Author: Cindy Rivera

  Knob Noster State Park will host a ribbon cutting for its newly renovated campground. The ceremony will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, April 19. The campground had been closed for renovations but is now ready to go for the 2024 camping season. The project involved overhauling the campground’s front half, which included upgrading electrical service to 50-amp connections at sites 1-25 and eight sites were upgraded to include full hook-ups. Hazardous trees were removed, new concrete pads were poured, sewer and water lines were installed, and site amenities…

Located next to the abandoned car wash and Star Mini Mart at 5575 Fannett Road., RV park owner Akash Ray said they are expecting to finish the project in August. Ray said that once finished, there will be 58 slots, a common area, a small playground and an office building with a gathering area and a small bar. He said the facility also will have a shower area and a walking trail. According to Ray, most of the park will be for short-term guests, who stay for a week or…

  Located on Little Daisy Lake, the family-owned business provides a variety of camping sites for visitors to the area. The Nevis Campground & RV Park, located just north of Nevis city limits next to little Daisy Lake, is growing. The business is owned by the Nicklason family of Nevis and has 29 RV sites with full hookups. An expansion of the campground is planned for later this spring. Plans are to add more RV sites and primitive sites. Future amenities in the works include; A shower house Volleyball court…

In a unanimous decision Wednesday evening, the Caseville Planning Committee approved the site plan for an RV Park that was presented by Jerald Ignash, who purchased three parcels of general business property off Michigan Avenue. During the public comment portion of the meeting, some spoke up with questions and concerns about bringing an RV Park to the area. Michelle Hartman was in attendance on behalf of Dr. Jeff Crowley, whose chiropractic office is adjacent to the property. She asked about the fencing, timeline for an opening, ordinances and traffic control.…

The Havasupai Gardens Campground and the Bright Angel and Tonto trails at Grand Canyon National Park will reopen for public use on April 15. The areas were closed on December 1, 2023, for Transcanyon Waterline project construction activities. Plateau Point Trail, from Havasupai Gardens to Plateau Point, remains closed until June 20. During this time, Tonto Trail hikers will be able to use a trail detour to connect to and from the Bright Angel Trail. The water filling station will be available for use at Havasupai Gardens. The water filling…

A new “full service” RV resort opened just off Walnut Avenue near the Town Creek neighborhood in New Braunfels dubbed Camp Landa. The RV resort offers 116 RV sites as well as five cabins to stay in with a text-for-concierge service; on-site laundry; a heated pool with a swim-up bar; a restaurant that serves American cuisine and a full bar inside the restaurant; a variety of outdoor activities including basketball, pickleball and sand volleyball courts; and more. A grand opening and ribbon cutting will take place on May 23. “It’s…

The South Central Tennessee Tourism Association (SCTTA) came forward to the Moore County Metro Council with a proposals regarding Wiseman RV Park. In its March meeting during its committee reports, Gerald Burnett went over the Budget Committee’s report where he stated that SCTTA’s Ryan French presented a proposal for the organization to take over administrative responsibilities for Wiseman RV Park. “Right now, a RV can park there and it’s an honor system,” Burnett said. “What (SCTTA) is proposing is to set up a website, to try to administer some keys…

Across the country, RV sales are up 11% this year, according to the National RV Industry Association, and if you’re coming to Dublin for a weekend visit, you might not see many options close to the interstate. That’s why Chad Law decided to open a campground on US-441 called Southern Pines RV Park. “Just in Dublin, it’s very limited. We really don’t have as far as hotels go, we only have a few right here on the main drag,” Law said. The hotels that are off I-16 usually get sold…

The city came one step closer to having an RV park on March 26 when the City Council voted at its regular meeting to approve updating its code to allow for such use. Previously, there was no such use in the city’s lexicon and thus no standards for this type of development. Four of five council members — Linda Rodriquez, Cherokee Sampson, David Mueller and Mayor John Eric Hoover — voted to approve allowing RV parks in a Planned Unit Development (PUD) Zoning District. Council member Tom Kinsella voted against…