Black Mountain Campground

We had a wonderful time! Diane and some of the other hosts were very nice! The only complaint we have is that the hosts were told to let all of the groups from Briar Bottom Group Camp to come down to the campground and take showers because they don’t have showers at the group camp. They would bring truck loads of people down to the campground for them to take showers all at one time and we couldn’t get into the shower when we needed to. Could you please have them build a shower house for the group camp? We have camped at Black Mtn Campground for over 40 years with family and friends and that is the only complaint that we have ever expressed to the forest service.

The lead hosts of this campsite or toxic people and they have driven out all of the locals. I have provided my input to management on their behavior and how it is driving away the regulars but nothing has changed. It's not safe and it's not maintained. The hosts do not ever check on campers to make sure all is well. This is really important when you are so far from the main roads and they have fully restricted internet usage. You have to walk for miles to get a message for help. During Memorial Day there was a gunshot inside the campground. The hosts were told it was a bottle in the fire but everyone around it said no way it was a gun shot. The people were not removed. I felt very unsafe. Vagrants come into the camp to shower and no one tells them to leave. People run generators all day and no one tells them not to. People drive 30 mph through the loop and no one stops them. The lead hosts pick and chose what rules to apply to whom and unfortunately they impose bogus rules on good people and then let their friends stay for free!

I would not recommend this campground to anyone wiht the current onsite manager/hosts. It is unsafe and an unhappy place.

I paid for a site with electric and unfortunately it had a short in it and didn’t work properly. The hosts did not bother to drive their golf cart over to look at it for the six days I was there. I was supposed to be there for 10 days but I left early because it was too hot for me without my AC and no refrigerator working. No one even bothered to offer to bring me ice and I had to walk in the heat all the way to the office each day to buy a bag and carry it back. Why do they have golf carts if not to assist people especially those that are experiencing dreadful and unexpected conditions due to their lack of maintenance.
There are so many people breaking rules that the hosts don’t pay attention to and it infringes on other peoples camping experience. I had to again go all the way to the host site outside of the camping circle near the office to get help when vagrants with vicious dogs kept parking right at the edge of my campsite. I was trapped as I have a dog and the vicious dog kept leaping half way out of his window to attack my dog.

It is rare to even see the hosts going around the campground checking on people. the head hosts there treat people as if they are Somehow less than them.
This campground used to be amazing and unfortunately the hosts that are now there have driven out all of the regulars and locals from visiting . It appears they would rather have their wealthy out-of-state friends come in and populate the campground rather than the locals. I say this because they bend over backwards for anybody that comes in with a fancy rig from out of state but if you’re local they don’t help you and treat you as less than.
It’s quite devastating because we all love the campground so much it’s a beautiful place but the hosts make it so miserable that you just don’t want to stay there.

This has been reported last year to the corporate office but nothing has changed.

Beautiful setting. Campground is well maintained and orgainized. Good hiking trails and swimming in the South Toe river.

Restrooms and showers were cleaned regularly. Campground was well managed.

The campground itself is very nice and there is a good amount of space between the car camping sites. We stayed in site #20 and it backs up to a small stream and you could hear the Toe River behind us as well. The site was flat level with plenty of space for our 4 person tent and a pop up canopy tent to put over the picnic table. The bathrooms and showers were super clean and we were glad to have them after we hiked Mt Mitchell. The campground hosts (sorry I did not get their names) were super friendly and very helpful. We ran the battery completely dead on our truck and they were quick to respond and give us a jump start and we were on our way. Thanks so much! p.s. We will definitely be back.

The campground has gone down in quality over the past couple of years. We miss the old camp hosts!

Lots of kid-friendly hikes right from the campground; river with wading, fishing, and swimming; clean facilities and friendly hosts. With all that, who needs electrical hookups?

Great place!

The campground was nicely kept, and most of the hosts were nice. The campsite manager rude almost every time I had a question or needed help with something. She had an air of being put out by our presence. Other than that, it's a great place to stay.