Top Tent Camping near Spring Garden, AL

Recent Tent Reviews In Spring Garden

315 Reviews of 7 Spring Garden Campgrounds

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  Joshua D.

  Guide

  

  Jul. 17, 2024

  Oak Mountain State Park

  Beautiful campground year round

  Having visited 3 times now, twice before the renovations and now once after, I can confidently say I love this park! I have previously primitive camped here and now camper at a full hookup RV site. Tent sites range from "water in vicinity," "water at site," and "water and 20 amp power at site." Rv sites are water and electric or full hook up. I think all RV sites are now 50/30/20 but I'm not certain. There is a dump station near the exit of the campground. Sites are mostly level/slight grade but found that not all drain very well when it rains, including our site a17.

  The park has so many different activities including -Hiking -Bmx trails -Swimmimg -Archery range And more I can't even remember.

  Flip side watersports operates at 2 locations and paid activities include -wake boarding -Aqua Park And rentals of -Kayaks -stand up paddle boards -paddle boats And -Canoes.

  There are things to do year round and the weather was great for mid July.

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  Blaney's C.

  Scout

  

  Jul. 11, 2024

  Kudzu Campground LLC

  Nice new tent campground

  Easy to find off of main hwy. Grassy area with lots of trees and shade. Campfires are permitted but, you meed to bring your own wood. Campground host are helpful with questions about the area. Close to boat launches, fuel and restaurants. Talladega Super Speedway close by. Enjoyable stay at this campground.

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  Weather Warrior Media -.

  Traveler

  

  Jul. 2, 2024

  Hollins Hunting Camp

  Average but good

  This has a good road and decent open spots to set-up. Overlanders (w/rtt) will be the most happy. Open areas have tall grass a but, but some have enough pine trees the pine needles make for better ground camping. Small camper trailers could probably make it too. Just be mindful of turn around spots.

  I arrived late so harder to find spots. Mid-week so no one else here.

  -Lacked good signage on the last turn. -No facilities (as expected) -Open to sky (took awesome star pics here)

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  Michael C.

  Guide

  

  Jun. 23, 2024

  Bohamia

  Great option for multiple families or couples.

  Came with a group of friends from town to relax and disconnect. Services are great some cabins and tents having ACs, but primitive camping allowed as well. Great showers and bathhouse with filtered drinking water option that I used daily. Several hiking trails, but also roads to allow those who prefer to ride. They do offer ice, drink and snack delivery service with QR codes in each area. Definitely a place that I plan to revisit, but would refer friends to come as well for a weekend getaway.

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  Lance B.

  Guide

  

  Jun. 23, 2024

  Oak Mountain State Park

  Beautiful Campground

  This state park has it all. A place to swim, numerous hiking trails, playgrounds, etc. The newly remodeled campground is spectacular. The pads are super level (at least in A16. Small tent spots sprinkled in. Saw security and police several times just passing through to check on folks. Love that. We will be back many more times for sure.

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  Kelsey B.

  Guide

  

  Jun. 19, 2024

  Hidden Cove Thousand Trails

  Great park

  We love this park but it is about 45 minutes from a town with a good grocery store or restaurants.

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  Wendy

  Scout

  

  Apr. 20, 2024

  The Ridge Outdoor Resort

  Nice site

  This is a motocross, zip line and paint ball camp. The people that checked us in were great. Charge was $5 per person. So $11.00 for us. The sites are grassy. We are the only ones here so we pulled up to the bath house. They will be out to turn on the hot water in a bit. Quiet. Relaxing after a day of seeing the sites. I have 2 bars on my Verizon.

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  tom J.

  Scout

  

  Apr. 16, 2024

  Corinth Recreation Area

  Overnight stay

  Excellent place for an overnight rest on trip out West. Clean, spacious rv sites, and great views of lake.

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  marty E.

  Guide

  

  Apr. 9, 2024

  Weogufka State Forest Flagg Mtn

  Private and Historic

   this is a great campsite. You might need four-wheel-drive to get up to the ruins, but maybe not. Mary the caretaker of the area could easily tell you and is a great communicator and very helpful. I highly recommend this area. 

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  David S.

  Guide

  

  Apr. 5, 2024

  Rolling Hills RV Park

  Nice place

  We just needed a stop with hookups for the night. But this place exceeded expectations. We had a pull through spot so we didn't have to disconnect our tow dolly. Gravel site was fairly level despite being in a hilly area. There's quite a bit of space between most of the sites (particularly the back in sites). Our site was right up against another pull through on our patio side though. No big deal, if we were coming to stay for a while we would get a back in spot. We did not check out the bathrooms or laundry facilities, but there are several of them.

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  Tonya B.

  Guide

  

  Mar. 20, 2024

  Deerlick Creek

  Off the beaten path

  Its not impossible, just slow going. Roads to get here are narrow, hilly, and twisty, but in good condition. If you have a rig longer than 30ft and want room to breathe, get a pull-through site. The campground doesn’t do the best job at marking how to get to each site and some site number posts are knocked over, like Site #16, which makes it a little tricky to navigate. Water pressure is on the low side compared to other campgrounds. But the site views and peace & quiet are worth it.

