RV Camping near Saluda, North Carolina

Wilderness Cove Campground

3 RV Sites, 7 Tent Sites, 8 Glamping Sites, 2 Cottages, 1 House

Wilderness Cove Campground in Saluda, NC, offers 3 RV sites, 3 cottage and house rentals, 7 tent sites, and 8 glamping sites, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and back-in sites for rigs up to 45 feet. Sites come in two categories, 30/50-amp full-hookup back-ins carrying water, sewer, and electric, and 30-amp water-and-electric back-ins, each with site-delivered WiFi, a fire pit, and a picnic table. With 18 non-RV accommodations against 3 RV sites, this is a glamping and cottage property that also takes RVs. The grounds are gated, with a bathhouse with showers, a general store, firewood, on-site dining, and visiting food trucks. Pets are welcome. A zip line, a marina, a beach, inflatable water toys, and walking trails fill the riverfront property, with kayaking, boating, swimming, fishing, hiking, biking, and picnicking on the lower Green River. Saluda sits at the base of the Blue Ridge Escarpment, where the mountains drop dramatically from the Appalachian highlands to the Carolina Piedmont. Rates for every accommodation type are on the booking page. Three RV sites means booking early is essential.

from $31/night

Oak Fern RV Park

4 RV Sites

Oak Fern RV Park in Fletcher, North Carolina, is a 55-plus community offering four full-hookup back-in RV sites across 3.5 acres, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 45 feet. A single back-in category means every resident gets the same spec, in the French Broad River valley south of Asheville. Four back-in sites carry water, sewer, and electric on 20, 30, and 50-amp with site WiFi, sized to 45 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. One consistent category and no guesswork about what you booked. The 55-plus designation sets the tone — this is a quiet residential community rather than a transient park, and at four sites you know your neighbors. Pets are welcome. One safety note the park provides: if you need to call 911 and time allows, notify the office as well so Fletcher Police and Fire can be directed to the right site. The amenity set is deliberately minimal, which keeps rates workable in an expensive corridor and suits guests who came for what surrounds the property. Henderson County sits at the southern edge of the Asheville metro, where the French Broad valley opens between the Blue Ridge and the Balsam Range. Sierra Nevada's Asheville campus is less than three miles away, downtown Asheville and the Biltmore Estate are 20 to 30 minutes north, Hendersonville's apple country and downtown are just south, and the Blue Ridge Parkway is close. Fall foliage drives the sharpest demand around Asheville and fills the region. Reserve well ahead for October, with spring and summer considerably easier.

Mama Gertie's Hideaway Campground

18 RV Sites

Mama Gertie's Hideaway Campground in Swannanoa, North Carolina, offers 18 RV sites in the Swannanoa River valley east of Asheville, with 30 and 50-amp service, cable TV, and rigs accepted to 60 feet. Tiered categories including partial mountain view back-in sites join full-hookup and water-and-electric tiers, with a fitness center, library, recreation center, and on-site dining. Eighteen sites span Tier 1 back-in 30-amp, Tier 1 back-in water-and-electric 30-amp, Tier 1 pull-thru 30-amp, and Tier 3 partial mountain view back-in 30-amp categories, carrying water, sewer, and electric where noted with cable TV and site WiFi, sized to 60 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. Confirm your tier, as the water-and-electric category does not carry sewer at the site. One seasonal note: the premium mountaintop and mountain view sites are open April 1 through October 31 and closed the rest of the year — call 828-686-4258 for details. Cabins round out the lodging. A general store, laundry, propane fills and exchange, dump station, restrooms, showers, and firewood handle the practical side. A fitness center, recreation center, library, community fire pit, pavilion, dog park, walking trails, biking, and on-site dining fill the grounds. Pets are welcome. Swannanoa sits in the Blue Ridge east of Asheville, where mountain character and small-community authenticity meet. Asheville's Biltmore Estate, River Arts District, and brewery scene are minutes west, with the Blue Ridge Parkway and Mount Mitchell close. Fall foliage drives the sharpest demand around Asheville. Reserve well ahead for October, and confirm mountain view site availability.

