Adventure Bound Campground Gatlinburg

Staff will STEAL and DESTROY your belongings!!!! I had booked a two night stay and was so excited to end my vacation here as it looked like a beautiful campground and our site was right next to a stream. My fiance and I camp in our roof top tent that is connect to the roof of my car, and on the first night there was a rain storm. The following morning, we unclipped our waterproof rain cover from our tent, laid it out to dry on our site with a few other belongings(towels, mats, etc.) and placed rocks on each corner of the cover and nicely hung our towels out to dry(the manager Mary Sprague informed us when we checked in that we were able to leave belongings on our site out as long as nothing was food related). When we returned that evening, our site was completely empty and our Thule waterproof rain cover was taken. It was raining again on our second night and we needed the rain cover in order to open the tent, or else it would get soaked. We called the manager to inform her of our situation and how our belongings were missing, and long story short one of the groundsmen removed all of our belongings from our site because he was"under the impression that we had checked out early", despite there being no confirmation of us saying so and we had left our site and our belongings in an organized fashion, not haphazardly and looked as if we had left in a rush. We were told by Mary Sprague that the groundsman cleaner had thrown our cover in the dumpster early that morning, so that evening they went digging through the dumpster in order to retrieve it. The craziest thing, they had saved our used, wet towels but threw away an almost$200 Thule rain cover??? Does not make much sense as to why they would keep the towels but throw away the cover, unless the groundsman took it for himself and they made an excuse of it"being thrown away in the dumpster" because at first they were not going to look for it and wanted to give me a$10 blue tarp and send me on my way. I argued that the cover fit specifically to my tent and it wasn't just one that you could pick up at Walmart. They finally went and got it and brought it back and it was covered in disgusting, foul smelling stains. Their attempt at cleaning the cover removed the polyurethane coating in which made the cover waterproof. Not only that, wherever they sprayed chemicals or the cleaning solution, it stained the entire area, changing my grey color to a nasty yellow and was sticky to the touch. I was given back the cover in a sopping wet, stinky ball with a shrug of the shoulders and told"sorry for this". I have left various emails in which no one has responded, and phone calls to employees who have told me that management will return my call, but nothing has been done. I am not only out an almost $200 rain cover that fit specific to my roof top tent, but I had to leave the campground that night due to the storm and spend another$150 on a hotel room. Would absolutely not recommend this campground to anyone unless they want their belongings stolen and damaged!!! Below are photos of our stained cover as well as an image of how we left our campsite that morning before our items were taken.

The bugs, flies, gnats, mosquitoes you name it. Swarms of them as we were setting up. Sites are not level. When we first got there we had a trickle of water. Thought it was us. Husband worked outside trying everything for 40 min with 99 degrees temps, humidity to match AND getting eaten up by flies. Finally said call the office. I did only to find out their tank gets empty and they have to fill it everyday around 11. Next morning got up to take a shower at 7, no water. Too many people took a shower earlier so ran out of water. We were there for a wedding and hoping we could get a shower b/4 the wedding! Pool looked and smelled clean, nice laundry, spaces were sufficient in size. We called the office # about the water a second time and got their Florida office. A guy answered and we ask about the water and he said I’m in reservations in Florida. The connection was terrible and couldn’t understand him. My husband ask if he could transfer us and he rudely shouted..”I just told you I’d transfer you!!” We complained to the local campground and were told that she gets complaints all the time about him. Said she’d report it again. We offered to call if she’d give us the number and she said she’d take care of it. It’s a long way into town from campground. Not some place we’d stay again because of the water situation and it’s not cheap! $72 a night to not have water when you want it!

 This campground is in Gatlinburg, but is almost all the way to Cosby. The campground has RV sites, tent sites, cabin rentals, and rv rentals as well. There are several riverfront sites. The campground is large and has several amenities, such as a game room, pool, alpine water slide, fishing pond, and playground. This is a great campground for kids, but is also very quiet at night, even when the campground is full. There is a camp store, that sells camping essentials and souvenirs, and ice cream. There was a shaved ice truck there on the weekend also. We stayed in site 213, which is a riverfront site, however there were campers on the other side of the river. I would recommend staying in one of the riverfront sites on the other side of the park, they would be a little more private. My brother and family stayed in one of the rental campers, and it was nice, however not very clean, despite being charged a cleaning fee. The campground is near the Greenbriar area of the Smokies, and there’s great hiking and fishing nearby. Overall a great spot.

This is a large campground resort that offers cabins, spaces and hookups for RVs and travel trailers, and camping spots for tent camping. We have stayed here in a tent and in a camper so I can give a pretty good review as a camper here. The tent spaces were pretty large and very shaded and wooded. They offer electrical and water, and have a designated firepit and picnic table. We did not feel like we were on top of our neighbors at all, and with all the trees we were able to set up our hammocks easily. When we returned with our camper we still had a very wooded space,(although there are sections for larger RVs that are typical RV park spots that don't have much room or trees.) Our spot was on the river towards the back of the campground and felt secluded and was very shadedand and awesome. We were a little far from the pool, but still within walking distance, it was ok. The kids had room to play and explore and we were close to the playground, where many kids were playing, so my kids had a great time. The campground offers events on weekends, like pool parties and water balloon fights and scavenger hunts, and there is a gameroom on grounds for older kids. The pool is huge and there is a mountain waterslide and inflatables for the kids(and some grownups too) to enjoy. We loved camping here and felt that it was great for kids and tweens and teens. Probably not the best place if you want a quiet getaway though, lol. Also restrooms were okay, not the worst but not the best.