About Big Oak Cove Campground
Looking to camp where you can wake at the crack of dawn and start fishing? The cool waters of the Tellico River just feet away will ease you to sleep each night. This is one of several small campgrounds on Tellico River Road (FS Rd 210). This campground offers 11 campsites with a picnic table, fire ring, and lantern post.
- Fees: Fee is $10 per site (11 sites)
- Season: 5/21/2024 – 11/19/2024
- Managed by: Cherokee National Forest, USFS - Cherokee National Forest
- Where: 11 mi northwest of Marble, NC · 35.26359, -84.08655
Things to do:
Official page for this camp (fees, closures, booking)
Weather by month
Typical daily highs and lows (°F), 1991–2020 NOAA normals. Best months: Apr–Oct (comfortable days, mild nights, little rain). Nights below freezing: Dec–Feb.
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Good to know
No signal at camp
From the carriers' FCC coverage maps, which tend to be generous.The Milky Way is bright, with a little glow low on the horizon.
Class 3 of 9, from NASA/NOAA night-light data.Stargazing nearby: UNG Observatory (University observatory), 51 mi.
Dump station: 4.1 mi
Propane: 23.7 mi
Camps nearby
- Rough Ridge Campground 0.2 mi
- State Line Campground 0.3 mi
- Holder Cove Campground 0.3 mi
- Davis Branch Campground 1.2 mi
- Birch Branch Campground 1.4 mi
- Spivey Cove Campground 3.2 mi