Asheville/Biltmore area RV Parks

[rgatijnet1]

Been using RV Park reviews to find a decent park south of Asheville, fairly close to the Biltmore. All of them, including the KOA, seem to have mediocre reviews with some getting poor marks. Since this is a high tourist area, it seems that there must be a decent park within a reasonable distance from the Biltmore. Does anyone know of a gem RV Park that is hiding in the area?
Looking to spend a week in Mid-January.

[livelylittlecam]

We have stayed at Mama Gerties and The Swannanoa KOA--both are nice but we really preferred the KOA. Good location and a pretty park with nice owners. There is noise from the highway and noise from the train at night (train noise at Mama Gerties as well) but we really liked it there. I put up several posts on our family travel blog with lots of photos of our site and the campground in general. scroll down a ways to find the Asheville stuff. I liked our site right on the river--it was narrow but very long leading down to the water. Great coffee shop right up the road as well called Dynamite Roasters. Everything is up on the blog. My in-laws live in Asheville so we have made about a dozen trips and have documented a bunch of them.

Feel free to ask any other questions about the KOA or the area in general.

Best--Jeremy

[DSDP_Don]

We stayed at Bear Creek in September and found it to be a very nice park. It's on a hillside, but the sites were big and clean. The only downside was their laundry room. It only had two machines and they were in use all evening. We drove into town to do our laundry.

[Tom_Barb]

Are you active or retired military?

fort George Meade has the nicest RV park we have ever stayed at.

[mvpmich]

rgatijnet1 wrote:
Been using RV Park reviews to find a decent park south of Asheville, fairly close to the Biltmore. All of them, including the KOA, seem to have mediocre reviews with some getting poor marks. Since this is a high tourist area, it seems that there must be a decent park within a reasonable distance from the Biltmore. Does anyone know of a gem RV Park that is hiding in the area?
Looking to spend a week in Mid-January.

Rutledge Lake in Fletcher, NC was nice. There isn't much close to the Biltmore but this was fairly close and an easy drive.

[JanLiz]

Campfire Lodgings is a great spot, but the climb up the hill with the switchbacks and the gullies on each side are a real hair raiser. There was an old GM bus that ran off when we were there, quite an ordeal to get out. Beautiful once you get up there and a great area to visit!

Have fun!

[rgatijnet1]

wildtoad wrote:

cableguy574 wrote:
campfire lodgings
Try here we like it

We've stayed there and the people are great, and if you get a premium spot you won't be disappointed. The other spots are good but the views from the premium spots are great. Not far from Asheville and the Parkway.

I would imagine that in mid-January not too many people are going to be there to take the premium sites. That is one of the reason we travel mostly in the Winter.

[wildtoad]

cableguy574 wrote:
campfire lodgings
Try here we like it

We've stayed there and the people are great, and if you get a premium spot you won't be disappointed. The other spots are good but the views from the premium spots are great. Not far from Asheville and the Parkway.

[Flintstones]

The Swannonoa KOA is a really nice park, we were there in August and would definately return. There are sites in the rear of the park that over look the pond/lake that are superb.

Mama Gerties is nice, but it's really a mountain rv park and as others have said, going for a stroll will certainly be an adventure!

[rgatijnet1]

cableguy574 wrote:
campfire lodgings
Try here we like it

That looks nice and we don't have to worry about stink bugs in Mid January. :B

[rgatijnet1]

JohnnyT wrote:
Moved from class A forum

I sorta wanted to hear from Class A people, since that is what we have.
I expect other posts, NOT dealing specifically with Class A's will be moved as well.

[JohnnyT]

Moved from class A forum

[cableguy574]

campfire lodgings
Try here we like it

[rgatijnet1]

sdianel wrote:
KOA East in Swannanoa is where we stayed. They have some sites on the little river there which are backins. We liked it better than KOA West.
Sadly, mot much to choose from in the area.
Mama Gertie's is nice at your site, beautifully landscaped, but it's on the side of a mountain and walking is difficult if that's important to you.

Thanks, Mama Gerties sounds pretty nice and we don't mind it being on a mountain. May even have some snow in mid-January. One review talked about narrow steep roads getting to the park and narrow roads within but that has never bothered me at other locations that required driving on a narrow road.

[sdianel_-acct_c]

KOA East in Swannanoa is where we stayed. They have some sites on the little river there which are backins. We liked it better than KOA West.
Sadly, mot much to choose from in the area.
Mama Gertie's is nice at your site, beautifully landscaped, but it's on the side of a mountain and walking is difficult if that's important to you.