AI-generated illustration inspired by Center Hill Lake: wooded highland reservoir, steep rounded hardwood-covered hills, blue-green water.

Campgrounds Near Center Hill Lake

16 campgrounds around the Center Hill Lake shoreline, 4 with direct lake access. Check open sites for your dates.

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Right now: 26 campsites open this weekend near Center Hill Lake at 7 of the 16 campgrounds we checked.Availability read Nov 8, 1:03 AM ET

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Available this weekend near Center Hill Lake

Nov 13 – Nov 15 · open every night of the stay.

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Shoreline towns (labelled) and 16 lake-area parks; green pins have sites open this weekend. Straight-line positions; roads around the water can be much longer than they look.

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campgrounds near Center Hill Lake

16 parks within 15 miles of the shoreline; 4 list direct lake access (labelled on the card). Each park shows its straight-line distance to the shore.

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Public campground

Ragland Bottom

★ 5.0 (361)
Smithville, TN
From $16/nightvia Recreation.gov
28 RV sitesTent site · Not listed
Public campground

Long Branch

★ 4.0 (427)
Lancaster, TN
From $30/nightvia Recreation.gov
55 RV sitesTent site · Not listed
Private campground

Old Mill Camp

★ 4.9 (38)
Cookeville, TN
From $44/nightvia Campspot
3 RV sitesTent site · Not listedGlamping
Private campground

Camp Luna

★ 4.3 (7)
Sparta, TN
From $20/nightvia Campspot
3 RV sitesTent site · Not listed

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How it works

Find it here. Book it with the park.

  1. Find open sitesSearch by place and dates; we check each provider's calendar for your whole stay.
  2. Check the fitHookups, amps, rig length and pull-through come from each park's own listing. When a listing doesn't say, we leave it blank.
  3. Book with the providerCampspot, Recreation.gov, ReserveAmerica, KOA and state park systems: you complete each reservation on their site.

A few good questions

How many campgrounds are near Center Hill Lake?

16 campgrounds are within 15 miles of the Center Hill Lake shoreline. 4 list direct lake access and 4 more are near the water (access not confirmed).

Which towns are on Center Hill Lake?

Towns near the shoreline include Smithville, TN, Baxter, TN, Dowelltown, TN, Liberty, TN, Buffalo Valley, TN and Lancaster, TN and 8 more.

How do you decide a park has lake access?

A park is marked Direct lake access when it sits on the Center Hill Lake shoreline in OpenStreetMap and its own listing names water access (a boat ramp or launch, marina, waterfront or lakefront sites, and similar). Tap the badge to see the evidence. Parks close to the water without that are marked Near the lake: that is proximity only, and access is not confirmed. We don't label individual waterfront campsites.

Are there full-hookup campgrounds near Center Hill Lake?

12 of these parks list water, electric and sewer at the site, and 13 list sites of 40 ft or longer.

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RV rentals near Center Hill Lake

Pickup in Atlanta (76 mi straight-line). Available this weekend first (0 of 4, from each platform's calendar), then most popular (review count × rating).

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From Outdoorsy and RVshare listings with a photo, nightly rate and a 4.5+ rating (or no reviews yet). Rates are listed nightly rates; you book with the owner.

Gateway towns

Shoreline towns on Center Hill Lake

Towns near the lake (OpenStreetMap outline, Wikidata places): Smithville, Baxter, Dowelltown, Liberty, Buffalo Valley, Lancaster, Macedonia, Midway, Shady Grove, Silver Point, Temperance Hall and Darkey Springs and 2 more.

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Continue your road trip

Other destinations, straight-line distance from the lake. Separate trips, not alternatives near the lake.

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Why we're different

The most campgrounds in one place

8,900+ public, private and glamping campgrounds from 50+ booking sites, including 46 state park systems, side by side.

Real open sites, not just listings

For 8,400+ of them we read the booking calendar, so you see which campsites, cabins and glamping stays are open for your dates.

Book on the official booking site

When you find your spot, you reserve on the campground's own booking site. We don't take payments, so Basecamping never adds a fee.

All 16 campgrounds near Center Hill Lake

Most popular first; within 15 miles of the shoreline.

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