Green Mountain Park Thousand Trails

This campground is a little piece of paradise on the outskirts of Lenoir, North Carolina. Only a few miles away from a Walmart Supercenter and many other shops and Restaurants. We love how beautiful and picturesque it is. We would love this campground even more if it had a business center with a strong internet connection. We ended up using Walmart's wi-fi while picking up supplies. Not ideal, but better than nothing. The bathrooms could also use some TLC, but they were clean and well stocked. Backing into spot #75 was beyond challenging, but we managed it on our own. A kind soul did offer to help but we need to learn. It's also a matter or pride.....lol.

The other campers are friendly and even Fiona made a new friend. We would definitely camp here again and may do so in the near future!

Staff are very friendly. The road in is quite the challenge. Def needs more signage if you are in section 700 all the way at the end. I stayed in the fall when the temps were just starting to get cool. Be forewarned this is in prime stink bug territory. My reservation was for 21 days but I had to cancel and get the heck out. If you ever have been in a stink bug area you'll know what I mean. They get in no matter how you work against them. After one day catching over 100 inside the RV I got out of dodge.
Lots and lots of trees so if you have/want satellite you'll need to be in section 700. It is a mile to the entrance (up and down hills through a winding very thin road). The "new" section is all gravel including the sites. There are some nice streams through the park and even some hiking trails. It was hard to try and get level with my motorhome. The lodge is closed and under construction. Lenoir is a short drive and has most of what you will need including a super Walmart.
The stink bugs ruined my stay here but was also told they are a problem in the fall all the way through a hard frost so basically all winter.
Was only able to get ATT service via a booster and antenna on the roof.

Way back from the road is this very long Thousand Trails campground. It's mid-June and in the morning when I open my rig it smells like a florist shop; I never found what the smell was but it was very nice. There were no evidence of stink bugs as someone else mentioned, probably the time of the year.

Most sites have some wood structure, I had a pretty large deck with a picnic table, no fire ring. As usual the park needed some updates, not only were there a few boards on my deck that I had to walk around but after I was completely setup I realized, or my surge protector realized, that the power pole had reversed polarity and wouldn't connect. Lucky for me the space next to mine was "out of order" and I hooked up my extension cord!

The roads are mostly blacktop but lots and lots of broken parts and pot holes. Sites are clean of debris and mostly concrete, not exactly flat but very close. Park has annual rentals that are scattered throughout the park but lots of spaces for daily or weekly stays. Spots farthest from the entrance (700s) are all in full sun, my space was shade most of the day but trees were not over my rig.

I did not use the bath facilities at all so I can't comment on those. The lake was for fishing only but the entire park was covered with small flowing water areas with quaint wooden bridges. Lots of areas, some hilly, for walking. The pool was closed for repair during the exact 3 days I was there! There was a smaller kiddie-looking pool that had a mushroom waterfall that everyone was using. The clubhouse by the pool was not much more than a big room with laundry but there was free (unsecured) WiFi.

The park offers a 3rd party WiFi service for $8 a day, otherwise the WiFi is only at the clubhouse and maybe the office. Cell service is horrible at best. Many times I got a "no service" on my phone. Once I setup my weboost and trucker antenna and was able to stream YouTube most of the time and make and receive calls and txt messages.

The local area had everything you'd need within 10-15 minutes. Walmart, Lowes, gas, banks, Dollar Tree, auto parts and fast food galore.

Serene mountain camping. Bathrooms ok. As others have stated the roads going through the campground can be a little challenging in some places. While there were some big rigs there it still seems intimidating navigating a big rig through the park.

If you need internet you might as well forget this place. While I was able to pick up 1-2 bars on my phone (Verizon), trying to connect to any websites was futile. Maybe if you hit refresh enough times you can get a site to load, but for all intents and purposes it's virtually unusable. Supposedly the park offers paid WiFi but I heard it's not much better.

While this place was a little more out of the way than I prefer, if you truly just want to get away it's a nice campground.

