Creekside Mountain Camping

Beautiful area and campgrounds. The bathrooms and showers were fine. Not anything fancy but I didn’t feel gross using them. There are also Porta potties by the primitive sites so you don’t have to walk all the way to the restrooms. If you forget anything they have a convenience store. We stayed on Creekside Meadows number 8. 1 – 15 are all right up against the creek. We were worried since we had neighbors on either side of us and the sites are close together, but the creek was so loud we couldn’t hear them at all. We didn’t find any places within walking distance to hike but Chimney rock state Park is a really short drive. The shops right outside of the park were fun too. Plenty of novelty shops and restaurants. Will come again.

Tent camped here with wife, daughter, and step grandson Grayson. He made MANY friends on a BIG rock that kids played on. NO privacy where we camped but other sites were available to choose from. Very adequate swimming pool but water was too cold. Would like to come back in August. Well-​stocked store at reasonable prices. Nice game room with an array of video games, 2 pool tables, and 2 air hockey games. Fire rings available and wood available at store.

Awful! Don’t go there. So filthy inside the cabin that my granddaughter had an allergy attack from the dust. Bathhouse has bugs crawling around and freezing cold with one tiny inadequate heater.
No paper towels and the shower mats are filthy. The futon was broken and I spent nights sleeping «up hill» and my back suffered the results. When we went to use the rec room, the unfriendly staff person came and locked the bathroom door so we couldn’t use it. My daughter-​in-​law was cooking a turkey dinner and no garbage bags in the cabin. When she requested some from the unfriendly staff person, she managed to“squeeze out” two small bags. The galley kitchen was so small, we had to take pur turns passing through. Only one person could take a shower in the cabin because the water got freezing cold after one shower. The heater in the living room made an in ungodly loud noise precluding sound sleep. The bath house required a 100 yard «dash» up the hill. Not an easy task for s 76-​year old me. Be aware and stay away!

I really loved this campsite. They get incredibly high marks for the friendliness of the staff and scenery near the campsites. If you’re looking for an enclosed tent site near a beautiful waterfall, I suggest site F24. If you’re looking for an open meadow near a creek, I suggest site 15.
We were there on an unseasonably cold night (below freezing in May) and the staff offered us extra blankets and gave us her nighttime number in case we needed more in the middle of the night. What a nice gesture from a stranger!
The ONLY reason that I don’t give them full stars is because the facilities weren’t particularly clean. Not dirty per se but I decided to wait to shower another time.