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  Brittni F.

  Ranger

  

  Jan. 3, 2024

  Corinth Recreation Area

  Worst camping experience ever

  The natural beauty in that area is amazing however the camp ground in firefly loop leaves little to be desired and the camp host/hostess are extremely rude. Electric sites are advertised that they accommodate 2 tents however they do not. There is very little area to set up and the gravel is like concrete. There is grass and they don’t tell you a head of time but you can’t set up on the grass unless you are in the tent camping area. It’s is overpriced and poorly staffed.

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  Kristi D.

  Legend

  

  Dec. 16, 2023

  Tannehill Ironworks Historical State Park

  Nice campground off hwy

  Great little campground for a two day too though looked like people for staying there for much longer.

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  Hunter B.

  Scout

  

  Oct. 25, 2023

  Bohamia

  Coolest campground in Alabama

  This place is exquisite in every way. Beautiful scenery and perfectly clean grounds, water areas are fun and safe, lots of privacy and plenty of room to explore. Love the staff manners and information. This place is the BOMB!

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  Cat

  Traveler

  

  Oct. 11, 2023

  Oak Mountain State Park Campground

  A family tradition

  I’ve been going here since I was a kid and it’s one of my favorite places in the world. You’ll never run out of things to do between the endless hiking trails, the museum of wildlife, and the wildlife rescue center. There’s an archery station within the park and a petting farm. The campground is easily navigated with multiple bathhouses per campground so you’ll always have one nearby.

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  Belinda H.

  Scout

  

  Oct. 1, 2023

  Faye Whittemore Farms Inc

  The campground is wooded with electric and water hookups . Very nice!

  The campground is very nice and woodsy.  The campsites have water and electric hookups.  They have nice paddocks for your horses.  The multiple trails are so beautiful .  I have been here many times.

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  Amy L.

  Scout

  

  Sep. 4, 2023

  Chilton County Minooka Park

  Manooka Park Jemison Al

  Great people Always willing to help, loves our long term stay here. Mr. Gerald, Mr. Teddy & Mr. Scott are always more than willing to work with you & help in any way. Loves everything about this place. Family friendly, atv park.

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  Jeremy B.

  Traveler

  

  Aug. 21, 2023

  Big Wills Creek Campground and Tubing

  Below expectations but with some work this place could be really good.

  The Good:

  The staff member that checked us in was really friendly and polite. She was a delight to talk to and did a great job explaining the information we needed to know. 

  The C57 lot is right beside the dam and put in area for tubing. It was nice to sit out back and hear the water rushing through the opening in the dam. 

  The site had 50 and 30 amp service, water and sewer. Everything worked great. The site was pretty close to level. 

  After the tubers were done for the day, the creek was a pretty quiet area. The fish were biting and several folks pulled up some nice bass throughout the stay. 

  Tubing is included with the stay.

  The Bad:

  The roads are gravel (well mostly dirt) and are full of potholes. They aren't maintained very well at all. 

  Coming into the park you pass an area with a bunch of full-time campers sitting nearly on top of each other. It's a rough looking area that you will need to pass by with entry or exit. 

  The grass wasn't maintained very well and there were clippings blown everywhere. The picnic table was covered, there were piles of grass all over and the grass / weeds on the walk down to the creek were knee high. 

  The firepit was full of trash and glass. I didn't even bother with it. It was also closer to my neighbor than my campsite. His firepit was an old rim.

  Very little gravel to park the RV on. Mostly grass. 

  No room between campers. My neighbors awning was basically on top of my hookups. 

  Despite a lengthy list of rules, I didn't see any being enforced. Neighbors were shooting fireworks, open glass containers all around the water, no quiet time enforcement, etc...

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  Donald J.

  Scout

  

  Jul. 23, 2023

  Brierfield Ironworks Historical Park

  Great little campground

  Very clean well kept campground lady at campground store very nice well be going back.

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  Valerie S.

  Traveler

  

  Jul. 16, 2023

  Tomahawk Campground

  Primitive, but not

  Brian is a super cool guy. We are going on our 3rd week here. We had a house fire fathers day and are permanently displaced. Instead of replacing all our crap, we invested in camping. We want to travel and see our amazing country. I figured if we camped primitive, we would know how we would test and can prepare for our adventure. Brian has been very helpful and has let us do just about anything we have needed to set up and be comfortable. He does have air BNB about a hundred yards away. He has only asked that we do not interrupt that. Keep it clean and not ridiculously noisy is all he has asked. The spot we chose is closer to road. There is some noise from traffic, but we are not phased. There isn't utility hook up, but he allowed us to get water when needed. We have our 2 pups with us. They are loving this! There is a dollar general and gas stations close if we need supplies. Thanks to Brian, we have really been able to have a great test run with our camping skills. I'm really glad we found this place. Whenever we roll back through this area, this will definitely be our go to if Brian is still the owner of this property. We have really been enjoying our stay.

