Building New Campground. Opinions Welcome!

Packbacker wrote:
My family is working on building a new campground from scratch and we would like to get some opinions from campers or campground owners. We considered building right off a major interstate on about 35 acres but are now looking at building on our own property. Our property is 12 minutes from the interstate. It is located on 500 acres of beautiful longleaf pine with unique sandhills topography and river access. We plan to offer typical park amenities such as pool, playground, splash pad, bath houses, etc. We also have miles of walking/bicycle trails, access to the slow, tranquil river and cabins rentals. Our main question we'd like opinions on is whether this type of park would be more attractive to campers versus a park right off the interstate and would the 12 minute drive be a turnoff? Also worth noting that the 12 minute drive is a 4 lane highway that is 55mph the entire ride.

Sounds like an awesome CG to me. To answer your question without telling you what slope to run your sewer lines, I'd be a customer. 12 minutes off the highway is not a big deal - actually a lot better to be tucked away. It sounds like some of the parks I like to go to - your not trying to be a destination type CG like KOA, but you have stuff to do. Love to have trails to hike, the pool is a plus. If you have the cash and space, put put golf is something we enjoyed at a Georgia state park we recently stayed at. Having stuff to do, and access to groceries close by is a big plus. I would not stay at someplace right off the interstate unless I'm just stopping for the night. And even so, 12 minutes is not a deal killer. Hopefully I'll find you in my travels.