Planned Activities

The Backyard RV Resort

The Backyard RV Resort in Montgomery, Alabama, provides a comfortable and conveniently located full hookup camping destination in the Alabama River city that serves as the state capital, positioning guests in a city of profound historical significance where the Civil Rights Movement's pivotal moments and the antebellum South's political center converge in a community now working to engage its complex history through a growing cultural institution landscape. The resort's lake setting and practical amenity package serve both short-term transit travelers on the US-231 and I-65 corridors and extended-stay guests working in Montgomery's government, military, and healthcare sectors. The resort's on-site lake provides fishing and scenic water views that distinguish the property from the typical highway-adjacent commercial campground, and the full hookup sites with big-rig-friendly configurations serve the large motorhomes common among extended-stay and snowbird visitors. A dog park, pavilion, community fire pit, laundry, showers, Wi-Fi, dump station, and propane fills complete the service roster for multi-day stays, and the pet-friendly atmosphere welcomes the traveling companions that RV guests who spend extended periods in Alabama consistently bring with them. The resort's residential character makes it comfortable for both short transit stops and multi-week stays. Montgomery's significance in American history is concentrated in a few blocks of the downtown where the Civil Rights Memorial and Center, the Rosa Parks Museum at the site of the 1955 bus boycott's initiation, the Dexter Avenue King Memorial Baptist Church, and the National Memorial for Peace and Justice—the country's first memorial to the victims of racial terror lynching—form a civil rights heritage corridor of extraordinary depth and honesty. The Alabama State Capitol, where Jefferson Davis was inaugurated as President of the Confederacy in 1861, stands at the head of Dexter Avenue a short walk from the Dexter Avenue King church in a juxtaposition that captures the full weight of Montgomery's layered history. The Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, the Hank Williams Museum celebrating Alabama's most celebrated country music icon, and the Alabama Shakespeare Festival—one of the largest Shakespeare festival companies in the United States with a permanent theater complex in Blount Cultural Park—provide cultural programming that gives Montgomery significantly more arts and heritage depth than its size alone would suggest. Maxwell Air Force Base and Gunter Annex, two Air Force installations within Montgomery city limits, generate consistent extended-stay demand from military personnel and civilian contractors that the resort's full hookup infrastructure is positioned to serve. The Gulf Shores beaches are approximately three hours south on I-65. The Backyard RV Resort operates year-round in Montgomery's subtropical climate, where mild winters attract snowbird visitors and the spring and fall shoulder seasons deliver the most comfortable temperatures for exploring the city's outdoor and heritage attractions on foot. Summer's heat and humidity concentrate the most enjoyable outdoor activity in early morning hours, but the lake's natural setting and the resort's dog park provide morning and evening activity for guests staying through the warmer months. The combination of cultural depth, military demand, and transit positioning makes the resort viable across all seasons and all guest types seeking Montgomery-area camping.

Kick Back Ranch

6 RV Sites, 14 Cabins, 4 Tent Sites, 21 Hotel Rooms

Kick Back Ranch in Ramer, Alabama, offers six full-hookup pull-through RV sites and 35 cabin and hotel-room accommodations on a gated private lake resort, with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 45 feet. A private lake with a beach, an outdoor pool, golf cart rentals, and a full recreation program make this a self-contained family destination in rural Montgomery County. Six pull-through sites carry water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp, sized to 45 feet, on a big-rig-friendly layout. Thirty-five cabins and hotel rooms carry most of the inventory, so book lodging early if the RV sites are gone. A general store, laundry, restrooms, showers, and firewood handle the practical side, and WiFi reaches the property. The ranch is family-oriented and welcomes all ages, though it does also include a 55-plus living community. The office runs Monday through Friday, 8am to 6pm. The private lake is the centerpiece — fishing, swimming, canoeing, kayaking, and paddle boats all run from it, with a beach for shoreline use. An outdoor pool, recreation center, game room, billiards, sports courts, basketball, volleyball, and corn hole spread across the resort, with bike rentals and golf cart rentals to cover the grounds. A playground, dog park, pavilion, and walking trails round it out, and planned activities run through the season. A gated entrance controls access. Pets are welcome. Ramer sits in the quiet farming and timber country on Montgomery County's rural fringe, far enough out to feel genuinely removed while staying within reach of Montgomery. The ranch operates through the Alabama season, with summer lake recreation driving peak family demand. With six RV sites, reserve well ahead.

