Planned Activities

The Broken Banjo RV Park

37 RV Sites, 13 Tent Sites

The Broken Banjo RV Park in Manchester, Tennessee, offers 37 full-hookup pull-through RV sites and 14 tent sites halfway between Nashville and Chattanooga, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service, cable TV, and rigs accepted to 88 feet. Gravel and paved pull-throughs, some with paved patios and one with a fenced patio, join an outdoor pool, splash pad, and mini-golf. Thirty-seven sites span gravel pull-thru, gravel pull-thru with paved patio, long gravel pull-thru with paved patio, and paved pull-thru with fenced patio categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric with cable TV and site WiFi, sized to 88 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. Publishing both the surface and the patio type is unusually transparent, and the fenced patio is a genuine find if you travel with dogs. An all-pull-through layout at 88 feet handles anything on the road. Fourteen tent sites and cabins round out the lodging. A general store, laundry, propane fills, dump station, restrooms, showers, firewood, and on-site dining handle the practical side. An outdoor pool and splash pad anchor the summer, with mini-golf, sports courts, pickleball, volleyball, basketball, gaga ball, billiards, corn hole, a pond, playground, pavilion, walking trails, hiking, and a dog park filling the rest. Coffee County sits on the Highland Rim, with waterfalls, cave systems, and forested creek corridors close — and Bonnaroo's farm just outside town. Bonnaroo week fills the county. Reserve as early as you can.

from $28/night

Clearwater Cove RV Resort

47 RV Sites

Clearwater Cove RV Resort in Winchester, TN, offers 47 full-hookup RV sites with 30 and 50-amp service and room for rigs up to 65 feet. Sites break into four categories — standard back-in, lakeview back-in, premium lakeview back-in, and full-hookup pull-thru — all carrying water, sewer, and electric with site-delivered WiFi, a fire pit, and a picnic table. The resort is rated big rig friendly, and the pull-thrus let long rigs settle in without unhitching. Laundry, a bathhouse with showers, firewood, and on-site dining cover the practicalities. Pets are welcome, with a dog park on the property. The lakefront setting drives the recreation: a marina, boat docks, and a boat ramp put guests on Tims Ford Lake for fishing and boating, and an outdoor pool, game room, and pavilion handle the rest. Biking, picnicking, and swimming fill out the days, with a state park and wine tasting nearby. Tims Ford Lake is one of Tennessee's clearest reservoirs, impounded on the Elk River in Franklin County, with limestone bluffs and forested shoreline defining its 10,700 acres. Current rates and availability for each site category are on the booking page. Lakeview sites and premium lakeview sites are the first to go on summer weekends.

from $70/night

Raccoon Mountain Caverns & Campground

55 RV Sites, 9 Cabins, 22 Tent Sites, 5 Glamping Sites

Raccoon Mountain Caverns and Campground in Chattanooga, Tennessee, offers 55 full-hookup RV sites, nine cabins, 22 tent sites, and five glamping sites at the entrance to a 5.5-mile guided cave system, with 30 and 50-amp service, cable TV, and rigs accepted to 60 feet. Compact and deluxe pull-through categories join rustic back-in sites, with a pool, fitness center, and clubhouse. Fifty-five sites span compact pull-thru, compact pull-thru max tow, deluxe pull-thru, and rustic back-in categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric with cable TV and site WiFi, sized to 60 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. The compact max-tow category is a thoughtful distinction for smaller rigs with a vehicle in tow. Nine cabins, 22 tent sites, and five glamping sites round out the lodging. A general store, laundry, propane fills, dump station, restrooms, and showers handle the practical side. Three policies to know: no hammocks or car camping on any site, no tents on RV sites, RVs manufactured before 2000 require photo approval, and you must be 21 to book. An outdoor pool anchors the summer, with a fitness center, clubhouse, pavilion, basketball, shuffleboard, corn hole, walking trails, hiking, a playground, and dog park besides. Sleeping beside the cave entrance is the singular draw — one of the Southeast's most accessible wild cavern experiences, with Lookout Mountain and downtown Chattanooga close. Summer and fall foliage drive demand. Reserve well ahead.

