As a veteran RVer I tend to avoid large metropolitan areas. I don’t like driving my RV through congested cities in order to visit an attraction. I would rather find a nice RV park nearby and use my towed vehicle to explore the area. Unfortunately, many metropolitan areas don’t have conveniently located RV parks. If you find yourself in this situation you may want to investigate the state or county fairgrounds. They frequently have a designated RV park with full hook-ups and a fair price. Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis is a good example. They have full hook-ups including 50 amp service. They are near downtown, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, museums, restaurants and professional sports arenas.Staying at a fairgrounds can be loads of fun because there is always something happing. I enjoyed visiting a horse show. The go-cart races. Truck Rodeo. All free and convenient to my RV campsite. The RV park has a restroom with showers and laundry and is located next to the Monon bike trail. Several RVers told me they’ve been visiting Indianapolis for years but never knew the fairgrounds had an RV park. Don’t plan on using the RV park immediately before, during or after the fair (August 6-17) because it’s usually sold out. Other than those restricted dates, there are usually plenty of RV spaces available. So, next time you’re RVing around Indianapolis plan on staying at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. Doing a fair bit of reporting - Jim Twamley, Professor of RVing
Full hook-up is $25 per day. Dry Camp is $18 per day (with water and dump available) There are no weekly or monthly rates.
This is a little high compared with more remote fairgrounds, but it would cost you a great deal more to rent a motel and pay for meals if you were visiting the city as a traditional tourist. The nearest alternative campground costs about the same and any savings would be eaten up by the gas for commuting. Jim Twamley
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I would rather find a nice RV park nearby and use my towed vehicle to explore the area. Unfortunately, many metropolitan areas don’t have conveniently located RV parks. If you find yourself in this situation you may want to investigate the state or county fairgrounds. They frequently have a designated RV park with full hook-ups and a fair price. Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis is a good example.
They have full hook-ups including 50 amp service.
They are near downtown, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, museums, restaurants and professional sports arenas.
Staying at a fairgrounds can be loads of fun because there is always something happing. I enjoyed visiting a horse show. 
The go-cart races. 
Truck Rodeo. 
All free and convenient to my RV campsite. The RV park has a restroom with showers and laundry and is located next to the Monon bike trail. Several RVers told me they’ve been visiting Indianapolis for years but never knew the fairgrounds had an RV park. 
Don’t plan on using the RV park immediately before, during or after the fair (August 6-17) because it’s usually sold out. Other than those restricted dates, there are usually plenty of RV spaces available.
So, next time you’re RVing around Indianapolis plan on staying at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. Doing a fair bit of reporting - Jim Twamley, Professor of RVing
2 comments:
Sounds great,what is the daily rate? Do they go weekly or monthly?
John
Full hook-up is $25 per day.
Dry Camp is $18 per day (with water and dump available)
There are no weekly or monthly rates.
This is a little high compared with more remote fairgrounds, but it would cost you a great deal more to rent a motel and pay for meals if you were visiting the city as a traditional tourist. The nearest alternative campground costs about the same and any savings would be eaten up by the gas for commuting. Jim Twamley
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