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Apple Valley Farm is located in the heart of the Rumbling Bald Resort at Lake Lure, NC. For those who like a variety of activities, you will find a great assortment here. Whether you are an outdoors person, a golfer, a creative individual, a shopper or someone just wanting to relax, no place is more pastoral and serene!!!
959 Buffalo Creek Road
Lake Lure, NC 28746
WARNING: Do not rely on your GPS
From Route 40
Exit 85, HWY 221 South towards Rutherfordton
Travel 18.7 miles on HWY 221 South to exit for HWY 64 West/74A
On the exit, right turn at stop sign. Travel 0.4 miles to stop sign, which continues to be HWY 64 West/74A
Right turn onto HWY 64West/74A
Travel 12.7 miles on HWY 64 West/74A to right onto Bills Creek Road
Travel 1.8 miles on Bills Creek Road to left onto Buffalo Creek Road
Travel 1.7 miles on Buffalo Creek Road to Apple Valley Farm Motorcoach Resort (on left at the top of the hill, look for the red barn on the left)
Do not pass the resort in a coach as turning around requires accessing the resort and negotiating tight turns
From Route 26 from coming from South Carolina
Merge on HWY 74 East
Travel 5 miles on HWY 74 to exit for Lake Lure/RT 9
Travel 13 miles on RT 9 North to stop sign. At this stop sign turn right onto HWY 64 East/74A
Travel 2.8 miles on HWY 64 East/74A then left onto Bills Creek road
Travel 1.8 miles on Bills Creek Road to left onto Buffalo Creek Road
Travel 1.7 miles on Buffalo Creek Road to Apple Valley Farm Motorcoach Resort (on left at the top of the hill, look for the red barn on the left))
Do not pass the resort in a coach as turning around requires accessing the resort and negotiating tight turns
Class A RV Resort in the Mountains of Western NC. This resort consist of 46 privately owned RV lots. Nestled about 1/2 mile from Rumbling Bald Resort. There is a farm stand right out front for fresh vegetables and Victory Kitchen Restaurant. Easy access for Chimney Rock, Asheville, and Hendersonville. Lots of new restaurants in Lake Lure to try out. You can rent through Rumbling Bald Resort and also some owners list lots for rent on FB and RVparkstore.com.
If you rent through Rumbling Bald, you are charged a “resort fee” of $99 and get access to the resort. If you rent directly from an owner, you don’t pay the fee, nor do you have access for pool and beach on the lake. AT&T service is good and the WiFi is fair.
We stayed at AVFM resort several weeks ago. We rented site #151 which was nice. It's a very quaint and quiet resort. We also enjoyed breakfast at the farmhouse on the property and it was delicious. They were very busy so it took awhile to get out order. But no worries, we were on mountain time. We took advantage of the swimming pool at Rumbling Bald resort which is also nice. All in all, we had a very good time at the resort and will return. Thank you AVFMR!!
I will start with the positive. Apple Valley Farm is a nice RV resort with views of a pond and mountains. The owners at this resort are extremely nice and helpful. There is a nice Produce Stand located on the property with fresh veggies and fruits (which should be mentioned on the website). There is a restaurant onsite but we did not go there (Victory's).
The negative. Resort is managed by Rumbling Bald Resort on Lake Lure. They seem clueless that there is an RV resort that they manage. When making reservation online we picked Lot 133 for $70 a night (we stayed four nights). Please be warned that there are additional fees that you incur. Excluding taxes, our $70 per night stay ended up costing $98 per night (i.e., resort fee [$60], accidental damage waiver fee [$39] and processing fee [$12.46]).
When I received confirmation of my reservation it stated that I should drive my RV to Rumbling Bald Resort for check-in. My husband and I tried calling numerous times to talk to a person to make sure this was correct because we did not want to get stuck trying to turn around a 40 foot RV. After 3 days we finally got the information we needed to be successful (sort of).
The Lot. Could not use fire pit or gas grill. Lighting was not working and hubby was able to fix half as a cut exposed wire was noticed on the other side. Lot was not presented well on arrival. Obviously, the resort did not inspect lot for trash or clean-up.
Beautiful small class A RV resort. Our GPS went haywire once in the mountains and I was happy I took a screenshot of the resort’s directions beforehand. The resort and surrounding area is beautiful. We took the Lake Lure tour and climbed Chimney Rock.
First visit. Going back again in October. Owners are friendly and welcoming. Lot rentals are very reasonable. Views are great.
