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The Best Yurt Camping in North Carolina

Do you prefer camping but don't want to rough it? Yurts are a great option. Yurt camping near Paint Fork is a great way to travel off the beaten path. Find the right yurt for you with our user-submitted photos, reviews, and tips. The Dyrt's camping photos, reviews, and tips are an easy way to find the right North Carolina yurt for you.

Paint Fork

The Best Yurt Camping Near Paint Fork, North Carolina

Immerse yourselves in a unique nature experience on 60 acres of secluded paradise in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Our 3 glamping sites offer privacy and modern amenities including BBQ grill, fire pit, heated shelter, memory-foam bed(s), and solar power only 3 min from the Blue Ridge Parkway. Walk to our on-site waterfall or explore nearby Crabtree/Linville Falls just 20 mins away. Secluded but only 5 min drive to Walmart. Get off the grid and embrace the best parts of camping with your loved ones.

Our land is situated at a center point of some of the best hiking in North Carolina. Less than 45 mins from Linville Gorge, Mt. Mitchell, Grandfather Mountain, and Roan Mountain, and within 20 mins of 3 popular waterfall hikes at Crabtree Falls, Tom's Creek Falls, and Linville Falls. Over a mile from any residences on our own forested ridge, but only a 5 min drive to Walmart for quick supply runs!

Each of our 3 structures were hand-built on custom \~25' x 25' deck platforms in the Summer of 2022.

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**Site #1 Yurt: The Gnome's Yome**

- 1 Memory-Foam Queen Mattress
- Best long range views
- Outdoor gravity-fed shower (usually cold)
- Outhouse shared with Site #2



**Site #2 Dome: April's Treetop Dome**

- 1 Memory-Foam King Mattresses
- Highest elevation site with Black Mtn views
- Custom circular deck
- Outhouse shared with Site #1



**Site #3 Yurt: The Wild Fairy Inn**

- 2 Memory-Foam Queen Mattresses
- Covered kitchen area
- Largest deck space (300 sqft)
- Private outhouse



**The following amenities apply to all 3 glampsites. Please READ all below.**

**BEDS** \-- At each site, there are king or queen memory-foam mattresses. If someone would like to pitch their own tent by the fire pit at any site, they are welcome to.

**KITCHEN** \-- There is an outdoor kitchen equipped with a BBQ grill & single-stove burner cooktop, two 5-gallon water jugs, a sink basin, and a big cooler pre-filled with ice.

**POWER** \-- A 2000-Wh solar battery and 400W of solar panels provide plentiful power for device charging, lights, and a standing fan.

**HEAT** — A propane heater is provided with 20lb propane tank for heating. There are screened windows, a standing fan, and roof vent for cooling. The yurts/domes are not temperature controlled environments.

**BATH + SHOWER** \-- Each site will have a clean & private outhouse about 100ft walk from the site stocked with toilet paper, hand sanitizer, and sawdust. There is one outdoor shower available at the Site #1 Gnomes Yome.

**WIFI** \-- There is no wifi on-site, but there is LTE cell service for T-Mobile, AT&T, and Verizon (provider signal strengthens in that order).

**ACCESS** \-- You will park about 100-150 ft away from the sites and walk to them via a fairy-lit trail through the forest. NOTE you will drive on a mile of gravel road to get to the property that can be rough in a few areas. There is nothing steep, just chewed up and bumpy. (take it slow and steady and you will be fine).

\*\***FIRE**\*\*-- Fires are allowed in the fire rings only. There are fire rings at each glampsite. Gather your own fire material from the site or purchase a fire starter and firewood from Walmart to make things easy!

**TO-BRING-LIST:**

- Headlamp
- Sturdy shoes or boots
- Reusable water bottle
- Bug spray
- An extra layer or two!





Outercamp, Hoot Owl Ridge

Offering tiny house rentals, yurt glamping, elopements and more! We are the King Family! We love living and homesteading on these five acres in Asheville, NC. We enjoy exploring, imagining, daydreaming, and working to create our own little bit of bliss and sustainability.



Hidden Flower Tiny Farm

Located alongside the North Toe River, these beautiful camping rentals make the perfect glamping escape! The 16x20 tents offer different bed and floor plans. Each tent has lighting and electrical hookup. Glampers will enjoy cozy linens and furnishings, plenty of privacy, and close access to the shared facilities on-site which include Men and Women restrooms with hot water showers. Guests can park their vehicle right behind their tent. Great for romantic weekends or a family trip! **The River Camp is situated between the Toe River and an operating railroad. There is no set schedule on when the train runs. During contruction and the time ive lived on the property it is minimal. The kids seem to love it and it hasnt become a nuisance, more of a novelty to see an old train carving through the mountains!**



Rusty's Roost River Camp

Eco Friendly Glamping Yurt in Roan Mountain TN

Off the grid Glamping Yurt located on the historic tweetsie trail & nestled on Doe River complete with queen bed, mountain views, full shower & bathroom, fire pit and grill. Take a stroll just feet away to the Doe River & cast a line, ride your bike or take a walk on the tweetsie trail or take a shuttle to hike the Appalachian Trail. Farm fresh eggs and fresh vegetables from our aquaponics greenhouse.



