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Wine Spring Horse Camp

12 mi east of Andrews, NC · Verizon 4G · AT&T 4G

Federal campgroundtype
First comebooking
May–Sepbest months

About Wine Spring Horse Camp

Wine Spring Horse Camp is a primitive camping area with 6 designated camping sites. Each site provides a picnic table, fire ring and tethering area for horses. The camp area is gated with a combination lock. The Wine Spring Trail System has 15 miles of horse trails, including Wine Spring Trail 379A and Rocky Bald Trail 379B loops. Each loop is 7.5 miles long. The Wine Spring Loop crosses Goat Bald at 4800 feet elevation. Goat Bald is a large wildlife opening that offers a spectacular view to the west of the Great Smoky Mountains and the Chilhowee Mountains in Tennessee. Some sections of the trails are located on Forest Service Roads and may have periodic administrative and logging traffic.

  • Fees: $10 a night per site.
  • Season: Year Round
  • Managed by: USFS - National Forests in North Carolina
  • Where: 12 mi east of Andrews, NC · 35.17723, -83.61396

Things to do:

Horseback ridingWildlife & birding

Official page for this camp (fees, closures, booking)

Weather by month

41°
23°Jan
43°
25°Feb
50°
31°Mar
59°
38°Apr
65°
45°May
71°
53°Jun
74°
56°Jul
73°
55°Aug
68°
50°Sep
60°
40°Oct
51°
31°Nov
44°
26°Dec

Typical daily highs and lows (°F), 1991–2020 NOAA normals. Best months: May–Sep (comfortable days, mild nights, little rain). Nights below freezing: Nov–Mar.

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Trails near camp

TrailOpen toFrom campLength
Wine Springs LoopHorse0.1 mi8.8 mi
Bartram Nrt - Nantahala RdHiking0.6 mi68.6 mi
Rocky Bald LoopHorse1.4 mi6.4 mi
Anst - Nantahala RdHiking1.7 mi52.9 mi
Wilson LickHiking1.9 mi0.1 mi

Straight-line distance from camp, from Forest Service, BLM, state and OpenStreetMap trail data.

Good to know

Cell signal

Verizon 4G · AT&T 4G

From the carriers' FCC coverage maps, which tend to be generous.
Night sky: Rural

The Milky Way is bright, with a little glow low on the horizon.

Class 3 of 9, from NASA/NOAA night-light data.
RV essentials

Dump station: 17.4 mi
Propane: 21.2 mi

Nearest of each within 25 miles, straight-line.

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