from $26 $22/night

Scenic City RV Campground

44 RV Sites, 2 Glamping Sites

Scenic City RV Campground in Ringgold, Georgia, offers 44 full-hookup RV sites and two glamping sites on 10 wooded acres, with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 45 feet on a big-rig-friendly layout. Open all year, with a clubhouse, boat rentals, a game room, and a dedicated Class B site category, it sits at Georgia's northwest gateway to Chattanooga. Forty-four sites carry water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp in back-in and pull-through configurations, sized to 45 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. A separate back-in category is reserved for Class B vans — a genuinely useful distinction that keeps small rigs from being placed on oversized pads. Two glamping sites round out the accommodations. A general store, boutique shop, restrooms, showers, and firewood handle the practical side. The 10 wooded acres give the campground its character. A pond and creek run the property for fishing, boat rentals are available, and a clubhouse, game room, playground, and dog park fill the grounds. Planned activities run through the season, and the tree canopy and dark surroundings make for good stargazing. A lake, boating, and an amusement park are nearby. Pets are welcome. Ringgold sits in Catoosa County on the I-75 and US-41 corridors, at the edge of the Chickamauga-Chattanooga National Military Park's 5,300 acres of Civil War battlefield. The Lookout Mountain and Signal Mountain recreation corridor extends Chattanooga's outdoor footprint into the northwest Georgia ridgeline. The campground is open year-round and family-owned. Summer and fall color drive demand — reserve ahead for October, when Chattanooga-area lodging tightens.

from $55/night

Timberline Glamping at Huntsville

5 Glamping Sites

Timberline Glamping at Huntsville elevates camping in Madison County, Alabama — luxury tents with comfortable beds, air conditioning, heating, hammocks, fire pits, and charcoal grills in a natural setting just outside Huntsville's city limits, giving guests the outdoor connection they seek in proximity to one of the most intellectually engaging and rapidly growing mid-sized cities in the American South. Huntsville's identity as NASA's Rocket City and the home of Marshall Space Flight Center grounds the city's civic character in a technical and scientific tradition that the surrounding natural beauty of the Tennessee Valley and the Appalachian foothills complements rather than contradicts, creating a city where the US Space and Rocket Center and Monte Sano State Park serve as equally compelling reasons to make the trip. The luxury tent accommodations with A/C, heating, hammocks, and individual fire pits give the glamping experience the specific outdoor atmosphere that canvas tent enclosure and private fire access create — the outdoor sleeping sounds, morning birdsong, and fire pit evening that camping provides, delivered with the climate-controlled comfort system that makes the experience accessible to guests who would not choose conventional tent camping in the Alabama summer heat. The charcoal grill at each site enables the outdoor cooking experience that the campfire itself sustains in colder weather, giving guests the complete outdoor living infrastructure for extended glamping stays. Pets are welcome. The U.S. Space and Rocket Center, adjacent to NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, is the world's largest space exploration museum and the original home of Space Camp — a 150,000-square-foot indoor museum and 67-acre campus housing the Saturn V rocket, Space Shuttle Pathfinder trainer, and the most comprehensive collection of space exploration hardware outside the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. The facility's combination of genuine NASA hardware, the Space Camp's multi-day youth programming, and the museum's interpretation of the von Braun team's German-American rocketry history gives the U.S. Space and Rocket Center a specific depth that distinguishes it from the promotional space tourism museums that other US cities have developed without access to the actual hardware and institutional history that Huntsville's NASA connection provides. Monte Sano State Park, on the mountain plateau above Huntsville at 1,600 feet, preserves 2,140 acres of mixed hardwood and cedar forest with 20 miles of hiking and mountain biking trails, the Von Braun Astronomical Society's observatory, and the seasonal Theater of the Stars productions at the outdoor amphitheater that make the mountain park a genuine multi-use destination in the Tennessee Valley's most accessible mountain terrain. The park's treetop ridgeline and the valley views toward the Tennessee River and Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge below give guests the elevation context for the lowland Tennessee Valley landscape that Huntsville's city-level street grid does not convey. Timberline Glamping at Huntsville operates year-round in Madison County's temperate Tennessee Valley climate, with spring and fall representing the most comfortable outdoor glamping seasons and the summer months well-served by the air conditioning that Alabama's humidity makes a functional necessity rather than a luxury. The Huntsville Botanical Garden's seasonal displays — spring wildflowers, the summer butterfly house (one of the largest open-air butterfly houses in the Southeast), and the holiday Galaxy of Lights — provide a cultural nature destination across all seasons. Reserve glamping tents ahead for spring and fall weekends, when the Huntsville visitor market and the Monte Sano outdoor recreation season create consistent accommodation demand.

