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The Heart Center

The Heart Center sits on 30 acres of beautiful forest land and it is surrounded by the Nantahala National Forest.  The place is an old school site that was literally left to be buried by the forest, until I came along and decided to fix it up, and create a holistic sanctuary for people wishing to get away from it all. A place where one can heal, contemplate, re-energize, and relax in a quiet and pristine environment. Feel secluded enough to experience your own inner stillness; and, yet, connected enough to enjoy many beautiful area attractions that are just minutes away such as: Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest, Fontana Dam and the Appalachian Trail, 20 Mile Ranger Station, Cherohala Skyway, and Santeetlah Lake!The Heart Center is about love, unity, harmony, joy and re-connecting with ourselves, others, and Mother Nature. At the Heart Center, we take special interest in providing our guests with a uniquely peaceful, positive, comfortable, and relaxing experience! Whether you are laying on a hammock, walking the labyrinth, or just sitting on the deck taking in the sights and sounds, we want you to enjoy. 

Campsites are nestled in the woods and have tent pads, tables and fire pits with grill.

Let your dreams drift into the dream catcher!

Be enveloped by nature's mystical transformations!

Woke up to a beautiful, sunny morning. What a wonderful spot for sipping coffee! 

Comfy bed, great energy, light and bright.

Surprisingly spacious - three of us plus a dog fit inside, with room to spare.

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Gem City RV Resort

Open All Year

Property is located in Franklin NC ~ 2 miles from downtown Franklin.

Nightly Rate: 50.00
Weekend & Holidays: 55.00

Weekly :300.00

Monthly: 800.00

We are a new park with 10 full hook up sites.

Age 18+

Laundry

Bathrooms IN PROGRESS

Nearby attractions:

Harrah's Cherokee Casino

Gem Mining

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Great Smoky Mountains Railroad

Appalachian Trail

Waterfalls

Whitewater Rafting

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Valleytown Riverside Camping

We have been here 4 years. The homestead is over 100 years old.

Located 7 min from the sleepy little mountain town of Andrews, NC. We have 16 pristine acres of (mostly) defunct farmland in western Cherokee County. You can pitch a tent by the river, hammock camp up the mountain or park your RV in the field. We have trails to hike, goats to pet, and of course we have beautiful mountain views! Infrastructure is still being developed, currently we have two standard 110 30a outlets in the field. The rest of the property has no power or water.

We are located on a main (paved) road. Motorcycles, tents, hammocks, or RV's, are welcome. Two brewery's and a winery in town. White water rafting on the Nantahala river 9 min away. Nantahala Outdoor center and the Appalachian trail 23 min away. Cherokee, NC the south entrance to the Great Smoky Mountain is 45 min away. Waterfalls, hiking, fishing, off-roading, and ziplining are other popular recreation ideas in the area.

Silverbell Wood

Covered in Carolina Silverbells, (hence the name Silverbell Wood), Flame Azaleas and Dogwoods, this property is a part of the Southern Appalachians which is one of the most diverse and unique ecosystems in the world due to it's topography and natural history. We have 5 distinct micro-ecosystems on our land! We cherish and monitor the health of the land which has proven to be fruitful with the increase of the salamander population (an indicator of ecosystem health), in the past few years! Our 6 acres is a labor of love, maintained and improved entirely by the owners, Stephan Hart and Nicole Harris. 

The layered mountain view from the road between the shower and the site.

Enjoy a meal on our new picnic table built from recycled materials.

The the camping area sits between the kitchen shelter and the deck.

The kitchen shelter with the outhouse in the background

The shower/bathing shelter sits just off the road from the site, a short walk away. Hang a shower bag, or have a bucket bath in privacy.

The lounging deck has a few chairs, a moveable picnic table and eyelet hooks for one hammock.

The composting pit toilet is open-air, but enclosed for privacy and has hooks galore to hang your important things.

The kitchen shelter contains a broad counter top for prepping, cooking, storing gear etc.

Old, salvaged National Park campfire ring with flip-top grate for grilling!

Hear the Birds not the road!!

Family owned and operated by Cindy and Andre Roestenberg with the help of Grandy Elizabeth and daughter Annie 21 who just graduated nursing school. Andre is from Holland the Netherlands and Cindy is from New York City they met in Ft. Lauderdale got married and bought the campground in 1999. Annie was 3 years old. The campground was previously owned by Archie Watkins a famous singer from the gospel group called the Inspirations. Archie still comes thru the campground every now and again. The campground is the most beautiful one in the Smoky Mountains everyone that stays here always winds up coming back again and again. We hope you stay with us and become part of the Wilderness Family. Thank you.

