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dodgebob08

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Posted: 10/24/09 11:45pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator

we live about an hour from Memphis and 4 hours from Nashville. i got to agree with everybody else, Nashville. if that's what you decide, look into Montgomery Bell State Park. beautiful small park about 20 minutes from Nashville, sites have full hook-up and right on a creek bank. lots of other state parks around that are nice but that's the closest. have fun.


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If you are into history, the Nashville area has quite a few historic battlefields. Fort Donelson National Battlefield is 1 mile west of Dover, northwest of Nashville. This would make a good day trip and a great place to have a picnic lunch.

As mentioned above, be sure to see the Parthenon. It was built for Tennessee's 1897 Centennial Exposition.

We typically stay at Cedars of Lebanon State Park. It is about 30 miles from Nashville. The campsites are paved and well shaded. It is 6 miles from the interstate and is very quiet. Of course there are other campgrounds closer into town.

You may want to check on what events are occuring at the time you will be in the area. Fan Fair draws a lot of people and many campgrounds fill up.


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Many thanke to all of you for your thoughts and suggestions. Really appreciate it!


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Great information! I'm planning a week long stay at Yogi Bear in Nashville next summer.

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Polishnurse wrote:

Nashville is the largest City in US of A. Land wise that is.

Actually, Nashville is the 12th largest city land wise in the USA.Rank ? City ? Land Area (mi²) ? Land Area (km²) ? Water Area (mi²) ? Water Area (km²) ? Total Area (mi²) ? Total Area (km²) ? Population (2000) ?
1 Yakutat City, Alaska * 7,650.5 19,814.7 1,808.8 4,684.8 9,459.3 24,499.5 808
2 Sitka, Alaska * 2,874.0 7,443.6 1,937.5 5,018.3 4,811.5 12,461.9 8,835
3 Juneau, Alaska * 2,716.7 7,036.2 538.3 1,394.3 3,255.0 8,430.5 30,711
4 Anchorage, Alaska * 1,697.2 4,395.8 263.9 683.4 1,961.1 5,079.2 260,283
5 Jacksonville, Florida * 757.7 1,962.4 116.6 302.1 874.3 2,264.5 735,617
6 Anaconda, Montana * 737.0 1,908.8 4.2 10.8 741.2 1,919.6 9,417
7 Butte, Montana * 716.1 1,854.7 0.7 1.7 716.8 1,856.5 33,892
8 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 607.0 1,572.1 14.2 36.7 621.1 1,608.8 506,132
9 Honolulu, Hawaii * 599.8 1,553.4 1,527.1 3,955.1 2,126.9 5,508.5 876,156
10 Houston, Texas 579.4 1,500.7 22.3 57.7 601.7 1,558.4 1,953,631
11 Phoenix, Arizona 517.126 1,334.1 0.2 0.6 517.17 1,334.1 1,321,045
12 Nashville, Tennessee 473.3 1,225.9 23.7 61.4 497.0 1,287.2 545,524
13 Los Angeles, California 469.1 1,214.9 29.2 75.7 498.3 1,290.6 3,694,820
14 Skagway, Alaska 452.4 1,171.8 11.9 30.8 464.3 1,202.7 862
15 San Antonio, Texas 407.6 1,055.6 4.5 11.7 412.1 1,067.3 1,144,646
16 Suffolk, Virginia 400.0 1,036.1 29.0 75.2 429.1 1,111.3 63,677
17 Indianapolis, Indiana 361.5 936.2 6.7 17.3 368.2 953.5 781,870
18 Dallas, Texas 342.5 887.2 42.5 110.0 385.0 997.1 1,188,580
19 Chesapeake, Virginia 340.7 882.5 10.2 26.4 350.9 908.8 199,184
20 San Diego, California 324.3 840.0


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Living between the two and seeing the news everyday...I would go Nashville. Memphis is way to violent.


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