Rutledge Lake RV Park

We came here for several weeks in July and enjoyed ourselves. It is a lovely, well maintained place. Quiet as well, which is a big plus. There is a small pond for fishing but we just enjoyed sitting on the dock in the rocking chairs in the evening. Our 3 year old loved the train that came around and gave the children rides. The pool was pretty crowded but that is to be expected when it is hot and sunny. Better recycling bins would be a good idea. We are thoroughly enjoying our year traveling in our motorhome.

The customer service at this place was great.
What a great staff. Clean bathrooms and huge showers with inviting music and not much traffic in them.
However there were a few disgruntlings we had and overheard constantly from other campers. Questions on whether or not the pool was kept to regulated health standards, the recycle and trash dumps seemed to be at their max the majority of the time, the wifi absolutely didn’t work. Period. except for at the main office. makes me question what else is going on that we don’t know about. It’s the little things that matter and for the most part this campground did so much right, why not make it all right and eliminate the low murmurs of questioning campers all together?

Staff was very friendly and helpful. Park was beautiful, clean and well kept. Perfect up until time to wash a couple of loads of clothes. Only 2 out of 6 washers operating and 3 out of 5 dryers operating. We had to wait on both. Others folks very unhappy about it and it had been reported 3 days earlier by one of the residents. Other than that, perfect place to stay!

This park is well run. We were escorted to our spot by golf cart. The park is clean and well kept. Bathrooms are nice. We were here in heavy rain. The site took the rain well and was dry the next morning. There is a playground for kids and a stocked fishing pond. The park is close to Bent Creek, which is great for mountain biking and running, and the NC Arboretum. We will stay here again. Don’t come here looking to be entertained, but it is a great base camp. I would give 4 stars, but this park is too good for 2.5 avg rating on Unilocal,so I im upping the score.

I absolutely love this campground. It probably isn’t the ideal place if you have kids and plan on spending a majority of your time in the campground during your stay. It is nice & quite! The bathrooms are very clean, the grounds are kept up and they have an outdoor pool. I have stayed here several times in their cabins which are also wonderful. They are located around so much to do and see. We usually stay there for all our visits to the Biltmore which they sell the discount tickets for as well.

THE most boring park on the planet. Nothing going on here. There are NO ongoing activities for seasonal or regular campers, nothing except a few lame attempts on very few holidays and even those fell flat. Labor Day weekend, they advertised free ice cream from 6 – 8. At 7 nothing was there. NO WIFI barely, we had to go to the local library to receive it during busy times. Don’t bother bringing your laptops or tablets. Everyone is competing for WI-​FI signal, and the sites are so close together you can touch the next one over. They are all gravel. The pool has not been heated in 2 years, its cold, this is the mountains! The clubhouse closes at 9pm during peak season, when there are tons of kids, it should be open later. One weekend the clubhouse was closed an entire weekend for a private gathering of some RV club. The staff up in the store is hit or miss, the first day we went in asking for directions to something merely 10 minutes away. The person working didn’t know how to get there or where it was on a local map. Also, there are TOO many rules. Campfires out by 11PM or else! For the price they charge, it didn’t offer the amenities we look for, we will not be coming back.

I would like to preface this review by stating that we came here for tent camping. If you have an RV, I have no idea what sort of experience is expected at an RV resort. The people in RVs at this place seemed very happy, and it looked like they had more space than other places I have seen.
We stayed here Memorial Day weekend, finding Rutledge Lake after realizing that all the walk up national park sites were already full. This place is primarily an RV resort, from what we could tell. We started off by taking a look at the available sites… there was one on gravel in between 2 RVs with no fire ring… that was a no. We were fortunate to see a relatively secluded area with plenty of trees next to a creek, and the staff was nice enough to bring a picnic table and fire ring to this site. We ended up having a nice stay, not ideal but at least we had a little privacy and even some foliage. The facilities were very clean, and although we had no use for it they do offer free wifi?
What really gets me about this place is that they charged us $ 50 dollars for one night of tent camping. I have never payed so much for a camp site, and frankly it’s a rip off! We were told that this was the «holiday weekend» price, and clearly we had no other options so we were forced to fork up fifty big ones for a patch of grass to pitch our tent on. There are plenty of beautiful places to camp in this area that cost $ 15 – 25 dollars per night and have more to offer your typical tent camper. Go there. If «there» is completely booked, Rutledge Lake Travel Park is a good option, but be prepared to sulk after you pay way too much for a mediocre site.