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  Adrienne D.

  Traveler

  

  Jul. 8, 2023

  Faye Whittemore Farms Inc

  Great time!

  Lots to do and amazing trails. Helpful and friendly farmers. Clean washrooms and near campsite. No too far from town.

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  Rick E.

  Scout

  

  Jun. 2, 2023

  Oak Mountain State Park

  Updates please

  At the regular campground, there’s only 30amp connections. Some have sewer and some not. There is no camp wifi. Swimming is quit a distance from campground.

  The campground at the stables are pull through and 50 amp and full hookups.

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  kristen A.

  Traveler

  

  May. 20, 2023

  Choccoocco Creek Campground

  A lovely little find!

  Needed a spot to kill a couple of nights before heading north to Nashville and found this spot- what a gem! John is a fantastic host and clearly loves this spot- it’s super well cared for and very comfortable. I’m in a tent and the convenience of having a proper bathroom/shower/LAUNDRY!! is pretty great. Would definitely stay here again if in the area.

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  Linda S.

  Traveler

  

  May. 18, 2023

  Deerlick Creek

  Great But Noisy Around Holidays

  I tent camped with two kiddos in spot #30 and we had a lovely view of the woods. Each spot has a gravel platform and some of my stakes wouldn’t grab but the tent held up. It was noisy at night with some folks partying but eventually it died down. Spots are a bit close (you can see the camper parked across the street from us) and you can easily hear comings and goings of other campers. It was May when we camped here and hot and very humid during the day. Cooler but still super humid at night. Each site has a nice fire ring, picnic table and a grill.

  The guy at the front gate was super nice and helpful.

  My kids enjoyed hiking and the bball court (where some other kids congregated). The nets were barely hanging on but still playable. The bathrooms were clean.

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  George L.

  Guide

  

  May. 9, 2023

  Oak Mountain State Park

  Ok sites bathhouses pretty bad

  Rv sites were paved, pretty level and well spaced. Bathhouses were pretty rough, dirty in disrepair and dated.

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  Linda S.

  Traveler

  

  May. 6, 2023

  Rickwood Caverns State Park

  Great for Beginner Campers

  Rickwood Caverns was the first car camping experience I ever had. My husband and I went sans kids to see if we liked tent camping and test out our gear. We are total beginners. 

  We got there at 5:15 and the shop/office closes at 5pm. There was a sign with a phone number for assistance in late check in. No one answered and our VM was never returned. No big deal. We didn’t have a pass in our car and no one cared or checked.

  The campground is small. Each of the primitive campsites has a fire pit and picnic table. Our table had seen better days and was missing one bench. Somewhere in the vicinity, there was a faucet for washing dishes, etc., but it was surrounded by a giant mud puddle. There’s another faucet area in the parking lot near the bathroom/shower building. 

  We reserved site #17 and there were two other tents pitched nearby. I reserved the site on Alaparks’ website and I think I paid $14/night. The park is gated and locked each evening. It is an old state park and a bit run down. The bathroom/shower building is very old, but it was tidy and I did see someone clean it on Saturday morning.

  We toured the caverns on Saturday at 10am with a small group and enjoyed the tour. Tours are discounted for campers. The tour didn’t include so much geological information as it was about rocks shaped as animals, etc. It would have been cool to learn more about the history and sciency stuff. Something really interesting about the history to me was that the caverns were basically blasted out and excavated by Boy Scouts in the 50s. Seriously. With dynamite. 

  The caverns have steep stairs that can be muddy and wet. Lots and lots of steps, so definitely not an activity for folks with mobility issues. Children might struggle too. 

  The park is kind of near a highway and I could hear cars in the evening and at night. 

  Cell phone reception was fine. 

  Temps were low 50s in overnight and bugs were only an issue around dusk. (This was in late April).

  Because the campground is so small, primitive camping area is close to camper parking lot, so there was a little camper community close by but that didn’t bother us. 

  Rickwood Caverns is a low frills place for tent camping for beginner campers. The caverns might be fun to tour again in December when they have their Christmas lights up.

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  Maggie C.

  Legend

  

  Apr. 1, 2023

  Oak Mountain State Park

  Just okay

  I have camped at the horse campground a few times. Nothing fancy there, they are side by side pull thrus similar to a KOA. And the horse trails are nice. This time I camped at the regular campground in a travel trailer. Site A14. Site was pull thru across from camphosts and bathroom. Site was small but nice - water/elec only and pull thru. Picnic table and fire ring, no grill. Camp hosts (woman) was friendly. Asked for assistance in moving a bench so my son could get his wheelchair along the sidewalk to the men’s bathroom: her husband (assume they are married) never came out despite being asked by his wife a few times and me waiting 20 min. On that note, the bathrooms are old and dingy and not ADA at all. But it would have been nice to get some assistance. Overall, this is a good campground if you have young kids and like a lot of activity around you and don’t need anything ADA. Oh and be aware of poison ivy. It was EVERYWHERE