from $80 $70/night

Red Coach Resort

20 RV Sites

Red Coach Resort in Toney, Alabama, offers 18 RV sites across 81 acres of woodland, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and rigs accepted up to 98 feet. Dry camp back-in categories in Camp F and Camp T join a Camp A pull-through tier, with a beach, koi pond, walking trails, and recreation center. Eighteen sites span back-in dry camp in Camp F, back-in dry camp in Camp T, and pull-thru in Camp A, carrying water, sewer, and electric where noted with site WiFi, sized to 98 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. Read the category carefully — the dry camp tiers carry no hookups at the site and price accordingly, while the Camp A pull-through carries the full set. Ninety-eight feet is exceptional capacity for a park this size. Naming the camps rather than numbering tiers makes the property easy to picture. A dump station, restrooms, showers, firewood, and a recreation center handle the practical side. One safety note the resort provides: public storm shelters are located in nearby communities, including the Ardmore Community Shelter at 29910 Park Avenue and Ardmore City Hall. A beach, koi pond, and pond anchor the recreation, with walking trails, a playground, pavilion, dog park, horseshoes, fishing, and swimming filling the rest. Towering hardwoods and genuine wildlife habitat give the 81 acres their character. Pets are welcome. Toney sits in northern Alabama's fastest-growing technology corridor, nine minutes from I-65 and within reach of Huntsville's NASA and aerospace complex — the US Space and Rocket Center is close. Spring and fall are most comfortable. Demand runs steadily on work travel. Reserve ahead.

from $29/night

Spacious Skies Belle Ridge

49 RV Sites, 12 Cabins, 6 Tent Sites

Spacious Skies Belle Ridge in Monterey, TN, offers 49 full-hookup RV sites, 12 cabins, and 6 tent sites, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and room for rigs up to 90 feet. Sites come in four categories — back-in, premium back-in, pull-thru, and deluxe pull-thru — all carrying water, sewer, and electric with site-delivered WiFi, a fire pit, and a picnic table, and ADA-accessible sites are available. The campground is rated big rig friendly, and at 90 feet the deluxe pull-thrus will take almost anything on the road. Open all year. Laundry, a bathhouse with showers, a general store, firewood, a community fire pit, and golf cart rentals round it out. On arrival, all guests and visitors check in at the main office and sign the terms. Pets are welcome, with a dog park. The property spreads across more than 500 acres of the Cumberland Plateau, with waterfalls, caves, spring-fed swimming holes, and miles of hiking and UTV trails built into the forest, plus a pond for fishing, gem panning, a pavilion, a playground, and planned activities. The resort also hosts weddings. Monterey sits on the plateau between Nashville and Knoxville off I-40, with golf nearby. Rates for every accommodation type are on the booking page. Deluxe pull-thrus book first.

