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Where was our love of camping born?

The Inn Town Campground is owned and founded by Dan and Erin Thiem, residents of Nevada City and local business owners.

Where was our love of camping born?

Dan spent his childhood participating in Boy Scout camping trips and got a taste of the Colorado outdoors.  Erin spent summers river rafting throughout California and beyond with her family.  We met at Colorado College and, after graduating, spent a summer driving to Alaska in our 1981 VW Van, affectionately named “Nora”. Our quest for adventure continued, including five years living in New Zealand exploring the country with our two Kiwi born sons.

Just before we returned to California, we embarked on a 2 1/2 month RV road trip around New Zealand.  During that trip, we visited many of the country’s serviced campgrounds, called “Holiday Parks”; these were the inspiration for the Inn Town Campground.  Now, back in California, we are often found roasting s’mores in our front yard and dreaming of the ways to get outside and sleep in the tent, or exploring ski resorts in our travel trailer.

The Inn Town Campground was born from our love of camping, community and the outdoors.  Many of the park’s details were inspired by our personal experiences, like our open-air showers that sit beneath our towering pine trees, or our uniquely decorated Glamping tents that offer a fun break from the homogeny of daily life.  We have built indoor and outdoor spaces for people to gather to meet friends and to experience the community of stewardship that comes with enjoying our property’s intrinsic beauty.  Inn Town Campground is a reflection of our love of outdoor spaces and fun, natural areas for everyone to explore.  Imagine roaming free beneath the trees, riding your bike with friends or just sitting by a fire pit watching flames dance over a glass of wine. Camp, be outside, find new friends.

Come experience Inn Town Campground – make a weekend in the Sierras part of your story.  You can often find Dan out working in the campground and Erin taking photos, sharing through images our love for camping and the outdoors.  We hope to share it with you too!

Our Grand Opening was July 1st, 2016.  If you have any questions and would like to contact us feel free to email the Inn Town Campground, info@inntowncampground.com

DREAMING OF A CAMPGROUND

BUILDING

We had a vision of what we wanted to create, click here to read some of the journey. To listen to us chat about building the campground check out this You Tube interview or check out these podcast episodes where we talk about challenges of building a campground from the ground up.

  • Half A Mind Podcast
  • Campground Confidential

TRAVELS

We’ve traveled and explored and brought our experiences back to Nevada City.  Our past travels have definitely influenced our campground management.  Here are a few articles/blog posts we’ve written over the years for a look further into that story.

  • Travels in New Zealand
  • Spirit of Adventure
  • Find Ways to Live the Inspiration

COMMUNITY PARTNERS

We’re excited to have been able to participate and present at a number of campground and glamping association conferences.  For more information on our industry partners and upcoming conferences, check out more information.  Plus a shout out to some recent podcast interviews.

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Summer evenings… camp is in full swing of campin Summer evenings… camp is in full swing of camping season and the evenings under the trees are just magical 🏕️. Raise your hand if you get to camp in the month of June?
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Is it pool time? Thanks @gonevadacounty for the r Is it pool time?  Thanks @gonevadacounty for the recent shout out to the campground’s swimming pool, another perfect reason for a local’s staycation!  Open daily mid May to early October the pool is available to campers only, but we see this as a great reason to come camping.
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TGIF 🏕️🐾 from Bullet, who spent some time TGIF 🏕️🐾 from Bullet, who spent some time this week camping in RV 7 from his family from Southern California, kicking off their month long RV trip in a @rvshare travel trailer.
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Phone: 530 265 9900

Email: Info@InnTownCampground.com

Address: 9 Kidder Ct., Nevada City, Ca 95959

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