fills from the Charlotte, Atlanta, and Knoxville leisure travel markets.

Campground rules and policies

Registration and Arrival
Check-In Procedure
- Check-In: Check-in after 2 p.m. on the day of arrival.
- Check-Out: Check-out before 11 a.m. on the day of departure.
- Please make arrangements prior to 10 a.m. if staying an extra night.
- If you require more room, ask management.
- Arrival times 2:00 PM - 11:30 PM.
- If arriving outside of check-in times, please call to make arrangements.
- While each park attempts to accommodate your exact spot request, the on-site manager has the ultimate decision for spot placement.Quiet Hours
- Quiet hours are from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m.Guests
- Obey all rules and regulations posted throughout the campground.
- You are responsible for keeping your site clean and tidy at all times.
- DO NOT enter other campsites even if unoccupied. This includes children and pets.Vehicle Policy
- 1 vehicle per site which must display a valid Campground parking permit.
- Other vehicles might be permitted at management's discretion and will require a parking permit.
- Call for information.
- A vehicle without a proper parking permit is subject to tow at the owner's expense.
- Vehicles must not block the road or adjacent campsite(s).
- No motorbikes or other unregistered vehicles on the grounds.Speed Limit
- The posted speed limit is 5 MPH.Visitors (anyone not a registered camper)
- Day or night visitors must register with management there is a charge per visitor.
- A campground parking permit will be issued.Children Policy
- Children are welcome with an accompanying adult.
- Parents are responsible at all times for their children’s safety and behavior.
- Please supervise your children on the property, and do not allow children to play in the roadway.Table Rules
- Limit of one (1) picnic table per campsite.
- Do not move/remove tables from other sites.Pet Policy
- Pets are welcome.
- All pets must be registered with campground management, and bring current license and vaccination records.
- Animals must be kept on a leash at all times and under the control of the owner. Animals may not be left unattended at the campsite. Animals may not be tethered to utility fixtures, picnic tables, trees, or fences.
- Animal waste must be picked up by the pet owner.
- If you'd like to bring your pet, you must provide proof of vaccination.Fire Policy
- Fires are allowed in firepits only.
- Fires must be attended at all times.
- Do not move the fire ring.
- Campers will be notified if there are any restrictions to having a fire based on local fire risk levels.
- Personal charcoal and propane grills are permitted.
- Put hot coals in your firepit.
- Fireworks are prohibited on the Campground premises and on the property.Garbage
- All garbage should be bagged and placed in one of the provided cans.
- The garbage will be picked up regularly.
- Do not leave garbage bags on the ground.Illegal Activities
- Positively no defacing of trees, or removal of any plants or animals.Management Rules
- Management will be held harmless for any damage to vehicles or any other property or loss of valuables in or around the campground.
- Management will be held harmless from any problems common to the out-of-doors, including, but not limited to, contact with stinging insects, snakes, poisonous plants, or wild animals.Assistance/Security
- CALL 911 as appropriate before notifying campground management at 828-644-6018.Credit Card Security
- Your credit card information is stored and processed securely.Terms and Agreement
- The management of this campground reserves the right to terminate the tenancy of a guest for objectionable conduct or failure to abide by the park rules.
- If you are asked to vacate the premises due to your inability to abide by the rules, there will be no refund given.
- Any person or persons using profane language, intoxicated, or acting in such a manner that may be injurious or annoying to other people (in the opinion of the management) will be asked to leave at once.