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Cherokee National Forest Sites: 6

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Lots of room for horse trailers. It is very quiet during the week but is full of riders on the weekends.

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Contact the Manager. Laurel Hill Lake Wildlife Management Area Multiple locations – see map Some Tennessee WMAs require permission from the WMA’s manager in order to camp. Please contact the manager to be sure. Manager: Al Pollock (931) 762-5749 In Lawrence County. 14,000 acres. Good deer and turkey hunting with lots of standing hardwoods, but [...]

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*** Full hook up 50 amp.(w/e/s) $18.00/night up to 4 people.($2.00 per extra prson per night) **Full hook up 20 & 30 amp. (w/e/s) $16.00 per night, up to 4 people, ($2.00 per extra person pernight). **Partial hook up: (w/e) $14.00 per night, up to 4 people,( $2.00 per extra person per night). **Trailer electric [...]

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Natchez Trace Parkway mile post 385. Monument and grave site of Meriwether Lewis (Lewis and Clark). 32 Sites (about1/2 are pull thru) No water hookups at sites. Watch your speed on The Trace as it has a 45-50 max speed limit and it is watched close. This was the busiest, biggest, and laid out best [...]

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This is a great place to camp, hike, bike, and off road. There is parking/camping at the gates. The forest is open dawn to dusk. Ranger lives in Forest, so if you get locked in, you either wait till the morning or pay a fine to let you out. Forest is very active during the [...]

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Cherokee National Forest This beautiful remote area offers mountain vistas, waterfalls and clear mountain streams and is a sanctuary for black bears. The 8,358-acre Big Frog Mountain Wilderness / Wilderness Study Area offers about 35 miles of backcountry trails. This natural setting provides outstanding opportunities for solitude and primitive camping, fishing and backpacking. Sites:12 Vault [...]

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$5/night per person. Children under 4yrs are free. Topsey Turvey is a family owned and oriented business offering canoeing and camping. Sixty acres with 3/4 mile of river frontage on the Buffalo River. Primitive camping with bathhouse access. No specific sites – space for 100+ tents or campers. Horseshoe area, volleyball, picnic tables. Canoe & [...]

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Located in Tennessee’s Cherokee National Forest. 8 free campsites at end of road and a couple of dispersed camp sites alongside a stream. Beautiful area, quiet, not well known except to locals. Tumbling Creek Campground is convenient to the Ocoee Whitewater Centers’ Tanasi trail complex which offers many miles and levels of difficulty for mountain [...]

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Yanahli Wildlife Management Area Some Tennessee WMAs require permission from the WMA’s manager in order to camp. Please contact the manager to be sure. I see a closed gate on google maps street view. Ask the manager about accessibility when you call. Manager: Thomas Edwards (931) 840-4042 From I-65, the area can be accessed from [...]

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Yanahli Wildlife Management Area Some Tennessee WMAs require permission from the WMA’s manager in order to camp. Please contact the manager to be sure. Manager: Thomas Edwards (931) 840-4042 From I-65, the area can be accessed from either US 412 or state Hwy. 50. This is the former TVA property along the Duck River, east [...]

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