kings mountain state park

The local innkeeper told us about how neat this working farm is. We enjoyed all of the chickens and the sorghum crusher.

Enjoyed the museum and how they displayed the information. Made following the history very easy and interesting. Also liked the movie they played that told about the history and how it was to live through that time period. Was very interesting !!!

My husband and I live in the Charlotte area and took a Sunday "day trip" to Kings Mountain. We enjoyed the Revolutionary War Exhibits in the Museum located in the Visitors Center. We paid $2 to park in the picnic/hiking area. After an enjoyable picnic, we hiked the .7 mile Nature Trail to get us started. Then, we hiked the Lake Trail and the Farm Trail. We also visited the Living Farm. We had a great time. We plan to go back to hike the Battlefield Trail and see the war monuments. There is a longer trail that connects Kings Mountain SC, NC and Crowder Mountain. The restrooms at the visitors center and in the picnic areas were clean and well kept.

Enjoyed the hike very much. not a lot of hotel options near by. lovely lake. would bring a picnic next time

If you visit the Kings Mountain National Military Park and continue down the road it brings you to the back "entrance" of Kings Mountain State Park. There is not much signage and it gets a bit confusing. You have to drive to the other side of park for the main entrance with all info. As we drove in, we did see and stop at the "working historical farm" which had seemed very interesting online. Not so much in realty. More like abandoned farm. It was a Sunday afternoon. No one was around, all the buildings were locked and had minimal signage. "Gardens" were overgrown with weeds. Only one there was some chickens! There was a $2 per person fee box at parking lot. Rather disappointing so kept driving and when got to the other side of park, things there didn't look so great so kept going. There may be some things there worth doing, but it was too hot to care at that point!

They have excellent camping facilities. Clean bath houses. No alcohol allowed. Really cool ranger programs for the kids.

We went backpacking with plans to do the 16 mile loop hiking trail, and to stay on one of the three backcountry primitive sites. I called last Thursday for addition information regarding milage from parking lots to the various sites. The individual whom I spoke to, stated he "didn't know milage, or how many sites" there were. Website stated three. We arrived Saturday morning. There was no direction in the park indicating where trailheads are located, or where to check-in, pay, etc. After 15 min of driving around, we found the entrance and spoke with the gate attendant. This individual also did not know how far the sites were, and did not know of "backcountry" spots for hiking... So we paid him $4 for the park entrance fee and went ahead.Again, after 10 min of driving around, we finally located the trailhead, of which, has no markings and is impossible to find.We parked, and headed out. The trail was in such TERRIBLE condition with over grown branches, fallen un-cleared trees, and massive spider webs. It took us forever to make any headway. We made it to camp site 1, after hours of hiking because of the bad conditions. We decided to make camp. I got completly owned by yellow jackets and got eaten alive by chiggers. Terrible sleep. We hiked out this morning, and came back the way we came in, only this time, we took a service road as a short cut.We made it back to the trail, and found ourselves lost in the woods. After 20 min of being lost, we discovered the trail is VERY BADLY POORLY marked, and the trail went to the left, as we ventured by mistake straight on a trail that led no where...Made it to the car, to find a State Park parking citation regarding not registering.Registration information via the website stated it was for campground camping only. There is no indication regarding backcountry. The phone call I made Thursday I inquired about registration, the man specified there was none.We went to the registration ranger office, and found a man who was clueless as to the trail we were on. Yet claimed he has been there 7 years. After a poor discussion that went from bad to worse, and state fee red tape, we had to pay an additional fee for a "2nd day admission." Poor words were exchanged, and we happily left.We sped out of there, vowing to never ever EVER return to this park. Please fellow travelers do not come here, there are many other parks WAY better than here. Try South Mountains State Park or venture into the Uwharrie Nat Forest. If you come here, you will find bad information, poor leadership, and a dismal trail condition. God speed.

It's been a few years but we always enjoyed camping here. It harkens back to the days of families, tents, small campers. There's a small store on site for the normal provisions you might have forgotten or run out of. There's a small lake, some hiking trails, not much to do in the campground but a beautiful place.

We camped here for my husbands birthday and it was ok. The park itself is very beautiful and we stayed on a very nice lot at the campground. The trading post is cute and has some camp essentials in case you forgot to bring your toothbrush or marshmallows. The hiking trails were disappointing. They hadn't been cleared out in a while and were very overgrown with lots of fallen trees in the way. The lake you can canoe in is borderline dangerous. There isn't a ranger or anyone at the site to assist you. The loading zone for the canoes is rickety and wrapped in caution tape. The lake itself smells like sewage and has nasty stuff floating in it. So disgusting. The living history farm is probably nice when they have special demonstration days, but it was completely empty when we went. Kind of a waste of time. I would maybe come back for camping only.

On a recent trip to Virginia my daughter and I went here. Beautiful scenery and relaxing. The fall would be beautiful.

It was a little cold and drizzly the day we went but the visitor's center and shop had a film and displays that were informative. You can hike - long or short and learn of powerful and important people and events in the history of our country. Well worth the effort if you are anywhere in the area. There is a living history farm - closed while were were there but it looked like worth returning to visit.

Worth the stop and was not far off the highway. For a history buff fills a void in southern back country American revolution battles/history.

Our school was travelling north of I-85 for a trip. Kings Mountain was one of our stops. I was so impressed wit the history about this place. I definitely learned a lot. I would recommend you take the circle path, you can see some cool things as well as get your exercise in for the day. If you are travelling north or south on Interstate 85. Make sure to stop at the first exit in North Carolina .

I grew up in this area so I don;t go all the time anymore but the trails are very nice and there is many things you can do here. I will be bringing my future kids here also!

My wife and i had our first camping trip of 2013 the weekend of April 12th and what a perfect weekend to go the weather was great! We had site 39 and that is a nice level site and it could easily fit larger campers not to far from the bathhouse either. As always staff where friendly and helpful. This park has great hiking trails including one that will take you to Crowders Mountain, they have canoes and paddle boats for rent and fishing. There is a Piggly Wiggly grocery store about 12 miles away in Clover, SC