Would You Camp at a Place Like This??

westernrvparkowner wrote:

HadEnough wrote:

pnichols wrote:

Naio wrote:
I'm picturing more of a cow pasture, 20 miles from the nearest gas station situation. But maybe that's because I'm used to the West.

Me too ... we don't need to camp near any "attractions" other than what Mother Nature supplies ... but it sure would be great to have full hookups out there so we could save up for and stay put for, say, a couple of weeks.

I'm thinking of a, say, 500 acre or more ranch out in beautiful country (and with a private lake too) that had maybe 50 FHU sites scattered throughout it, with a two week maximum stay to eliminate wealthy squatters, and at a price of around $70 per day. We'd of course leave the rancher's cows and/or sheep around us alone ... but might insist on being able to fish the lake!

There are private fishing arrangements out in wild country similar to this - but they would be drycamping and are expensive.

Bingo. That’s part of what I was picturing as well. A place to really stay a while. Something to enjoy.

Your first hurdle would be running a business on 500+ acres of pastureland will assuredly cause the ranch/farm to lose it's Agricultural exemption for property taxes on that acreage. And most states have a look back provision in their tax codes that would allow them to collect back taxes even if you got away with it for a few years.
Then there is the not insignificant costs of running miles of utilities and roads. There are pretty strong economic reasons most RV parks are not what you are describing.