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Best Dispersed Camping Sites Near Dayton, TN (21)

  1. Camper-submitted photo from Jackson Island Dispersed Campground — Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
  2. Camper-submitted photo from Prentice Cooper State Forest Dispersed
  3. Camper-submitted photo from Lost Creek - Cherokee NF

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    Lost Creek - Cherokee NF

    9 Reviews
    18 Photos
    213 Saves
    Reliance, Tennessee

    Lost Creek Campground is located along the banks of Big Lost Creek. This primitive campground offers remote camping and is surrounded by dense forest and creeks. Lost Creek Campground is open year round. Sites are filled on a first-come, first-served basis. While staying at Lost Creek, campers can enjoy fishing in Big Lost Creek (note: special regulations are in effect for fishing in Big Lost Creek).

    • Pets
    • Fires
    • Tents
    • Group
    • Trash
    • Picnic Table
  4. Camper-submitted photo from Prentice Cooper State Forest Camp

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    Prentice Cooper State Forest Camp

    1 Review
    3 Photos
    14 Saves
    Signal Mountain, Tennessee

    Camping is permitted at the Hunter's Check Station Camping area and the Davis Pond Camping area on a first-come, first-served basis. These primitive campsites have no sanitation facilities. Campers at the Davis Pond Camping area are required to be in the campsite by sunset and must remain in the campsite until sunrise. No in-or-out privileges with the exception of emergency purposes.

    • Pets
    • Fires
    • Phone Service
    • ADA Access
    • RVs
    • Tents
  5. Camper-submitted photo from Jack's River Falls Trail/Cohutta Wilderness Backcountry Group Camp
  6. Camper-submitted photo from Bi-Color Campground (Catoosa WMA)

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    Bi-Color Campground (Catoosa WMA)

    4 Reviews
    23 Photos
    25 Saves
    Lancing, Tennessee

    82,000 acres of wild land on the upper Cumberland Plateau in both Morgan and Cumberland counties. This area offers some of the best hunting in East Tennessee! This area is home to deer, wild turkey, wild boar, fox squirrels, gray squirrels, ruffed grouse, raccoons, quail, rabbits, and mourning doves. For your fishermen, the game include smallmouth bass, rock bass, bluegill, and muskellunge. Although the area is funded by hunters and fishermen, it is popular with all outdoor enthusiasts! Backpacking is very popular in the area, as well as whitewater rafting! The area has many deep cut canyons created by the rivers and streams, and offers access to beautiful scenery unlike anywhere else. The many trails allow access to the back country, but perhaps the best known path is the Cumberland Trail which passes through the area.

    Overnight camping is allowed on designated areas. The area is closed to entry between sunset and sunrise.

    Bicolor Entrance N 35.993 W -84.678

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    • Fires
    • Phone Service
    • Dispersed
    • Alcohol
  7. Camper-submitted photo from Goforth Creek Campground A
  8. Camper-submitted photo from Goforth Creek Campground B
  9. Camper-submitted photo from Big Creek Primitive Camping Area

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    Big Creek Primitive Camping Area

    1 Review
    6 Photos
    73 Saves
    Reliance, Tennessee

    For visitors wanting to get away from it all, dispersed camping outside of developed campgrounds is allowed throughout Cherokee National Forest unless posted otherwise. Camping is not allowed within 100 feet of water, trails, trailhead parking lots and developed recreation areas. Dispersed camping is free and no permits are required.

    • Pets
    • Fires
    • Dispersed
    • Alcohol
  10. Camper-submitted photo from Conasauga River Camp

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