Meat Camp, North Carolina

Meat Camp
Meat Camp
Location within the state of North Carolina
Coordinates: 36°17′58″N 81°40′35″W / 36.29944°N 81.67639°W / 36.29944; -81.67639
CountryUnited States
StateNorth Carolina
CountyWatauga County
Elevation
3,402 ft (1,037 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
  Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
ZIP code
28607
Area code828
GNIS feature ID1021403

Meat Camp is an unincorporated community located in Watauga County, North Carolina, United States. It is supposedly named after a primitive packing house used by hunters since before the Revolutionary War. Meat Camp has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names. The community is located on Meat Camp Road (via NC 194), north of Boone.