Honey Bear was our home again this past weekend. It was a nice weekend of glamping tucked away…read morenearby Boone. This was our second stay and we really enjoyed it from the nice wooded winding road up the mountain to the fresh air all around the camp site. This time, sadly our stay had some issues because the line from the well to most of the water was out. That meant no showers, faucets, or toilet flushing without a bucket in the tank. We were okay with it, for the most part, since we brought hand sanitizer, extra bottles of water (brushing teeth, rinsing things off, etc.), and it is camping after all. The second night was even better when the sinks and toilets were working like normal. The staff communicated about this issue the evening before we were supposed to arrive and did give us a discount on firewood, as a result of the inconvenience. Our checkin was great though. Abby was AWESOME! She greeted us with enthusiasm, humor, and was very welcoming. She even gave us local recommendations for things to do. We had arrived just in time for free root beer floats and vanilla lattes in the campground coffee cafe. We put in our order for firewood and were off to our "Group Camp Site" tent area in the more private area away from the rest of the sites. Each night, we wandered around the campgrounds. Plenty of RV hookups. It seems like it's about half tent sites and half RV sites. We even wandered off the trails and found the area where they host haunted trails during the Halloween season. What a surprise! Beautiful starry nights and funny to see ducks and geese wandering around the grounds. Saturday night, they showed a movie, but we didn't get back in time to watch "A Bug's Life" on the lawn. Nice little community. We had our own space to have good fun and a late cookout, but also were conveniently located to cars, the coffee cafe, not too far from the bathhouse, and a nice little walk up the street to a petting zoo.

Everything was great here! The staff were very friendly and accommodating. They went above and…read morebeyond. As well as the camp site its self it was well kept together and very nice.

When planning to travel to Boone in the RV I spent a considerable amount of time researching the…read morearea, although we have friends in nearby Blowing Rock we never traveled up here in the RV. This campground is old (circa 1970) but I rather call it nostalgic, it's an old school campground which means it's a little cramped and filled with a little bit of every kind of campers and full timers but I was able to navigate the steep entrance, small driveways and our tight site in my 41' Class A Diesel Rig without disconnecting my toad yes I have skills and a navigator in the seat next to me. The good far outweighs any negative comments I've read, this campground is nestled in a serene setting next to a mountain stream, there are lots of trees that filters the sun light most of the day. We stayed in site 77 a very level asphalt site that was long enough and wide enough to accommodate our Motorhome and our toad. Everyone here was extremely friendly and when the sun sets the sound of cracklin camp fires and the smell of burning hardwood fills the air. As far as ambient goes you'd be hard pressed to find a better setting it's only a few miles from town but a million miles from the distractions of the outside world. The not so good, yes every place has a few of them - the water pressure was horrible but fortunately my onboard water pump supplemented this so it wasn't that painful. The electrical supply was a shared distribution box and it was on the opposite side of the utility panel on my bus so you may want to bring an extension cord I had to route the cord under my RV fortunately my onboard 50 amp cord was just long enough. The sewer and water bibs may be located in closer proximity to your neighbor than to you and there were a few muddy spots around the site that we had to avoid and finally the most stressful part of our stay - exiting the campground back onto Hwy 105 it's like merging on to a super speedway with blind curves it can be a little intimidating. This is definitely a campground I'd book again, we loved the atmosphere and all our friendly neighbors and the staff was amazing too...

Had a wonderful weekend camping here. I was in site #5 next to the creek (Friday through Monday…read moremorning). The staff are all so welcoming and friendly! The grounds are well kept. The men's bathroom had 3 showers, 3 stalls, 1 urinal and 4 sinks. There's a pavilion where I got to hear live music Saturday evening. The creek is amazing and I enjoyed seeing the wildlife at my site (chipmunk and salamander). I'm looking forward to returning in a few months!!

This is one of the few if not the only lake on the blue ridge parkway! If I'm not mistaken the…read morelinville area is the only other water area. We stayed several weeks back during a holiday weekend (towards the end) all camp spots on the app were booked or closed due to dead trees and storms. We drove in and found a spot on the water side.. I'm impressed with these camping areas friendly folks and quiet!!!! Unbelievably quiet! Than once I realized you can walk around the WHOLE lake!! How cool is that! Just an awesome place! And we live here!!! I've drove by. I've drove through. I've dropped the kids for events here. But I've never experienced the park myself! I'm now hooked! You can be there and not really understand that there quite possibly is 1000's of people around you.. not really noticeable.. pretty awesome.. there's places to go and not far from you where there will be nobody! It's quite amazing!! I like to feel alone and this place works!!! Campsites are perfectly private and spaced as such! Love this place!

