Lake Powhatan

Excellent experience! Beautiful sites, great hiking, nice fishing and friendly helpful staff.

We had a wonderful 10 day’s camping at Lake Powhatan. We were in the Lakeside loop. Sites are nicely spaced allowing for a pleasant experience for all to enjoy their own camping time in the National Forest. Of course, the mountain biking is great. We also walked to the Arboretum to enjoy the exhibits there, an easy 1.5 mi walk from camp. The campground is well cared for by the staff on premise, would definitely recommend visiting this area.

Great location, clean private sites and excellent staff.

right next to the botanical gardens

The staff was above and beyond. We had a vehicle emergency, and they were so accommodating and kind to us. Not to mention the campground is gorgeous and well maintained. showers totally clean with lots of hot water.

The staff at Lake Powhatan is simply super and at the heart of a most successful stay there. Mark and his people are constantly present for any questions or concerns. The bathrooms are immaculate all day long and the campsites are cleaned after every departure. Ice and wood for sale. Faulous experience.

Great campground near Asheville! The tent pad had plenty of space for our 2 tents. The restrooms and showers were clean and convenient, and there's a nice lake nearby to hang out at. I expected mosquitoes, but there weren't any (in early May). We only had 2 issues but they're minor: the metal bear box at our site (Bent Creek Loop #27) was installed backwards... it opened into a patch of poison ivy instead of facing the driveway and campsite, so we kept our food in the car. The other small issue was the path from our site to the restroom was narrow with a lot of poison ivy along the way. A good trim would do well there. Otherwise, we had a great time and would stay again. Friendly and welcoming campground staff as well.

The campground at Lake Powhatan is lovely, with beautifully spaced wooded campsites, some with shore power. It's a peaceful way to visit nearby Asheville, where you can buzz around seeing the sights, and then return to your campfire at night. My only complaint: our final night there, some drunken yahoo spent about 45 minutes revving and roaring around the campground in his very loud truck at 4AM, quite deliberately waking everyone in a half mile radius. I feel the campground hosts should be a little quicker off the mark in calling the police in. Other than that we had a great time there!

Beautiful campground on Asheville's doorstep, yet has the rural woodsy character that defines the perfect getaway. Easy access to BRP, Hendersonville, Black Mountain. The campground hosts are among the best I've ever seen. Friendly and efficient, and not once was the bath house anything but spotless. We will be back.

We only had an overnight stay, so didn’t get to use the whole facilities. But the staff at check-in was great. Very wooded area, close to Asheville, but still in the forest.