About Black Mountain Campground
Number of accommodations: 16
Campground Amenities
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Pet Friendly
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Dump Station
Seasonal information
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
Terri C
VerifiedSeptember 6, 2022 • Stayed at: 033, Loop: Upper
Wonderful Campground!
Joseph G
VerifiedAugust 23, 2022 • Stayed at: 035, Loop: Upper
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.
Jordan M
VerifiedAugust 5, 2022 • Stayed at: 022, Loop: Upper
Great place!
Kathleen S
VerifiedAugust 3, 2022 • Stayed at: 024, Loop: Upper
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?
Ashley E
VerifiedAugust 1, 2022 • Stayed at: 036, Loop: Upper
The campground has gone down in quality over the past couple of years. We miss the old camp hosts!
Cameron H
VerifiedJuly 20, 2022 • Stayed at: 024, Loop: Upper
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.
Michael R
VerifiedJuly 20, 2022 • Stayed at: 021, Loop: Upper
Restrooms and showers were cleaned regularly. Campground was well managed.
John D
VerifiedJuly 17, 2022 • Stayed at: 021, Loop: Upper
Beautiful setting. Campground is well maintained and orgainized. Good hiking trails and swimming in the South Toe river.
Tricia B
VerifiedJuly 11, 2022 • Stayed at: 025, Loop: Upper
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.
Tricia B
VerifiedJuly 11, 2022 • Stayed at: 025, Loop: Upper
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.
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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Click here to learn more about the National Forests in North Carolina |