from $26/night

Made in the Shade RV Park

30 RV Sites

Made in the Shade RV Park in Granville, Tennessee, offers 30 full-hookup back-in RV sites along the Cumberland River, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service, ADA-accessible sites, and rigs accepted to 50 feet. Open year-round, with a clubhouse, snack bar, dog park, and on-site dining on well-maintained grounds. Thirty full-hookup back-in sites carry water, sewer, and electric on 20, 30, and 50-amp, sized to 50 feet, with site WiFi. Accessible sites are available for guests who need them. A general store, laundry, restrooms, showers, and a snack bar handle the practical side, with on-site dining for meals. The park is open all year and welcomes pets. A clubhouse anchors the social side, with a playground, dog park, and walking trails across the grounds. Fishing runs from the river, with biking and picnicking from the property and planned activities through the season. Boating, a golf course, and a state park are nearby. Granville sits on the Cumberland River in Jackson County, a small historic town that has built a genuine visitor identity around its preserved main street and river setting — an unusually pleasant base for a stretch of Middle Tennessee that most travelers pass through rather than stop in. The park suits both weekend getaways and longer stays, and the year-round operation makes it viable well outside the summer window. Summer river recreation and October foliage drive the heaviest demand — reserve ahead for both, and expect Granville's event weekends to tighten availability.

from $70/night

Four Corners RV Resort & Marina

79 RV Sites, 3 Onsite RV/Trailers, 2 Tiny Houses, 4 Boat Bungalows

Four Corners RV Resort and Marina in Nashville, Tennessee, offers 82 full-hookup RV sites and six boat bungalow and tiny house units on J. Percy Priest Lake, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service, cable TV, and rigs accepted to 70 feet on a big-rig-friendly layout, open all year. Dedicated fifth wheel categories join lakeside and deluxe back-in tiers, with a marina, pool, fitness center, and bar. Eighty-two back-in sites span deluxe east, deluxe west, lakeside east, fifth wheel deluxe, fifth wheel lakeside, and fifth wheel standard categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric with cable TV and site WiFi, sized to 70 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. Dedicated fifth wheel categories are genuinely uncommon and worth knowing about if that is what you tow. Six boat bungalows and tiny houses plus cabins round out the lodging. A general store, laundry, restrooms, showers, and firewood handle the practical side. Check-in is 2pm and checkout noon, with early and late options for a fee. The marina anchors the property, with boat rentals opening the lake for boating, paddle boarding, canoeing, kayaking, water sports, and fishing. An outdoor pool, fitness center, clubhouse, sports courts, pickleball, basketball, golf cart rentals, hiking, biking, a playground, pavilion, dog park, on-site dining, and a bar fill the rest, with live music through the season. Twenty miles from downtown means kayaking at sunrise and a Broadway honky-tonk by evening. Summer lake season and Nashville's event calendar both drive demand. Reserve well ahead.

from $49/night

Rural Hill Farm

17 RV Sites, 3 Cabins, 1 House

Rural Hill Farm in Mt. Juliet, TN, offers 17 full-hookup RV sites and 4 cabin and house rentals, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and room for rigs up to 70 feet. Sites come in two categories, back-in 20/30/50-amp and pull-thru 20/30/50-amp, each carrying water, sewer, and electric with site-delivered WiFi, a fire pit, and a picnic table. Every site takes all three amp services. The farm is gated and rated big rig friendly, with laundry, a bathhouse with showers, a dump station, a recreation center, and a pavilion. Pets are welcome. Two practical notes: one vehicle per site, with a nightly fee for extras charged on arrival, and your GPS may route you incorrectly, so follow the farm's directions rather than the app. The property spreads across 180 acres of rolling Wilson County farmland with a pond, walking trails, fishing, swimming, hiking, and biking — a working farm setting rather than a resort. Mt. Juliet sits east of Nashville, close enough for a night downtown and far enough to hear nothing but the farm. Rates for sites and rentals are on the booking page. Confirm the directions before you set out.

