We booked a full week here in June. Never again.
Let me start with the pros…the staff is attentive and always working. The pond is nice with the ducks swimming around. Great location to thenwineries.
Cons:
There are no trees to be found near the sites, and in the heat of summer you need some shade. They park full size rigs in spots that shouldn't have anything over 26' feet in it. The sites that you back into have an over hang and creates a huge drop down. If you don't have additional wood or cement blocks, you can't stabilize your trailer. Every camper in our area was complaining about that and some actually had their stabilizers out as far as they could go. Some campers went out to buy things to step onto otherwise your step out of the camper was a jump. The campground is also close to the highway so the noise is louder than other areas.
One of the workers chased the ducks around the pond in his golf cart one day, not cool.
We camped back in June at Grandfather. It is a very large campground but doesn't feel that way. We were next to the stream near the entrance.
The facilities were very nice and you can hike right around the campground.
The campground is very close to Grandfather Mountain entrance. Perfect driving distance to Boone, Valle Crucis, and Banner Elk.
If you are into wineries…there is one almost next door and one in Banner Elk. The Blue Ridge Parkway is a short drive away as well.
It was easy to be transported to a relaxing time. Then only con was traffic noise from the two lane road. It is on the downgrade and the trucks traveling throughout the day are downshifting to lower gears. The noise can be heard through out the campground. The creek does sorta drowned it out or we either got used to it.
Rose Creek is a nice quaint campground. We stayed here back in April and felt right at home. The hosts were absolutely wonderful! Plenty of space for our travel trailer and not crammed in like some others.
It was obvious that the campground is under new ownership. They are improving a lot of the campground facilities and features. It was very clean and plenty of activities for families, especially being next to the gem mine.
We would stay again.