If a distinctive camping experience is what you’re looking for, Mama Gertie’s is the place for you! Carved into the side of a mountain, we offer stepped sites with campground views on our lower tiers. Our top or 3rd tier offers stunning vistas. Four sites boast private decks with a swing, cafe table and fire pit. These sites fill up quickly as you can imagine!

Most of our sites offer full hookups and 30/50 amps. We do have several water and electric only sites that are perfect for pop-ups, tear drops and more petite campers. These sites are located a short walk to our clean and well maintained bathroom facilities.

We cater to motorhomes, 5th wheels and travel trailers including pop-ups and micro campers! In addition, we are renovating a portion of our campground. Stay tuned for new lodging offerings coming late summer 2023!

We are conveniently located near many local recreational options, right in the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Check out the local farmer’s markets, art galleries, craft breweries or shop to your heart’s content at one of the many antique and specialty stores in the area. Tour the famous Biltmore Estate. Cruise the Blue Ridge Parkway. Visit Black Mountain and Montreat. After a full day, return to the serenity that is Mama Gertie’s and enjoy a campfire with friends and family.

We’re open year round, so make your reservation today!



Mama Gertie's Hideaway Campground

We visited this campground to escape the torrential downpour in early June that threatened to flood the KOA east campground down the road. First thing you notice when you pull in is that this is a gated campground; you need a passcode or a buzz in from the office to enter. Once you pass through the gate the other first thing you notice is that the roads are steep! I've read about this from other reviews and sometimes you shrug off these statements as personal perspective, thinking it won't be that bad. But let me tell you, come prepared! It's doable, but you better have good traction going up and good brakes coming down. Once you get past the steepness, you'll see that the campground is very nicely laid out. The sites are terraced on the side of the hill (fairly level considering the steepness) and the landscaping is well-cared for and beautiful.  Sites look like they have been recently graveled and there are nice picnic tables and above ground fire pits at each site. There is decent spacing between sites for a sense of space, but close enough that it feels like a neighborhood. At the top of the first hill is a dog park. Keep going up and there is another neighborhood at the top and here is where you get the views. It is flat and cleared up in this section, but the sites are arrayed in a rather funky fashion (see map). Some are lined up parallel in the usual fashion, while others are parallel to the road and unless they are occupied, hard to tell the difference between the road and the site. All the sites up here are crammed in closer together, and the rare, few (deluxe) sites have wooden decked with swings overlooking a tremendous view of Mt. Mitchell and the Blue Ridge. The bathrooms are clean. For tent campers, your sites are in a separate area next to the cabins. It's a little tight getting down to the tent camper area, with only enough space for one smallish vehicle to park for each space. The exercise room, camp store, and laundry are all down in the two-story office building. 

In all, this is a very nice campground. A little more expensive than the surrounding places, but you make up for it in how well it is taken care of. It is convenient to both Asheville and Black Mountain. While we were in the area we visited both, drove on the Blue Ridge parkway, hiked Mount Mitchell and the trails around Montreat, and visited Hendersonville (highly recommend this cute little town).  And of course there is a lot we didn't do, the Biltmore Estate being at the top of this list. Happy camping!

A small, deluxe campground in the mountains, 15 minutes to Asheville

First time staying in a private campground.   Sites, although close together,  were clean and neat.  Wife very happy with clean bathrooms &amp; shower facilities.   The top portion has beautiful views but no shade at all.  I would be willing to revisit. 

Clean & neat

Loved this place - great sites, clean bathrooms, nice showers, it was all good! Hope to come back!

Fantastic stop!

Very much enjoyed our 2 recent stays here. The staff are very friendly and helpful. The road to get there is steep but obviously doable even with our 38’ gas MH. We stayed at the premium sites on top. The views are terrific, the sites have adequate space and the campground is very well maintained. If you are looking for a campground near Asheville where you can relax after a long day then this fits the bill well. 

Fantastic Views and Friendly Staff

We didn’t know what to expect when we reserved our campsite at Mama Gertie’s but we were blown away! We stayed in the upper campground which required a drive up a steep road from the lower to upper sites - but it was absolutely worth the trip. Stunning views of the Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains plus great facilities. There is a bathhouse and laundry facility in the center of the upper campground plus full hookups at each site. There are a number of pull through sites that also get their own porch and porch swing right on the edge of the mountain. We had a back-in site with great views of the mountains. Still our overall favorite campground - and the city of Asheville is a blast too. 

