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MetalGator's avatar
Jan 17, 2019

Tifton Georgia

I am planning a trip from the Tampa Bay area to Sevierville, TN next October. I would like to leave afterwork on a Friday afternoon and get up the road a bit. From my location it looks to be about 4 1/2 hours from Palmetto, Fl to Tifton, GA. This would only be a stopover for the night. Does anyone have any recommendations on a place to stay? It would be nice to have a pull through spot so I won't have to disconnect the toad and be close to I75.

Burch
  • Ivylog wrote:
    So you are looking for a CG that you can come into in the dark after 10:00 PM. How rude and as a CG owner please go to WalMart as Its been a long day and I’m probably asleep as are the rest of the campers in the park. In October you do not need hookups that late in the day.

    Really??
    We stop at Twin Oaks (as others on here have mentioned) each year on the way to North Georgia in October. We travel from N Central FL and that place is about half way for us. We've never pulled in during daylight hours. Call ahead and tell them you'll be checking in late and they leave info on the board outside. Never been a problem.

    Few years back, we stayed at a KOA in Savannah. Woke up one morning and there was a huge Class A right next to us that wasn't there when we went to bed. Didn't even notice them pulling in. They were gone before we finished breakfast.

    To the OP, I think Tifton is a little further away than you're expecting. Having made the trip to Palmetto from Gainesville many times without a trailer, I'd say it's roughly a 3 hour trip (in light traffic). Then another hour to Valdosta and a little more than an hour to Tifton. Sounds like a 6 hour trek to me ;-)
  • WTP-GC wrote:

    To the OP, I think Tifton is a little further away than you're expecting. Having made the trip to Palmetto from Gainesville many times without a trailer, I'd say it's roughly a 3 hour trip (in light traffic). Then another hour to Valdosta and a little more than an hour to Tifton. Sounds like a 6 hour trek to me ;-)


    I have made the trip from Palmetto to Gainesville dozens of times (I went to the University of Florida). It's about 2 and 1/2 hours. Google maps says it's 4 and 1/2 hours to Tifton from Palmetto. I am figuring more like 5 hours or so. I will be leaving between noon and 1pm so I am hoping to get there by 6:30-7pm. Then I have another 6-7 hour drive the next day.

    As far as getting to a RV park late, I can't tell you how many times I've gotten up in the morning and there was an RV next to me that wasn't there the night before. And I'm a light sleeper.

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