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Reviewed Apr. 24, 2025

Great for a few days

Campsite was great for our two day stay. Dog friendly, they delivered firewood to my site after I paid, and the staff was very friendly and helpful.

Site58
Month of VisitApril
  • Review photo of Douglas Tailwater Campground — Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) by Haley S., April 24, 2025
Reviewed May. 13, 2024

Some good, some bad

We camped here while in town for a concert. I love a good riverside campground! The view was great. Sadly, we didn’t get a chance to fish. The campground layout was interesting… Some sites were normal, but then some seemed like they were parking spots on a gravel lot. We got lucky and had a good site because I used someone’s drive thru YouTube video to help select a site. Our site was still edited because it was down a small side turn off, but it wasn’t a loop, so you had to completely back your camper down the road a couple of sites to get it when leaving.

Site3
Month of VisitMay
  • Review photo of Douglas Tailwater Campground — Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) by Shana D., May 13, 2024
  • Review photo of Douglas Tailwater Campground — Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) by Shana D., May 13, 2024
  • Review photo of Douglas Tailwater Campground — Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) by Shana D., May 13, 2024
  • Review photo of Douglas Tailwater Campground — Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) by Shana D., May 13, 2024
  • Review photo of Douglas Tailwater Campground — Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) by Shana D., May 13, 2024
  • Review photo of Douglas Tailwater Campground — Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) by Shana D., May 13, 2024
  • Review photo of Douglas Tailwater Campground — Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) by Shana D., May 13, 2024
  • Review photo of Douglas Tailwater Campground — Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) by Shana D., May 13, 2024
  • Review photo of Douglas Tailwater Campground — Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) by Shana D., May 13, 2024
  • Review photo of Douglas Tailwater Campground — Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) by Shana D., May 13, 2024
  • Review photo of Douglas Tailwater Campground — Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) by Shana D., May 13, 2024
  • Review photo of Douglas Tailwater Campground — Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) by Shana D., May 13, 2024
  • Review photo of Douglas Tailwater Campground — Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) by Shana D., May 13, 2024
  • Review photo of Douglas Tailwater Campground — Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) by Shana D., May 13, 2024
  • Review photo of Douglas Tailwater Campground — Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) by Shana D., May 13, 2024
  • Review photo of Douglas Tailwater Campground — Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) by Shana D., May 13, 2024
  • Review photo of Douglas Tailwater Campground — Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) by Shana D., May 13, 2024
  • Review photo of Douglas Tailwater Campground — Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) by Shana D., May 13, 2024
  • Review photo of Douglas Tailwater Campground — Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) by Shana D., May 13, 2024
  • Review photo of Douglas Tailwater Campground — Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) by Shana D., May 13, 2024
Reviewed Mar. 16, 2024

Great experience right on the water

We stayed overnight.  The campsite was right on the edge of the river.  Water and power hook up.  The bath house was a little dirty.  Bath house had a shower but we opted to shower in the RV.  Otherwise it was a great experience.. Will use again.

Month of VisitOctober
Reviewed Aug. 21, 2022

Good campground for RVs, not great for tents

Overall this is a nice campground, clean bathrooms and good views of the dam and river. However, if you plan on staying in one of the three tent sites I suggest 59 as it appeared to be the only one with good spot for a tent. I stayed at 58 which wasn't level and had a lot of rocks and roots. Site 60 appeared to have a soft grassy area, but it still looked a little slanted.

Site58
Month of VisitAugust
Reviewed Nov. 2, 2021

Excellent dam view!

First time visiting here. Really enjoyed it. I love visiting our TVA dams and this one is no exception. Spot number 18 was easy to back into. The view is perfect. Their is almost zero DTV service here though and on T Mobile the service was maybe 30 to 40 percent strength. However it wasn't a issue so much in my RV. The dump station is right up from my spot so that was nice if you bring a tank. The electrical and water hook ups were overall good with no complaints. Overall it was a good experience. Also the water fowl and bald eagles are very 😎 cool.

