This place is a joke and i do mean a joke. There is no game room, the so called club house is locked , no rv wash or repair on site, no bingo on site,noopen jam sessions, no concessions stand, no dog playground. The dogs are restricted to your site and only allowed to be walked in the yard they call the playground. Everything seems to be under constructiion and even that was shut down by the building inspectors here, no doggie walking service, no outside movies. We camped here in a Motorhome.
Review Rating
[ 8 / 10 ]
June 2008
$25
This park used to be a KOA and has been bought out by a private owner. As the previous ratings state, the park was in bad shape due to lack of maintenance. The new owners have the place looking very nice, and they are still making improvements. There a couple of holes where they are working on plumbing but they are working on them. The lots are all gravel with grass, not perfectly level but not too bad. The pool is very large for a park this size and well maintained. They also have a store and video arcade. It is located behind a truck stop, but far enough that the noise is not a problem. It is next to I65,with very easy access, but far enough away that that noise is not a problem either. The pull through lots are long enough to leave the tow vehicle hooked up. We camped here for 1 week and the price is at the weekly rate of $175 w/tax. The nightly rate is higher. It would be a very nice park to bring the kids for a swim vacation. We camped here in a Fifth Wheel.
This park was the Franklin RV Ranch and before that it was the Franklin KOA. It is badly in need of repairs and upkeep and the new owners are doing them, they are working very hard to get it back into a first class operation. New water lines have been completed, the restrooms and showers are remodeled and very clean. The sites are not level, however they are working on them and this should become a very nice park. The management is very helpful, friendly and concerned for their guests. Getting into the park requires one watching the road closely as there is a extra turn required due to road construction, but worth the effort as the staff at the campground is trying hard to please the guests. We camped here in a Fifth Wheel.
We stayed here for one night on our way to Florida. We arrived in the dark during a big rainstorm. The campground was difficult to find, the driveway is down a long lane between a gas station and truck repair shop. The owner was very nice and helpful. I filled out a night registration ticket with amount due to the next dollar and dropped it into the slot. The owner came over, after we pulled into our site, to bring me my 30 cents change. I was shocked, considering most places wouldn't have bothered, especially in a torrential downpour. He also pointed out where the facilities were, and told us which site he was at in case we needed anything and gave us his cell phone number. The showers and restrooms were very nice and clean. The showers all had a dressing area and were enclosed, which is always a plus. Would stay here again. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.
I'm surprised by some of the other responses, because the woman who greeted us at the front counter was warm, friendly, and helpful!!! (Pointed out a nice open field next door where we could run our dogs for a bit, after being on the road all day - that was VERY much appreciated!) We found the park to be just fine for our overnight stay, and the facilities were very nice. We will stay here again the next time we pass through. We camped here in a Motorhome.
You can see where there is some work being done on this campground, but it is a long way from being competitive with other area campgrounds. Before we actually camped here, stopped by to check it out only to be rather rudely greeted with "well we are the new owners"! I asked what types of improvements they would be making to the campground (ie. pavements etc.) only to be very harshly responded to with "well we have made improvements". The person I was talking to was very VERY defensive and the staff that I encountered was not friendly at all. This campground would be fine if you were traveling late at night and just needed somewhere to stop for the night, but this is not a keeper by any means. There are very few trees, most of the campground is out in the blazing sun, gravel roads throughout the campground and rather difficult to navigate in to as the entry road to the campground passes in between a gas station (truck stop) and a truck repair shop, very difficult to see. I would not recommend this campground to anyone. This campground would be almost tolerable, but when you add on top of it the very rude people that either own it or work there, its not worth it. We camped here in a Travel Trailer.
A pretty much ho-hum park, gravel and grass sites, some level, most not. Small trees dot the landscape, not much else to comment on. Staff was also pretty ho-hum. WiFi available for a fee. Hard to figure out which is the road to the park and which is the truck stop entry. Too pricy for overnight stops, won't stay here again. We camped here in a Motorhome.
This appears to be primarily an overnighter park, charging regular rates. There is none to very little shade, sites are fairly level and graveled where the coach sets. No patios, can be muddy in wet weather. The staff didn't seem to have much interest in campers or travelers. Caution when entering, the road into it looks like a truck entrance to a filling station. There are signs, but when you are crossing on coming traffic on a four lane, they hard to see. We camped here in a camper.