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Badin Lake
Total sites: 34
Available Today: 1 FF*
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Booking Window: 6 months
Available Today: 1 FF*
Available this Weekend: 1 FF*
Booking Window: 6 months
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Badin Lake Campground, NC
Badin Lake Campground is located in the Uwharrie Ranger District, National Forests in North Carolina (1 hr 7 min east of Concord, NC) with an elevation of 527 feet. There are a total of 34 campsites including 4 tent-only sites. The campground is open all year. 30 sites can accommodate RVs and trailers between 16 and 40 feet. All sites are currently reservable. Reservations can be booked up to 6 months in advance. Fees range from $20.00 to $40.00. Some amenities include shower, swimming. Activities include boating, fishing, horseback riding, hiking trails, floating sports.
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Campsite Reviews (171)
4.2 out of 5
| 5 star | 50% | |
| 4 star | 27% | |
| 3 star | 15% | |
| 2 star | 2% | |
| 1 star | 5% |
@RileyL7FFB8E60 · Camped on Mar 21, 2025 at Campsite #30
Wonderful campsite and great sized loop. Facilities were clean. The loop around Badin lake is beautiful, a moderate hike that had great views. Will be back!
@ShawnDeaD6962C · Camped on Mar 14, 2025 at Campsite #25
Pros:Nice grounds.Conveniently located between the bathrooms/showers and drinking water station.Bathrooms were decent. Toilet paper and hand soap was always filled.Heated shower rooms.Gathering firewood is allowed.Dogs are allowed off leash if they listen to verbal commands.Cons:Showers were dirty.There may be a shooting range near by. Thats all you could hear for the full day Saturday.
@RyanW7011906 · Camped on Feb 14, 2025 at Campsite #15
Beautiful area, great spacing between each plot, and the water front was just a little walk. The restroom and showers were close by and spotless. I couldnt have asked for anything more.
@DebeBC7F6E2503 · Camped on Dec 27, 2024 at Campsite #14
Avoid this campground, bathhouse was in horrible condition. Mens bathroom did not work, so the door is just locked. Womens bathroom was filthy and door did not lock, any everyone was using it because it was the only one available. The showers were filthy, no hot water, wall tiles broken or not there.
@CamHE4D4909EB4 · Camped on Dec 6, 2024 at Campsite #14
Beautiful camping area, very quiet and relaxing, nice restrooms
@DominicG747EC1 · Camped on Dec 6, 2024 at Campsite #11
Very clean site. Clean bathrooms. Site is sloped but mostly evens at the bottom. We enjoyed our stay.
@WilliamC221307 · Camped on Nov 25, 2024 at Campsite #7
Campground was quiet,clean,and very beautiful. The bath house was cleaned daily,and always stocked with toilet paper. Water was also always hot. The camp host was very friendly,and made sure all was well.
@IsaCF5852F8300 · Camped on Nov 23, 2024 at Campsite #29
Always a top notch experience. Well maintained facilities including hot showers.
@TomF2764999 · Camped on Nov 22, 2024 at Campsite #5
I rented campsite 005 in the lower loop. I didnt see any mention of this in the site description, but you cant get your vehicle completely down to the campsite like most sites there. The picture is incorrect too, its showing a different site. From where you park your vehicle, you have to walk a path 100-150 feet over uneven, rocky ground to get to the actual campsite. Not a huge problem, but I would have picked a different site had I known this. It would have been a lot easier to unload and load my vehicle if I hadnt had to make so many trips back-and-forth. Great view of the lake though and the bathroom/shower house and trash can were right across the road from the site.
@JessicaK101721 · Camped on Nov 8, 2024 at Campsite #23
Great stay. Enjoyed the hot shower.
@SeanPAD073586E · Camped on Nov 8, 2024 at Campsite #16
Really nice campground with great facilities. I'll definitely be back.
@PaulO218333214 · Camped on Nov 1, 2024 at Campsite #18
Badin Lake is a great place for fishing, hiking, canoeing, camping, and taking a relaxing weekend trip with the family. The bathrooms are pretty clean but there are not enough shelves to place your clothes in the shower stall so make sure to bring waterproof bags. This is a great place to visit when you have free time and I would come back for an 8th time but watch out for racoons and stray cats!
@NathanW5769902 · Camped on Nov 1, 2024 at Campsite #29
Quit place, host was very helpful and did things to make camping more comfotable
@HeatherR735151 · Camped on Oct 31, 2024 at Campsite #3
Great space to enjoy nature and water activities. The scenery is gorgeous and the ambiance is cozy. The fall leaves were especially beautiful. Campsites are clean, bathrooms are accessible, and water is also pretty easy to access.
