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Best Equestrian Sites Near Spring City, TN (9)
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Fall Creek Falls State Park Campground
Spencer, Tennessee143 Reviews623 Photos921 SavesFall Creek Falls State Park is one of Tennessee’s largest and most visited state parks. The park encompasses more than 29,800 acres sprawled across the eastern top of the rugged Cumberland Plateau. Laced with cascades, gorges, waterfalls, streams and lush stands of virgin hardwood timber, the park beckons those who enjoy nature at her finest. Fall Creek Falls, at 256 feet, is one of the highest waterfalls in the eastern United States. Other waterfalls within the park include Piney Falls, Cane Creek Falls, and Cane Creek Cascades. The park is located in Bledsoe and Van Buren counties, 11 miles east of Spencer and 18 miles west of Pikeville. It may be entered from Highway 111 or Highway 30.
In 1937, the federal government began purchasing the badly eroded land around Fall Creek Falls. The following year, the Works Progress Administration and the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) began restoring the forest and constructing park facilities. A few years later in 1944, the National Park Service transferred ownership of the park to the State of Tennessee.
Fall Creek Falls features 30 cabins, 222 campsites, and the 85-room Lodge Fall Creek Falls. Backcountry camping is also available with a permit.
The park is home to a variety of activities suitable for visitors of all ages and abilities. Hikers can opt for short or long walks around the lake and to the base of Fall Creek Falls. There are two long-distance overnight trails for adventure-seeking visitors while the day-use trails are designed to accommodate recreational and educational activities for all ages. More than 56 miles of trails can be explored.
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- Reservable
- ADA Access
$8 - $32 / night
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Gee Creek Campground — Hiwassee/Ocoee Scenic River State Park
Delano, Tennessee29 Reviews100 Photos73 Saves- Pets
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- Reservable
- ADA Access
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$35 - $85 / night
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Toqua Beach Campground
Vonore, Tennessee3 Reviews12 Photos26 SavesToqua Campground has Premium RV sites, Standard RV sites, and Primitive Cabins. All RV sites are full hookup.
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- Reservable
- ADA Access
$49 - $69 / night
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East Fork Stables
Allardt, Tennessee2 Reviews35 Photos9 Saves- Pets
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- Phone Service
- Reservable
- ADA Access
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Lost Corral Horse Camp
Delano, Tennessee1 Review2 SavesOverview
This location is available on a first-come, first-served basis only. Visitors are required to physically arrive at the campground to purchase and claim a site. Once on-site, you may be able to pay for your campsite(s) by scanning a QR code using the Recreation.gov mobile app, and the Scan and Pay feature. If this option is available, you will need to first download the free Recreation.gov mobile app https://www.recreation.gov/mobile-app prior to your arrival as some remote areas have limited or no cellular service.
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Young Branch Horse Camp
Tallassee, Tennessee1 Review8 Photos8 SavesYoung Branch Campground is situated near Citico Creek. It is one of Cherokee National Forest's two horse campgrounds. Visitors enjoy horseback riding, hiking, fishing and rafting. Recreation Young Branch is situated near the Little Citico Horse Trails, a system of more than 15 miles of trails that mostly follow old Forest Service and logging roads, along ridgelines and over creeks. Citico Creek offers plenty of fishing and rafting opportunities. Facilities This primitive campground has seven accessible, equestrian campsites available for reservations. Each site is equipped with a picnic table, grill and lantern post. Vault toilets are provided. No water or electric hookups are available. Horses may drink from Citico Creek. A corral and 25 horse stalls with feeding bins are provided. Horses must be kept in the corral, stalls or in trailers and are not permitted in campsites, tied to trees or in the grass. Manure must be placed in provided manure bins before departure. Natural Features The campground is set in a densely wooded area about 100 yards from Citico Creek, within the Cherokee National Forest in eastern Tennessee. The forest stretches from Chattanooga to Bristol, along the North Carolina border. Cherokee is Tennessee's only national forest. It covers 650,000 acres in the heart of the Southern Appalachians and is home to more than 20,000 species of plants and animals, as well as many rivers, creeks and lakes. Elevations range from 750 to 5,500 feet. Nearby Attractions Vonore, Tennessee is approximately 20 miles from the campground and makes for an interesting day trip for its rich Native American archeological history. The town contains the nearest telephone, gas and food. ADA Access: N
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$15 / night
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King's Coach Stop
Allardt, Tennessee1 Review3 PhotosPet friendly primitive campsite on 1.5 acre mini-farm. Leashed pets welcome. Water available. Stalls available for additional fee. Bring your horses and explore the local State and Federal Parks. Horse trails, hiking trails, and waterfalls nearby. Max. 2 horses. Maximum stay, 2 nights/3 days.
