About Jacobs Creek Recreation Area
JACOBS CREEK CAMPGROUND IS CURRENTLY CLOSED DUE TO EFFECTS FROM HURRICANE HELENE. Jacobs Creek Recreation Area is located on a peninsula on the eastern shore of South Holston Lake in Sullivan County. The campground includes 27 single-unit campsites, a trailer dump station, and a lakeside trail. The day-use area features a large grassy area with picnicking facilities and a designated swim site. Want to bring your boat? You can use TWRA's boatramp just a few miles west on US 421. [**Jacobs Creek Recreation Area Map**](http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fseprd910911.pdf)
- Fees: Camping is $12 per site. Day use fees are $2 per vehicle per day or a Cherokee National Forest Pass for $30 per year. Contact the Watauga…
- Season: 4/29/2024 – 10/15/2024
- Managed by: USFS - Cherokee National Forest
- Where: 10 mi southeast of Bristol, VA · 36.56139, -82.0002
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
Verizon 4G · AT&T 4G
From the carriers' FCC coverage maps, which tend to be generous.The Milky Way is clear overhead but fades toward town glow.
Class 4 of 9, from NASA/NOAA night-light data.Propane: 12.2 mi
Nearest of each within 25 miles, straight-line.Camps nearby
- Little Oak Campground 4 mi
- Little Oak Campground 4.5 mi
- Holston Mountain Area 6.2 mi
- Forest camp site 6.7 mi
- Iron Mountains 8.1 mi
- Backbone Rock Campground 10.6 mi