from $75/night

Fireside RV Park

27 RV Sites

Fireside RV Park in Woodruff, SC, offers 27 full-hookup RV sites with 30 and 50-amp service and room for rigs up to 60 feet. Sites come in three categories — premium 30/50-amp back-ins, premium 30/50-amp back-ins for short-term stays, and 30/50-amp pull-throughs for short-term stays — each carrying water, sewer, and electric with site-delivered WiFi and a fire pit. ADA-accessible sites are available. Splitting the categories between long-stay and short-stay guests means overnighters aren't parked in the middle of the monthly section, which matters more than it sounds. Laundry, a pavilion, and creek frontage are on the property, and pets are welcome with a dog park and a playground. This is a clean, no-frills full-hookup park rather than a resort — the amenity list is short on purpose and the sites are the product. Woodruff sits in the rolling Piedmont of Spartanburg County, five minutes from downtown and within easy reach of Greenville, GSP International Airport, the Swamp Rabbit Trail, and a water park. Rates for nightly, weekly, and monthly stays are on the booking page. Ask which category fits your stay length when you book — it determines which section you'll be in.

from $55/night

Iron City Campground

41 RV Sites

Iron City Campground in Blacksburg, South Carolina, offers 41 full-hookup RV sites across 40 wooded acres in the Appalachian foothills, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service, cable TV, and rigs accepted to 45 feet. Buddy sites and pond pull-throughs join premium and standard categories, with an outdoor pool, fishing pond, and walking trails. Forty-one sites span buddy pull-thru/back-in, pond pull-through, premium back-in, standard back-in, and standard pull-through categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric with cable TV, sized to 45 feet, with fire pits, picnic tables, and BBQ pits. The buddy sites suit two rigs traveling together, and the pond category puts you on the water. A general store, laundry, propane fills, dump station, restrooms, showers, and firewood handle the practical side. An outdoor pool anchors the summer, with a fishing pond, walking trails, hiking, playground, pavilion, and dog park filling the rest. Pets are welcome. Forty wooded acres gives families genuine roaming space, which is what regulars mention first. Cherokee County sits in the Blue Ridge foothills near the Broad River Greenway, with Kings Mountain National Military Park and Cowpens National Battlefield close, Charlotte about an hour east, and Greenville a similar drive southwest. I-85 runs just south, which makes this a comfortable stop as well as a destination. Spring and fall bring the most comfortable Upstate conditions, with summer drawing families to the pool and pond. Reserve ahead for holiday weekends.

Dillsboro RV River Park

Dillsboro RV River Park in Dillsboro, North Carolina, offers full-hookup RV sites directly on the Tuckasegee River, with mountain views, a general store, and a big-rig-friendly layout in Jackson County. Catch-and-release fishing runs straight from the sites in one of the finest trout rivers in western North Carolina. Full-hookup RV sites carry water, sewer, and electric on a layout sized for big coaches — worth noting in mountain terrain where long rigs often struggle to find a level pitch. A general store covers camp basics and firewood, restrooms and showers serve the sites, and WiFi reaches the campground. The riverside sites are the ones to request. Pets are welcome. The river is the whole proposition. The Tuckasegee's cold, clear mountain water sustains one of the region's best brown trout, rainbow trout, and smallmouth bass fisheries, and catch-and-release access runs directly from the sites rather than a drive away — guests fish before breakfast without moving the truck. Whitewater rafting and biking run from the property, with planned activities through the season and a golf course and wineries nearby. The mountain views from the campground are the other reason guests book. Dillsboro is the distinguishing part. The small Victorian-era downtown has been preserved as a craft gallery, pottery, and specialty shop destination — a genuine arts community with its own character, distinct from the larger tourism economies at Cherokee and Bryson City nearby. The river flows through the middle of it, and the Great Smoky Mountains region opens up from there. Directions arriving from Highway 19-23 Business from the Sylva area: follow Highway 19-23 (Haywood Road) through Dillsboro to the stoplight at the US-441 and Haywood Road intersection, then turn left onto Highway 441. Summer fishing and October foliage drive the heaviest demand in the Smokies. Reserve well ahead for fall color weekends.