The Baying Hound Campground

THE CAMPGROUND

The Baying Hound Campground is where rural Appalachia meets “keep Asheville weird.” You’ll see sleeping pods decorated by professional artists, structures made from upcycled building materials and permaculture experiments in the making. We’ve been described as “if a European hostel and an Appalachian campground had a baby.” Not quite glamping and definitely not KOA, we're happy to offer you a more social alternative to cookie-cutter lodging without breaking the bank.

*Van-lifers, truck-top-tenters and other vehicle dwellers* Y'all are welcome to book this spot! Note that the parking area is SEPARATE from the site pictured and you can NOT drive down to the site. You'll be sleeping in the parking area and still have access to all our facilities. 

SHARED CAMPGROUND AMENITIES:

- Indoor bathroom and sinks with hot and cold running water

- Indoor hangout area with couch, books and outlets

- Charging station for your phones and tablets behind our graffiti’d garage

- A re-imagined, yet decidedly old-school pit latrine

- Outdoor sink with cold running water (seasonal = April-October)

- Outdoor shower with solar-heated water* Mother Nature can be a little stingy with the sun, so unfortunately we can not guarantee that this will provide warm water. If nothing else, it'll be refreshingly brisk. :) (seasonal = April-October, CLOSED Nov-March)

- Community fire pit with wood for sale for $5 a packet

- Community charcoal grill (be sure to bring your own charcoal) + picnic table

- Omoplata Overlook hangout area with deck furniture, table, hammock and solar lights

- Multiple picnic tables where you can hang out & eat

- Wi-Fi zone with varying quality of internet (but you’re camping, so you should enjoy the outdoors and company of your friends :))

- Nearby Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu gym! Ask us more if you’re interested.

- Curiosity Trail  :)

THE NEIGHBORHOOD

The campground is located in the "Emma" area of Asheville. Also known as "Wild Wild West Asheville" (to distinguish it from regular West Asheville which is about 5 minutes' drive away), this is the last bastion of non-gentrified Asheville. Emma is completely un-zoned, so you get an interesting mixture of mostly residential and agricultural properties that scatter the area. The campground itself is tucked away in a 2-acre wooded valley.

We're about 10-15 minutes' drive away from

downtown Asheville and a $12-$15 Uber ride. Unfortunately, public transportation is not very accessible from the campground.

WHAT'S NEARBY?

- There are approximately a bajillion breweries in Asheville, many of which are within 5-15 minutes away.

- Downtown Asheville (~10-15 minutes), West Asheville (~5-10 minutes) and the River Arts District (~5 minutes) are full of city life fun - amazing restaurants, live music, shopping, art galleries and did we mention breweries?

-So much hiking! Choose your own adventure - waterfalls, mountain-top views, fog-drenched valleys, rambling rivers. There are some trails about 20 minutes away, but to get to the good stuff, you'll drive 40-90+ minutes.

- White water rafting ~60-90 minutes away

- Tubing down the French Broad River is the ultimate way to chill out in the sun. French Broad Outfitters, Zen Tubing and Lazy Otter are some companies that can take care of all the details for you. These are all 10-20 minutes away.

OUR HISTORY

We discovered this property in 2017, and quite by chance! We had finished working a seasonal job in Colorado and were on our way out to the coast to look into starting our own business. We happened to come through Asheville and casually stumbled across this property. Long-story-short, we put in a bid on the property. It was accepted, and now we have a real fixer-upper on our hands!

Here's some history on the property as reported by the previous owners:

The road you park on was the old county road, a long, long time ago. The couple who sold us the property is elderly, and the blue house you pass on the left on the way to park was where the wife grew up. In fact, that enormous pine tree on your right as you come up the road was the old lady's Christmas tree as a child.

The jiu-jitsu gym used to be an auction house. Then it was used as a dance hall. Then it became a cabinet-making space and finally a timber frame-making space. Over the past year we've converted it into a jiu-jitsu gym, although you can still see plenty of "upcycled" remnants of previous uses, all around the gym.

The campground area itself was slated to be turned into a trailer park. You can tell that the area was partially graded at one point or another. Thanks to that initiative, we have some convenient paths all around!

They decided not to follow through on setting up trailer pads since it was more money than they had bargained for. After that, the space was used as a black-market dump! Luckily the city shut it down, and after two spring seasons of cleaning up back there, we're left with what you see!

We're going to continue to pour our hearts, souls, creativity and probably more than just a little money into making "The Baying Hound Campground" a fun place to crash for a couple days while taking in all that is Asheville. Thanks for reading!

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