August - Deep Creek
When: August 18th - 20th, 2023
Sunday - Saturday
Where: Deep Creek Campground
~ 2.5 hour drive, 133 miles
Cost: $40 - (This includes tubing, breakfast, lunch, dinner, breakfast, and campsite fee.
Register by: July10th
ABOUT Deep Creek Tubing
Deep Creek Tubing
The upper section is narrower and offers the most white water. It also provides the most thrilling Deep Creek tubing. This is a wild, bouncy ride that can separate the rider from the tube, especially when the water is swift after a rain.
The lower section is wider and a bit calmer. It's perfect for younger kids and less-adventurous adults. Many of our campers continue tubing all the way back to the campground, just a half-mile downstream.
Swimming. Between the two sections you'll find one of the best natural swimming holes in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Tubing in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
The one-mile stretch of Deep Creek in the National Park set aside for tubing is divided into two sections, as shown on our Deep Creek Trails & Waterfalls map.
With no vendors inside the National Park, all tubes must be carried on your vehicle to the Deep Creek trail head parking lot and then hand-carried to the tubing put-in. Our brightly-colored vinyl tubes are very light-weight and easy to carry.
Tube & Vest Rentals
Deep Creek Tube Center & Campground rents light-weight vinyl tubes.
Tubes are available at a discount to registered campers and groups.
New life jacket policy. Great Smoky Mountains National Park is now requiring all children 13 years of age and younger to wear a life jacket while tubing.
If you have your own life vests we encourage you to please bring them with you. We will continue to offer them with tube rental for a 100% refundable $10 CASH deposit/vest. In an effort to accommodate all of our customers, we offer a 50% refundable CREDIT CARD deposit of $10/vest as well.
Our camp store also sells creek shoes and other tubing accessories and souvenirs.
Itinerary
Friday
Leave Wesley Memorial 5pm
Arrive at campground 8pm
Saturday
Leave for Deep Creek Tubing 10am
Tubing on the creek 10:45am
Lunch at Deep Creek Tubing 12:30pm
Tubing on the creek 1:30pm
Leave for Campground 3:30pm
Dinner 5:30pm
Sunday
Breakfast at campsite 8am
Leave for church parking lot 9:30am
Arrive at church 12:30pm
PAYMENT
You may pay by cash, check, square, or scout account.
(If paying with scout account, a form MUST be filled out on the financial management tab.)