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Roundabout Oxford RV & Water Resort

144 RV Sites, 20 Cottages

Roundabout Oxford RV & Water Resort in Oxford, MS, offers 144 full-hookup RV sites and 20 cottages, with 30 and 50-amp service and room for rigs up to 72 feet. Sites are branded Red Carpet across the board — back-ins, pull-thrus, buddy sites for two rigs traveling together, and preferred sites — all carrying water, sewer, and electric with site-delivered WiFi, a fire pit, picnic table, and barbecue. The grounds are gated and open all year, with laundry, a bathhouse with showers, a general store, propane fills and exchange, golf cart rentals, on-site dining, a bar, a snack bar, and a storm shelter. The water park is the centerpiece: 2.5 acres with a lazy river and splash pad, plus an outdoor pool, a hot tub, mini-golf, an arcade, a fitness center, a beach, sport courts, tennis, pickleball, volleyball, basketball, gaga ball, corn hole, a pavilion, and a playground, with planned activities running through the season. Oxford sits in the rolling hill country of Lafayette County, 10 to 15 minutes from Ole Miss and the town square. Rates for sites and cottages are on the booking page. Ole Miss home football weekends are the tightest of the year — reserve as far ahead as the resort will take it.

from $58/night

Jellystone Park™ Pelahatchie

118 RV Sites, 41 Cabins, 22 Tent Sites, 1 Lodge, 4 Park Models

Jellystone Park Pelahatchie in Mississippi offers 118 full-hookup RV sites, 46 cabin, lodge, and park model units, and 22 tent sites on a private lake, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service, cable TV, and rigs accepted to 50 feet behind a gated entrance, open all year. An off-lake deluxe category with a fenced pet area joins premium and off-water gravel tiers, alongside a splash pad, beach, laser tag, and disc golf. One hundred eighteen sites span off-lake deluxe with fenced pet area, off-water gravel back-in, off-water gravel pull-thru, premium back-in, and premium pull-thru categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric with cable TV, sized to 50 feet, with fire pits, picnic tables, and BBQ pits. A fenced pet area at the site is genuinely uncommon. Forty-six cabins, lodges, and park models and 22 tent sites round out the lodging. A general store, laundry, dump station, restrooms, showers, firewood, and a snack bar handle the practical side. The per-person camping fee covers the pool, the giant splash park, theme weekends, gaga ball, tennis, and hourly activities — see the Campers App for the schedule. A multi-level splash pad, outdoor pool, and beach anchor the summer, with the lake supporting boating, canoeing, kayaking, swimming, and fishing. Laser tag, a disc golf course, mini-golf, jumping pillow, sports courts, tennis, volleyball, basketball, horseshoes, corn hole, golf cart rentals, a recreation center, clubhouse, playground, pavilion, and dog park fill the rest. Thirty miles east of Jackson in Rankin County's lake country. Summer is the season. Reserve well ahead.

from $36/night

Arrowhead RV Resort at Smith Lake

39 RV Sites

Arrowhead RV Resort at Smith Lake in Crane Hill, Alabama, offers 39 full-hookup RV sites on the shoreline, with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 45 feet. Lakeside back-in and pull-in categories join an outdoor pool, boat ramp, walking trails, food trucks, and on-site dining. Thirty-nine sites run in lakeside back-in and pull-in categories, both carrying water, sewer, and electric on 30 and 50-amp with site WiFi, sized to 45 feet. Two straightforward categories keep booking simple, and the lakeside designation tells you what you are getting. Cabins round out the lodging. A laundry, showers, and on-site dining handle the practical side. A boat ramp opens the lake for boating, fishing, and swimming, with an outdoor pool, walking trails, playground, dog park, and food trucks filling the rest. Pets are welcome. Directions to 761 County Road 941: from I-65, take County Road 222 east about 16 miles, then right on County Road 941 for 1.1 miles. Smith Lake is one of the clearest and deepest natural-looking lakes in the Southeast — a 21,000-acre Cullman County reservoir with crystalline water and more than 500 miles of forested shoreline, and its clarity is genuinely unusual for the region. The striped bass and spotted bass fishing draws anglers from across Alabama, and the deep water makes it a favorite for boating and swimming when shallower southern lakes turn warm and murky. Summer lake season drives the heaviest demand, with spring and fall fishing strong and the most comfortable conditions. Reserve well ahead for warm-weather weekends.