On our way to the top for leaf peeping, we stopped here for a bit and enjoyed the scenery. Located…read moreat milepost 297 of the Blue Ridge Parkway, the part encompasses over 4200 acres of rolling mountainous terrain that include campgrounds, hiking trails, picnic sites and Price Lake. The highlight is the Tanawha Trail that runs 13.5 miles and includes Grandfather Mountain. There are canoes available for rental and the lake is stocked with fish. This time of year with the leaves turning, it was a beautiful spot and we enjoyed our time here. Five stars. [Review 15917 overall - 3132 in North Carolina - 1422 of 2021.]

Gorgeous views all around the campsite of the mountains. We were close to tent row which was pretty…read morequite. We walked the site one night and it was a full house. They have a put putt course, and a very small outdoor in-ground pool, game room & a set of corn hole to play. They had a few events happening on the event board inside the check-in area. Small store inside to get the essentials. My biggest complaint as was others, is the WiFi. We didn't have any signal at our site and it got slightly better as we went towards the entrance. We had to go in town to research anything. I don't except amazing signal but enough to look up a few things here and there. It served the purpose for the weekend. It was clean and free of debris on the campsite it self. The sites are very close together so be conscious of that. We didn't spend much time at the site so it didn't bother us.

Quite a unique experience !…read more I arrived and found my site to have a nice view of the adjacent cow pasture and the pastoral valley below. In addition, this site gave me a great opportunity to practice my leveling skills - usually I am limited to leveling 2-3 inches side to side and about the same front to back. But this site let me cut my teeth on a real all- American challenge - up to 11 inches side to side and 17" front to back! This is what Travel Trailering is all about! If the site wouldn't give a billy goat vertigo - you ain't camping! After I was all set with leveling the trailer, and my trailer tongue was ankle high and my rear kitchen chest high, I feared the fun was over. But then the rains came! Yes! No boring relaxing to worry about - all the runoff from the entire campground was funneled into a single site- and I was sitting in it! Gullies running diagonally under my camper appeared as I watched the downpour progress, giving me the pleasure of using my LevelMate Pro app to gently adjust the stabilizers as the gravel under each washed away with the rain. Luckily the only place I could park my Tow vehicle was downstream from the camper- effectively creating an effective obstacle to prevent the trailer totally washing away and into the New River, should it keep raining. The rain got less and less and for the rest of my stay the camper was pretty stable. B O R I N G, you say?? Wrong Grasshopper! Truly the Sh!tShow had yet to begin! As I was breaking camp, I noticed a guy with huge rubber gloves looking at my site and dragging a 200 foot sewer snake up the hill behind my truck. Concerned that he was going to scrape my pickup with the snake, I assured him I'd be out of his way shortly as I was leaving. He told me I was not impeding his progress and continued his work. So I quickly packed my griddle, chairs, hoses, electrical cords, etc and hitched up. Now I only had to remove my chocks and mountainous levelers and I'd be off toward other adventures. As I was raising the jack to settle my camper on the truck ball, my neighbor up the hill yelled that the flood waters were heading my way - the worker had gone ahead and done his work to let a sewage flood of biblical proportions head my way - the only path any liquid, water, or human waste, could possibly take. I tried to finish but was soon overwhelmed as the former rain gullies turned to fecal canals before my eyes. I had lost the "Beat the Turd" challenge as my levelers, chocks and shoes were flooded by the worker's brilliant timing! He watched as I battled to complete my exit while minimizing the damage. I asked if he knew where all that filth would flow and he said yes- that tried to fix it but it always ran through this site, so I guess he had to hurry to make sure I didn't miss the poop experience by leaving too soon. Props to him! If he had waited only 5 minutes to open the feces flood Gates I would have made it away cleanly, and I would not have the opportunity to spend my Sunday afternoon soaking my chocks, shoes, jeans, and levelers in a nice Clorox solution! So if you want a challenge and are tired of boring camping- you know where to head!!

Way atop the mountain out of Boone is this wonderful KOA campground. At 4,000 feet it's a climb…read morebut my little buggy chugged up the windy road like the little engine that could. Easy peasy. Complete with amenities most will enjoy they also have private cabins, tent sites, and various RV sites based on size and need. Cool. Ours was a pull through and our camper set up easily. Larger units (aren't they all larger these days) had to jockey them to fit into the narrow lots. It makes for a fun drinking game; however, the older style sites work better for units under 30 foot IMO. Everyone fit, eventually. The 5th star goes to the grounds crew. We got caught in the remnants of Tropical Storm Fred. 50 mph winds and torrential rain gutted many of the roads in the campground. Tractors with box scrapers appeared at sunrise and by noon the roads were nearly perfect. Impressive! Looking to breath some mountain air, view clear, star-filled skies at night, and kick back into a leisurely routine? Running the flag way up my "Give 'em a whirl" meter. Camp here.