from $50/night

Higgins Ferry Park

11 RV Sites, 5 Tent Sites

Higgins Ferry Park in Clanton, AL, offers 11 full-hookup back-in RV sites and 5 tent sites, with 30 and 50-amp service and room for rigs up to 35 feet. Every site is a back-in carrying water, sewer, and electric with a fire pit and picnic table. The 35-foot maximum keeps this to smaller rigs. Laundry, a bathhouse with showers, a dump station, a pavilion, a playground, and a storm shelter are on the property — the storm shelter matters in central Alabama. Pets are welcome. A boat ramp puts guests on the water for boating and fishing, with swimming and picnicking on the wooded lakeshore. This is a public park run with the kind of natural-landscape care that separates the good county campgrounds from the rest. Higgins Ferry sits on Lake Mitchell in the central Alabama piedmont, about ten miles east of Clanton in Chilton County. Rates for sites and tent spots are on the booking page. Eleven sites on a quiet lake fill fast in summer — reserve ahead.

from $15/night

Peach Queen Campground

53 RV Sites, 18 Tent Sites

Peach Queen Campground in Jemison, AL, offers 53 full-hookup pull-thru RV sites and 18 tent sites, with 30 and 50-amp service and room for rigs up to 65 feet. Every site is a 30/50-amp pull-thru carrying water, sewer, and electric — nothing needs unhitching. The campground is rated big rig friendly. Laundry, a general store, a snack bar, firewood, a dump station, on-site dining, and cabins cover the rest. After-hours arrivals find a map with their check-in details in the mailbox just outside and to the right of the office. Pets are welcome, with a dog park. An outdoor pool, a pavilion, a playground, a lake, a pond, creek frontage, walking trails, and corn hole fill the grounds, with swimming, fishing, boating, hiking, biking, birding, and live music. A state park and golf are nearby. Jemison sits in Chilton County, where the red clay foothills of the Appalachian Piedmont grow the peaches that give this corner of central Alabama an agricultural identity as specific as any in the South. Rates for sites and tent spots are on the booking page. Peach season and summer weekends fill the campground.

from $30/night

Minooka Park

15 RV Sites, 2 Cabins

Minooka Park in Jemison, AL, offers 15 RV sites and 2 cabins, with 30 and 50-amp service and back-in sites for rigs up to 50 feet. Sites come in two categories, full-hookup back-ins carrying water, sewer, and electric, and water-and-electric back-ins. The grounds are gated, with a bathhouse with showers, a pavilion, and two cabins for guests without a rig. Pets are welcome, and there's a playground. The park occupies 420 acres, which is what separates it from a campground of comparable site count: a lake, sport courts, basketball, ping pong, hiking trails, and picnicking on the property, with fishing, kayaking, and boating on the water and off-road riding nearby. Jemison sits in Chilton County at the geographic center of Alabama, in the rolling Coosa Valley between Birmingham and Montgomery, in a county that grows more peaches than any other in the state. Rates for sites and cabins are on the booking page. Fifteen RV sites on 420 acres is a rare ratio — reserve ahead for summer and peach season.

from $25/night

Cypress Landing RV Park

47 RV Sites

Cypress Landing RV Park in Dozier, Alabama, offers 47 full-hookup RV sites on Gantt Lake with 20, 30, and 50-amp service, cable TV, and rigs accepted to 45 feet. Back-in and pull-through categories join a boat ramp, boat docks, boat rentals, a beach, and a fishing pier on a 2,700-acre reservoir. Forty-seven sites carry water, sewer, and electric on 20, 30, and 50-amp in back-in and pull-through configurations, sized to 45 feet, with picnic tables, cable TV, and site WiFi. A general store, laundry, dump station, restrooms, and showers handle the practical side. Review the pet rules before arriving with animals. Pets are welcome. The lake carries the recreation. A boat ramp, boat docks, boat rentals, fishing pier, and beach give complete water access for boating, fishing, canoeing, kayaking, swimming, and water sports. A pond, walking trails, playground, pavilion, basketball, and corn hole fill the grounds, with planned activities through the season. Gantt Lake covers 2,700 acres with 21 miles of shoreline in Covington County's piney woods country. The park is locally owned and family-operated, and that genuine small-town hospitality distinguishes it from the chain campgrounds — south Alabama's Wiregrass country runs on its lakes and rivers, and the local camping community here is large and devoted. The park serves the Alabama lake season, with summer boating and fishing driving the heaviest demand and spring and fall delivering the most comfortable conditions. Reserve ahead for warm-weather weekends and holiday periods, when the local community fills the shoreline.

