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Serendipity Resort & Campground

4 Cabins, 9 Yurts

Serendipity Resort & Campground in Brownsville, Tennessee, offers four A-frame cabins and nine yurts on a lake in Haywood County, with a water park, outdoor pool, beach, and disc golf course. Golf cart rentals, on-site dining, and a bar serve guests in the Hatchie River corridor of West Tennessee. Four A-frame cabins and nine yurts make up the accommodations — this is glamping and cabin lodging rather than an RV park. A general store, restrooms, firewood, and WiFi serve the property. Check-in is 3:00pm and check-out 11:00am. Note that four-wheelers and side-by-sides are not permitted, though golf carts are available to rent — contact the resort for rates. The water is the draw. A lake and pond support fishing, canoeing, kayaking, paddle boats, and boating, with a beach and water park for swimming and an outdoor pool alongside. A disc golf course, horseshoes, biking, a playground, and a pavilion fill the grounds, with on-site dining and a bar for evenings. Pets are welcome. Brownsville sits on US-70 between Memphis and Jackson, which gives the resort practical West Tennessee highway access. The Hatchie National Wildlife Refuge protects a nationally significant stretch of bottomland hardwood nearby — the Hatchie is the longest un-channelized river in the lower Mississippi valley, and the surrounding agricultural landscape has kept its character. The resort serves the West Tennessee season. Summer water recreation drives the heaviest demand, with spring and fall delivering more comfortable conditions for the outdoor programming. With 13 units total, reserve well ahead for any weekend.

from $22/night

Sun Retreats Horn Lake

10 RV Sites, 23 Cabins, 2 Tent Sites

Sun Retreats Horn Lake in Horn Lake, Mississippi, offers 10 Red Carpet pull-through RV sites, 23 cabins, and two tent sites ten miles south of downtown Memphis, with 20, 30, and 50-amp full-hookup service, cable TV, and rigs accepted to 70 feet. ADA-accessible sites are available, and an outdoor pool and full family activity program run on site. The property was formerly Jellystone Park Memphis. Ten Red Carpet pull-through sites carry water, sewer, and electric on 20, 30, and 50-amp with cable TV, sized to 70 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables, and accessible sites are available. Twenty-three cabins serve guests without a rig, and two tent sites cover simpler camping. Laundry, propane fills and exchange, restrooms, showers, and a recreation center handle the practical side. Recreation is built around families. An outdoor pool anchors the summer with inflatable water toys and a jumping pillow, and a lake and pond support fishing. Sports courts, basketball, volleyball, shuffleboard, horseshoes, and gaga ball spread across the grounds, with gem mining and gold panning, a playground, pavilion, dog park, biking, and picnicking besides. Pets are welcome. Horn Lake sits in DeSoto County on US-51 and I-55, which puts Beale Street's blues clubs, Graceland, and the National Civil Rights Museum within a short drive of a Mississippi address. The two-state position gives families the full Memphis cultural itinerary from a suburban campground base. The resort operates through the Mid-South season, with summer family demand and Memphis event weekends driving occupancy. With only ten RV sites, reserve well ahead — the cabins carry much of the inventory here, and both book out for summer weekends.

from $55/night

Cedar Ridge South Fork River

4 Glamping Sites, 3 Tiny Houses

The South Fork of the Spring River in Sharp County, Arkansas, is a cold, clear Ozark stream fed by some of the most prolific springs in the region — water that stays cool enough for comfortable floating and swimming even through the Arkansas summer and supports excellent smallmouth bass and rainbow trout fishing through a river corridor that retains genuine wild character despite being within practical reach of Hardy's historic district. Cedar Ridge Campground occupies a stretch of South Fork riverfront in this setting, offering a deliberately off-grid experience through glamping sites and tiny house accommodations that blend Ozark outdoor immersion with sufficient modern comfort to serve guests who want nature without wilderness-level roughing. Glamping sites and tiny houses give guests the South Fork River experience in accommodations designed to remove the setup burden from the outdoor equation while preserving the authenticity of sleeping in a remote riverside setting. Fishing, paddling, and swimming in the river are the primary daily activities, and the natural pace of the South Fork — shallow and clear enough to wade for smallmouth bass, deep enough in the pools for a legitimate canoe float — suits the unhurried approach the property specifically cultivates. Birdwatching through the riparian corridor rewards the morning hours, when the South Fork's woodland birds are most active, and community fire pit evenings create the social dimension that spontaneous campground friendships are built around. The Sharp County and Fulton County landscape along the South Fork River corridor is the Ozarks at their most quietly beautiful — cedar glades, limestone bluffs, mixed hardwood bottomland, and the cold spring seeps that feed the river and maintain its character through seasons when other Arkansas streams run slow and warm. The overall ecological quality of the South Fork Spring River system is reflected in its reputation among paddlers, who consistently rank it among the Ozarks' finest recreational float streams. Mammoth Spring State Park, a short drive from Hardy, protects one of the largest natural springs in the United States — at nine million gallons per day, Mammoth Spring creates an instant river that flows cold and blue from its source and feeds the Spring River system that Cedar Ridge is built around. The spring's scale requires seeing to understand, and the state park's fishing access and historic 1886 Frisco depot building make it worth a full morning visit. Hardy's historic downtown on the Spring River offers antique shops, river-view restaurants, and the Old Hardy Town shopping district that has made the town a consistent weekend destination for Ozarks travelers since the railroad era. Cedar Ridge operates through the Arkansas Ozarks outdoor season, with late spring through early fall representing the ideal combination of river swimming conditions and comfortable evening temperatures for the campfire community that the property specifically cultivates. Summer floats on the South Fork are at their best from May through September when river levels are suitable and water temperatures invite full immersion. Reserve glamping sites and tiny houses well ahead for summer weekends — the South Fork River corridor's growing regional reputation and Cedar Ridge's off-grid character fill the limited inventory quickly for the most popular visiting windows.