Stunning Campground

We were amazed at the views from the top part of the campground where we were lucky to stay!  The entire campground was clean and private. We will definitely be back. 

Views for Days!

What a great campground - definitely one of our new favorites! We stayed on site 37 and wow, the views! The staff was super friendly and helpful and the CG was so quiet in the evenings. Definitely an A+ campground. The only thing we would
say is to be very careful if you’re up on one of the premiere Mountain View sites when you’re pulling your trailer down exiting the CG - it can be seriously steep and a tight turn or two. The bathrooms were spotless and we loved the location of this place! 

A Lovely Campground! 

We had a mountaintop site- not with the deck, but still up top. The campground is really beautiful and well maintained. The bathhouse up top seemed to be brand new. It had two full bathrooms with toilet, sink, and zero entry large shower. There was also a laundry room adjacent. There’s a mountaintop community deck with rocking chairs, and a wonderful swing sort of on the edge of the mountain- which was a lovely place to watch sunsets! 

We camp in an a-frame pop up, and this campground definitely seems more for the bigger rig crowd. You can’t have any shelters outside since you can’t stake anything down. We usually cook entirely outdoors, and without being able to bring our cooking equipment, we couldn’t cook most things. No big deal, Asheville has some amazing restaurants. I also figure they don’t want people leaving cooking equip out since there’s a bear in the area. 

We visited in the summer, and it was insanely hot on top of the mountain. Without being able to put up our canopy or screen room, there was no reprieve from the sun- not really the campground’s fault obviously, but something to consider! 

When we were checking in, there was a sign at the front desk saying we couldn’t leave our dog in our camper, which was a surprise. They need to post this rule on their website and in the terms and conditions they make you accept prior to arrival. It complicated things for us, since now we couldn’t cook really at camp, and had to find dog friendly restaurants (which there are plenty in Asheville) and sit outside in the intense August heat. We usually leave our dog in the camper for maybe an hour when we go to meals with temperature monitored. 

It didn’t affect us as we don’t use one, but we were also informed upon arrival that you cannot put up a dog pen/fence. Again, this was not on their website, and I think it should be as many people do use them. 

The site we were on, 42, was right on top of the adjacent site. A lot of the sites seemed really packed in tight. The only ones that didn’t were the top tier premium sites with a deck. 

Overall, if you don’t need to set up anything outside or expect to be able to leave your pet in your camper, this is a beautiful campground. We probably won’t be back as it’s just not our jam. 

Beautiful campground, but not for us 

My mom and 5 month old daughter stayed here in November. As newbie campers, we were impressed with the ease of this camp ground despite its topography. We were in a 28ft class C camper and took trips to Black Mountain and Asheville without trouble.
The sites are staggered, so it feels private even though you have neighbors. Bathrooms are very clean, and easy to access. 
The change of colors in the trees during our stay was a huge treat! 
I cannot wait to come back :)

Beautiful, First Timer Friendly

The scenery and views are great here.  I mean really good.   What isn’t so hot is navigating a 35 foot class a into the tight spots.  Luckily the staff were very helpful.   The office staff have a lot of rules that are strictly enforced with a capital S.  That took away from a really good trip.  

Beautiful!

Super quiet, well spaced sites. Even at the bottom of the mountain where the sites are tight they are laid out in a way to make you feel like you have plenty of room. Bathhouse was immaculate.

Beautiful

Very nice campground, easy to get to. Not much to do there, but view at tier three is amazing. Facilities were brand new, and the wifi was good, cell signal as well. 

Amazing view at the top

Our stay at Mama Gertie’s did not disappoint. We splurged for Father’s Day weekend and stayed in the top section. The view from our private deck and swing was breathtaking. ￼

Each side comes with a fire pit and grill rack. The rock aggregate is fairly fresh and clean, so there is no issue with potholes or dirt when it rains. The showers and bathrooms are clean and nice enough. The on-site laundry was also in good working order. ￼ the campground Wi-Fi was pretty good, but I will admit being a little disappointing when I paid for the upgraded bandwidth. I was supposed to get 40m down, but the speed test revealed I was getting three. ￼ it was also a little annoying that I had to constantly log back in to the network.

There is no shade in this top section. That said, all of the sites down the hill have a beautiful canopy just without the view. ￼