JAY-O RV PARK, Denmark, TN

Jay-O RV Park, Denmark, TN 

RUN BY:   Private RV park

LOCATION:  35.595881  -89.052005

Last Visit:  11/29/2018

UTILITIES:  Full-Hookups

COST:  $30

DISCOUNTS:  AAA, Good Sams

OUR RATING (1-5): Category I.  Score 3+

NOTES:   We’re not RV “park” people, but the owners of Jay-O were nice and we had a pleasant experience.  We felt the price wasn’t bad for full hook-ups. We needed to flush our tanks and temps were in the twenties. This was a good place to attend to matters. There is a truck stop quite close and you get a lot of interstate noise.  On the internet they got a 4.3 out of 5 rating.  I’d say that’s about right.

Environment:  Pine grove

Amenities:  Camp store, small swimming pool, laundry

Dump:  N/A

Public Water:  N/A 

Toilets: Yes

Showers:  Yes

Laundry:  Yes

Phone Service:  adequate Verizon 

Nearest Propane: unknown

Location:  At exit 68 on I-40 go south on TN-138. A very short distance, on your left, you will see the campground sign. Just follow the signs to the campground. Can’t get lost.

Proximity to shopping: There is a TA Truck-stop, country store, camp store and a few other similar places nearby. Otherwise I do not know where you would go for serious shopping.

Camping Population:  Mixed. Almost all of us were from different states.

Sites:   Typical private campground. Pass through close together. 

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RATING KEY:    category - score 

Categories:  I - established campgrounds where one might spend a vacation or several days

                    II -  boondocking, dry camping where there are no designated sites and no amenities but

                               one might choose to stay for more than a night.

                    III - over-night areas 

You must remember that we are scoring 1 thru 5 according to things which are important to us: the environment, cost, amenities, location, safety, camping population, site, phone service 

* There are people who are not full-timers and van-dwellers by choice. We try hard not to be demeaning or assume that they are bad people but sadly, as you find in the poorer parts of a city, there seems to be more crime. Many call these people van-dwellers. That isn’t really accurate even though they do often live in vans. We know quite a few van-dwellers who have good incomes, are full-timers by choice and prefer a van to other types of vehicles. To try to show some respect for people who have a difficult lot in life, I’m calling them ‘residential campers’.  It is only when you get a high proportion of residential campers in an area that you find an increase in petty theft, etc.