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Bates Farm is a privately owned beautiful 44 acres area 8 miles from the Beltline outside of Decatur, Alabama city limits. We offer spots for primitive camping, tilled garden plots, Birthday parties with mini nature explorer kits and a guided hike, you pick wildflowers, fruits, and vegetables on the farm. Nature walks, hiking, birdwatching, butterfly releases are popular on the farm. Guided Star Gazing is available, campfires with S'mores kits are available.
Primitive camping means no power, water, nor waste disposal is provided.
We have picture and event venues. We homeschool friendly for science and nature trips.
My boyfriend and I stayed here the weekend of July 14th for our anniversary and it was an absolutely wonderful experience! We chose the glamping site since neither one of us wanted to spend our anniversary setting up a tent and it was far more than I ever expected! We got to the site to find a teepee style tent with queen bed and bedding, a kitchen set up including a fridge, propane stove, countertops and storage compartments(with a full 21 piece cooking set)all covered with a canopy, a private camping shower and compost toilet, a firepit with cooking attachments and even a projector to watch a movie. Not only did they supply all of that they supplied a generator with gas, lighting, fans. We really had to do NOTHING except bring food and ourselves. The campsite was beautiful as we were set up next to a wildflower field and completely secluded. I haven't even gotten to the hospitality of the hosts! It was completely unmatched. They are both truly wonderful people. All weekend I kept saying it does not feel like we are camping it feels like we are staying with friends and I truly loved that. This time we did not get to do much exploring but they did take us around on the Mule and showed us all the different sites and fun features. Next time we will definitely be taking a closer look. Do yourself a favor and book a night or two (or more) I can promise you that you won't regret it! We are already looking at our next trip out to Bates Farm :)
This place is absolutely amazing took my son for his first camping trip and the camp grounds are fantastic and rustic unfortunately we had a family emergency so had to cut the trip short but will definitely book another trip and the host of the grounds well you couldn’t ask for a more friendly person.
This place was so so so nice to stay at with the girls! They were so kind in helping get us out there and setting up the perfect surprise celebration. They made sure we had power and supplies and even helped us set up our fire and projector to watch movies! We had the perfect view right in front of a beautiful field of wildflowers. 10/10 will ABSOLUTELY be back here again. (Wish I had more pictures of the decorations last night that the owner helped us set up but it was late and I didn’t get any☹️)
Only stayed for a night but it was perfect! Our campsite was quiet and private. Lisa and Wayne came out to greet us and were very kind.
We went on the “Spooky Trail” this past weekend. The kids enjoyed it (11, 8). It wasn’t scary at all, family friendly. It was about a 2 mile walk around the campsite with different stops and the guide would tell stories about it. We had a good time and it was a beautiful night. We finished the evening around the bonfire roasting marshmallows and drinking hot chocolate. We will definitely be back to camp, it was a beautiful area!
