Grand Ole RV Resort

We were passing through the area and called to see if there was any availability. Tammy was very kind and we booked over the phone about 3 hours away. When we arrived at the campground, which was easy to find, we were escorted immediately to our site for the night. After setting up we went to the office and was met by another young woman who was just as kind checking us in. The campground was very clean and even though the sites were close to one another that did not matter to us as we were only here for a night. They have a great small store with many things and there is live music every night and food for purchase for breakfast and dinner. A great place to stay and when in the area again would not hesitate to stay here. Might possibly visit again next year when we have time to sightsee.

We were led to our site by friendly staff. The site was a pull through next to the play/common area. They have live music every evening which varies from great to so-so. We did go to Broadway in Nashville, but it sure has changed from three years ago. The crowds are stifling, so we spent most of our time at the campground. They serve pizza every evening and it isn't bad.

If trains running next to the park could bother you, don't come here. It didn't bother us.

This is a tough one. The park staff/owners(I'm guessing) are super helpful and friendly. Had nothing but good encounters with them. The park itself is very well maintained, great green space out front for walking the dogs. This brings me to a negative, no fenced in dog park. We have two big silver labs and a little dog which didn't have a place to get off leash in the park. Thankfully there is a nice dog park about 2.5 miles away. The second thing is, not one doggy drop box anywhere. There are a lot of dogs here but you have to make a run to the dumpster with your doggy bags.

Our site #125 was on the end of a loop with not a lot of grass. When it rained it got muddy and our maps ended up under water partially. There's plenty of train noise day and night, I guess we got used to it but add to that the road noise and it gets to be a bit much over 10 days or so that we were there. Most of the sites are pretty tight so don't go expecting a lot of room. Our 35' 5th wheel took the entire pad up so I had to park the truck behind it which left it open to close calls with folks leaving the loop with their RV's.

The park is within 30 minutes of downtown and our Uber ride each way was around $35 dollars even in the late evening coming back that was a plus. It's only 17 minutes to The Grand Old Opry. We did take in a show and had a great time. To be honest downtown/Broadway has changed since I was here last, 10 years ago. It's more like Orlando full of tourists, $16 dollar cocktails, $54 dollar parking. Found a $8 dollar garage and almost got the truck stuck, we gave up and left. 20 minute waits to get into the bars. IDK just wasn't the fun time I expected from my last visit. If your going I'd say go during the week and skip the weekend crowd. Oh and the other thing, Nashville traffic is just as bad as Orlando. I'll pass. Even around Goodlettsville it's heavy.

Work From Home Factor:
Had good overall 5G cell service as you can see below but did have some low upload speeds which killed my wife's Teams communications, Starlink ended up being what we used for her and I was able to work pretty well off the cell service. Not sure what happened to the low upload speeds as it was intermittent. Could have been deprioritized at the tower. Startlink saved the day here for working from the RV. The Starlink speeds were like 300 Mbps down and 90 Mbps up.

191.4602 89.05705
124.7605 16.09144
446.7621 83.16672
114.1806 6.433752
17.02387 5.526344
418.94 25.87392
483.8974 74.46684
370.5107 71.71737
4.956968 0.797312
77.93677 1.131936
162.8787 0.02432
200.5589 0.064784

So to sum up the RV park. I'd stay again as the other close to downtown options are not as desirable as this one. Once again the owners/staff were extremely friendly and helpful.

We enjoyed our stay in Goodlettsville. It’s close enough to plenty of stores and shops (7-8 minutes from Kroger) and only 20-30 minutes from Nashville, depending on traffic. There’s a city park nearby (Mansker Creek Park) with a 1-mile loop walking trail that’s dog-friendly, and we also explored Percy Warner Park and Shelby Bottoms Greenway.

There’s no clear process for check-in. Enter directly from the highway to the drive (don’t turn onto Old Springfield Pike). Most folks just park in the drive next to the main building.

Although other reviewers commented about the train right next to the campground, it didn’t bother us. There’s no whistle, just the rumble of the trains coming by.

Bathrooms in the main building were very clean - three showers and two toilets on the ladies side. Four washers ($2.00) and four dryers ($0.25 for 5-6 minutes). The daily live music was a nice touch, and not a nuisance elsewhere in the campground (we wondered if it would be loud or piped throughout the campground, but that wasn’t the case). There are full-time residents here, but unlike other campgrounds we’ve stayed like that, all the rigs are well-kept.

Verizon speeds 170-300 Mbps up, 3-12 down; AT&T 8-17 up, 5-7 down (varied by time of day)

The campground is well maintained. You are escorted to your site and they offer to help direct you in if need be. This site was a back in. The sites were a little closer than we prefer but you are very close to Nashville. Yes there is a train and street noise, but very close to I-65 to get wherever you may want to go in Nashville. Unfortunately our schedule did not allow us to take advantage of the nightly live music or home cooked breakfast. Level gravel sites. Very clean campground.

The people in the office are nice and they made us laugh every time we walked in. Though you’re packed in like sardines, they make up for that with live music every night, beer in the fridge and (for a small fee) breakfast in the mornings. Not sure we’d stay here again as there are better campgrounds but we enjoyed our stay while we were here. It’s also one of the most beautiful drives to a drag strip just 10 minutes away. Even if there’s not a drag race, I’d recommend making the drive anyway.

Admittedly, we like the State Park feel when we camp and there is none of that here. We were able to take a 1-mile walk, all gravel going around the campground, it would not have been safe to walk on the highway. The sites were very small, the train ran all night about every 2 hours, and road noise was a constant. There was music outside in the evening, but we did not particularly enjoy that - to us, it only added to the noise. The bathhouse was clean enough but had poor lighting except in one stall. We did not use the breakfast or dinner services, as we do all of our own cooking. We met only two people, one man directing people to their site and the woman assigning the site, so not much interaction there. Even though there is not really room for campfires, people had them, so we had to close up and use AC. It is hard to comment about access from I-65 as we drove on country roads from Cottontown to get to Hwy 41.