Has anybody done a weekend trip there? I am considering either the Bike Farm or Mulberry Gap and I was wondering what your impressions/experiences were.

Bikefarm is awesome.  We have a yearly trip we started last year and have already booked there again.  We hit dupont on day one then pisgah day 2. Perfect location and Cashion the owner will hang and talk with you about trails over a beer.  There are trails into pisgah right from the farm also.  Great setup for a mountain biking/camping weekend.  The tents and sites are huge and have a shower right on your site. The glamping is big and comfy and if you have an extra person or 2 they can camp in their own tent on site.  Highly recommend for family or guys trip.

Camp and ride and Bent Creek,....just from my experience I would go there, Great camp spots and very clean restrooms and showers...and Dupont and Pisgah are about 30 min away.

I haven't had a chance to check out the Bike Farm yet, but I can tell you that Mulberry Gap is worth the trip.  If you want to show up and ride, grab a shower and eat a great meal and enjoy some beers, without the need to set up camp or cook, this is the place to do it.   

Don't get me wrong, I enjoy a great camping trip as well, but there's something to be said for the cooking to be done for you and a bed to be ready and waiting.  All you need to bring is your bike, clothes and beverage of choice if you like, otherwise they sell a good selection of craft brews right there.   

They offer a shuttle to the top of the mountain which will give you roughly a 18-20 mile ride of mostly down hill trails.  There is a stretch of trail on the Pinhoti Trail (P2), that you can go literally a mile without pedaling.   

...did I mention there are hot tubs?   

IMHO, you have to hit this place at least once.   

If you love a tent and want to save a few bucks, you can camp there and still get in on the meals.  Ginnie, the head chef, puts out a great spread every meal.   

As you can tell, I'm a big fan of this place.

If you're looking for traditional car camping Davidson River is nice both for ammenities and access the pisgah trails that start by Lower Black (you can ride in easily from there).  It books up fast though and obviously you fight a lot of other campers.

I've stayed at Bike Farm once and it was a good experience.  Though (at least a year or so ago when i went) it pretty primative.  Either side of the gravel road sites or some you have to hike in a few hundred feet to get to (which is what we did).  There are no picnic tables or anything in most spots.  They were working on their own trail to get straight into Pisgah, but at the time i stayed there they weren't really recommending using it.   

They let you camp at Oscar Blues Reeb ranch outside of Dupont too, but i think that's just setting up a tent in a big field.

I've got a pretty large fifth wheel we camp with.  Anyone know any spots in the area to camp at.   

We regularly camp at Black Forest, but didn't know if there were other options. 

Thanks!

I went to a mountain bike clinic and stayed at Mulberry Gap. I rode the Pinhoti trails and they were great. The only drawback to the place is that it is so far away from Charlotte. It took over 5 hrs to get there.