@KerryL9637776 · Camped on Oct 28, 2024 at Campsite #22
The Badin Lake campgrounds are very well maintained. The bathrooms were very clean. Going in the fall after school starts again is great and it was relatively quiet. There is lots to do in the area. The only reason it got 4 stars was that I could not find any camp wood anywhere. Usually there are people selling it or the park has stacked up dead wood they have collected around the grounds. Only other issue is there are very few sites that actually have a view of the water. Book EARLY or you will never get one of them.
@PaulB8317136 · Camped on Oct 13, 2024 at Campsite #14
Clean restrooms were nice, but please fix the metal door it makes a noise that reverberates throughout the loop. Also my buddy was missing a couple of items when we left? Could be a forgetful memory but they were small expensive items like ear buds and such? Coincidence? Also had someone punch his tent in the middle of the night and shine flashlight into it! Interesting! Also had a guy on our site down at the lake who didnt ask to share the spot when he had his own lake access spot. Guess our view was better? But we had great sunrises and sunsets at site 14. We would go back but would tweak a few things for safety reasons. Sure would have liked to see park ranger drive through at some point.
@PatrickH813255 · Camped on Oct 7, 2024 at Campsite #9
Horrible from the moment I arrived until my wife and I left a day early. Barking dogs, screaming children, gravel tent pad, and generator running until 11.00 pm. I bent 4 iron stakes trying to guy out the tent. I finally gave up and tied the tent to the trees. Campsite 09 had a rusted-out grill so I asked the camp host to move to 14. the tent pad there sloped so I pitched the tent on the high end. The ground at that site was also so hard I finally got 2 stakes in the ground. The Loud couple next to me didn't quite down until after midnight and it sounded like World War three with acorns hitting the tent all night. The next morning early I packed up and moved back to 09. Again, all day long dogs barking, kids screaming and people walking through the campsite along the lake. This is supposed to be a tent only campground. Not so. RVs with generators going well after 10:00 when quite time was listed by campground rules. I can't remember when I have had such a bad camping experience. Will not be back or recommend this campground to anyone.
@SeanM6156675 · Camped on Sep 23, 2024 at Campsite #9
Had a great time and our spot was perfect with great access to the lake.
@dannyd9EA889D1 · Camped on Sep 13, 2024 at Campsite #23
Badin Lake Campground is well maintained with showers and toilets(clean) but no electric(no big deal for us).My grandson and I fished for two days catching bream from our canoe.The lower campground has closer access to the lake.A beautiful spot.We also go off-road Jeeping in the park.They have trails from beginner to bring on the rock crawling beast levels.
@DianeE7710965 · Camped on Sep 11, 2024 at Campsite #7
Well maintained, lovely views, level site.
@RobertW9AA4CB2 · Camped on Aug 31, 2024 at Campsite #33
This is a gem in a hiding place. The best experience for us was hanging in the water of the access point
@NickiH45A1A6A8 · Camped on Aug 23, 2024 at Campsite #5
I hardly got any sleep. Someone in the next site ran a generator all night and said they were told by the person they made the reservation with that it was ok to run it all night. When they did turn it off during the day the whole campground cheered! Then it was back on at night!!
@MichaelB697476 · Camped on Aug 23, 2024 at Campsite #4
Neighboring campers had their generator on all day and all night. No park employee was ever seen doing rounds of the campground, so we ended our weekend early to avoid sleeping to the loud sound of that generator
@DavidW7736336 · Camped on Jul 19, 2024 at Campsite #13
Site #13 is the go-to spot for lake access. Very clean campsite, 2 tables, and perfect trees for hammocking.
@LaraM2193714 · Camped on Jul 11, 2024 at Campsite #6
We have been coming to this campground and this particular site for the past four years. It has just been going downhill each year. The tent sites are hard and rocky - so hard that you cant even hammer in tent pegs. We did not see the site manager the entire three days we were there. The ladies toilet was not working all three days. Shower water too hot to use in July. On our third night there a group of people rolled into the site next to us at 3 AM and were extremely loud and disruptive. We werent able to go back to sleep until 5 AM. Then we were woken again at 6:30 by the same group of people, making loud vomiting noises, laughing obnoxiously, and yelling to each other across the campsite. Still no sign of the campground host. Several surrounding guests were very annoyed and even ended up packing up and leaving early because of them. When my husband mentioned to one of the women that they had woken us up, her baby daddy went on a tirade for 45 minutes about how he was going to physically assault my husband, including threatening that he had a gun. All of this in front of our children. We never did see the camp post. Unfortunately until this campground gets better management I dont think well be coming back.
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