from $46 $40/night

JG's Campen Life RV Campground

On 34 wooded acres in Cullman County, Alabama, JG's Campen Life RV Campground combines veteran-owned hospitality with a resort-level amenity package that goes well beyond what the county-road address suggests. The property sits close to Ryan's Creek and within a short drive of Lewis Smith Lake—one of Alabama's clearest and deepest reservoirs—giving guests both a quiet, tree-lined creek environment at camp and access to exceptional bass and striped bass fishing on one of the state's most productive angling destinations. A full-service pool, pickleball courts, virtual golf, Gellyball arena, and a commercial-grade playground position this property as much a family resort as an RV park. Full-hookup sites with 50-amp electrical service, water, and sewer connections spread across the 34-acre wooded property alongside a well-stocked camp store carrying firewood, ice, snacks, and propane. The in-ground swimming pool serves as the warm-weather social center, and walking trails that wander through the property and along Ryan's Creek provide a quiet alternative for guests who want to decompress between activities. A dog park accommodates traveling pets, private bathhouse facilities elevate the hygiene experience above the typical campground standard, and laundry on-site handles the practical demands of extended stays. Ryan's Creek borders the property and provides a shaded natural backdrop for the campground's hiking paths and streamside relaxation areas. Lewis Smith Lake, just a short drive away, spans more than 21,000 acres of remarkably clear water impounded on the Sipsey Fork—a system so clean and deep that it supports a world-class striped bass fishery alongside a scuba diving community that finds visibility far superior to most Southern reservoirs. Kayaking and canoeing on Smith Lake's protected coves and the creeks feeding from the surrounding Bankhead National Forest provide a paddling experience of exceptional quality for a campground within an hour of Birmingham. Cullman, the county seat just minutes from the campground, anchors a surprisingly rich cultural and culinary scene for a city of its size in north-central Alabama. Ave Maria Grotto—four acres of miniature replicas of famous world religious sites built by a Benedictine monk over decades—provides one of Alabama's most unusual and beloved attractions, drawing visitors who come expecting kitsch and leave moved by the devotion and artistry on display. The William B. Bankhead National Forest spreads across the surrounding ridge country with hiking trails, cascading waterfalls, and the Sipsey Wilderness, one of Alabama's most celebrated backcountry destinations for overnight backpackers. Summer brings the pool, the creek, and Smith Lake to their most popular states, with warm days and long evenings accommodating multiple outdoor activities before dark. Fall is the quieter and arguably better season for fishing—both Ryan's Creek and Smith Lake produce excellent striped bass action in October and November as water temperatures drop and fish feed aggressively. JG's Campen Life operates year-round, making it a viable winter stop for I-65 travelers seeking an above-average campground within driving distance of Birmingham's dining and entertainment offerings. Reserve in advance for summer holiday weekends and the fall fishing season, when Cullman County's campgrounds see strong demand from both local day visitors and traveling anglers.

from $31/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

Unhitched Cullman

69 RV Sites

Unhitched Cullman in Alabama offers 69 full-hookup RV sites across 40 acres of countryside minutes from I-65, with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted up to 100 feet. Pull-through categories at both amperages join back-in sites, with an outdoor pool, recreation center, pond, and farm animals roaming the grounds. Sixty-nine sites span back-in, pull-thru, pull-thru 30-amp, and pull-thru 50-amp categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric with site WiFi, sized to 100 feet. One hundred feet accommodates anything on the road with room to spare — a genuine advantage on a corridor where most options are tight interstate lots. Cabins round out the lodging. A general store, laundry, restrooms, showers, and propane fills handle the practical side. An outdoor pool anchors the warm months, with a recreation center, playground, walking trails, dog park, shuffleboard, and horseshoes filling the grounds. A pond supports fishing. The farm animals on the property are the detail guests mention first — it makes the place feel nothing like the concrete pads of the travel plazas up the road. Pets are welcome. Cullman sits midway along I-65 between Birmingham and Huntsville in the rolling hills of North Alabama. Smith Lake — one of the largest and cleanest lakes in the state, with some of its best fishing — is minutes away, the town is known regionally for antiquing, and Cullman County has a deep bench of nature parks. Spring and fall bring the most comfortable North Alabama conditions, with summer drawing lake traffic. Reserve ahead for holiday weekends.

