Foster Falls Campground

I absolutely loved this camping site. As a person who almost never reserved in advanced I really appreciate camping sites that allows spontaneity. We arrived on a Sunday night and it was pretty easy to find available spots. Pretty easy to pay online as well.

Showers and quiet. No RV hookups or generators, great for real camping. Walkable to the plethora of climbing.

Boondocked and hiked to falls from campsite. Lovely.

This is a great primitive campground! Sites are large, flat and spread out. I really appreciate that the sites aren’t on top of each other. There is enough room for a small camper or flat gravel area for tents. Picnic tables and fire rings at each site. Also, there is a central bathhouse with flush toilets and showers. Foster Falls waterfall and trailhead for incredible hiking can be accessed from the campground. A few miles up the road from camp you will be able to find firewood, grocery stores and restaurants.

Nice clean campground, we enjoyed staying here. Camped November 8-9 and day temps were 70s with night temps around 40s, very comfortable with no mosquitoes or bugs bothering us. This is the only campground that you can camp at your car, others require you to hike in. South Cumberland State Park is actually a cluster of protected forests. Foster Falls Climbers Loop Trail is right at the entrance of the campground, definitely recommend hiking this trail. You’ll hike all around the falls getting beautiful views from the top and bottom. You can hike from Foster Falls to Grundy Forest/ Fiery Gizzard here, it is long. You’ll need to drive to different hiking spots like the Savage Gulf and Stone Door area. The visitors center is 15 minutes away and you may drive by it on your way in, we stopped by but it was lunch time and closed for the ranger to take a break. Fire wood is sold on the corner of Foster Falls Road and State Highway 150, I did not see any for sale on camp grounds. We camped on #22, it was not a bad spot. There were trees down behind the campsite to gather some wood from. The pad was flat with no large rocks or roots and fire ring and table were in good condition. We had a good view of the stars and it was very dark looking into the forest behind us at night. The women’s bathroom has 2 stalls and 1 shower, there were no lines anytime we were there. Only 5 other camping spots were filled and we noticed that we all had picked spots towards the entrance. Next time we’ll be picking one towards the back but most likely on the right side of the entrance. The bathrooms entrance is on the left and when you approach it at night there is a light that turns on for you to be able to see. We could see the light turn on from our campground when people used them. We could hear voices and music at night but it didn’t sound like it was within the grounds, I think there is a bar near by but not sure. It didn’t bother us.

We stayed at site #1 at foster falls campground. It is on of the biggest spots with ample room for tents and parking. The sites are gravel but easy to stake down in. Sites aren’t very private but also not right on top of each other. Bathhouse is a short walk from all the sites. Rangers there were helpful. Leaves are everywhere and we did see a few snakes but nothing we don’t expect from the great outdoors. Foster falls was absolutely breathtaking. We will definitely go back to this campground in the future. I do wish the site Markers were bigger and easier to read as it was hard to navigate in the dark when we got there. There is a rooster somewhere close by that will wake you up at 5am.

Myself and 4 other friends all came to Foster Falls campgrounds to stay 2 nights and hike a small portion of the falls. The views are absolutely incredible, and the campsites were clean. Didn’t use the central bathrooms because they were always full! (Perhaps bring a pop-up poop tent?)

Neighbors are spaced out enough you shouldn’t really have to worry about noise.

Trying to get into campground during afternoon hours maybe challenging to bigger RV units. Foster Falls parking does get full, can overflow towards campground even though it says registered campers. We had a pop up so we were able to pull thru at out site #9. Many sites are bigger pad sites for tents & can still have room left for relaxation. Bathroom was aged, did have shower.

It’s so beautiful here!! It’s a hidden gem!

The Foster Falls campground has 26 rustic campsites ideal for tents or small trailers. The Foster Falls Campground is the only camping area in the park where guests may park a car and/or pop-ups next to the campsite. The campground is open year-round.

All sites have a fire ring and a picnic table. Most sites are wooded, offering some shade and have a level, gravel surface. A few are on a slight incline. There are no water or electric hook-ups but a restroom and heated showers are available. No gas generators are allowed at the Foster Falls Campground. Water must be filtered from natural sources or carried in, be sure to check with the ranger stations about water availability. A pit toilet is also available at each campground.