We rolled out of Cliffside Park at about 9:00 AM, after visiting their dump station. We knew that the park was going to empty out after the Labor Day Holiday. Looking at all the empty spots I would guess that the campground was at about 20% of their capacity. There seemed to be no one leaving the campground but us. That made using the dump station a real pleasure (if there is such a thing).

Just two days earlier, there were so many trailers lined up to use the station that the line extended to the back of the campground. You could see folks who wanted to get in line were struggling with how they would make that happen. By mid afternoon, most everyone had left the campground.

Now we were on our way to a one night stopover in Indiana. The Brown County/Nashville KOA is located in Indiana, about an hour south of Indianapolis. This was about a five and a half hour drive for us from Wisconsin. The campground is located about 12 miles west of highway 65. I am not a big fan of getting off our route to camp, but this may be one of the campgrounds that was worth doing that for.

As you get off highway 65 onto highway 46 that leads to the campground, you will drive through the small town of Columbus Indiana. For being such a small town, it has a lot to offer. There are many restaurants on both sides of 65 as well as a Walmart Supercenter if you need to restock your RV fridge and pantry.

One word of caution regarding this KOA, the entrance (and it is the exit too) is very steep. I was not prepared for that. Also, I have seen many videos of fifth wheels that got pitched on an incline and ended up damaging their truck beds. I have no idea if this incline would pose any problem for fifth wheels but just be aware it is pretty steep. Since there were some fifth wheels in the campground I am guessing it is doable. I can’t imagine that the incline will be an issue for a Travel Trailer.

This is a nice quiet KOA that appears to be expanding. While they have nine nice pull through sites, the majority are back-in. The campground can be a bit rugged. For instance, there is a trail that you can take from the back of the campground, that goes through the woods and to a dog park area. This trail is so steep (really more of an embankment) at the beginning that quite frankly I am surprised that I didn’t fall down the trail. After that, the trail becomes quite scenic and nice. It would not take much to improve the approach to the trail. Since they show the trail on their campground map and advertise that “the walking trail is popular with both human and canine campers”; the smart money would be on fixing it before someone gets hurt.

The nicer part of the walking trail.

That being said, overall this is a very nice KOA. The staff is friendly and helpful, the sites are well maintained for being gravel, and it is very clean. It is a very quiet campground and there is pretty decent space between sites. They also have decent cell service so that will not be an issue. They also have a well maintained pool.

Nicely maintained roads and sites.
Our Site

While we were there, there were not a lot of folks camping. There were however some folks tent camping in the back part of the campground. Again, one of the campers thought it was fine to have their dog off-leash. Fortunately it did not stray from it’s owner. The woman apologized to me as she grabbed her dog and placed it on a lead.

To be safe, and because I see so much of this now; I carry pepper spray when I walk with Eva. I know that sounds harsh, but I’d rather prevent an attack than have an injured pet. Sadly, rules do not apply anymore, and seem to be rarely enforced, so you as a pet owner need to be prepared.

I have to say this would be a nice KOA to crash at for more than a few days. It may be the quietest campground that we have stayed at in recent history. If you would like to check out this KOA, click here to get more information.

Tomorrow it is on to Pigeon Forge Tennessee. To continue to the next stop on this trip click here.