Feasibility model · v1 · 9 counties

Calculate what it takes to start aprofitable campground.

PitchPerfect pairs county-level land, septic, well, and grid-tie-in cost ranges with seasonal ADR and occupancy for nine target counties across Virginia, West Virginia, and Pennsylvania.

9
Target counties
4
Seasons modeled
7
Vetted manufacturers
3
States covered
What you can model

Four inputs, one honest pro forma

01

Land, priced per acre

County-level median for 1–10 acre parcels near the anchor attraction.

02

Infrastructure low / high

Well, septic, and grid tie-in with local contractor low / high bands.

03

Seasonal occupancy

Spring through winter blended rates for tents and cabins.

04

ADR by product

Separate daily rates by unit type and season, including winter closures.

Planner

Run the numbers in four steps

Location, budget, timeline, unit mix. Under a minute — no signup, no email wall.

Step 01

Where's the parcel?

Pick the target state, then the county. County selection unlocks after a state is chosen.

Regions

Nine counties, chosen for demand density

Each parcel is scored against the drive-time it commands, the anchor attraction that fills its shoulder season, and the zoning surface area that separates paperwork from lawsuits.

VA
Land ~$63k

Page County

Shenandoah National Park's western gateway — Luray Caverns traffic, hollow-and-ridge parcels.

VA
Land ~$78k

Nelson County

Wintergreen ski + Blue Ridge Parkway + Route 151 brewery/cidery corridor.

VA
Land ~$70k

Rockingham County

Massanutten Resort, Skyline Drive north entrance, JMU weekend spillover.

WV
Land ~$42k

Fayette County

New River Gorge National Park — whitewater, climbing, Bridge Day crowds.

WV
Land ~$48k

Tucker County

Canaan Valley + Blackwater Falls — genuine four-season demand, ski + summer water.

WV
Land ~$38k

Hardy County

Lost River / Cacapon corridor — closest true wilderness to the D.C. metro.

PA
Land ~$95k

Monroe County

Poconos core — Camelback, Kalahari, and a 90-minute NYC/Philly draw.

PA
Land ~$125k

Lancaster County

Amish Country agri-tourism — weekend farm-stay demand from Philly/NYC/DC.

PA
Land ~$82k

Adams County

Gettysburg battlefield tourism + Michaux State Forest + orchard country.

Method

Four inputs, one honest pro forma

Every calculation is transparent. No black-box scoring, no lifestyle-brand hand-waving — just the same math a regional developer would run on the back of a permit application.

01

Land, priced per acre

County-level median for 1–10 acre wooded / mixed-use parcels within 20 minutes of the anchor attraction. Sourced from public MLS pulls and scaled per acre.

02

Infrastructure low / high

Well & trenching, commercial septic, and grid tie-in — each with a low and high band from local contractor quotes.

03

Seasonal occupancy

Spring, summer, fall, winter blended occupancy rates. Tents drop to zero in winter; cabins carry the shoulder.

04

ADR by product

Separate average daily rates for tent sites vs. small cabins, per season. Winter tent ADR is deliberately shown as closed.

Dataset

Suppliers already vetted

The calculator ships with a manufacturer catalog scoped to what actually delivers to the Mid-Atlantic and Appalachian corridor — no aspirational West Coast prefab that quintuples in freight.

Canvas tents

3 vetted
  • White Duck Outdoorsin dataset
  • Life in Tentsin dataset
  • Wilderness Resourcein dataset

Small cabins

4 vetted
  • Lancaster Log Cabinsin dataset
  • Cozy Cabinsin dataset
  • Westwood Cabinsin dataset
  • Wheelhausin dataset

Buy the land after the septic passes, not before. PitchPerfect lets you rehearse the whole capital stack before you sign a purchase agreement.

— Field editor's note