We stayed at Red Bay Acres RV Resort in Red Bay, Alabama. (Campground Reviews listing.)

Our fourth stay here, and third in 2024.

Dates:

• Check in: 2024-12-15
• Check out: 2024-12-21
• 6 nights

Weather:

• Some cloudy days, and some rain and thunderstorms
• High temps 51-65°F, lows 31-58°F
• A bunch of wind, gusts to 21 MPH

Noise:

• No road noise
• No train horn noise
• Hourly clock tower noise
• Negligible neighbor and tech services noise, since the park was mostly empty

Site:

• #32, back-in, concrete
• Needed to disconnect toad, parked in front of coach
• Level site; used hydraulic leveling
• Concrete driveway about 60 feet long by 12 feet wide
• Grass between sites, 15-25 feet wide on passenger side, 15 feet wide on driver side
• Picnic table
• No trees
• Clean site
• Elevation 660 feet, front facing NW

Utilities:

• 50 amp power, conveniently located
• 60 PSI water, conveniently located
• Good sewer connection, fairly conveniently located (1 10-foot pipe needed)

Internet (in usage priority order):

• T-Mobile: 370-400 Mbps down, 45-55 Mbps up, 45 ms ping
• AT&T: 110-125 Mbps down, 20 Mbps up, 75-95 ms ping
• Verizon: 5 Mbps down, 20 Mbps up, 125 ms ping
• Campground Wi-Fi (in Yacht Club): 6-8 Mbps down, 4-6 Mbps up, 65 ms ping
• Starlink: not used

Amenities:

• Garbage pickup from site
• Package delivery to office
• Onsite restaurant
• Pond
• Hometown of Tiffin; local RV repairs

Our review on Campground Reviews:

Still the best place to stay in Red Bay

We’ve stayed here several times while getting our coach serviced in the Red Bay area, and it’s still the only place I would choose to stay. The lake in the middle is pleasant and we love having the on-site cafe. It is a little disappointing that they seem to be cutting back on the menu there (pretty much only sandwiches now, when you used to get wings and other hot items). I also wish the concrete pads were a bit wider, as it rained nearly every day, and the infamous Red Bay mud was inescapable when hooking/unhooking for our service appointments. December is a bit of a mixed bag as the town closes the week before Christmas through the New Year. Having the campground to ourselves was nice, but services were harder to schedule. We camped at Red Bay Acres RV Resort in a Motorhome.

Tip for Other Campers: After several trips to Red Bay the big question is, why did it take me so long to discover the majesty of Big Star’s bakery? I’m still dreaming of their chocolate chip cookies….

Campground map:

An interactive map:

Our site:

On a frosty morning, you can see the framing of the coach:

A thunderstorm rolling through:

Red Bay Yacht Club:

Pond:

Other sites, mostly empty throughout our stay:

The week before Christmas was a good time to visit, other than being rather cold. We don’t have any current plans to go back to Red Bay, but it seems inevitable that we will in due course, and will stay here again when we do.