Hidden Creek Camp Ground

101 RV Sites, 2 Tent Sites

Hidden Creek Camp Ground in Springville, Tennessee, offers 101 full-hookup pull-through RV sites and two tent sites minutes from Kentucky Lake, with 30 and 50-amp service, ADA-accessible sites, and rigs accepted to 40 feet. Creekside, interior, and communal woodside lot categories join a small-cabin creekside option, with an outdoor pool, pond, and walking trails. One hundred one sites span communal woodside lot, creekside lot, creekside lot with a small cabin, interior corner lot, interior creekside corner lot, and interior creekside categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp, sized to 40 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. Note the 40-foot cap before booking a larger rig, and that the layout is pull-through throughout. The creekside lot with a small cabin is an unusual hybrid — extra sleeping space alongside your rig. Accessible sites are available. A laundry, restrooms, showers, and boat storage handle the practical side. An outdoor pool anchors the summer, with a creek and pond supporting fishing, and walking trails, hiking, a playground, pavilion, and picnicking filling the grounds. Pets are welcome. The campground sits at 2576 W Antioch Road in the rolling hills of Henry County, minutes from Kentucky Lake — one of the largest man-made lakes in the eastern United States and a destination anglers and boaters drive to from across the Southeast. Summer lake season drives the heaviest demand, with spring and fall fishing strong. Reserve ahead for warm-weather weekends.

from $40/night

Botel Campground

15 RV Sites

Botel Campground in Savannah, TN, offers 15 full-hookup RV sites with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and room for rigs up to 60 feet. Sites come in two categories, pull-thru and riverfront back-in, each carrying water, sewer, and electric with a fire pit, picnic table, and barbecue. The riverfront back-ins are the ones to request. Laundry, a bathhouse with showers, a general store, firewood, and propane fills cover the essentials, and pets are welcome with a dog park. The Tennessee River drives everything here: boat docks, a boat ramp, and a fishing pier for boating and fishing, plus an outdoor pool, a splash pad, a pavilion, and a playground for the rest of the family. Golf is nearby. Savannah sits on the Tennessee River in Hardin County, one mile downstream from Pickwick Dam, where the reservoir's 57-mile navigational pool sustains the bass, crappie, catfish, and sauger fishing the area is known for. Rates and availability are on the booking page. Riverfront sites are limited and go first through the fishing season.

from $55/night

Waters Edge RV Park & Marina - Murray

23 RV Sites

Waters Edge RV Park & Marina in Murray, KY, offers 23 full-hookup back-in RV sites with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and room for rigs up to 50 feet. Every site is a full-hookup back-in carrying water, sewer, and electric with site-delivered WiFi, and ADA-accessible sites are available. Laundry, a bathhouse with showers, a general store, a dump station, a recreation center, and a barn are on the property, along with cabins for guests without a rig. Pets are welcome, and there's a playground. The marina is the anchor: 36 boat slips, boat docks, and a boat ramp put guests directly onto the lake for boating and fishing, with walking trails, hiking, biking, and picnicking on and around the grounds. Golf, a state park, and a water park are nearby. Murray sits in western Kentucky's lake country, a short drive from Benton and the Kentucky Lake and Land Between the Lakes recreation area. Rates for sites and cabins are on the booking page. Ask about boat slip availability when you reserve — the two book separately.

