Appalachia Ridge set to open Memorial Day Weekend, 100 sites to be ready
This is the entrance to the new Appalachia Ridge RV park next to the Museum of Appa- lachia in Norris, which will open to recreational vehicles beginning with Memorial Day weekend. This is the office and entrance building in front, and the bathhouse can be seen to the right. (photo:G. Chambers Williams III )
The park, just west of the museum, plans to open its website (appalachiaridge.com) to reservations beginning this coming Friday, said Joy Maples, marketing executive for Appalachia Ridge.
“We’re still getting the [reservations] map ready,” she said. “We’re very excited.”
The park originally had planned to open by spring 2023, but faced several delays, Maples said.
Most recently, the developers had to “widen the entrance and exit roads a bit,” she said. Work is still underway to finish some electrical hookups and other details.
Still not ready to open, however, are some other planned amenities at the site, including tent campsites, “glamping” tents, treehouses and some tiny homes.
“We don’t have dates for the rest yet,” Maples said. “We will not open those Memorial weekend.”
Construction of the main entrance building and the separate bathhouse are completed, and electrical wiring to the 100 RV sites is almost finished, Mandy Conner, one of the park’s developers, said late last month.
“It’s coming along great,” Conner said.
She said the bathhouse has restrooms, showers and a laundry facility for the customers.
All of the RV sites will have electrical, water and sewer hookups.
No work has begun yet on other key features.