from $65/night

Great Outdoors RV Resort

54 RV Sites

Great Outdoors RV Resort in Franklin, North Carolina, offers 54 full-hookup back-in RV sites in Macon County's gem-rich valley, with 30 and 50-amp service, cable TV, and rigs accepted to 51 feet on a big-rig-friendly layout. Premium and standard categories join a pool, fitness center, recreation center, and on-site dining in the southern Blue Ridge. Fifty-four back-in sites run in standard and premium categories, both carrying water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp with cable TV and site WiFi, sized to 51 feet, with picnic tables. Two tiers keep booking straightforward. A general store, laundry, propane fills, dump station, restrooms, showers, firewood, and a pet washing station handle the practical side. One scheduling note: check-in runs 1pm to 5pm Eastern, and the resort cannot accommodate arrivals after 5pm because insurance requires all guests to be escorted to their site. An outdoor pool anchors the warm months, with a fitness center, recreation center, on-site dining, cabins, and a dog park filling the grounds. Hiking runs in every direction. Pets are welcome. Franklin has an international reputation for ruby, sapphire, and garnet mining — the corundum deposits in this valley have produced fine gem material for well over a century, and the mines welcome visitors. The Little Tennessee River runs through town, with the Appalachian Trail, Nantahala National Forest, and the Great Smokies all close. Summer and fall foliage drive the heaviest demand in the North Carolina mountains. Reserve well ahead for October, and plan your arrival to clear the 5pm check-in cutoff.

from $63/night

Fort Wilderness RV Park & Campground

27 RV Sites

Fort Wilderness RV Park and Campground in Whittier, North Carolina, offers 27 full-hookup RV sites across ten shaded acres just outside Cherokee, with 30 and 50-amp service, cable TV, and rigs accepted to 40 feet. Premium pull-through, small back-in, and amperage-specific pull-through categories join an outdoor pool, fitness center, game room, and lake. Twenty-seven sites span back-in, premium pull-thru, pull-thru 30/50-amp, pull-thru 30-amp, and small back-in categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric with cable TV and site WiFi, sized to 40 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. The small back-in category right-sizes for compact rigs rather than making them pay for space they cannot use; note the 40-foot cap before booking a larger coach. Cabins round out the lodging. A general store, laundry, dump station, restrooms, firewood, and RV storage handle the practical side. The pet fee is $2 per pet per day. An outdoor pool anchors the summer, with a fitness center, game room, arcade, pavilion, playground, dog park, lake, volleyball, basketball, horseshoes, and fishing filling the rest. Planned activities run through the season, and a golf course is nearby. Directions from the junction of US-74 and US-441 at exit 74: north 1.6 miles on US-441 to Shoal Creek Road, then west a half mile on the right. The Great Smoky Mountains National Park entrance at Cherokee is minutes away, with the Blue Ridge Parkway's southern terminus and Harrah's Cherokee close. Summer and fall foliage drive demand hard. Reserve well ahead for June through October.

from $48/night

White Sands RV Resort

2 RV Sites

White Sands RV Resort in Greeneville, TN, offers 2 full-hookup pull-thru RV sites with 20, 30, and 50-amp service. Both sites are pull-thrus carrying water, sewer, and electric with a fire pit. The resort is rated big rig friendly and is built for long rigs — but the published maximum length is inconsistent in the record, so call with your dimensions before booking. Laundry, a bathhouse with showers, a clubhouse, and WiFi cover the essentials. Pets are welcome, with a dog park. The property covers 65 acres with a pond and hiking, and two sites on that much land means you effectively have the place to yourself. Greeneville sits in Greene County's Nolichucky River valley in east Tennessee, with Great Smoky Mountains views and a genuinely deep local history — this is Andrew Johnson's town. Rates and availability are on the booking page. Two sites means calling is the way to book, and it's the right call anyway for confirming length.