from $65/night

Hidden Oasis at White Oak Landing

4 RV Sites

Hidden Oasis at White Oak Landing in Clifton, TN, offers 4 full-hookup waterfront RV sites with 30 and 50-amp service and room for rigs up to 40 feet. Every site is a waterfront back-in carrying water, sewer, and electric with site-delivered WiFi. Two things to plan for: six people are allowed per site, and there is no store on the property — come with your propane, food, and anything else you'll need. The grounds are gated and open all year, with a bathhouse, a pavilion, a community fire pit, and both RV and boat storage. Pets are welcome. A boat ramp and boat docks put guests directly on the water for boating, fishing, kayaking, and paddle boarding, with hiking and picnicking on the grounds. Clifton sits on a four-mile tree-lined private cove connecting to Kentucky Lake — the Tennessee River backwater of TVA's largest reservoir, with 160,300 acres of warm-water fishing habitat and 2,300 miles of shoreline. Rates and availability are on the booking page. Four waterfront sites on Kentucky Lake go quickly — book early and arrive stocked.

from $45/night

Big Creek RV Park/ Arcadia Meadow Campground LLC

In the St. Francois Mountains of Iron County, Missouri—some of the most ancient and geologically remarkable terrain in the American Midwest—Big Creek RV Park and Arcadia Meadow Campground occupies a wooded setting on Highway 49 in Annapolis that puts guests within easy reach of a concentration of Missouri state parks that is unmatched anywhere in the state. The campground's 63 sites, family activity programming, and property features including a swimming pool, petting zoo, mining sluice, and on-site coffee shop make it the kind of family-friendly operation that creates returning guests, while the outdoor recreation potential surrounding the property makes it a base camp with genuine depth for the outdoors-focused traveler. Memaw's Coffee & Italian Soda Shoppe alone is worth a detour from I-55. All 63 RV sites are big-rig friendly with 30 and 50-amp full hookup service, and 21 of those sites are pull-through configurations for stress-free arrival and departure with large rigs. Free basic WiFi, cable TV, and private shower suites reflect a facility that takes the comfort dimension seriously alongside the outdoor programming. A swimming pool serves as the warm-weather gathering point, and the campground store carries propane, ice, wood, and camping essentials. The on-site coffee shop—Memaw's Coffee & Italian Soda Shoppe—provides a morning ritual that guests consistently identify as one of the small pleasures that makes the campground feel like more than a parking lot with hookups. Sunday morning worship services, organized for guests who want them, reflect the ownership's community-oriented values without imposing on guests who prefer a quieter Sunday morning. The campground's programming calendar is notably active. Kids' crafts, scavenger hunts, rubber duck races in the creek, hayrides, ice cream socials, and seasonal events through Fall Fest—held every weekend in October with pumpkin carving and costume contests—create a social calendar that gives repeat visitors specific event-weekends to anchor return trips. A petting zoo, catch-and-release fishing pond, mining sluice for gold and gem panning, volleyball, horseshoes, and a playground provide recreation across age ranges, and the property's creek access adds a natural dimension that the organized programming complements rather than replaces. The St. Francois Mountains surrounding Annapolis form some of the oldest exposed rock in North America—ancient granite and rhyolite worn to rounded knobs over billions of years—and the state parks they anchor are among Missouri's most celebrated. Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park, where the Black River forces its way through granite gorges in a natural water park that is one of Missouri's most spectacular attractions, is within close reach. Elephant Rocks State Park, where massive granite boulders the size of elephants are accessible on a short paved trail, is a geological marvel that delights all ages. Taum Sauk Mountain State Park—the highest point in Missouri and site of the Tom Sauk reservoir—and Fort Davidson State Historic Site add historical and geographical dimensions to the park touring itinerary. The Black River provides floating, tubing, and fishing access throughout the season. Big Creek RV Park and Arcadia Meadow Campground operates year-round with peak demand through summer and the October Fall Fest season. Johnson's Shut-Ins is a summer bucket-list destination that draws significant traffic from across the Midwest, and proximity to it creates strong campground demand from Memorial Day through Labor Day. Reserve early for summer weekends and October event weekends, and let the St. Francois Mountains show what ancient geology looks like when a river decides to go through it instead of around it.

