North Carolina State Parks
North Carolina has 46 state parks on record, 15 with swimming and 9 with cabins. 34 have developed campgrounds (2,316 campsites in total on record). Dogs are allowed at every state park in North Carolina with a recorded policy (27 of 27); check each park's own page for exceptions.
North Carolina sells its own state park pass; check current pricing and eligibility with the North Carolina state parks agency.
North Carolina state parks map
- State parks
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| Boone's Cave State Park | Not on record | Not on record | No day-use entrance fee (most NC state parks) | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Carolina Beach State Park | Not on record | Yes | No day-use entrance fee (most NC state parks) | Carolina Beach | Yes | Not on record |
| Carvers Creek State Park | Not on record | Not on record | No day-use entrance fee (most NC state parks) | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Chimney Rock State Park | Not on record | Yes | No day-use entrance fee | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Cliffs of the Neuse State Park | Not on record | Not on record | No day-use entrance fee (most NC state parks) | The Neuse River | Not on record | Not on record |
| Crowders Mountain State Park | Not on record | Yes | No day-use entrance fee (most NC state parks) | Not on record | Not on record | Yes |
| Dismal Swamp State Park | Not on record | Not on record | No day-use entrance fee (most NC state parks) | Not on record | Not on record | Yes |
| Elk Knob State Park | Not on record | Yes | No day-use entrance fee (most NC state parks) | Not on record | Not on record | Yes |
| Eno River State Park | Not on record | Yes | No day-use entrance fee (most NC state parks) | Not on record | Not on record | Yes |
| Falls Lake State Recreation Area | Not on record | 300 sites | $10/vehicle peak season (weekends Apr/May/Sep + daily Memorial Day–Labor Day); $5 senior/military; free off-peak | Falls Lake | Not on record | Yes |
| Fort Fisher State Recreation Area | Not on record | Not on record | No day-use entrance fee (most NC state parks) | Park Eno River | Not on record | Yes |
| Fort Macon State Park | Not on record | Not on record | No day-use entrance fee (most NC state parks) | Atlantic Beach | Not on record | Yes |
| Goose Creek State Park | Not on record | Yes | No day-use entrance fee (most NC state parks) | Goose Creek | Yes | Yes |
| Gorges State Park | Not on record | Yes | No day-use entrance fee (most NC state parks) | Not on record | Yes | Not on record |
| Grandfather Mountain State Park | Not on record | Yes | No day-use entrance fee (most NC state parks) | Mississippi River | Not on record | Not on record |
| Hammocks Beach State Park | Not on record | Yes | No day-use entrance fee (most NC state parks) | Hammocks Beach | Not on record | Yes |
| Hanging Rock State Park | Not on record | Yes | No day-use entrance fee (most NC state parks) | Not on record | Yes | Not on record |
| Haw River State Park | Not on record | Not on record | No day-use entrance fee (most NC state parks) | Not on record | Not on record | Yes |
| Hemlock Bluffs State Natural Area | Not on record | Not on record | No day-use entrance fee (most NC state parks) | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Jockey's Ridge State Park | Not on record | Not on record | No day-use entrance fee (most NC state parks) | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Jones Lake State Park | Not on record | 20 sites | No day-use entrance fee (most NC state parks) | States Jones Lake | Not on record | Yes |
| Jordan Lake State Recreation Area | Not on record | Yes | $10/vehicle peak season (weekends Apr/May/Sep + daily Memorial Day–Labor Day); $5 senior/military; free off-peak | Jordan Lake | Not on record | Yes |
| Kerr Lake State Recreation Area | Not on record | Yes | $10/vehicle peak season (weekends Apr/May/Sep + daily Memorial Day–Labor Day); $5 senior/military; free off-peak | Not on record | Not on record | Yes |
| Kings Mountain State Park | Not on record | 1934 sites | $1.50 (Wikipedia; confirm season) | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Lake James State Park | Burke County | Yes | No day-use entrance fee (most NC state parks) | Not on record | Not on record | Yes |
| Lake Norman State Park | Not on record | Yes | No day-use entrance fee (most NC state parks) | The park is on the northern shore of Lake | Yes | Not on record |
| Lake Waccamaw State Park | Not on record | Yes | No day-use entrance fee (most NC state parks) | Lake Waccamaw | Not on record | Yes |
| Lumber River State Park | Not on record | Yes | No day-use entrance fee (most NC state parks) | Not on record | Not on record | Yes |
| Mayo River State Park (North Carolina) | Henry County | Yes | No day-use entrance fee (most NC state parks) | Not on record | Not on record | Yes |
| Medoc Mountain State Park | Not on record | Yes | No day-use entrance fee (most NC state parks) | Not on record | Not on record | Yes |
| Merchants Millpond State Park | Not on record | Yes | No day-use entrance fee (most NC state parks) | Not on record | Not on record | Yes |
| Morrow Mountain State Park | Not on record | Yes | No day-use entrance fee (most NC state parks) | Pee Dee River | Yes | Not on record |
| Mount Jefferson State Natural Area | Not on record | Not on record | No day-use entrance fee (most NC state parks) | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Mount Mitchell State Park | Not on record | Yes | No day-use entrance fee (most NC state parks) | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| New River State Park | Not on record | Yes | No day-use entrance fee (most NC state parks) | Not on record | Not on record | Yes |
| Occoneechee Mountain State Natural Area | Not on record | Not on record | No day-use entrance fee (most NC state parks) | Not on record | Not on record | Yes |
| Pettigrew State Park | Not on record | 13 sites | No day-use entrance fee (most NC state parks) | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Pilot Mountain State Park | Not on record | 49 sites | No day-use entrance fee (most NC state parks) | Not on record | Not on record | Yes |
| Pisgah View State Park | Not on record | Yes | No day-use entrance fee (most NC state parks) | Rivers Horsepasture River | Yes | Not on record |
| Raven Rock State Park | Not on record | Yes | No day-use entrance fee (most NC state parks) | Not on record | Yes | Yes |
| Rendezvous Mountain State Park | Not on record | Yes | No day-use entrance fee (most NC state parks) | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| Singletary Lake State Park | Not on record | Yes | No day-use entrance fee (most NC state parks) | Singletary Lake | Yes | Yes |
| South Mountains State Park | Not on record | Yes | No day-use entrance fee (most NC state parks) | Not on record | Not on record | Yes |
| Stone Mountain State Park | Not on record | Yes | No day-use entrance fee (most NC state parks) | Not on record | Not on record | Yes |
| Theodore Roosevelt State Natural Area | Not on record | Not on record | No day-use entrance fee (most NC state parks) | Not on record | Not on record | Not on record |
| William B. Umstead State Park | Not on record | Yes | No day-use entrance fee (most NC state parks) | Not on record | Not on record | Yes |