Catawba Falls Campground

This is a private campground with approximately 1/2 full time and then in another section they have 10 sites which are all in a row.
Getting to the campground from the interstate exit from I 40 is very tricky because the road to the campground actually intersects with the off ramp of the interstate. You need to pay special attention or you might wind up going the wrong way to the interstate.
The campground doesn’t officially open until April 1 but they take online reservations with the caveat that the general store is closed, limited facilities are available. When we stayed there there was no water available at any of the sites, even though the temperature was never below 45 when we were there. The bathhouse is open and it did have water and was reasonably clean.
We arrived at past 7 pm and we went to the registration office which was closed and there was no documentation of where our site was. They have a phone number to call but it was a voice message telling you to check in online and no one answered. We did get a call back and they said to just pick any spot we wanted in the E section. Luckily there was only one other camper. We never saw anyone during our stay so we don’t know who the owners are

This small family run campground was a good weekend stop for us as we explored Asheville. It's about a half hour out. $50 is a little on the high side for us, but there is not much to choose from in the area.

When we arrived, the owner checked us in and she was very friendly. We got to our campsite which was part of a row of closely spaced campsites along the creek. It would have been nicer if they were a little more spaced out, but if you choose your site wisely you will have a bigger one. They weren't all created equal.

*Small Rant* The camper staying next to us let his dog wonder without a leash, poop wherever he wanted and didnt clean it up so we had to clean up dog poop in our site. The next set of people who camped next to us had their dogs leashed on million foot strechy cords so these dogs wondered around our site as well and their children walked across our site instead of going around it. Not the campground's fault, and its in their rules to keep dogs leashed and clean up after them. I just don't get how people can be so inconsiderate?

The campground has a laundry room, a little camp store, relatively clean bathrooms and you can receive mail here which is a plus as a full time RVer. There are a lot of permanent trailers here, but the permanent residents seemed to be in a different section from the short term sites for the most part. Our site was right along the creek which was beautiful and lovely to sit and watch.

The bathrooms and showers were relatively clean. We had great signal on AT&T.

Overall, would stay here again if we were in the area and there weren't cheaper campgrounds available.

This campground is one of the most relaxing we have stayed at. Site 5 nicely accommodated our 35' 5th wheel although we did need to park our truck a few feet away in a large grassy area. Behind the campsite is a lovely stream. I believe there are 9 sites in this section with all having frontage on the stream. This section is separate from the long term sites and is very well maintained. The owners are very friendly. A huge plus was being able to receive Amazon deliveries!

I was very concerned about internet speeds as my job is 100% zoom meetings. There was no need to be concerned as connectivity was great. We have a Pepwave Max Transit Duo for AT&T and Verizon service. AT&T had download speeds of 64.96 and upload speeds of 6.72. Verizon was 66.27 for downloads and 1.03 for uploads. Our Mifi with T-Moble had download speeds of 68.79 and uploads of 17.93.

This campground is one of the most relaxing we have stayed at. Site 5 nicely accommodated our 35' 5th wheel although we did need to park our truck a few feet away in a large grassy area. Behind the campsite is a lovely stream. I believe there are 9 sites in this section with all having frontage on the stream. This section is separate from the long term sites and is very well maintained. The owners are very friendly. A huge plus was being able to receive Amazon deliveries!

I was very concerned about internet speeds as my job is 100% zoom meetings. There was no need to be concerned as connectivity was great. We have a Pepwave Max Transit Duo for AT&T and Verizon service. AT&T had download speeds of 64.96 and upload speeds of 6.72. Verizon was 66.27 for downloads and 1.03 for uploads. Our Mifi with T-Moble had download speeds of 68.79 and uploads of 17.93.