Loretta Lynn Ranch & Campground

Didn’t know what to expect. We drove about an hour from Nashville to see Loretta ‘s home and museum. The place is beautiful, the people are great. Out tour guide Brooke was the sweetest. The museum and house were wonderful, even heard some ghost stories. Only thing that could have made it better is if we would have met Loretta herself!

We stayed two nights here recently in one of the cabins. Cozy and super cute cabins were very clean and much nicer than we anticipated. Just like a hotel room, the cabins had a mini fridge, microwave and coffee pot. Small grill outside and a decent sized deck with patio chairs and table. And air conditioning! Sweet, sweet air conditioning! Being 6 months pregnant, this is an amenity I can’t live without. I like my rooms to be freezing. Like a meat locker.
The smaller cabins had two full size beds in them each (in different rooms for privacy). The only drawback was there was not any place for storage. No closets or cabinets. Two large coat hooks to hang stuff but that’s it.
We enjoyed fishing, hiking and relaxing. We roamed the spacious grounds a bit but didn’t have much time for tours (again, fishing). All in all we had a great time!

If you are near here, it’s worth seeing. It’s cool to see someone rebuild their childhood home somewhere else and have it be an homage to their roots.
It’s simple, it’s kind of cool.

Growing up, my family listened on the car stereo to the country legends like Loretta Lynn and Johnny Cash. And of course we later watched and loved the movie «Coal Miner’s Daughter.» So when I recently found myself on a road trip with my dad that took us just miles from Loretta Lynn’s place, we just had to get off the interstate and visit. If nothing else, we can say we’ve seen where Loretta Lynn’s lives! (not the house with the columns, but the one in back) We were pressed for time and did not take any tours, but we had a great experience in the gift shop. The sales clerk gave us her undivided attention, whipping out a book about the Lynn family and sharing little antecdotes and personal stories. She was very kind and hospitable. My dad bought a cd of Loretta’s gospel songs (a change from the 8-​tracks of the earlier days) and we listened all the way back to Texas! Made a great memory!

I’m not kidding when I say that coming here was a bit of a dream come true. I think the only thing that would have made my trip more magical was actually meeting the woman herself.
The grounds are HUGE and incredible. She has a full redneck wonderland on sight for people to come and enjoy; camping grounds, dirt track for racing, fishing, etc. You name it in the great outdoors and there is room on her land to come and do it.
I didn’t participate in the house tours because it was booked out by the time we got there but we did roam the museum on sight and it was kind of magical. To see all of her history in addition to the other tidbits of musical history she has contributed to and collected over the years-​just incredible.
I cried, I laughed, I swooned all during the day.
The whole experience is very hooky and down home fun and not one to miss if you are anywhere in the vicinity. It was an 1 ½ drive from Nashville and well worth each mile.

When we arrived at the RV park, we were the only one there. This was on 8−18−10. We made our reservations online and was told that there was internet. After we had set up, we found out that there is no Internet or cable. With our anteena we were only able to get 2 TV stations.
Sights were difficult to pull in due to trees and sharp turns, however, since we were the only one there we had our pick. A couple hours later another RV arrived. So a total of 2 in the entire park.
There was no outside lightening at night time, except at the little store. Cell phone only works in certain areas of the park.
Going through Loretta Lynn’s Home was nice, but would recommend you stay at the KOA a few miles away.