The best dog-friendly camping near Fancy Gap

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In Fancy Gap, you’ll find over 1,500 places to camp with your pets—plenty of space to roam, sniff, and explore. Campsites here offer pet-friendly setups, with essentials like toilets, showers, and fire rings. Bring your swimsuit or fishing rod; the area is dotted with swimming holes and fishing spots, and you can even saddle up for horseback-riding. Nightly rates average $45, but you’ll spot options as low as $11 if you’re willing to keep things simple. The local favorites fill up fast, but you can’t go wrong with The Oasis at Harmon Creek Farms (592 reviews), Rivers Edge Trail Camp (523 reviews), or OnTop.camp - NW NC Ashe Co (362 reviews). If you’re camping with four-legged friends, Fancy Gap makes it easy to find a spot that fits your style and budget.

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WindSong in the treetops/hot tub

1. WindSong in the treetops/hot tub

100%
(33)
2.8mi from Fancy Gap · 1 site · Lodging · Fancy Gap, VA
Just a couple of acres, tucked into the woods, with two other yurts, at different elevations for privacy. Firepits, hammocks, propane firepit and furniture on the lower deck, a hot tub on the upper deck. A huge soaking tub and tiled walk in shower in the bath.Heated and air conditioned with a minisplit and a propane fireplace. This yurt has a washer and dryer, a great coffee selection, full kitchen with a motion sensor faucet. Star gazer paradise, and nearby hiking including Devels Den (3 miles away), Cumberland Knob, Buffalo Mountain, New River Trail. Several wineries nearby including Iron Heart, Chateau Morrisette and Villa Appalachia. This yurt is pet friendly with a gated deck. The pet fee is an additional $25. I provide directions to this yurt, once you reach Fancy Gap, so you are on the easiest route. This yurt is at a high elevation and requires steps from the lower parking. Four wheel drive is best in snowy weather. pet friendly, with a fee of $25. per stay. This yurt has a generator in case of power failure.
Toilets
Showers
Campfires
from 
$133
 / night
Pete in his happy place

2. Hoppers Dairy Road

87%
(30)
25mi from Fancy Gap · 2 sites · Tents, RVs · Sparta, NC
open field Learn more about this land: Camping space available for tent, camper or RV with a picnic table and small stream.  No power or water at this time but upgrades are planned according to traffic flow.  Blue Ridge Parkway two miles away.  Country Store 1/2 mile away.  New River 6 miles away.  The town of Sparta, North Carolina is 3 miles away. Elevation 3000 feet in the mountains of northwest North Carolina.  Site #1 is beside the small stream that is on the property.  Site # 3 now has a electrical outlet and the fee for Site # 3 is $6.48 per day. ( Please note site # 3 with electrical use is $16.48 per day which is ---$6.48 per day (site rental ) plus $10.00 electrical rental per day ( with adjustments for usage ). Site # 2 Has been discontinued as of this date of 1 November 2025. Each Site will have an electrical outlet in the future and this will be posted when the outlets have been installed. CHANGES TO RENTAL FEES WILL TAKE EFFECT ON 11 NOVEMBER 2025 !!!
Electrical Hookup
Campfires
Picnic table
from 
$7
 / night

In Fancy Gap, you’ll find over 1,500 places to camp with your pets—plenty of space to roam, sniff, and explore. Campsites here offer pet-friendly setups, with essentials like toilets, showers, and fire rings. Bring your swimsuit or fishing rod; the area is dotted with swimming holes and fishing spots, and you can even saddle up for horseback-riding. Nightly rates average $45, but you’ll spot options as low as $11 if you’re willing to keep things simple. The local favorites fill up fast, but you can’t go wrong with The Oasis at Harmon Creek Farms (592 reviews), Rivers Edge Trail Camp (523 reviews), or OnTop.camp - NW NC Ashe Co (362 reviews). If you’re camping with four-legged friends, Fancy Gap makes it easy to find a spot that fits your style and budget.

97% (6.2K)

Top-rated campgrounds

WindSong in the treetops/hot tub

1. WindSong in the treetops/hot tub

100%
(33)
2.8mi from Fancy Gap · 1 site · Lodging · Fancy Gap, VA
Just a couple of acres, tucked into the woods, with two other yurts, at different elevations for privacy. Firepits, hammocks, propane firepit and furniture on the lower deck, a hot tub on the upper deck. A huge soaking tub and tiled walk in shower in the bath.Heated and air conditioned with a minisplit and a propane fireplace. This yurt has a washer and dryer, a great coffee selection, full kitchen with a motion sensor faucet. Star gazer paradise, and nearby hiking including Devels Den (3 miles away), Cumberland Knob, Buffalo Mountain, New River Trail. Several wineries nearby including Iron Heart, Chateau Morrisette and Villa Appalachia. This yurt is pet friendly with a gated deck. The pet fee is an additional $25. I provide directions to this yurt, once you reach Fancy Gap, so you are on the easiest route. This yurt is at a high elevation and requires steps from the lower parking. Four wheel drive is best in snowy weather. pet friendly, with a fee of $25. per stay. This yurt has a generator in case of power failure.
Toilets
Showers
Campfires
from 
$133
 / night
Pete in his happy place

2. Hoppers Dairy Road

87%
(30)
25mi from Fancy Gap · 2 sites · Tents, RVs · Sparta, NC
open field Learn more about this land: Camping space available for tent, camper or RV with a picnic table and small stream.  No power or water at this time but upgrades are planned according to traffic flow.  Blue Ridge Parkway two miles away.  Country Store 1/2 mile away.  New River 6 miles away.  The town of Sparta, North Carolina is 3 miles away. Elevation 3000 feet in the mountains of northwest North Carolina.  Site #1 is beside the small stream that is on the property.  Site # 3 now has a electrical outlet and the fee for Site # 3 is $6.48 per day. ( Please note site # 3 with electrical use is $16.48 per day which is ---$6.48 per day (site rental ) plus $10.00 electrical rental per day ( with adjustments for usage ). Site # 2 Has been discontinued as of this date of 1 November 2025. Each Site will have an electrical outlet in the future and this will be posted when the outlets have been installed. CHANGES TO RENTAL FEES WILL TAKE EFFECT ON 11 NOVEMBER 2025 !!!
Electrical Hookup
Campfires
Picnic table
from 
$7
 / night

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