Very friendly staff, the location is close to Boone, but just past a neighborhood in a farming…read morearea. The sides are gravel but full hookup, wifi worked great, water pressure was lower than other places. Our sewer connection cover was messed up so I sent an email to the office late the night we came, the next morning it was fixed. Our site wasn't very long enough for our truck and 20ft but there was enough room beside the trailer for the truck. Leaving on Sunday was a challenge because lots of people trying to get out at the same time. We blocked the road for a few minutes while getting hooked up to the truck. 7

A short drive and quick walk on the paved path to the top. Beautiful overlook of Boone. I wish I…read morehad gotten there at sunrise! We around 9am on Sunday and it wasn't as crowded as people say it can get. Quiet and chirpy birds, so relaxing!

Beautiful small park with excellent view below and above. Picnic area with two different camping…read morestoves. One was covered. Porta potties that appear to be temporary as the area is under construction.

Drove here from Asheville to go white river rafting with 3 others. We wanted to do Nolichucky Gorge…read morebecause of the level 3/4 rapids and overall were really glad that we did. Two of my friends were going white river rafting for the first time, and overall they said it was the highlight of the trip. It was around 3 hours long and went through around 20 level 3 rapids and around 3-4 level 4 rapids. We went Oct. 22nd and it was a little chilly in the morning but hit 75 during the day. Definitely would recommend, was a great time. Shoutout to Kenny who I talked to on the phone probably 10 times in 24 hours. Also the drive to Erwin from Asheville is quite beautiful, both in the morning and the way back. Would just recommend they update their gear/shoes, or maybe have the option to pay $5 or something to rent outfits and they be newer.

Super awesome experience on the Nolichucky with Andy! He was very informative of the surrounding…read morearea and history, kept us engaged with silly jokes, and kept us on the edge of our seats! Definitely a trip worth making. Can't wait to come back!

This park is convenient to Boone, Grandfather Mountain, Banner Elk, Valle Crucis, Blowing Rock. The…read morepark itself seems a bit overgrown and could use some attention but it's a sweet place. The laundry facilities are good. Didn't use the shower facilities at all so couldn't review those. We have a 39' 5th wheel and had no trouble backing into space 11. The site we have isn't as level as we would have liked but we are making it work. The office, on first glance, isn't very welcoming but the owner is very nice and accommodating. Don't be intimidated by Adeline, the bull mastiff, who is often at the door. She is a big lover dog. The wi-fi is excellent and allows us to stream what we need. (There is no cable and antenna TV gives us 3 channels) We use a JetPak for personal needs. Our Sprint cell service is decent in park, as well. There is a large solar array across the street which tells me this is a pretty sunny spot, which we find to be true. Which is good since we are wintering here this year. We arrived Nov 1 and this was a pretty area in the Fall. We like it here very much and will come back again when we visit our daughter.

Worst execution of a campground we've ever seen! The entire place was a mud pit. It was so muddy,…read morewe couldn't even back up in a relatively flat site without our drive axle spinning. This campground is not Big Rig Friendly. After the terrible experience of trying to get into the muddy campsite, we got stuck in the mud trying leave this poor excuse for a campground. We had to call a tow truck to pull us out. Once on the asphalt road, a big rig has to do a three point turn to make a left on 421 from Vanderpool Rd. There needs to be a stop to these terrible campground conditions. The owner has no idea how to properly run a reputable campground and lies to your face about it being big rig friendly. We've been bless to have camped in all 49 continental States and we've never encountered such a dump.

My son was put in the wrong cabin. He was with much older boys. One boy tied him up and other boys…read morehelp smack him. The counselor didn't go for help when he was unable to stop them. His towels were both taken. The counselor didn't offer him another one. He had to either not shower or swim and if he did he had to drip dry for the last 4 days. He was burned with hot glue, that wound will leave a scar on his leg. I did talk to the director who assured me this wouldn't happen again if he decides to go back. No chance of that happening. This was our first experience with a summer camp and I think it'll be our last.

Just spoke with the alleged camp director. Very unprofessional, doesn't know when his summer camp…read morestarts and a bit argumentative on my initial phone call conversation. I would think twice about using this facility for any length of time. He does not seem like anyone I would like to work with.