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$10 - $20 / night
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Notchy Creek - Tellico Lake
Be the first to review!Vonore, Tennessee5 Saves51 Sites With 4 Tent Sites – Wooded & Lakefront
Electric and Water Dumpstation Bath Houses Convenient Boat Docks Easy Access Boat Ramp Beach with Designated Swimming Area On-Site Mini-convenience Store Security Gate Entrance Resident Manager / Office hours 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
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- Reservable
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$24 - $40 / night
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Happy Camper Campground
Be the first to review!Rock Island, Tennessee- Pets
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Recent Equestrian Reviews In Spring City
179 Reviews of 9 Spring City Campgrounds
Toqua Beach Campground
Tennessee trip
Visiting in 2 weeks
Fall Creek Falls State Park Campground
Clean
Our spot was near bathroom and the area was clean. Good hikes nearby. I had good cell reception as well with Verizon so was able to watch a little college football on Saturday.m
Fall Creek Falls State Park Campground
Love love love
Wonderful place, hot water, clean sites. They have a daily trash service and several stores to visit
Toqua Beach Campground
Lakeside Camping
This is a very clean, gated campground located right on the lake with available boat slips to rent during your stay. This is a very open campground with very few trees. The sites are concrete and gravel.
Fall Creek Falls State Park Campground
Family Friendly
Beautiful park with lots of activities for kids. The hiking trails were well maintained but vary in difficulty (easy to moderate; side trails to overlooks steep and rocky). Over 200 rv sites, most are close to each other; plan ahead to get a good site. We reserved a year in advanced and at that time no full hook ups were available. The park is a top visited park in TN - it’s crowded.
Fall Creek Falls State Park Campground
Great Park with impressive water falls!
Absolutely loved this park! Our site was an ADA and it was excellent. Lots of trails, waterfalls, and a great nature center.
Fall Creek Falls State Park Campground
Great hiking
There are a lot of very different camp sites. It’s good to do your research to see for the site is laid out. Some are drive through and others are back in. It is very close to excellent hiking. Bring your bikes to discover more of the park.
Fall Creek Falls State Park Campground
Soo much to do
There is so much to do as soon as you get there. Plenty of hikes and water activities. The falls are beautiful with so many risky lookout points. Will definitely be back!
Fall Creek Falls State Park Campground
Family friendly!
Loved our site that backed up to a large field with playground!!! Perfect for families with kids that want to play while still having access to your rig. AMAZING hiking and views of the falls! Well worth the hike to the floor of the falls.
Toqua Beach Campground
Beautiful Lake views
They have gravel lots that are somewhat level. We stayed at site 104. People before us absolutely left a mess. But with that being said the lake is beautiful. We didn't see the beach till the last day we were there unfortunately. But it look like an awesome area. There is a Beach area with volleyball. We didn't have much luck fishing but we tried anyway. Always relaxing. Awesome place we're going to stay in 114 next time if we can get it
Fall Creek Falls State Park Campground
Great overall park with plenty to do
We stayed here for a week at the beginning of May and loved it. Quiet spot with easy to access trails around the campgrounds for our two dogs. The roads into the park are fun with some winding roads. Our smaller class C (24ft) handled it just fine but I could see some larger trucks having a slow time if they followed our path which was Hwy30 from Spencer.
The amenities are great, cute camp stores, shops & restaurants. Showers were clean with excellent water pressure. Some sits have sewer hookup but outs was just water & electric. Dump stations are scattered throughout and easy to access however.
Quickly made our list of parks we’d like to revisit in the future.
Gee Creek Campground — Hiwassee/Ocoee Scenic River State Park
Would go again, just not very soon
Overall it was nice, but not my favorite place I’ve been to. I thought I chose a campsite right on the water, but we couldn’t actually see the water. However, we did walk around the site to where we could get in the water and it was really pretty there. There was a playground, the bathrooms were in pretty good shape, they had a dump site, and water. So yeah, my husband and I both liked it, but we would just visit some other campsites before coming right back to this one.
Fall Creek Falls State Park Campground
Wonderful Area
Falls Creek Falls park is excellent for natural beauty. Wonderful sites, trails, activities for all ages. Campground is good. Few full hook up sites. Gas is a bit of a drive, so fill up before entering the park.
Fall Creek Falls State Park Campground
Nice campground, noisy guests
Had a good time. Falls were beautiful but since you can drive and park by the overlook, be ready for a lot of people and dogs. If you like hiking, the trails were very low trafficked, and well maintained.