from $59/night

The Oaks Family RV Park and Campground

50 RV Sites, 9 Cabins

The Oaks Family RV Park and Campground in Andalusia, AL, offers 50 RV sites and 9 cabins, with 30 and 50-amp service and room for rigs up to 50 feet. Sites are labeled by surface and service, which is more useful than a tier name: concrete back-in 30/50-amp, concrete pull-thru 50-amp, gravel back-in 30/50-amp, and gravel back-in 30/50-amp water-and-electric. Full-hookup sites carry water, sewer, and electric with a fire pit and picnic table. The concrete sites are worth requesting after a wet week. A bathhouse with showers, firewood, a pavilion, and cabins cover the rest. Pets are welcome, with a dog park. An outdoor pool, a zip line, a lake, a pond, and a playground fill the grounds, with swimming, fishing, horseshoes, corn hole, and picnicking. Andalusia sits in Covington County in south Alabama's Wiregrass, where longleaf pine flatwoods and the creek systems of the lower Conecuh River watershed define the landscape. Rates by site surface and service are on the booking page. Concrete pull-thrus book first.

from $31 $27/night

Wiregrass RV Park

15 RV Sites

Wiregrass RV Park in Ozark, AL, offers 15 full-hookup back-in RV sites with 30 and 50-amp service and room for rigs up to 50 feet. Every site is a back-in carrying water, sewer, and electric with site-delivered WiFi. The park is rated big rig friendly, with laundry, a bathhouse with showers, a recreation center, and personal mailbox service on site. That last detail tells you who stays here: mailboxes mean guests settling in for months, not a night. A lake on the property and boating fill the recreation, with a state park, golf, and wine tasting nearby. Pets are welcome. Ozark sits in Dale County in Alabama's Wiregrass Region, a small city serving Fort Novosel and the surrounding agricultural country. Rates for nightly, weekly, and monthly stays are on the booking page. Ask about extended-stay rates and mail service if you're on orders or a long assignment.

from $40/night

Timberline Glamping at Cheaha State Park

8 Glamping Sites

Timberline Glamping at Cheaha State Park in Delta, Alabama, is a unique glamping destination next to the Talladega National Forest at the highest point in Alabama — a curated outdoor accommodation experience in Clay County providing the comfort-forward camping alternative to traditional tent or RV camping at the 2,407-foot Cheaha Mountain summit, where the granite and quartzite exposed summit of Alabama's highest point gives the campground the most dramatic elevation change and the most complete panoramic viewshed in the state's outdoor recreation landscape. Cheaha State Park's position in the Talladega National Forest's Cheaha Wilderness gives Timberline's guests the direct access to the Pinhoti National Recreation Trail, the park's summit rock scrambles, and the Talladega National Forest's mountain bike trail system that makes Cheaha one of the most comprehensively equipped outdoor recreation state parks in the Southeast. Glamping accommodations with the complete comfort infrastructure give Timberline the curated Cheaha State Park experience for guests who want the mountain summit setting, the forested park atmosphere, and the Talladega NF outdoor recreation access without the conventional tent camping logistics — the glamping format specifically gives couples and families the elevated accommodation that Cheaha's mountain park setting justifies as a destination in itself rather than a campground-stop in a travel corridor. The glamping accommodation's proximity to the state park's developed summit area gives guests the immediate park access that the overnight stay specifically enables for the sunrise and sunset summit views. Pets are welcome. Cheaha State Park's CCC-built stone observation tower on the 2,407-foot Cheaha Mountain summit gives guests the 360-degree panoramic view of the Talladega National Forest's ridge and valley landscape — the southern Appalachian talus slope, the Hillabee metamorphic belt's rock outcrops, and the forested ridgelines extending to the horizon in all directions from the summit tower give the Cheaha overlook the specific high-point perspective that the state's highest summit provides in the geologically complex terrain of the Piedmont's ancient metamorphic core. The Bald Rock Heritage Preserve's exposed granite flatrock ecosystem adjacent to the Cheaha summit gives the park its specific botanical diversity of the granite outcrop plants that are otherwise absent from the surrounding forested landscape. The Pinhoti National Recreation Trail, 335 miles long from the Georgia border through the Talladega National Forest to the Benton MacKaye Trail junction in the Cohutta Wilderness, begins in its Alabama section at Cheaha State Park and gives thru-hikers the most significant long-distance hiking trail in Alabama's mountain park landscape. The Pinhoti's passage through the Talladega National Forest's Dugger Mountain Wilderness and the Cheaha Wilderness gives day hikers and backpackers the complete spectrum of Alabama mountain hiking from the summit geology to the riparian hardwood bottomlands in a trail system that has sustained the Alabama outdoor recreation community for four decades. Timberline Glamping at Cheaha State Park serves guests year-round in Clay County's southern Appalachian mountain climate, where the spring wildflower bloom from March through May and the October fall foliage color on the Talladega ridgeline give the Cheaha summit its most visually spectacular shoulder seasons. Talladega Superspeedway, 30 miles west of Cheaha in Talladega County, hosts the NASCAR Cup Series races in the spring and fall that give the Talladega area the motorsports tourism event calendar that draws the camping and RV market from across the Southeast twice annually. Reserve glamping accommodations well ahead for the Talladega NASCAR race weekends and the spring and fall Cheaha peak outdoor season.

