Loretta Lynn's Ranch - Tours, Museum, Events, Concerts — Hotel in Waverly

We stayed at the campground. The staff was incredibly helpful and friendly. Chuck the campground host was the best ever.

Unfortunately many of the paved sites were long enough for a long camper, but incredibly narrow. Of these, many had dangerous drops and wash outs. Chuck was fixing these during our stay. This campground looks old in design. Newer campgrounds accommodated big rigs better with wider sweeping turns, fewer trees close to the roads, flat & level sites, and no boulders added to the inside of turns to cover low stumps. Most of the campers coming in during our stay were large 30ft+.

The gravel sites were uneven and not marked well. You didn't know if you were driving on the road, thru the trees, or thru campsites. It was mostly a gravel area with scattered trees and hook ups. It may be obvious to someone here before. It wasn't to me. A few railroad ties bordering each site could do wonders to identify the parking areas of a site and help make them level and flat.

Many of all of the sites need serious leveling. They are crowned front to back or pitched uphill or pitched downhill or leaning left or right. My camper wheels are 4 inches off the ground on one side right now while the jacks are sitting on square stone blocks found at the site. With the high front to the site, auto leveling was not possible.

Wifi is EXPENSIVE and per single exclusive device - no sharing. The prices were 1 day $6, 3 for $15, and 7 for $30. Last week at another campground, we paid 1 day ANY 2 devices at a time for $4, 3 days any 2 for $8, and 7 any 2 for $14. Most campgrounds the wifi around here is free. We don't mind paying for it if it's a quality internet connection and not over priced.

All of the hook ups are at extreme ends of the sites. Bring extra hoses, electric extension cords, and sewer extensions. I'm using 2 of each with 3 - 25ft water hoses. The hook ups should be more in the middle of the sites.

The sites need a major overhaul and face lift worthy of Loretta Lynn. The clientele have bigger rigs and would pay more for quality sites. This place could be something special to honor Ms. Lynn.

The touristy part was interesting. The shops were nice. The lady at the snack shop was rude to other customers in front of us. We left. She was yelling to the crowd of customers that she was the only one working and using a tiny grill. It'll be awhile. Yall will be waiting. That's the way it is. Her attitude was... If you don't like it, TOUGH! Also, the staff was a bit overzealous jumping customers without masks. The mandate by the state is over. I put on my mask if a business asks. That's not the point. It's not that they asked. It's they demanded first words out of their mouth. It would have been better to say, "Please wear a mask. We still require them here." instead of, "Put on your mask or get out!" This did not happen to me personally but I observed this first hand a few times.

I don't mean to seem as negative as I sound. This place has a lot of potential that seems to be withering away. That saddens me a little. Management and training seem to be dropping the ball. If you love Loretta Lynn, see this place at least once. If they improve these things, you'll want to come back...

I've loved Loretta Lynn for my entire life, it was such a gift to be able to tour the home she raised her family in, visit her museum (THANK YOU Loretta, for being a hoarder and sharing your prize possessions with us!) The entire staff there is super nice, and our tour guide Derrick Dowling was phenomenal!! You just have to take the guided tour, the old plantation house is gorgeous, and you will get to see Loretta's collection of Avon items, her cast iron collection and her Longhorn cattle, as well as a replica of her childhood home in Butcher Hollow. All of the gift shops are great, the prices are actually very reasonable, different items in each one. You can buy an RC Cola and a Moonpie! You will want to walk around, the grounds are beautiful. Be sure you go through the doll collection room, and visit the museum, they are amazing!! Make time to watch the video that will be playing in the museum, it will crack you up, you will love Loretta even more! It is definitely a MUST VISIT if you are a Loretta Lynn fan! The only thing that would have made our visit better would have been getting to meet the Queen of Country...

I grew up on Loretta Lynn & Patsy Cline (I’m only 25, so thank the Lord for my dad teaching me all the good country music). It was a no-brainer to stop here after my trip to Nashville. I did not mind in the slightest it was a Monday (when most stores/ exhibits there are closed). I still got to walk around and see plenty.

I drove past the cabins, campgrounds, some cemeteries, and the motorcross track till I got to the museums and her home. There is so much to see here that it’s near impossible to just stay for a couple hours. I sat on one of the swings by the mill (with the gorgeous plantation home behind me) and read some of her devotional. Then just took in all the beauty. I have not felt at such peace in a while as I did sitting there. Thank you to all who keep this place running, as it is truly a special place. I will most definitely be back.

PS- Another thing that stuck out to me is the friendly staff/ groundskeepers. Anytime one drove by they always stopped to say a friendly hello and offered to take my picture since I was visiting by myself. Made me feel like I was talking...