Rattler Ford Campground
Rattler Ford Campground is a National Forest campground near Graham, North Carolina. Reservation, fee, and season are not on record yet.
- National Forest
- Managed by
Rattler Ford Campground sits inside National Forests in North Carolina. Its dispersed-camping rule, ranger offices, and boundary are on publiclandsdb.com. It sits 0.2 miles outside the boundary of Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness; its permit and camping rules and boundary are on publiclandsdb.com.
Getting a site
- Managed by
- National Forest
- Fee
- Fee unknown, see agency
Source: recreation.gov, accessed 2026-09-29
Access and cell service
- Elevation
- 2,178 ft
35.3578, -83.9167 in Graham. Open in OpenStreetMap. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Around Rattler Ford Campground
Public land within 15 miles: Citico Creek Wilderness (8 miles to its center) , and Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness (8.4 miles to its center) ; publiclandsdb.com has each unit's camping rules and boundary.
Waterfalls and swimming nearby
Nearest to Rattler Ford Campground, in straight-line miles: Abrams Creek (swimming hole, 18 miles), The Sinks (swimming hole, 26 miles), and Laurel Falls (waterfall, 29 miles). Each has its own page on swimholesmap.com.
- Sites
- 4
- Season
- Not on record
- Fee
- Overnight Use:
- Sites
- 8
- Season
- Year-round
- Fee
- Single Site: $15 per night
- Sites
- 23
- Season
- Not on record
- Fee
- Single Site: $20 per night
- Sites
- Not on record
- Season
- Not on record
- Fee
- Free
More campgrounds: camping near Graham and campgrounds in Graham.
Sources
- recreation.gov (name, coordinates, manager), accessed 2026-09-29
- epqs.nationalmap.gov (elevationFt), accessed 2026-10-01