Outdoor Cooking in Craven County, NC (2026)
1 rule for unincorporated Craven County, North Carolina.
Verified from official government sources
Note: These county rules apply to unincorporated areas of Craven County. If you live within an incorporated city, that city's own rules apply: see the city list below.
Smoker Rules
Craven County confines open fires and grilling in its parks and boat landings to fireplaces or grills the county itself provides, and requires every fire to be fully extinguished before anyone leaves. Sections 28-1(8) and 28-25(2) apply the identical rule at parks and at the Cowpen and Spring Garden landings; there is no separate rule for private backyards.
Craven County Limits Fires to Park Grills
Some RestrictionsCraven County Code § 28-1(8); § 28-25(2)
(8)Fires. It shall be unlawful for any person to make or kindle a fire, except in a regularly constructed fireplace or grill provided or approved by the county. It shall be unlawful for any person to leave any fire unattended, or to fail to completely extinguish a fire and all the embers thereof before leaving such fire. ... It shall be unlawful to: ... (2)Make or kindle a fire in the recreatio...
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