July 4th is right around the corner – America’s birthday. And don’t forget next year is our nation’s big 250th birthday. But let’s take a look at what states are celebrating a birthday this June, which makes for a good reason to visit these states when camping with us.
Kentucky became our 15th state on June 1, 1792, so that makes 233 years in the statehood business. Kentucky Is home to the world’s longest cave system, Mammoth Cave and lucky Kentucky campers will know that Mammoth Cave National Park is less than two miles from the campground, Thousand Trails Diamond Caverns. The campground is also about 45 miles from the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park and less than two miles from Bell’s Tavern, a historic site that contains the ruins of a once popular stagecoach site between Louisville and Nashville. The campground itself has an 18-hole golf course as well as biking, hiking and walking trails.
Originally founded as a colony in 1623, New Hampshire became the 9th state on June 21, 1788. Our own camping colony in New Hampshire, aka Tuxbury Pond RV Campground, is a great place to make camp while exploring The Granite State. If you’re looking to celebrate American history, you should note that Tuxbury is less than 45 minutes from Boston and the historic Freedom Trail, Faneuil Hall and the Bunker Hill Monument. Closer to camp, Jewell Towne’s Town Center Historic district is home to a cluster of Greek-Revival buildings dating to the 1830s.
Tennessee celebrates 229 years of statehood on June 1. The Volunteer State, so nicknamed because of the importance of the volunteers from the state in the War of 1812, attained statehood in 1796. Two great camping destinations can be found in Tennessee, both located near the state’s most populous, and popular, cities, Memphis and Nashville. Thousand Trails Cherokee Landing is outside of Memphis and sits on 250 wooded acres while Thousand Trails Natchez Trace is about an hour outside of Nashville and has a 3-mile lake great for fishing. Historic sites near Natchez Trace include the Meriwether Lewis Park and Monument on the Natchez Trace. The Lewis County Courthouse is on the National Register of Historic Places, having been built during the Great Depression. Shiloh National Military Park is about 45 miles from camp. Shiloh was a major battlefield in the Civil War.
As the 10th state admitted to the Union on June 25, 1788, Virginia is often referred to as “the Mother of Presidents” as it has produced 8 US Presidents. That distinction means that there are plenty of presidential homes and/or birthplaces to visit when camping here. We can also boast that there are 7 campgrounds to visit here. Historic sites nearby campgrounds include Appomattox Courthouse, the Civil War site where Lee surrendered to Grant (near Thousand Trails Lynchburg); the Historic Triangle, which encompasses Williamsburg, Jamestown and Yorktown which played significant roles in early American history (near Thousand Trails Williamsburg); and the George Washington Birthplace National Monument (near Thousand Trails Harbor View);
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