Site18
Month of VisitNovember
  • Review photo of Douglas Tailwater Campground — Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) by David W., November 2, 2021
Reviewed Oct. 28, 2021

Beautiful, friendly

Campsite 6 was almost perfect! Close to bathrooms/showers and garbage! Easy set up! Beautiful view, very friendly and clean! If I was to have one wish it would be that they had a honey wagon or sewer hookup. We would love to come back sometime. Great memories!

Site6
Month of VisitOctober
Reviewed Oct. 20, 2021

Close to home

Quiet campground, staff is nice, restrooms clean. Sites along the river.

Site25
Month of VisitApril
  • Review photo of Douglas Tailwater Campground — Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) by Donna , October 20, 2021
Reviewed Jul. 16, 2020

I was not a camper until after I found this sweet experience.

I was very lucky to find this spot near the Great Smoky Mountains. It was October, cool and fine, when I backed up to the French Broad River in this immaculate campsite with super friendly hosts. There was a bridge several yards off so some car traffic but I always sleep fine to the hum of wheels, but not too much because it was quite a ways away from a heavily traveled highway. I like it so much, I stayed an extra night. Clean showers and restrooms, a nice paved walking path. Fire pits, picnic table at hand, power and water for 24.00 a night. I was prepared to spend motel-level money on this cross country trip from Albuquerque to the East Coast, so anything under 40 was a great savings. The experience I had at this campsite turned me away from Motels forever as a standard for road trips. Because of the joy and peace I found on these two nights I have spent months kitting out my Toyota Matrix for comfortable, campsite stopovers on any road trip in the future. Highly recommended by me.

  • Review photo of Douglas Tailwater Campground — Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) by Susan E., July 16, 2020
  • Review photo of Douglas Tailwater Campground — Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) by Susan E., July 16, 2020
  • Review photo of Douglas Tailwater Campground — Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) by Susan E., July 16, 2020
Reviewed Jun. 30, 2019

Nice place.

Clean campground, friendly and helpful staff. The sites are a little close to each other. Go for the river view sites, you won’t be disappointed. Family atmosphere. Playground looked well kept. IWe had site #21. Kind of in the middle of Pigeon Forge and Knoxville. Woke up early enough to watch them release water from Douglas Dam.

  • Review photo of Douglas Tailwater Campground — Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) by Christopher  L., June 30, 2019
  • Review photo of Douglas Tailwater Campground — Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) by Christopher  L., June 30, 2019
  • Review photo of Douglas Tailwater Campground — Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) by Christopher  L., June 30, 2019
  • Review photo of Douglas Tailwater Campground — Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) by Christopher  L., June 30, 2019
  • Review photo of Douglas Tailwater Campground — Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) by Christopher  L., June 30, 2019
  • Review photo of Douglas Tailwater Campground — Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) by Christopher  L., June 30, 2019
Reviewed Apr. 18, 2019

Clean & peaceful

Very clean campground right on the river with a great view of Douglas Dam. Diverse population of bird species for birdwatchers. Very laid back attitude here. No parties or loud music. Only reason it didn't get 5 stars is there was a dead duck hanging from the power lines in front of our site. He was hooked to a fishing line. Kind of an eyesore.

Reviewed Jul. 19, 2018

Nice riverside spot

We were contacted by the camp due to construction, got a nice upgrade to waterfront. Beautiful views, but not the best for hammock camping with 5 people.

Reviewed Oct. 31, 2017

Douglas Dam Tailwater

Stayed for 6 days In October, Excellent Campground, quiet and slow. No Over the air TV reception, Cell service is spotty. Beautiful Place and a great place to relax

Site22, Site has a slope
Month of VisitOctober
Reviewed Oct. 7, 2017

Beautiful Night

Had a beautiful night camping. The site was a perfect mix of flat open area and trees and beautiful water. The moon was full the other campers were great.

Site32
Month of VisitOctober