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About North Mills River
Number of accommodations: 25
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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
Vanessa G
VerifiedAugust 6, 2023 • Stayed at: 026, Loop: NORT
Clean and well kept campsite and facilities. Beautiful scenery and great location! The kids enjoyed tubing down the creek.
Vanessa G
VerifiedAugust 6, 2023 • Stayed at: 026, Loop: NORT
Clean and well kept campsite and facilities. Beautiful scenery and great location! The kids enjoyed tubing down the creek.
Margaret L
VerifiedAugust 1, 2023 • Stayed at: 003, Loop: NORT
My main complaint is the air quality in these campgrounds. Everyone seems to need a campfire which they often will smolder come morning. Good air quality is a priority for my family, I wish people could learn to appreciate the same. Also, the night sky is one of the pleasures of this place! Enjoy!
Margaret L
VerifiedAugust 1, 2023 • Stayed at: 003, Loop: NORT
My main complaint is the air quality in these campgrounds. Everyone seems to need a campfire which they often will smolder come morning. Good air quality is a priority for my family, I wish people could learn to appreciate the same. Also, the night sky is one of the pleasures of this place! Enjoy!
John T
VerifiedJuly 26, 2023 • Stayed at: 021, Loop: NORT
The campground was nice and the bathrooms were clean. We loved being so close to the river and having our campsite beside a creek. It wasn’t overcrowded, which was great for solitude. The office manager and his wife were nice and friendly. All in all we had a great experience and will be back again.
John T
VerifiedJuly 26, 2023 • Stayed at: 021, Loop: NORT
The campground was nice and the bathrooms were clean. We loved being so close to the river and having our campsite beside a creek. It wasn’t overcrowded, which was great for solitude. The office manager and his wife were nice and friendly. All in all we had a great experience and will be back again.
Robert G
VerifiedJuly 14, 2023 • Stayed at: 020, Loop: NORT
North Mills River is a jewel. Well-run, clean, small, friendly... what else? Beautifully-situated. And my reserved campsite was raked (!) and tidied by the staff before I got there. Top-notch folks running a top-notch campground.
Robert G
VerifiedJuly 14, 2023 • Stayed at: 020, Loop: NORT
North Mills River is a jewel. Well-run, clean, small, friendly... what else? Beautifully-situated. And my reserved campsite was raked (!) and tidied by the staff before I got there. Top-notch folks running a top-notch campground.
Kelly J
VerifiedJuly 9, 2023 • Stayed at: 022, Loop: NORT
We absolutely loved it here!!! We reserved site 26 (FF) and then reserved site 22 online for the next night! Luckily they were close so it was easy to move from one to the other! We loved both sites! 26 was a bit more private and closer to water. 26 is a huge double site with lots of choices for set up. The camp host Paul was great! Very helpful and informative for campground and surrounding area and information/pointers. The grounds were immaculate and bathrooms kept very clean. Paul and his wife were constantly cleaning and riding around checking on things! We will definitely be back!!!
Kelly J
VerifiedJuly 9, 2023 • Stayed at: 022, Loop: NORT
We absolutely loved it here!!! We reserved site 26 (FF) and then reserved site 22 online for the next night! Luckily they were close so it was easy to move from one to the other! We loved both sites! 26 was a bit more private and closer to water. 26 is a huge double site with lots of choices for set up. The camp host Paul was great! Very helpful and informative for campground and surrounding area and information/pointers. The grounds were immaculate and bathrooms kept very clean. Paul and his wife were constantly cleaning and riding around checking on things! We will definitely be back!!!
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
