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Bear Creek Horse Camp — Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area

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About

National Park Service

Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area

Overview

Bear Creek Horse Camp is located in the Kentucky portion of Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area.

Recreation

Numerous trails snake through the recreation area, offering mountain biking, hiking and horseback riding for visitors.

Facilities

Numerous trails snake through the recreation area, offering mountain biking, hiking and horseback riding for visitors.

Natural Features

Big South Fork is located in north-central Tennessee and southeastern Kentucky in some of the most rugged terrain of the Cumberland Plateau. The park encompasses approximately 125,000 acres including rocky gorges and forested plateaus.

Nearby Attractions

Just a few miles from the campground is Blue Heron Mine, also known as Mine 18, a historic abandoned mining town that has been rebuilt as an outdoor museum. Visitors can hear audio presentations from actual people who lived in the community in the 1950s.

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Location

Bear Creek Horse Camp — Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area is located in Tennessee

Directions

For detailed directions, please visit: http://www.nps.gov/biso/planyourvisit/directions.htm__

Address

4564 Leatherwood Road
Oneida, TN 37841

Coordinates

36.641075 N
84.5236444 W

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Drive-In
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WiFi
Unknown
Verizon
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AT&T
Poor
T-Mobile
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Site Types

Tent Sites
RV Sites
Standard (Tent/RV)
Group
Equestrian

Features

For Campers

Trash
Picnic Table
Phone Service
Drinking Water
Electric Hookups
Toilets
Pets
Fires

For Vehicles

Sanitary Dump
Water Hookups

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Hailey S.

Traveler

Reviewed Oct. 12, 2021

Nice, quiet campground.

Each campground had a place for horses, the campground was clean, easy to drive, easy to set up, and the bath house was very clean. Awesome trails to hike with beautiful scenery.

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Nate H.

Legend

Reviewed Dec. 19, 2020

Some of the best camping in the Southeast

Big South Fork is the perfect place for the outdoor enthusiast. Literally anything you want to do, you can find it here- horseback riding, ATV riding, hiking, biking, rock climbing, kayaking, backpacking, camping, fishing, hunting, swimming... I could go on, but you get the point. I have spent a lot of time here, and it’s at the top of my list for places in the Southeast. The Big South Fork river is some of the best smallmouth fishing around. I love the backcountry camping in BSF, it’s so peaceful, and beautiful. There are several campsites that people have made stone firepits and log/rock seating, it has the feel of the AT without as many people. The Burnt Mill area is awesome, but the hike can be challenging, but it is so worth it. You can find a great backcountry site off of nearly every trail in there. I love to stop by a local staple for a good cheeseburger basket and a milkshake at Flonnies Drive In on the corner of hwy 63 and hwy 27, if you get the chance, treat yourself!

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Mickey L.

Guide

Reviewed Jul. 6, 2019

Great place to try and find

Don’t have a horse but everyone was friendly and we enjoyed our stay. Very quiet getaway

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Shelly S.

Legend

Reviewed Oct. 10, 2016

Very horse oriented :)

Stayed here in April, very quiet! Off to itself. Totally set up for the horse crowd with plenty of horse room :) there is a day use parking and unloading area and direct access to the horse trails. Very open and well maintained. Make sure you have the horse power for the hills going out. I had to back down the gravel hill and get a second run to make it up!

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Dan N.

Ranger

Reviewed Aug. 31, 2016

Great area for horse trips

We stayed here even though we didn’t have horses, but those with horses have priority. According to the others at the campground, there are a lot of horse camps and facilities in this area, if you do have horses this is an excellent area to explore. Good hiking trails too. Campground was clean and barely smelled like a farm despite being filled with horses.