We stayed at Graceland RV Park & Campground in Memphis, Tennessee. (Campground Reviews listing.)
An RV park right next to the museum for Elvis Presley’s Graceland.
Dates:
- Check in: 2023-11-05
- Check out: 2023-11-07
- 2 nights
Weather:
- Sunny
- High temps ranging between 77-79°F, lows around 54-59°F
- A little wind, gusts to 23 MPH.
Noise:
- Nearby road and city noise (sirens etc)
- No train noise (though might have heard one once)
- Occasional plane noise
- A little neighbor noise
Site:
- #7-17, pull-through, gravel
- Didn’t need to disconnect toad, parked behind coach
- Unlevel front-to-back and side-to-side; used hydraulic jacks
- Gravel driveway about 73 feet long by about 12 feet wide
- Nobody on driver side, grass about 14 feet wide
- Grass between sites on passenger side about 10 feet wide
- Picnic table on grass; no fire pit
- Clean site
Utilities:
- 50 amp power, conveniently located
- 67 PSI water, conveniently located
- Good sewer connection, too recessed (though I have a fix for that), conveniently located (1 10-foot pipe needed)
Internet (in usage priority order):
- T-Mobile: 6-18 Mbps down, 17 Mbps up, 90 ms ping
- Verizon: 6-9 Mbps down, 13-16 Mbps up, 40 ms ping
- AT&T: 7 Mbps down, 1 Mbps up, 100 ms ping
- Starlink: not used
- Campground Wi-Fi: not used
Amenities:
- Garbage pickup from site
- Seasonally closed pool
- Gate to Graceland
Our review on Campground Reviews:
Basic park on Graceland’s doorstep
This was a reasonably basic, no-frills RV park close to Graceland and the associated museum exhibits, which was our main reason for coming to Memphis. It was tough to get a reservation, not because they were full, but because it was impossible to get anyone to answer the phone. It took three days of calling multiple times a day before I reached them. Upon arrival, the office was closed (in the middle of the day), so we went through the extremely old-school check-in process of filling out a carbonless paper form and submitting our payment information through the “night” slot before going to our assigned site. A bit later, we noticed the office was open, so we went in and finished the registration process. It was a little confusing, but we got there in the end. Being able to walk over to Graceland made it all worthwhile. Despite being in the middle of the city, we found it to be pretty quiet at night. We camped at Graceland RV Park & Campground in a Motorhome.
Tip for Other Campers: Definitely plan on spending half a day in Graceland in order to see all the exhibits. Marlowe’s is like a BBQ version of Hard Rock Café, but with all-Elvis swag.
Campground map:
An interactive map:
Our site:
Utilities:
The sewer was a little too recessed, so I used a handy new extension for the first time. And the water faucet was in an irrigation valve box, which was rather unusual:
Other sites:
The park emptied out quite a bit the next morning (a Monday):
Office/store:
Bathrooms:
Picnic shelter and tenter cooking area:
Closed pool:
Gate to the parking lot for Graceland:
A basic but decent RV park, super-convenient to Graceland, and only minutes to downtown Memphis. We’d be happy to stay here again, and probably will, since we didn’t have time to explore downtown and the many other attractions.
Food bonus:
We went to Marlowe’s Ribs and Restaurant for an Elvis-themed dinner:
Jenn had ribs:
I had baked potatoes with pulled pork:
Our first time trying fried green tomatoes (we liked them):
Crispy Crème Banana Foster Sundae for dessert:
A swag shop in the restaurant:
Tasty food, and I’m sure we didn’t need those years it knocked off our lives.
