Panthertown Valley Backcountry Campground offers primitive backcountry camping within a 6,300-acre area in the Nantahala National Forest, with campsites dotted along 25+ miles of trails near Panthertown Creek and other trout streams.

Groups are limited to 12 people per site, and bear-proof food canisters are required.

Access is via rough mountain roads (four-wheel drive advised) with two main entrances at Cold Mountain Gap (east) and Salt Rock Gap (west), and no facilities or potable water are available on-site.