If you’re currently unpacking plans for a little family vacation this year, then staying close to home (as opposed to flying somewhere) just might be a priority. And why not? North Carolina has so many wonderful places to explore! Families with young children will have a blast at the Wagonmaster Adventure Ranch in Murphy.

Also known as the Wagonmaster Ranch Resort, this family-oriented camp and adventure park is action-packed with fun for the whole family.

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The ranch comes complete with cabin rentals and an RV campground, if you have your own home on wheels.

Google Maps/Wagonmaster Adventure Ranch Stay a night, a weekend, or longer, if you can. The park is filled with things to do — enough to easily spread out over a week-long period.

Wagonmaster Ranch is unique in that it doesn’t charge admission fees for the adventure park.

Facebook/Wagonmaster Ranch If you’re just going for the day, or staying a week, the park is free; you’ll just pay ala carte for the activities in which you choose to partake.

The possibilities are endless. Just for the little ones, there are Power Wheels you can rent. What fun to zip all over the park on one of these!

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Or, head over to the gem mine to pan for gold.

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Kids and kids at heart will enjoy this fun ranch. Panning for gold is an activity you can easily spend a half a day enjoying. But there’s more (much more)!

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Wagonmaster Adventure Ranch has a paintball target range, as well as a skeet and pistol range. Line ’em up and taken ’em down.

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You can also charter a boat tour and go see a waterfall, or play a rousing round of mini-golf on the resort’s Gold Rush Mini Golf course.

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Wagonmaster Adventure Ranch sports a masterful 4.8 out of 5 stars from Google users who loved their experience at the ranch.

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The ranch opens for the 2021 season on March 1st. Learn more and make overnight lodging reservations by visiting the official website for Wagonmaster Adventure Ranch. You can also follow along on Facebook for the latest there.

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Stay a night, a weekend, or longer, if you can. The park is filled with things to do — enough to easily spread out over a week-long period.

If you’re just going for the day, or staying a week, the park is free; you’ll just pay ala carte for the activities in which you choose to partake.

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Address: 8420, 359 Adventure Ranch Rd, Murphy, NC 28906, USA