Would a small hammock only campground survive? Say 5 acres with with a stream in it. 10 sites with trees. Park and pay at the street and walk in.
Would a small hammock only campground survive? Say 5 acres with with a stream in it. 10 sites with trees. Park and pay at the street and walk in.
Survive is a relative term.
What sort of fee would you need to collect?
What kind of ammenities? What kind of overhead expenses will you have? Water? Restrooms? Trash Service? Security? What level of liability coverage would you need to cya?
I like the idea of it and am interested in folloiwing where this conversation goes.
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You would need larger to make it viable. That would also mean rental hammocks....and some sort of theme (like "hammock lounges by the scenic waterfall", "relax in the hammock chairs in our greenhouse", "say no to chairs" and "tents are for grounddwellers" t-shirts and stickers, maybe some cool tree climb/hangs with those huge nets suspended high-up on trees to explore on....I don't know! -stuff like that! Expand on the idea of "hanging"
What would be available in the area for things to see and do ?. A place to hang with nothing but a stream would be questionable at best.
For whom?
For myself anyway, nothing but trees and a stream is perfect, and sounds exactly like the sites I currently seek out when hanging.
I like simplicity, and peace. Sounds great to me. My only issue would be that I can't get far enough away from other people in only 5 acres. HOC sounds awesome!
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i like this idea but i agree, it should be larger. i would also maybe try to have a few diff hammocks available to try out for ppl who are getting into hanging. i'm actually really liking this idea. a lot of hangers that i've met have stated that at one time or another, they have had trouble finding campgrounds that accept hammocks so that would be a great idea for hangers to gather outside of the annual/semi-annual group hangs.
Use land that paper companies plant pine forests on. Those trees are like 15" on center in both directions, lined up like soldiers on parade! I wonder how many hammocks you could hang on 5 acres of that!
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5*4356 square feet per acre gives you a total of 217800 square feet or 466.7 feet per side assuming a perfect grid
466.7 / 15 gives you 31 trees per row and 31 rows
All trees but the outer edgs would have 4 hammocks tied to them
So (31*31) - ((31*4)-4)
So 31*31 is a total of 961 trees
To deduce the outer rows we multiple 31*4 giving us 124 and if I'm not mistaken we need to deduct 4 so we don't count the corners twice giving us 120
961 -120 gives us 841
ignoring the hammocks connected to the inner trees which we've already caluclated above, the outer trees each get two hammocks a piece
That’s 240 more though we might need to deduct 4 again for the corners.
That would be a total of 1077 very crowded and unhappy campers.
Those in the center who need to get out to use the bathroom now have to walk a minimum of 233 feet ducking at least 30 suspensions assuming they walk a straight line.
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