The Planning Commission will hear a proposal next Monday for the development of a portion of a 42-acre site at Graysville, Tn., to provide “glamping” (luxury camping such as yurts) and walk-in tent camping near the Cumberland Trail.
The site off Retro Hughes Road is also set to include an air strip for the convenience of the glampers.
David Taylor is the property owner.
The site plan indicates that 13 acres will be set aside for tenyurt “glamping” platforms and one acre is for 10 campsites, for a total of 20 sites.
The site plan also shows areas for bathrooms, showers, parking, fire rings and refuse disposal.
Campground parking is proposed at the nearby airstrip and hangar area, which is on 2.75 acres. It has a hangar and a landing strip for personal use of aircraft.
The plan shows a total of 26 parking spaces. Fourteen spaces will be dedicated for the glamping sites, six spaces dedicated to walk-in tent camping, with the other six spaces being dedicated to visitors and the airstrip.
The placement of tents/yurts is proposed to be no closer than 100 feet from the northeastern and eastern property lines.
The yurts are proposed to be built with minimal tree removal.The remainder of the campground will be left as natural vegetation.
No new landscaping is proposed for the campground.
The 42-acre wooded site is located on the Cumberland Plateau in the northwest section of unincorporated Hamilton County on the south side of Retro Hughes Road approximately four miles east of the Bledsoe County line.
It is adjacent to the 1800+ acre Cumberland Trail State Park (Possum Creek Gorge Segment).
It is wooded and undeveloped within a one-mile radius of the site and a state park is located to the southeast.