Note: when you're getting close to the park there's virtually no signage to guide you in. When you're on the last stretch of Dimmette Rd you'll see a sign that says "dead end". If you didn't know any better you might be hesitant to keep going but that's the correct way.

We stayed here 3 nights in site 740 as part of our Thousand Trails membership. Full hookups (50amp, water, sewer). Good water pressure at 55psi.

When we arrived, the front office asked us what kind of site we would like. We said "a level site." They suggested we drive all the way back to the end of the campground. It's a very large campground. Takes nearly 8 minutes to drive from the front to rear at the posted speed limit as it winds around over a creek, up some pretty steep hills and around some corners. Not our favorite campground navigating with our 42ft 5th wheel, but we took it slow and didn't have any problems except for a small scrape in the road with our lower clearance bumper on a steep hill.

The front of the campground is mostly asphalt roads and paved sites. The back of the campground is dirt/gravel. You can call it a "pull-through" site but it's basically a large, flat gravel lot. It rained the week before we arrived and most of the days we were there so it was a bit muddy.

We ended up leaving a day early because we need internet. Kids use the internet for homeschool, we work every day, we stream entertainment. Cell reception was basically non-existent back in the campground. We had to drive 10 minutes out of the campground to the Walgreens on the main street before we had good enough internet to complete some video conference calls.

The location works well enough as a homebase for visiting nearby hikes and driving the Blue Ridge Parkway or visiting towns like Blowing Rock, but we wouldn't come back to just camp and hang out around the campground.

Green Mountain Park RV Resort is a scenic RV camping location and a great base camp to explore the nearby Pisgah National Forest. We have uploaded a video of our campground review here on Campendium.

We really enjoyed our time at Green Mountain Park. The staff was friendly, our spot was shaded and private, and our toddler loved the “big” pool and the splash pad. It is a good size campground, and because of this, we opted to drive to the pool and bath house on most occasions (we have a toddler and a baby). Next time we might look to stay closer to the amenities, but we did love the tranquility of the loop we were in. We paid for an internet pass and enjoyed high speed internet all week. During the COVID-19 pandemic, only the bath house by the pools was open, and it is practically brand new. The bathrooms were some of the nicest bathrooms I have ever been in, and not just at a campground. A minor note: The showers were gorgeous, but they are not laid out well for shower stuff. There’s one tiny shelf outside both stalls, and there’s not a great way to protect your stuff from getting wet (probably talking to the girls more here) while you are showering. It would be great if they could add one shelf in the changing stall part of the shower stall. Many sites are occupied by annual members (which is a TT norm), but during the week, the campground was very peaceful and quiet. Beginning on Friday, the park definitely filled up with more people and RVs. We were at the park on the Friday when the statewide mask mandate went into effect. Although signs were clearly posted on the door to the bath house/laundry space, few people wore masks. With the influx of the weekend crowd, this was a little unnerving, but to each his own. We really enjoyed our stay and actually extended our trip from 4 to 6 nights. Conveniently located near Blowing Rock and Boone, and the town of Lenoir is very nearby. We will definitely be back!

Free with TT, stayed in early October Had a great site with a deck and nice view of the lake. The grounds have plenty to do with well maintained. I really enjoyed the well maintained hiking trails.

A beautiful park with great large level campsites. Almost all of the campsites have concrete pads and wooden decks. Many have gorgeous views of the mountains, lakes, or streams. The staff is friendly, and the facilities are generally well-kept. The tennis courts are a total wreck, and a miniature golf course leaves a lot to be desired, but otherwise the amenities seem fine. The pool was not open so I cannot comment on that.

Beautiful campground with beautiful trails. The park is well maintained, especially the gardens.

Cellphone coverage is a problem, but they offer a paid internet that works.

We always stay at the beginning of the park, where there is a nice creek.The 700 area, in the back, is newer but is more like a empty space without trees.

If you have kids, try to avoid staying near the cabins 1 and 2. There live some old folks that complain about kids noise.