from $123 $107/night

Time Away RV Resort

98 RV Sites

Time Away RV Resort in Lincoln, Alabama, offers 98 full-hookup pull-through RV sites with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted up to 100 feet — exceptional capacity, and every site is a pull-through. An outdoor pool, sunning deck, dog park, and basketball half court sit 13 miles from Talladega Superspeedway. Ninety-eight pull-through sites carry water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp, sized to 100 feet, with picnic tables. An all-pull-through layout at 100 feet is rare and genuinely useful — no backing at any site, and room for the longest coach with a tow. A general store, laundry, restrooms, and showers handle the practical side. The owners are updating the shower houses and adding cabins and tiny homes. An outdoor pool with a sunning deck anchors the property, with a basketball half court, walking trails, playground, pavilion, and dog park filling the grounds. Cabins are available. Pets are welcome. Talladega Superspeedway is the draw and the reason to book early. The International Motorsports Hall of Fame, Talladega Short Track, and the Davey Allison Memorial on the Talladega Walk of Fame are all nearby, and Lincoln sits in the east-central Alabama piedmont between Birmingham and Anniston with the Talladega National Forest close by. Race weekends fill the park and the entire region — reserve as far ahead as you can for the spring and fall NASCAR dates. Outside those weekends, spring and fall deliver the most comfortable Alabama conditions and availability is far easier.

from $42 $36/night

Pine Mountain RV Resort

1 RV Site

Pine Mountain RV Resort in Pine Mountain, Georgia, offers premium full-hookup pull-through RV sites with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 50 feet, at the base of Pine Mountain in Harris County. An outdoor pool, clubhouse, dog park, and pavilion serve guests exploring one of Georgia's premier inland tourism corridors. Premium pull-through sites carry water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp, sized to 50 feet, with fire pits, picnic tables, and site WiFi. Pulling through means no backing and no unhitching for an overnight. A general store, laundry, restrooms, and showers handle the practical side. One policy to check before booking: the resort enforces a ten-year age restriction on RVs, though older coaches are reviewed for approval if you send a photo in advance. An outdoor pool anchors the warm months, with a clubhouse, pavilion, playground, and dog park across the grounds and a golf course nearby. Pets are welcome. Pine Mountain sits at the southern end of the Appalachian foothills, where the ridge breaks from the Piedmont Plateau into mature hardwood forest, rolling terrain, and creeks draining toward the Flint River. The concentration of attractions along Pine Mountain Ridge is what draws visitors — natural, horticultural, and historical sites cluster here more densely than anywhere else in inland Georgia, and the small-town setting is among the state's more charming. Spring bloom season and fall color drive the heaviest demand along the ridge. Reserve well ahead for those windows, and confirm RV age approval if your coach is over ten years old.

from $9 $8/night

Scenic Drive RV Park & Campground

34 RV Sites

Scenic Drive RV Park & Campground in Anniston, AL, offers 34 RV sites with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and room for rigs up to 60 feet. Sites come in three categories — full-hookup 20/30/50-amp back-ins, full-hookup 20/30/50-amp pull-thrus, and water-and-electric 20/30/50-amp back-ins — with full-hookup sites carrying water, sewer, and electric plus site-delivered WiFi, a fire pit, and a picnic table. Every site takes all three amp services. The park is open all year and rated big rig friendly. Laundry, a bathhouse with showers, a general store, a pavilion, and a dump station cover the essentials. Pets are welcome, with a dog park. Walking trails run through the wooded grounds with hiking and picnicking, and mountain views are visible from every site. Anniston sits within the Talladega National Forest in the Appalachian foothills of northeast Alabama, with some of the best hiking in the state a short drive away and a state park nearby. Reservations can be made online any time, or through the park's team directly. Rates by hookup level are on the booking page.

from $52/night