Wilson's Riverfront RV Park — Hotel in Asheville

We arrived to our “locked-in” site and found that a run down, cluttered trailer would be our front yard (about 15 feet away). I immediately went into the |“office” and asked to be moved from my “locked-in” site. There was no way to look at the site prior to booking and it seemed to be the only one available when booking. Booking is done on line and communication from them is via e-mail only. They do not answer the phone and advise that if you e-mail, it will be answered in 24 hours. We did get changed to a different, and more pleasant site. The grass had been mowed a while back and it was mowed again on our 2nd day; however, weeds around our pad were knee high. The river bank, if you have a river front site, it not kept cleared at all so unless you are tall or have a Class A, you can’t see the river. There is no river access that we found. The place is a disappointment for sure for the price. It’s one redeeming quality is the wild-life. A mother rabbit and her three babies were homed in the yard right beside of our concrete pad and they were fun to watch. We were told there is a tame ground-hog that visits and can be hand fed. We have not seen him yet. ||The directions that we were given to get into the park were accurate. You cannot make the right turn into the park from the highway. You MUST go down the road and make the u-turn, then come back from that angle.||The noise from the interstate right above our site was LOUD. Hard to sleep when you think that an automobile may veer off the interstate and land on your rv as you sleep.||The public walkway/skateway/bicycle trail goes right through the park. Only registered guests are allowed to use the locked restroom/bath house and it was reasonably clean and the water hot. ||It was close to the Biltmore so that was a plus. There is a rental nearby for paddle boards, kayaks, canoes, but seriously the river is so muddy that I can’t imagine anyone would want to do those activities. The steps down to the river has so much vegetation growing on both sides of the narrow stairway that we would not go down. ||If you want to visit the Biltmore and don’t care much for amenities or lovely landscaping, this could be a good...

Key to real estate…..location, location, location. I bet 30 years ago before all the major highways were in place this was a very peaceful calm and serene location. But as I type this I am hearing the overwhelmingly loud and obnoxious sound of a Jacobson break on the numerous semi tractor trailers and dump trucks that blaze by here at ?? miles an hour. It’s enough to give you a headache for sure. Sleeping at night unfortunately is difficult due to the incessant Jacobson breaks employed by the trucks at night time, seemingly all hours of the night. The section of North Carolina should embrace a no engine braking ordinance but due to the steep hills that may not be doable.

The location right on the French Broad River is nice, the river is very calm and serene and the neighbors in the park are mostly quiet and non existent. We saw the camp host only once when she walked down to inspect me as I was washing my windows most likely to ensure I was not washing the entire RV.

The owner of the park is a very quiet non-social person and talking to him is quite difficult.

There were signs of recent flooding and heavy mud damage over the entire park however that was not mentioned to us once before arriving.

If one needs to spend a few days in Asheville the location of this park makes it doable as driving to town is a mere 2 to 5 miles away. Lyft and Uber are available and if you find the right driver makes for a very interesting and enjoyable trip. There is a bike path that runs straight down the middle of the park so you get a lot of transient activity in the park so it’s best to ensure most of your items are locked up.

It is a bit pricey for zero amenities and after October they close the bathhouse so obviously you have to be completely self-contained to stay here.

I would recommend no more than 2 to 3 days max at this location if you need to stay...

Read many reviews before we booked our stay Friday December 29, 2023 - Tuesday January 2, 2024. Per the reviews, you should proceed past the entrance and turn around down Amboy Street at the Citgo station due to the sharp turn from the interstate off ramp into the park. We are in 34' motorhome with tow car, so we disconnected at the Citgo station then drove separate into our site. We booked our site online via Campspot.com which we have used before and our site # 7 was open and easy for me to back into when we arrived around 5:30PM, just before wintertime dark. The 50amp power, water and sewer hookups were within easy reach and our concrete site was quite level. I did notice some sites down from us (sites 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23 & 25) had considerable slope from the rear to the front and motorhomes backed in with levelers down had their front tires high in the air and needed extra steps. Park is small with only 28 sites. The waterfront sites appeared to be shorter in length than the hillside sites and at least one had no hookups. There is a public walkway through the entire park, and you see many people walking dogs, jogging, running & riding bikes right down the middle of the park all day long. Would suggest not leaving any valuables outside at night as there is no security and public has 24-hour access. We did not have any contact with staff, it did appear one campsite was occupied by person who came around every morning around 11AM in golf cart to pick up bagged trash. We found no Wi-Fi or cable TV so use your cellular hotspot and/or satellite TV, both worked well for us. We took our two dogs and walked them down the public walking trail during the day and the other direction at night as there were ample overhead city streetlights heading down Amboy Street. Would stay again if we decide to visit Asheville area...