Roan Mountain Glamping

## Overview

Carolina Hemlocks Recreation Area sits in the scenic mountains of Pisgah National Forest. This is a great place for small to medium-sized groups to swim, fish, tube, hike, camp, picnic and simply relax in the cool shade of the forest.

## Recreation

The river provides endless hours of fun for families and water enthusiasts, including swimming and tubing. Anglers can also try their luck for trout and smallmouth bass from the shore. Picnickers will enjoy relaxing in the shaded picnic shelter set amidst the deep woods. After eating, visitors can take a leisurely walk along a one-mile trail or get a workout on a 3.8-mile trail.

## Facilities

Carolina Hemlocks Recreation Area offers 35 primitive campsites, sites equipped with picnic tables, tent pads, lantern posts and campfire rings with grills. The facility provides hot showers and restrooms with flush toilets. Campers can purchase firewood, ice, tee shirts, souvenirs.

## Natural Features

As the name suggests, Carolina Hemlocks Recreation Area is shaded by a thick hemlock forest with a mix of deciduous trees and rhododendrons. The facility is adjacent to the South Toe River and sits at an elevation of 2,900 feet. 

## Nearby Attractions

Visitors can enjoy scenic driving along the Blue Ridge Parkway or hiking in Mount Mitchell State Park.

Carolina Hemlocks Rec Area

Come enjoy the great outdoors with family and friends in the rolling hills of Western North Carolina at Emberglow Outdoor Resort. We’ve assembled [one-of-a-kind lodging options](<https://emberglowoutdoorresort.com/#lodging-options>) on 72 acres in a beautiful private valley, complete with spring-fed creeks and a night sky of a billion stars. We’re conveniently situated between Asheville, Charlotte, Greenville, and Columbia. At Emberglow, you can play outside on your own terms, limit your travel time, and disconnect from the daily hamster wheel. It is our mission to deliver to our guests an exceptional place to enjoy the great outdoors with a variety of comfortable lodging options.



Emberglow Outdoor Resort

Located along 1600 ft of the North Toe River, Buck Hill Campground is the perfect place for families to relax and play! We offer sixty-nine large shady RV sites, each equipped with picnic tables, fire pits, and full hookups with 20, 30, and 50 amp service. 

The campground features 144 acres of hiking trails in the Blue Ridge Mountains.  Enjoy a lazy ride down the river on one of our river tubes, spend the day fishing from our trout filled waters stocked by the State Hatchery, or enjoy a challenging hike to the top of Buck Hill Mountain!  

Primitive tent campers will enjoy our open grassy fields overlooking our pond, as well fire rings, picnic tables, water spigots, and several wooden deck pads. For those that like to camp but prefer to sleep on a bed as opposed to pitching a tent, enjoy our camping cabins!! And if you prefer “glamping” then our new tiny home cabins provide all the amenities of home! If you are looking for a quiet family & pet friendly campground, you’ve just found your new home away from home!

Buck Hill Campground

Campfire Lodgings

Come and relax in our beautiful, fun and friendly campground. Stoney Creek Oasis is situated at the foot of Mt. Pisgah in Western North Carolina.  We are surrounded by mountains in a wooded setting with a beautiful babbling creek running along the side of the campground. We have over 21 camping sites, including 10 tent camping sites along the creek as well as a selection of fully furnished glamping yurts and 2 RV sites.

This area of the Smoky Mountains is a bucket list tour for motorcycle riders, and we have small fleet of 9 motorcycles for rental if you should choose to explore the mountain parkways or ride the nearby Tail of the Dragon.  

Not just a regular campground, think of Stoney Creek Oasis as a virtual transformational spa in the mountains.  Ask about session with resident energy healer, Blake.  And don’t miss out on our upcoming events as we will be holding transformational seminars and retreats throughout the year.

All of our tent sites are grassy, and each has it’s own fire pit and picnic table.  There is a rustic shower yurt where you can take hot showers.

Come explore Western North Carolina and see all that the Smokies and Stoney Creek Oasis has to offer!

Stoney Creek Oasis

Mountain Stream RV Park is at about 1800′ elevation in the middle of the Pisgah National Forest, nestled in a narrow valley surrounded by mountains on all sides. Beautiful Buck Creek flows through this valley and along two sides of the campground. The Blue Ridge Parkway is only about 3 miles away, but it’s 5 miles by road.

We are surrounded by gorgeous mountain scenery. You can take in many of the interesting attractions that are only a short drive away or you can just relax by the stream and listen to the cold clear water flowing over the rocky stream bed. And speaking of the stream, there’s trout in that thar’ water. All of our sites have full hook-ups – power (30 & 50 amp), water, sewer and cable TV.

Mountain Stream RV Park

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