from $37 $32/night

Sleepy Hollow RV Park

32 RV Sites

Sleepy Hollow RV Park in Laurel, MS, offers 32 full-hookup RV sites with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and room for rigs up to 45 feet. The categories tell you what you're parking on, which is more than most parks bother with: concrete back-in 30-amp, concrete back-in 30/50-amp, concrete pull-thru 30/50-amp, and gravel back-in 30/50-amp. Sites carry water, sewer, and electric with site-delivered WiFi, a fire pit, and a picnic table. The park is open all year and offers RV rentals for guests who don't own one. Laundry, a bathhouse with showers, a general store, a boutique shop, propane fills and exchange, and RV storage cover the rest. Pets are welcome, with a dog park and a pet washing station. An outdoor pool, a stocked pond, a playground, walking trails, and planned activities fill the grounds, with a state park, a lake, hiking, and a water park nearby. Laurel sits in Jones County, just north of the historic district whose restored homes and craftsman bungalows have drawn a wave of visitors in recent years. Rates for sites and RV rentals are on the booking page. The concrete pull-thrus go first.

from $44/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

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

Askew's Landing RV Campground

79 RV Sites, 1 Cabin, 20 Tent Sites

Askew's Landing RV Campground in Edwards, Mississippi, offers 79 full-hookup RV sites, a cabin, and 20 tent sites across 40 acres, with 30 and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 80 feet on a big-rig-friendly layout, open all year. Named categories — Lakefront, Lakeview, Horseshoe Bend, Magnolia Flats, The Field, The Hill, and The Pines — join an outdoor pool, lake, and kayak rentals. Seventy-nine sites span Horseshoe Bend, Lakefront, Lakeview, Magnolia Flats A, Magnolia Flats B, The Field, The Hill, and The Pines categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric with site WiFi, sized to 80 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. Naming every section rather than numbering tiers makes the property easy to picture, and Lakefront is the one to request. Eighty feet accommodates the longest coaches with a tow. A cabin and 20 tent sites round out the lodging. A general store, laundry, propane fills and exchange, dump station, restrooms, showers, firewood, and RV storage handle the practical side. An outdoor pool anchors the summer, with a lake, pond, and kayak rentals supporting boating, paddle boats, canoeing, kayaking, fishing, and swimming. Gem mining, basketball, horseshoes, corn hole, walking trails, a playground, pavilion, community fire pit, and dog park fill the rest, with planned activities and productive birding. The property operates as a wedding venue. Forty acres of former plantation land sits two and a half miles west of I-20 Exit 19 in Hinds County, with Vicksburg close and the Mississippi Petrified Forest 28 miles north. Spring and fall are most comfortable. Reserve ahead.

from $20/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

Greensport RV Park & Campground

144 RV Sites

Greensport RV Park and Campground in Ashville, Alabama, offers 144 full-hookup RV sites on Neely Henry Lake, with 20, 30, and 50-amp service and rigs accepted to 85 feet behind a gated entrance, open all year. Back-to-back double sites join back-in and pull-through categories, alongside a marina, boat ramp, fishing pier, beach, and jumping pillow. One hundred forty-four sites span back-in, back to back doubles back-in, and pull-thru categories, all carrying water, sewer, and electric on 20, 30, and 50-amp with site WiFi, sized to 85 feet, with fire pits and picnic tables. The double sites are built for two rigs traveling together, and 85 feet accommodates the longest coaches. A general store, laundry, propane exchange, restrooms, showers, library, boat storage, and a pet washing station handle the practical side. Google Maps has been giving unreliable directions to the property — enter "Greensport RV Park" by name or follow the directions on the park's site. The marina anchors the recreation, with a boat ramp, boat docks, boat rentals, kayak rentals, and a fishing pier opening the Coosa River for boating, paddle boats, canoeing, kayaking, and fishing. An outdoor pool, beach, jumping pillow, gaga ball, sports courts, pickleball, basketball, volleyball, horseshoes, corn hole, cornhole golf, walking trails, hiking, mountain biking, golf cart rentals, a playground, and dog park fill the rest, with live music and strong stargazing. Neely Henry sits in the Appalachian foothills at the edge of St. Clair County's quiet lake country. Summer lake season drives demand. Reserve well ahead.

from $48/night