Chilhowee Campground

Brought home bodies covered in chigger bites! We booked this location based off the recommendation from a staff worker. However, we were rafting on the upper pigeon River. We missed our starting time and had to rebook.

A amazing place to stay. Beautiful scenery and great people. From just relaxing to hiking, swimming, kayaking and white water rafting the activities are endless.

Always enjoy going to chilowee. Always beautiful and many trails. Absolutely in love with the beautiful views. Our new yearly destination for sure

We really enjoyed our stay at Chilhowee campground. Just be aware that the road up to the campground is very steep, narrow and winding. Locals also apparently use the road as a way to live out juvenile Fast and Furious fantasies as we witnessed several teenagers street racing up and down the road. Similarly, we noticed several locals just cruising the campground loops throughout the day in their pick up trucks, loud music playing and several teenage kids in the bed of each truck. We were thankful that this behavior did not continue after dark as we would have felt pretty unsafe. In the E-Loop we found the campsites to be very large and private with level camping pads. There is electricity at each campsite, but no water. Potable water is available from spigots throughout the campground. There are trash receptacles throughout the campground for easy disposal of waste. We enjoyed hiking the many trails throughout the area and enjoying the stunning overlooks. My wife particularly enjoyed hiking Azalea Trail as it had a section where the Azalea bushes essentially formed a tunnel that you had to walk through. We also did some fishing at the little lake that forms the centerpiece of this campground. Not hugely successful with the fishing, but did catch a couple catfish. Cell service varies dramatically within the campground. AT&T was mostly useless everywhere in the campground, while Verizon was largely useless in the E-Loop but worked fine around the lake area and while walking through the A-Loop of the campground. Cleaning of the restroom and shower facilities was suspect during our stay. Someone smashed a VERY large spider on the floor of the men's room on a Wednesday, and it was still there on Sunday, and the ceilings and light fixtures were wrapped in enough spider webbing to capture and immobilize a full grown black bear.

This campsite at the top of the mountain was wonderful to stay and explore the area around Cleveland. It was the very end of the colder season so my Mr Heater came in handy. It was quiet during the week and not too crowded on weekends but visitors were very respectful and quiet. Very professional hosts who made sure to check on things often. I loved the hikes around the sites and we did make it to the falls and around the lake to the gazebo which was perfect for a brief hike. We enjoyed being able to drive down and pick up things in the local town and did laundry there a couple of times. Used their wifi to download books and movies and picked up ice and supplies while we were out and about.

Love this camp area and the day area. We enjoy the peace of being out there and were satisfied with the upkeep. Walked the loop one morning and it was nice.

Campground is pleasant and there are some sites that have a fair amount of privacy. Trails are nice, especially the trail to Benton Falls, which is gorgeous. The cicadas were noisy (end of May) when we were there, which added to the experience. The beach area and sandy-bottom lake were great.

Peaceful. Heard a whippoorwill, which Hubby loved. Campsites well spaced. Very wooded. Benton Falls was beautiful. Drive to the campground was white knuckling at times. However great overlooks along the way. Ocoee River was also beautiful and we enjoyed watching the rafters and Kayakers. We would definitely return if ever in the area. I would consider this a destination place as getting to the site is a bit challenging.

Excellent place very quite we will definitely be going back

The facilities were clean and the trails in good shape. The diversity of plant life and the various flowers in bloom were amazing.