Asheville East KOA

We stayed in a partial hookup site on the lake, and liked the view and watching the baby geese. The beautiful Swannanoa River runs right through the campground in addition to two lakes. These sites are way too small and close together though. Fire ring was right behind the camper and not safe to use. Our toad had to be parked sideways in front of the RV in order to get it on the site. Neighbors were up talking under our bedroom windows until after 2 am. After seeing them, I don't know why anybody would want to stay in the more expensive sites that had no view and were packed like sardines. The lake sites are the only option as far as I'm concerned.

As mentioned in other comments, the dump station was terribly designed and any larger RV would have great difficulty turning around before or after using it.

On the good side, the Blue Ridge Parkway is just a few miles down the road, cell service is excellent, WIFI is good, and there are cable hookups as well.

It is a well kept park. The lake sites are nice, we stayed a few days in E15. Then we had to move to B27, the B area is not great. No privacy here, right on top of your neighbors. Showers were clean and it has all the amenities that you would expect at a KOA. Close to the Blue Ridge Parkway. Kind of pricey but that seems to be the going rate for the area.

Originally booked into 30 but it didn't even have a tree and was crowded. Went to the office and they happily switched us to 13. Totally different experience. Nice shade trees and the firepit was down by the river and gave us plenty of space. Recommend the river sites.

There is a nice walking path all around the campground.

Location is 10 minutes from Black Mountain, which right now due to Covid doesn't have much going on. It is about 20 minutes to Asheville.

Includes cable, wifi and full hook-up.

Stayed here in mid August for a couple of nights on our way to Grayson Highlands SP to break up the drive from GA.

First time trying a KOA. Overall it was very crowded and the sites too close together. I literally couldn’t open my awning without almost touching the trailer next to us. Nor did I feel comfortable using the fire ring for the same reason

The sites around the lakes are very nice. We stayed in section C which is between a lake an a river and it was very picturesque. The only issue with being next to the lake is there is a LOT of goose and duck poop, like everywhere. Not sure there's anything they can do about that but it's inevitable, you're going to step in it.

The sites that are not around the lakes are very close and crowded.

Wifi was good.

Our site had water and electric, no sewer connection, which normally isn't an issue, but that turned out to be a big issue when we left. More below.

The facilities were all very clean. They escort you to your site. In general it seems like a nice campground.

There is a dump station and it is by far THE WORST dump station I have ever seen. The drain pipe is about 8 inches above the ground and surrounded by a lot of "water" that has nowhere to drain, so there is all kinds of, lets call it "debris", floating around in it. Then there is no way to turn around once your parked at the dump station. DO NOT drive forward thinking you can just drive around the lake, even though there is clearly a road on the map. You'll get about 1/4 of the way around and see a "no vehicles" sign but the turnaround is far to tight for anything more than a small TT.

We needed a place last minute and they had sites available, but next time we will probably stay somewhere else.

We ended up staying here last minute, so that was a plus, this place is huge. But overall didn’t enjoy.

Pros-1. last minute availability 2. Needed to stay an extra night due to needing service on the trailer 3. Nice river and lake spots (not that we were given one) 4. Little shop and fire wood for sale.

Cons- 1. The biggest one (no social distancing whatsoever in the age of COVID) large groups and kids playing everywhere. Not the end of the world on our trip we’ve seen so much but we kept to ourselves 2. The sites are crammed!! We did luck out with no neighbors, but if they placed anyone in either spot left or right of us I would have left and found a parking lot. (I would compare these sites to the parking spots at Home Depot) 3. Plenty of much nicer spots were available and not offered (didn’t realize until we were walking the dog-too late to change) 4. Not close to downtown where everything was. 5. WiFi was not good

This might be a great family get away where kids can run around and play, then maybe this is a spot for you. Just wasn’t for me.