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About North Mills River
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Reviews (560)
What Guests Are Saying
North Mills River Campground is a beautifully maintained site with clean and spacious facilities, offering a peaceful experience deep in the woods. Camp hosts are friendly and helpful, providing excellent service and local activity recommendations. While some bathroom facilities are older and access to certain sites can be improved, the campground is praised for its beautiful scenery, fishing, and proximity to hiking and biking trails.
What Guests Are Saying
North Mills River Campground is a beautifully maintained site with clean and spacious facilities, offering a peaceful experience deep in the woods. Camp hosts are friendly and helpful, providing excellent service and local activity recommendations. While some bathroom facilities are older and access to certain sites can be improved, the campground is praised for its beautiful scenery, fishing, and proximity to hiking and biking trails.
Review Summary
Matthew D
VerifiedAugust 17, 2026 • Stayed at: 017, Loop: NORT
The park is really nice; the sites were very clean and spacious. The camp hosts, Chris and Cappy were really nice people and also kept that bathroom and shower area really clean!
Rick h
VerifiedAugust 10, 2026 • Stayed at: 009, Loop: NORT
camp host were great. helped anytime we needed anything. Gave good advice on day trip activities
Good people
Eric M
VerifiedAugust 7, 2026 • Stayed at: 013, Loop: NORT
Nice relaxing spot deep in the woods. Really enjoyed fishing and swimming in the river. Bring bikes to bike up river for better fishing.
Kirk G
VerifiedAugust 4, 2026 • Stayed at: 008, Loop: NORT
Overall, it's a great spot. Wish there were showers available closer to sites 1-13 and the bathrooms for 1-13 are very old and "tired".
The campground host is super nice and responsive.
Luis S
VerifiedAugust 2, 2026 • Stayed at: 017, Loop: NORT
Great site. Easy access to shopping and highway. Excellent shiwer pressure. Nice hosts.
Lucy b
VerifiedJuly 30, 2026 • Stayed at: 008, Loop: NORT
Lovely place!! Campground was peaceful, we stayed at sites 8 and 13 for tent camping and both were covered by trees! Bathrooms and showers were clean, and drinking water was easily accessible, too.
Joshua S
VerifiedJuly 26, 2026 • Stayed at: 016, Loop: NORT
This is always one of our favorites. Good hiking, biking, and river related activities.
Lydia L
VerifiedJuly 24, 2026 • Stayed at: 026, Loop: NORT
We have loved going to North Mills River Campground over the years as our children grow. The beauty of the mountains, river, birds singing and perfect temperature during the summer months make us want to come back in the years to come. Our boys love the trout fishing. When they were little, they spent all day in the river bed searching for salamanders and crawdads! Also not far from a score of waterfalls, the ranger station, graveyard fields, the Blue Ridge Parkway, train rides in Bryson City, whitewater rafting, ziplining and more! Ingles is just down the mountain for food as well as an Urgent Care! We've never had a problem with other campers, and the camp hosts are more than hospitable, kind and helpful. Take heed that it rains almost daily and sometimes all day. But dress for the occasion and waterproof your gear! We usually stop by the laundromat half-way through our trip to dry everything. But if you like adventure and don't mind getting wet, this is the place for you!
Kelianne B
VerifiedJuly 22, 2026 • Stayed at: 007, Loop: NORT
This is the most beautiful and well managed camping site we have ever stayed. We come back every year, and every year it is as good if not better than the last. While we enjoy just spending time at the campsite which has many things to do such as fishing and hiking, we are also in close proximity to many activities. We recommend Beer City tubing for a fun and relaxing tube ride down the French Broad River. Also, French Broad Adventures has many activities such as white water rafting and zip lining. We have had all positive experiences with fun, well organized activities for all skill levels. Then we can return from our activity to our beautiful, quite campsite and just relax, and unwind. I highly recommend!
David W
VerifiedJuly 20, 2026 • Stayed at: 014, Loop: NORT
I always enjoy staying here. I'm 57 and I've stayed here since I was a kid.
Location North Mills River
Address:
5289 N. Mills River Road
Mills River, NC, 28742
United States
From Asheville, take U.S. Highway 280 west to North Mills River Road. Follow North Mills River Road to the campground.
Elevation: 678 feet
5.9 mi drive to downtown Mills River (about 12 min)
Policies & Rules
Cancellation policy
- Reservation fees are non-refundable. For campsites, cabins, lookouts, yurts, group sites, and similar stays, we charge a reservation service fee of $8.
- Standard cancellations usually have a $10 cancellation fee. Customers can generally cancel before the check-in date online.
- Late cancellation rules differ by stay type.
- Individual campsites: cancelling after 12:00am local time the day before arrival usually means a $10 cancellation fee plus forfeiting the first night's fee.
- Cabins, lookouts, and yurts: cancelling less than 14 days before arrival usually means a $10 cancellation fee plus forfeiting the first night's fee.
- One-night reservations: a late cancellation usually forfeits the full amount paid, up to the total original reservation cost.
- Modifications are allowed before the cut-off window, but fees depend on the change. Changing to dates completely outside the original reservation dates may trigger a $10 change fee. Extending or shortening a stay that still includes original dates usually has no change fee, though refunds may depend on timing and facility rules. Switching to the same type of campsite for the same dates usually has no change fee, but price differences are charged or refunded.
- Early departures may or may not be refunded. At certain facilities, partial refunds may be possible if staff can mark the site available for other visitors. No refund is given for a night if the early departure is requested after that day's check-out time.
- Security deposits are separate. Security deposits may be refunded to the original payment method if the facility is left in acceptable condition, as determined by the property.
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Last updated: September 9, 2026