We stayed in the D campground (which is the closest walking distance to the Falls), however, campsites D180-210 are already close enough together (like your normal campgrounds), BUT when you add the elevation factor, some sites feel right in top of each other.
We have a truck camper and booked the last site available, which was a pull through in between other pull through sites (D192), but I wouldn’t book any of the pull through sites in D, unless you are booking adjacent ones for guests.
Also, 192 may be the smallest site with the worst layout, so take my review with a grain of salt. For instance, the hookups are on the opposite side as other, so I have to face my camper the opposite way, seemingly sharing our firepit and grill areas with our neighbors. This may be great if you know your neighbors, but not ideal for introverts like us (see photo).
Don’t get me wrong; we still had a good time, but the noise levels from other sites having a good time will encroach on your good time as well, making it feel less like camping, and more like a tailgate.
If I could do it over, I’d book more in advance and book a back-in site; one that isn’t right next to the road, or without too many other sites nearby. Sites along the same line as D204+ (same side as the bathrooms) seem to be the best sites.
Lastly, the facilities were but excellent: Campground D had small, but clean bathrooms and showers, and the main Guest Center is super close, with firewood, camping supplies, souvenirs, etc.
4.5/5 with 0.5 removed for layout of Campground D
Gee Creek Campground — Hiwassee/Ocoee Scenic River State Park
Campground itself is kind of lame- there is plenty to do outside of it.
So the campsite is very open, flat and the spaces are pretty small. You can pretty much hear conversations from other campsites at yours. Honestly this is not my kind of camping, Walmart parking lot offers similar ambiance.
Gee Creek Campground — Hiwassee/Ocoee Scenic River State Park
Power would make this so much better!
Great spot close to some of our favorite kayaking rivers.
East Fork Stables
Great Place
Campground has Cabins, Bunk house, full hook-ups and primitive spots. There are stalls and tie lines with round pens and paddocks scattered around. Trail system is wonderful with all the views anyone could ask for. Love this place will be coming back!!!
Fall Creek Falls State Park Campground
Fall Creek Falls campsite A
I was able to squeeze in a last minute campsite for the end of September. We were at A4. The site was labeled as slight incline. This site might be ok for smaller campers, but we had a little trouble with our 35ft camper. Also, this site is at the beginning of the campsite and slopes down a hill… so a lot of the vehicles and bikes go faster at that spot. Lots of wildlife and we walked to the falls.
Gee Creek Campground — Hiwassee/Ocoee Scenic River State Park
Great campground for families
Stayed one night and will be back for a longer stay. The kids loved the playground, and the fairytale story walk. We also did a night hike with the ranger. Definitely one of our favorite camps this year. Bathrooms were clean, hiking close to the campground, we really recommend.
Fall Creek Falls State Park Campground
Beautiful park
The trails are well cared for and though it's a very popular place, the waterfalls and sites are amazing.
Fall Creek Falls State Park Campground
Spring Camping
We stayed here in May while enroute to Memphis. We pulled a small trailer through the campgrounds and stayed at site A3. Site A3 is a pull thru site, that's labeled at the exit of the site, but you have to drive thru the entire campground to enter and there's no label at the entrance of the site; when you exit the site, you have to drive thru the campground unless you want to drive reverse to the one way sign. We also had a tent on the site and we were able to find a semi flat area. All of the sites were full and some large families were having gatherings along the field. The facilities were a short walk away and were well maintained.
Fall Creek Falls State Park Campground
Nice tent camping area
Tent-camped midweek on E210. Lots of open spaces in camp. Tent spot was on level gravel RV pad. Air mattress helped with gravel. Site had water and electricity. Showers were clean with hot water. Be sure to lock up food. We were visited by five raccoons nightly. They were able to get into secured plastic bin we left out. Great hiking around falls. Friendly staff at Visitor Center and Nature Center. Well stocked general store. We will be back.
Fall Creek Falls State Park Campground
Beautiful park
We went during the Folk Festival. The campground was full. We enjoyed our stay. The campsite we stayed at says moderate. If you stay on the paved part, it would be hard to level. But, it had a gravel area you could back into and it wasn’t so bad. Only complaint was our fire pit ended up being on the wrong side of the way we parked the camper.
Fall Creek Falls State Park Campground
Tons To Do
We stayed Memorial Weekend of 2021 for a total of 4 nights. Tons to do at one of Tennessee’s top state parks. We hiked Fall Creek Falls trail, visited the nature center, walked the suspension bridge, went to the Cane Creek Falls overlook, swam in the Cascades, ate pizza at the snack bar, watched people catch stocked trout at George Hole, and played on the playground. The weather was a little damp, but we didn’t let that stop us!