from $70/night

Timberline Glamping at Lake Guntersville

7 Glamping Sites

Timberline Glamping at Lake Guntersville brings upscale outdoor accommodations to the shores of one of Alabama's most beloved recreational lakes, combining comfort-forward glamping units with the natural splendor of Lake Guntersville State Park's 6,000-acre reserve of forested bluffs and Tennessee River impoundment. Positioned inside the state park, this property offers a genuinely immersive lakeside experience that removes the boundary between accommodation and landscape—guests don't travel to nature here; they sleep inside it. The glamping units provide prepared sleeping accommodations suited to guests who want the sensory experience of lakeside camping without the setup requirements of traditional tent or RV travel. State park amenities accessible to guests include a splash pad for younger visitors, a sandy swimming beach with supervised water access, a boat ramp connecting directly to Lake Guntersville, and a dedicated dog park for pet-traveling families. The combination of structured outdoor programming and open natural space makes the property effective for multi-generational trips that need to serve both small children and adults who want to explore independently. Lake Guntersville is a 69,100-acre Tennessee Valley Authority reservoir with a shoreline that winds through Marshall County's wooded ridges and agricultural bottomlands for more than 900 miles. The lake's clear, productive waters support populations of largemouth and spotted bass that have made Guntersville one of the premier bass fishing destinations in the United States, with multiple professional tournament wins validating what local anglers have known for generations. Bald eagles winter here in remarkable numbers from November through February, with concentrations along the dam and river channel that draw wildlife photographers and birding enthusiasts from across the Southeast. The surrounding state park protects ridge-top hardwood forests with hiking and mountain biking trails that offer sweeping views over the lake from multiple overlooks, and the park's golf course and marina provide additional on-site recreation options. The city of Guntersville and its surrounding Marshall County communities offer marinas, lakeside restaurants, and water sport outfitter services for guests who want to supplement the park experience with guided fishing trips or pontoon rentals. NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville—approximately one hour west via US-431—adds one of the country's most impressive space exploration attractions, with the U.S. Space and Rocket Center's indoor exhibits and full-size rocket displays providing a memorable family day trip. Timberline Glamping is open from spring through fall, with the warmest months bringing peak demand for beach and water amenities and the November-February eagle season drawing a quieter but enthusiastic wildlife-watching crowd. Summer reservations fill well in advance, particularly for weekend stays during fishing tournament season and warm weather months when the splash pad and swimming beach are in full operation. The property's combination of prepared glamping accommodations, state park infrastructure, and Lake Guntersville's exceptional outdoor recreation makes it one of the more distinctive camping options in northern Alabama. Spring migration birding, when neotropical warblers pass through Marshall County's forests in May, adds a compelling seasonal draw for wildlife enthusiasts who want to combine lake recreation with high-quality birding in one of the Southeast's most productive migratory corridors.

from $113/night

Elm Hill RV Resort

Elm Hill RV Resort in Nashville, TN, offers full-hookup back-in RV sites carrying water, sewer, electric, and cable TV, with site-delivered WiFi, a fire pit, and a picnic table at each site. Every site is back-in only, 22 feet wide with a level pad, accommodating most rigs up to 50 feet — if yours is longer, contact the resort before booking. The grounds are gated, with laundry, a bathhouse with showers, propane fills, and golf cart rentals. Pets are welcome. The water is what makes this unusual for a city park: a marina with boat docks, a boat ramp, and boat and kayak rentals, plus a beach, an outdoor pool, a pavilion, a playground, shuffleboard, and corn hole, with swimming, boating, kayaking, and picnicking. Nashville is known for many things, but not for a 14,000-acre lake lined with sandy beaches and marinas twelve miles from Lower Broadway. Percy Priest Lake is exactly that, and the resort sits on it. Rates and availability are on the booking page. Confirm your rig length against the 50-foot guidance before reserving; Nashville event weekends fill the resort.

from $69/night