RV Rental Cherryville, NC

North Carolina is a lovely place to visit at any point throughout the year, especially if you are looking to rent an RV and make the most of the great outdoors. A large assortment of state parks graces the general area around Cherryville, so you’ll certainly have your pick of the litter when you decide you need to hit the road and reconnect with mother nature. Crowders Mountain State Park is one of the closest state parks to Cherryville and is near the city of Gastonia. Crowders Mountain is a monadnock, another word for a rounded knob-like geological feature that isn’t considered a mountain. The park is a popular haven for rock climbers, with Crowders Mountain containing an array of challenging climbing routes. Additionally, there are great hiking trails permeating the small park.

South Mountains State Park is located northwest of Cherryville, another excellent place to visit with the Cherryville RV rental. There are spectacular mountains, majestic waterfalls, and lush forests blanketing the range, and exploratory hikes will yield numerous jaw-dropping vistas. High Shoals Falls is the park's most noteworthy feature, cascading over 80 feet down.

Lake James State Park is farther north, with fantastic lakefront camping sites for your Cherryville camper rental. Swimming, fishing, boating, and waterskiing are often enjoyed on Lake James, and bonfires on the park’s sandy beaches make for excellent nighttime parties where you can cook what you catch fishing and gaze at the dark night skies. The park is conjoined together with Pisgah National Forest, a sprawling wilderness paradise over by the city of Asheville. Nearly a tenth of this 500,000-acre ecosystem is old-growth forest, dating back countless centuries. There are lots of rivers and lakes for kayaking or swimming, long distance trails to trek, and plenty of space to rock climb, mountain bike, go fishing, or camp out when you rent an RV and visit the forest; don't miss out on this evergreen wonderland.

Need a place to stay in that Cherryville camper rental? There is no shortage of RV parks in the area, so you can take your pick and get settled. Goldstar RV Resort is a quiet, family-friendly park and offers spots for both long-term and short-term stays, as well as a playground for children, laundry facilities to clean your clothing, and a few more amenities.

Grand View Campground is open year-round, complete with tiny cabins, mountain creeks to splash and swim in, waterslides, a camp store, and much more. The scenery alone is worth a stay at this nature resort.

Lake Norman Motor Coach Resort is an upscale destination on the shores of Lake Norman, where you can delight in modern facilities, a tiki bar overlooking the water, boat slips and boat launches, and stunning views.

Cherryville is an idyllic community full of opportunity, but you can’t be expecting a wide variety of attractions in such a small town. Luckily, there are some quality restaurants, bars, shops, and vineyards in or around town, so day-to-day activities can still be part of your routine. There are even a few museums where you can learn about Cherryville when you visit the town, like the C. Grier Beam Truck Museum. Here you can educate yourself on the history of trucking in Cherryville, a logistics hub that at one point was one of the largest shipping towns in the South. There are model trucks and real antique trucks too at this wonderful museum, paying homage to one of the town’s most important industries.

Cherryville Historical Museum gives visitors a more well-rounded approach to local history, covering a wide range of topics, from the Civil War to the settler’s relationship with the local indigenous peoples. The building that contains the museum itself is a piece of living history, having housed the city hall for much of the town’s history.

In Gastonia, you can drive several minutes to check out even more fascinating points of interest, like the Schiele Museum of Natural History. There are engaging exhibits with model indigenous settlements, in addition to dinosaur bones and other fossils dating back millions of years.