Fall Creek Falls State Park Campground
Excellent State Park!
Excellent state park with multiple waterfalls and trails! Campground C was clean and well kept! Primitive sites have picnic table, fire ring and grill! Bathhouse is nice with warm showers! Across from primitive site 6 is the trail leading to Cane creek falls and Cascades! Also the suspension bridge and nature center right next to them! After finishing with the Cane creek falls head back around and follow the trails with beautiful scenery to fall creek falls!
Fall Creek Falls State Park Campground
Beautiful camping in Tennessee
We love Fall Creek Falls as it is very close to our home and it is a beautiful state park. We stayed in site A21 on a crowded weekend, however it didn’t feel crowded to us. A21 is a great site with plenty of space for our teardrop and screen room. It is a very short walk to the bathroom/showers and also very close to the playground which was great for us with a toddler. The site was well shaded and fairly level. The bathrooms are older and could use some updating but they are clean and serve the purpose. The park actually has good WiFi in most areas, a store nearby with many grocery items, and some great hiking trails. Fall Creek Falls is a favorite for our family!!
Fall Creek Falls State Park Campground
Beautiful spot to camp and explore
Were in site B53 in a motorhome 36ft and can not get level. Description was slightly slopped but we had to back all the way up off the pad to fire pit to almost be level. We super close to bath house which is nice. Camp grounds are clean and we have full hookups which is nice but the 50amp service doesn't work 🤔
Guide to Spring City
Camping near Spring City, Tennessee, offers a mix of beautiful landscapes and fun activities for everyone. Whether you're into hiking, fishing, or just relaxing by the campfire, there’s something for every outdoor enthusiast.
What to do
- Hiking: Explore the trails at Fall Creek Falls State Park Campground. “Good hikes nearby” is a common sentiment among visitors, making it a great spot for nature lovers.
- Wildlife Watching: At Cades Cove Campground, campers often spot wildlife. One reviewer mentioned, “Had numerous sightings of wildlife even in the campground.”
- Fishing and Boating: Harrison Bay State Park Campground is perfect for fishing and boating. Campers appreciate the “beautiful and peaceful” environment, ideal for a day on the water.
What campers like
- Clean Facilities: Campers at Edgar Evins State Park Campground rave about the cleanliness. One visitor noted, “Facilities were clean. Would recommend.”
- Spacious Sites: Many enjoy the spacious sites at Rock Island State Park Campground. A reviewer said, “The park was clean. The bathrooms were clean,” highlighting the well-maintained areas.
- Family-Friendly Activities: Bandy Creek Campground is noted for its family-friendly atmosphere. One camper shared, “Great amenities, Great sites, Great Park!! No complaints!!”
What you should know
- Site Selection: At Cades Cove Campground, site spacing can be tight. A visitor mentioned, “Most sites are close,” so it’s wise to plan ahead.
- Limited Amenities: Campers at Foster Falls Campground should be aware that there are no electric hookups. One reviewer cautioned, “There are also no generators allowed.”
- Crowds: Harrison Bay State Park Campground can get busy, especially during peak seasons. A camper noted, “This campground is a very busy place though.”
Tips for camping with families
- Choose the Right Campground: For families, Edgar Evins State Park Campground is a great option. One parent said, “The lookout tower at the office provides a beautiful view,” making it fun for kids.
- Plan Activities: At Fall Creek Falls State Park Campground, families can enjoy hiking and exploring. A visitor mentioned, “Beautiful park with lots of activities for kids.”
- Pack Snacks: Keep snacks handy for hikes. Campers at Cades Cove Campground recommend being prepared, especially with kids in tow.
Tips from RVers
- Check Site Dimensions: RVers at Rock Island State Park Campground advise checking site dimensions. One camper noted, “Most of the sites are small,” which can be tricky for larger rigs.
- Reservations are Key: It’s smart to reserve ahead, especially at popular spots like Cades Cove Campground. A reviewer mentioned, “We reserved a year in advance.”
- Bring Extra Supplies: Campers at Harrison Bay State Park Campground suggest bringing extra supplies, as some amenities may be limited. One visitor said, “The bathrooms and showers get cleaned every afternoon.”
Camping near Spring City, Tennessee, offers a variety of experiences, from serene lakes to bustling campgrounds. Whether you're a family looking for fun or an RVer seeking adventure, there's something for everyone in this beautiful region.
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