Exploring the BEST Mountain Towns in North Carolina! Five Day RV Camping Trip

Join my wife and I for a five day whirlwind tour of 11 mountain towns in our Rockwood Mini Lite RV. Our favorite towns thus far are Cashiers, Blowing Rock and Black Mountain. We stayed in four different campgrounds on this trip: Bear Hunter Campground in Bryson City, Rose Creek Campground in Franklin, Davidson River Campground in Brevard and Roan Mountain Campground in Roan Mountain Tennessee.

Individual RV trips:

0:00 intro
0:26 Bear Hunter Campground Bryson City
1:17 Road to Nowhere
3:39 Swain County Heritate Museum Bryson City
4:54 Sylva and Dillsboro
5:29 Rosewood Creek Campground and Cabins
6:12 Wayu Bald, Franklin
10:30 Glenville Lake near Cashiers
10:50 Brevard, Mud Dabbers Pottery
12:00 Looking Glass Falls Brevard
12:50 Hawg Wild BBQ Brevard
13:45 Davidson River Campground Brevard, setting up
14:08 Skytop Orchard Flat Rock
15:08 Davidson River Campground Brevard, night time and next morning
17:20 Lake Lure and Chimney Rock
19:44 Black Mountain
20:33 Little Switzerland
22:13 Roan Mountain State Park TN
26:54 Heading home and Video Outro

North Carolina mountain towns we visited on this trip:

Bryson City
Sylva
Dillsboro
Franklin
Brevard
Hendersonville
Flat Rock
Saluda
Lake Lure
Little Switzerland
Black Mountain

Towns we skipped on this trip:

Fontana Dam
Murphy
Cherokee
Burnsville
Beech Mountain
Marion

Towns we have already visited in the past:

Ashville
Cashiers
Sapphire Valley
Banner Elk
Boone
Blowing Rock
Highlands
Maggie Valley

[kelseybordeaux]

Me and my Husband just bought 11 acres a few miles outside of Bryson, we can't wait to move and get our Homestead started! It's a Dream come true to finally move to the Mountains.

[LaserRanger]

I've been in almost every state and I find this part of the country the most beautiful of all.

[dizquier]

I'm from the area, great video. The reason the trees up at wayah bald looked like that is because of a forest fire that covered the whole mountain back in 2016. It burned the fire tower down too, all that was left was the rock base. (They rebuilt it). Before the forest fire there were trees and shrubs everywhere to the point it wasn't possible to see the fire tower from the parking area. One good thing about the fires is that it cleared the trees revealing a fantastic almost 360 view at the top.

[angelbulldog]

Our state is breathtaking from mountains to Outer Banks (or OBX, as the locals call them). I hope and pray I don't ever need to live anywhere else. Tar Heel born and bred. So grateful for that.

[zachcherry]

Jason, forgot to mention Chimney Rock is amazing, some amazing views from the very top. Last of the Mohicans with Daniel Day Lewis was filmed there. Best last 10 minutes to a movie ever!! Lol

[zachcherry]

Stayed in Black Mountain a little over a year ago. One of the nicest small towns I’ve ever been too. That whole area is amazing!

[sjcproductionsandmedia]

I'm from around Asheville NC and I've been to the Rocky Mtns recently and I'm telling you NC mountains are superior. The thing about Estes Park, CO is that there's no seclusion and NC offers the Let's find some beautiful place to get lost vibe!

[NurseyPooh]

Brevard is a wonderful town. Downtown area is great! I keep looking for the white squirrels!

[jasonwish-]

Please note that several of the towns we visited were just a quick drive by because of time restraints or it was out of season for that area. We will definitely be back to visit many again and venture out to see some new ones that you have recommened in the comments.

Check out our other RV State Park tours here:

[jeannapresnell]

I live n Marion NC but grew up in Old Fort. You blink you will miss Old Fort but Marion is growing. Lots of places to eat. You could visit the Linville Falls and Caverns not to mention Lake James. Head up to Little Switzerland for lunch and then go up Parkway to Mnt. Mitchell State Park. To bad the restaurant up top is closed now. Worked two seasons up there. Drove an hr each way from Marion but loved it because of its beauty. Watch out for the bikes though if you go in Spring through fall. I experienced something amazing the first yr. Bad weather had us closed for a few days but got the call for us to head on up around 10 am one day late fall. It had snowed and iced really bad. On way up it was beautiful because down n Marion it just looked like fall. Leaves blowing, cool weather but there was a spot right about a mile from top near the parks office that suddenly there was like a line. It turned into solid ice. By this I mean there was ice hanging on everything. Every tree, every bush, every thing you looked at but then you could turn and look at the rd behind you and it was a little blowing snow and leaves still blowing. I stopped and looked for 5 minutes at the transformation. I had never seen anything like it. Like 2 seasons . One stopped and one started. It was beautiful. Nice hiking trails too.

[evelyntennant]

We have a cabin in Rutherfordton . Went to many waterfalls I suggest you go to DuPont State Forest near Brevard and hike to Triple Falls water fall, High Falls and Bridal Veil Falls it’s amazing ! We go there every chance we get.

[veronicahensley]

You didn’t even finish the walk through the tunnel….there are hiking trails and is gorgeous

[punchfisttop]

WELCOME to my world friends!!! NC is the best.

[michaelstutzman]

Great job as always Jason! Love NC, especially the rural mountain areas.

[bjjones]

Thank you Jason, for taking me on you trip. Enjoyed much. We are moving to North Carolina. Still exploring towns/villages. So this was a treat to learn more. Best to you, wife and son. Kind regards, Jackie.

[eddiehudson]

I live north of Franklin when you where at the fire tower at Wayah you over looked my home. I love living here. Rose Creek is a great place.

[cgriggsiv]

Nice to see you and the wife out and about enjoying the sceneries of the road well deserved him and her vacation time

[gail]

Love our North Carolina mountain towns❤ I went on the Nantahala train ride out of Bryson City and loved getting to see the mountains where vehicles can't go. Nantahala means "land of the noon day sun". We were told it gets that name because there is one spot on the ride where the sun shines down each day at noon🌞 Also love the Cherokee Indian Reservation.

[garryramsey]

It’s pronounced tuck- uh-see-gee
Also: ap-uh-latch-uh
Way-ya
My ancestors were the first settlers in the Bryson City area. My fourth great grandfather was Moses Proctor. You may have seen the display about Proctor at the Heritage Center. Great video. Thank you

[jeniferokeywsu]

This is way different than your usual videos and I loved it! Fun to see the little towns and places where you stayed. So glad you and the wife could get out together after the FKT adventure.