About Black Mountain Campground
Number of accommodations: 16
Campground Amenities
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Pet Friendly -
Dump Station
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2026 Season availability
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Reviews (137)
What Guests Are Saying
Black Mountain Campground is praised for its cleanliness, with facilities and bathrooms maintained to a high standard and cleaned daily. The friendly and helpful staff enhance the experience, offering great customer service and informative guidance. The campground provides excellent access to hiking, including trails to Mt. Mitchell, making it a popular choice for outdoor enthusiasts, though visitors should be cautious of local bear activity.
What Guests Are Saying
Black Mountain Campground is praised for its cleanliness, with facilities and bathrooms maintained to a high standard and cleaned daily. The friendly and helpful staff enhance the experience, offering great customer service and informative guidance. The campground provides excellent access to hiking, including trails to Mt. Mitchell, making it a popular choice for outdoor enthusiasts, though visitors should be cautious of local bear activity.
Review Summary
Lynn D
VerifiedDecember 18, 2024 • Stayed at: 021, Loop: Upper
Lovely area, wonderful host, bathrooms kept clean. so bummed to not be able to come back in 2025 but hoping that it will reopen from Helene in the future.
Jennifer B
VerifiedSeptember 30, 2024 • Stayed at: 035, Loop: Upper
Great campground, facilities were cleaned very regularly. Love the access to hiking that's available.
Amy T
VerifiedAugust 29, 2024 • Stayed at: 024, Loop: Upper
Campground facilities were the cleanest I've ever seen! The bathrooms and showers were cleaned at least once every day, and were in excellent working order. Our campsite was clean and had everything we needed, and the camp hosts were friendly, informative, and helpful.
This is an excellent camping spot if you want to do the hike up to the top of Mt. Mitchell like we did.
One tip: be prepared to keep your camp site clean and store all food and scented items in your vehicle due to bear activity in the area. We were given extra warning about this upon check-in. We took it seriously and had no problems with bears though.
Carol C
VerifiedAugust 23, 2024 • Stayed at: 020, Loop: Upper
Clean, quiet, informative staff on site 24/7. Ice and firewood available. Classes with skilled people are offered and some trail guides will pull campers for specific hikes. Fly fishing was fun as was a hike to the rapids. Beware the bears. I had 1 visitation in 8 days on my vehicle. Keep all food in containers stored in the vehicle. Do not Crack the windows. If you have a hitch basket, place a cover over any equipment due to the potential for wildlife to chew on coolers, etc. Yeti will not keep them out of it, despite their claims. Respect nature because we are in its habitat. It is not evil. It is only instinct and survival.
Lara P
VerifiedJuly 22, 2024 • Stayed at: 033, Loop: Upper
I love this campground. And the staff was exceptional! The best customer service ever.
Reida R
VerifiedJuly 3, 2024 • Stayed at: 035, Loop: Upper
Great campground all around!
Angela S
VerifiedMay 20, 2024 • Stayed at: 033, Loop: Upper
Awesome space, clean, family safe.
Flavius P
VerifiedMay 20, 2024 • Stayed at: 022, Loop: Upper
The site had everything I needed and faced a large open field. Directions were clear, access to the trialhead was perfect, and all the costs were extremely fair. Couldn't be happier with this campground.
James L
VerifiedMay 14, 2024 • Stayed at: 032, Loop: Upper
Site was fine, management was very friendly. Bathrooms were very clean.
Jamie S
VerifiedNovember 7, 2023 • Stayed at: 025, Loop: Upper
Black Mountain Campground is a wonderful destination if you want to get away from the busy world. There is absolutely no internet connection. There are no grocery stores nearby so plan accordingly. Most of the campsites are large and pretty private. There is not a bad season to camp at Black Mountain Campground. Spring has flowers, newts and fireflys. Summer has long days, Toe River wading and cool nights. Autumn has color, dry days and cool clear nights. All seasons have hiking trails, fly fishing, lovely nights around a campfire and bears. It's a very good place. Don't mess with the bears. They look slow and not very bright but that is an illusion. They are big, strong, fast, extremely smart and always hungry.
Location Black Mountain Campground
Address:
50 Black Mountain Campground Road
Burnsville, NC, 28714
United States
From Asheville, North Carolina, take I-26 west to exit 9 onto 19 east towards Burnsville. Follow 19 to Micaville and turn right onto Highway 80. Continue south approximately 12-14 miles to Mount Mitchell Golf Course. Turn right on South Toe River Road and follow signs to Black Mountain Campground.
Latitude & Longitude: 35.7527 / -82.2211
Elevation: 916 feet
Policies & Rules
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Generators may be used up to 4 hours per day between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. |
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First-come, first-served sites available and sites available for advanced reservation are available. |
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Cell service is limited, texting might be a possibility. |
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This facility is located within a bear sanctuary; keep all food out of site in containers or locked inside a hard-sided vehicle, secure trash in provided bins and remove all food from area after eating. |
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