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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
Robert J
VerifiedSeptember 27, 2025 • Stayed at: 013, Loop: NORT
This is a lovely campground that almost always has space midweek. The grounds and facilities are clean and well kept, staff is helpful and friendly. The older loop where we camped is showing its age but the sites themselves still offer privacy and dense shade. There is an older bathroom building in this loop but the showers and newer bathrooms are in the newer loop. No cell service at all so we drove up the road to Appalachian Mountain Brewery for libations and to check email and get online. Plenty of nearby hiking and biking although Yellow Gap Road is still closed from Helene so access to some trails requires a bit more drive time.
Robert J
VerifiedSeptember 27, 2025 • Stayed at: 013, Loop: NORT
This is a lovely campground that almost always has space midweek. The grounds and facilities are clean and well kept, staff is helpful and friendly. The older loop where we camped is showing its age but the sites themselves still offer privacy and dense shade. There is an older bathroom building in this loop but the showers and newer bathrooms are in the newer loop. No cell service at all so we drove up the road to Appalachian Mountain Brewery for libations and to check email and get online. Plenty of nearby hiking and biking although Yellow Gap Road is still closed from Helene so access to some trails requires a bit more drive time.
John T
VerifiedAugust 8, 2025 • Stayed at: 021, Loop: NORT
I love this place. It’s absolutely wonderful. The campsite hosts are helpful, the grounds are clean, and there’s enough space for everyone.
John T
VerifiedAugust 8, 2025 • Stayed at: 021, Loop: NORT
I love this place. It’s absolutely wonderful. The campsite hosts are helpful, the grounds are clean, and there’s enough space for everyone.
Caitlin T
VerifiedAugust 5, 2025 • Stayed at: 018, Loop: NORT
Was a very clean and central place to stay. The campground host was also very kind and helpful. Would stay again!
Caitlin T
VerifiedAugust 5, 2025 • Stayed at: 018, Loop: NORT
Was a very clean and central place to stay. The campground host was also very kind and helpful. Would stay again!
Bob D
VerifiedJuly 31, 2025 • Stayed at: 009, Loop: NORT
Beautiful campground. Facilities were VERY clean and in good working order. Camp host Keith was great.
Bob D
VerifiedJuly 31, 2025 • Stayed at: 009, Loop: NORT
Beautiful campground. Facilities were VERY clean and in good working order. Camp host Keith was great.
latina f
VerifiedJuly 27, 2025 • Stayed at: 014, Loop: NORT
This is the most beautiful place to camp or just picnic at.i have been going here since i was a little girl and now i am 47 I will continue to go u til i cant anymore.
latina f
VerifiedJuly 27, 2025 • Stayed at: 014, Loop: NORT
This is the most beautiful place to camp or just picnic at.i have been going here since i was a little girl and now i am 47 I will continue to go u til i cant anymore.
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