from $48/night

Mountain View RV Park and Guest Motel

38 RV Sites, 1 Cabin, 8 Condos, 1 Lodge

Mountain View RV Park and Guest Motel in Mountain View, Arkansas, offers 38 full-hookup RV sites and 10 cabin, condo, and lodge units in the Ozark Mountains, with 30 and 50-amp service, cable TV, ADA-accessible sites, and EV charging. Sites take rigs to 45 feet across named categories including Best View back-ins and premium pull-throughs with room for a tow vehicle. Thirty-eight sites run in 30-amp and 30/50-amp full-hookup back-ins along the fence line, Best View back-ins on gravel pads, and premium 50-amp full-hookup pull-throughs with space for a tow — all carrying water, sewer, and electric with cable TV and site WiFi, sized to 45 feet. Accessible sites are available, and EV charging is on site, still uncommon at Ozark campgrounds. Ten cabins, condos, and lodge units serve guests without a rig. A general store, laundry, dump station, restrooms, showers, firewood, and a gated entrance handle the practical side, and the property is open all year. On-site recreation is broad: a disc golf course, sports courts, basketball, horseshoes, corn hole, a recreation center, community fire pit, and walking trails, with a lake, pond, and creek on the property for fishing, boating, and kayaking. On-site dining covers meals, and live music and planned activities run through the season. Pets are welcome. Mountain View is the Folk Music Capital of the World, a living folk culture community where traditional Ozark music and crafts remain central to daily life. The walkable downtown, the Ozark Folk Center State Park, Blanchard Springs Caverns, Gunner's Pool, and the Syllamo mountain bike trails are all close. Music events drive occupancy here — check the calendar and book around it.

from $39/night

Perryville RV Resort

73 RV Sites, 8 Cabins

Perryville RV Resort in Perryville, MO, offers 73 full-hookup pull-thru RV sites and 8 cabins, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and room for rigs up to 63 feet. Sites come as 30-amp and 30/50-amp pull-thrus in standard and premium versions, all carrying water, sewer, and electric with site-delivered WiFi, a fire pit, and a picnic table. Every site is a pull-thru. Laundry, a bathhouse with showers, a general store, firewood, propane fills and exchange, a dump station, and one-bedroom deluxe cabins cover the rest. Wristbands are used on major holidays and for big events — check when you book. Pets are welcome, with a dog park. An outdoor pool, a pavilion, a playground, basketball, walking trails, a pond, and a lake fill the grounds, with fishing, swimming, and hiking. A state park is nearby. Perryville sits in the Mississippi River bluffs region of southeast Missouri, a historically layered corridor where French colonial settlement, Cherokee removal history, and river commerce have all left their marks. Rates by site category are on the booking page. Premium 30/50-amp pull-thrus book first.

from $48/night

Made in the Shade RV Park - Only

34 RV Sites, 10 Cabins

Made in the Shade RV Park in Only, TN, offers 34 full-hookup back-in RV sites and 10 cabins, with 30 and 50-amp service and room for rigs up to 50 feet. Every site is a full-hookup back-in carrying water, sewer, and electric with site-delivered WiFi, a fire pit, and a picnic table, and ADA-accessible sites are available. Laundry, a bathhouse with showers, a general store, and a clubhouse cover the essentials, with ten cabins for guests without a rig. Pets are welcome, with a dog park. An outdoor pool, a pond, creek frontage, walking trails, and a playground fill the wooded grounds, with swimming, fishing, hiking, biking, and picnicking. A lake, a state park, golf, and wineries are all nearby. Only sits in Hickman County in the rolling hills of Middle Tennessee, just off Interstate 40 at Exit 152, in the wooded country between Nashville and Memphis that the interstate's pace tends to hide. Rates for sites and cabins are on the booking page. Summer and fall color weekends book first.

from $30/night

Little Sinkin Creek RV Resort & UTV Campground

2 Onsite RV/Trailers

Little Sinkin Creek RV Resort & UTV Campground in Bunker, Missouri, is built entirely around off-highway vehicle recreation, offering RV rentals — the Cherokee and the Cougar — alongside full-hookup sites on a big-rig-friendly property with direct trail access. A dump station and WiFi serve riders in one of the Ozarks' most trail-rich landscapes. The two on-site RV rentals, named the Cherokee and the Cougar, let riders arrive with a trailer full of machines and no rig at all. Full-hookup sites accommodate guests bringing their own, on a layout sized for big rigs hauling UTV trailers. A dump station and WiFi handle the practical side. Pets are welcome. Trail access is the entire proposition. UTV and ATV trails run directly from the campground, which removes the trailering-out routine that most OHV trips require. Fishing, swimming, boating, canoeing, kayaking, hiking, and biking are all available in the surrounding country, and off-roading is the reason nearly everyone books. Bunker sits in Reynolds County, one of Missouri's least densely populated, in the heart of the Mark Twain National Forest. The Current River watershed, the volcanic shut-ins, and Taum Sauk Mountain — the state's highest summit — all converge within a short ride, which is why the OHV community treats this stretch of the Ozarks as a destination rather than a stop. Riding season runs spring through fall, with fall color weekends drawing the heaviest traffic. With two rentals and a small site count, reserve well ahead for any weekend.

from $125/night