Mountain View RV Park - Roan Mountain

24 RV Sites

Mountain View RV Park in Roan Mountain, TN, offers 24 full-hookup back-in RV sites with 30 and 50-amp service and room for rigs up to 40 feet. Every site is a 30/50-amp back-in carrying water, sewer, and electric with site-delivered WiFi and a fire pit. Pets are welcome. At 24 sites this is a small, quiet park — no pool, no arcade, no queue for anything, which in this valley is the whole idea. Doe River frontage runs the length of the property, and the river is the on-site recreation. Full hookups at every site with both amp services and WiFi delivered to the pad is a more complete package than most parks this size manage, and the fire pits get used every night the weather allows. Roan Mountain sits in Carter County's high-elevation Appalachian country, with the summit balds and the largest natural rhododendron garden in the world above the valley. Rates and availability are on the booking page. Rhododendron bloom in June and fall color are the two busiest stretches — reserve well ahead for either.

from $50/night

Sugar Hollow RV Park and Campground LLC

11 RV Sites

Sugar Hollow RV Park and Campground on Roan Mountain, Tennessee, offers 11 full-hookup RV sites in the Roan Highlands, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 80 feet. Back-in and pull-through categories join a quiet, well-positioned base in Carter County. Eleven sites run in back-in and pull-through categories, both carrying water, sewer, and electric on 20, 30, and 50-amp with site WiFi, sized to 80 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. Two straightforward categories keep booking simple, and 80 feet accommodates the longest coaches with a tow — genuinely generous for mountain terrain, where most properties cap far lower. Every site carries the full amp range, so any rig plugs in without an adapter. The amenity set is deliberately minimal, and that is the right call here. Guests come for what surrounds the property rather than for programming, and the pricing reflects it. Pets are welcome. The Roan Highlands are one of the most extraordinary alpine landscapes in the eastern United States — a series of grassy balds running along the Tennessee-North Carolina line above 6,000 feet, with open meadow views that exist nowhere else in the Appalachians. The Appalachian Trail crosses the ridge here, and the stretch over Round Bald, Jane Bald, and Grassy Ridge is widely considered among the finest miles on the entire trail. Roan Mountain's rhododendron gardens bloom in mid-June and draw visitors from across the region, with Roan Mountain State Park close and Boone and Johnson City within reach. Summer rhododendron season and fall foliage drive the sharpest demand. Reserve well ahead for mid-June and for October.

from $50/night

The Barlow RV Elk Park

4 RV Sites

The Barlow RV in Elk Park, North Carolina, offers 4 full-hookup RV sites in the Blue Ridge Mountains, with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 70 feet on a big-rig-friendly layout, open all year behind a gated entrance. Each site is named individually — In The Trees, The Granddaddy, The Mountain Wall, and The Rock — with a general store, community fire pit, walking trails, and on-site dining. Four sites are named rather than numbered, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp with site WiFi, sized to 70 feet, with fire pits, picnic tables, and BBQ pits. Naming each site tells you exactly what you are booking — trees, a rock face, a mountain wall, or the big one — which is a level of specificity no tiered system achieves. Seventy feet accommodates a long coach with a tow. A general store, firewood, RV storage, and on-site dining handle the practical side. Pets are welcome, with a maximum of two per site. A community fire pit, walking trails, and dog park fill the grounds, with mountains all around and genuinely dark skies for stargazing. Wine and beer tasting is nearby, and planned activities run through the season. Four sites is boutique by any measure, and the curation shows. Avery County sits in the North Carolina high country near Banner Elk, with Beech Mountain, Sugar Mountain, and Grandfather Mountain all close — skiing in winter, the Mile High Swinging Bridge and Linville Gorge in summer, and the Blue Ridge Parkway running along the ridgeline. Fall foliage and ski season both drive demand. Reserve as early as you can.

from $110/night