RV rental Norris Dam State Park, TN: Motorhome rentals, camper van rentals and more

Camping at Norris Dam State Park will give you easy access to nearby cities like Knoxville and Oak Ridge and will reduce your need to be crammed into small hotel rooms during your visit. The park is home to two different campgrounds, and conveniently there is a dump station located at each campground. Every camping site has its own table, grill, and fire pit, and there is a centrally located bathhouse that all guests can use at their leisure during the in-season. The two different campgrounds offer slightly different scenery for guests, but both of them include moderate privacy thanks to trees and spaced out campsites. RV camping at Norris Dam State Park can be reserved ahead of time, but it is up to guests if they want to do so. There are approximately 75 RV sites between the two campgrounds, all of which have water and electricity hookups. In addition, three entirely paved sites are designed to be ADA compliant and require proper identification when checking in.

There is much to see in the area surrounding the park, and depending on what your desires are, you can cater your trip to fit in what makes you happy. For those who are interested in learning about the local history of the area, there are two great options. First, The Lenoir Museum, which is home to a diverse and extensive collection of artifacts that the timeline of life in Southern Appalachia stretching as far back as 12,000 years ago. There are also exhibits that focus more on recent life, such as the Caleb Crosby Threshing Barn that is home to farm tools from the 1830s and additionally, there are plows and wagons from the same era. Also near to the park is the Museum of Appalachia, which is an affiliate museum of the Smithsonian. The Museum of Appalachia is located in Norris, which is also a convenient town to stop in when you are looking to grab a bite to eat. Also in Norris guests will find a number of gas stations that can easily accommodate larger RVs. When exploring the Museum of Appalachia, guests can learn what it was like for the original mountain farmers and pioneer villagers in their daily life. There are also cultural and historic exhibits that guests can interact with. No motorhome camping trip to Norris Dam State Park would be complete without a visit to the Norris Dam Visitor Center. This state park wouldn’t exist if the dam hadn’t been built, at least not in remotely the same way, and guests can learn a lot about what the area looked like before the reservoir was created. The dam museum is open during typical business hours and showcases a number of diagrams and informational placards to educate guests on this massive engineering project.