| Official Name: | Meat Camp |
| Pushpin Map: | North Carolina |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of North Carolina |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Name1: | North Carolina |
| Subdivision Name2: | Watauga County |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Coordinates: | 36.2994°N -81.6764°W |
| Elevation M: | 1037 |
| Elevation Ft: | 3402 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 28607 |
| Area Code: | 828 |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank Info: | 1021403[1] |
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.[2] Meat Camp has frequently been noted on lists of unusual place names.[3] [4] The community is located on Meat Camp Road (via NC 194), north of Boone.
Situated along the Old Buffalo Trail and established before the Revolutionary War, Meat Camp was the location where hunters stored their dressed animal carcasses until they were ready to return to their homes in the lowlands. Between 1790-1800 a road was established through the area, connecting the Yadkin River Valley (near Wilkesboro) to Trade, Tennessee. In 1851, the Meat Camp Baptist Church was organized, establishing a permanent population in the area to this day.[2]