Chilhowee Campground

Spacious well-situated sites, clean bathrooms, access to nice hikes.

We had a wonderful time. Great campground!

Hosts were great. Very attentive and available. Camp sites nicely spaced and beautiful for our end of the season trip the last weekend of October. Nice hiking trails right from the campground.
Negatives: inadequate signage and difficult access to the dump station.
From the highway there was little warning of the entrance to the park. We had to drive by it and turn around because RV's don't slow down quickly. Second, the nice signs at the entrance to the park say turn right to the Benton Falls trailhead but no mention of the campground. No sign in the other (straight) direction. Reasoning that surely if turning right would take us to the campground the sign would say that so instead we went straight. We found ourselves heading up a dirt round too narrow to turn around on when we, fortunately, flagged down some people in trucks servicing communications equipment who told us we were in the wrong direction. We had to back up on a narrow uneven road with steep drop off on one side for probably 1/2 mile with the travel trailer to get back to the entrance sign then head towards the trailhead which evidently also happened to include the campgrounds. Had we arrived after dark or near darkness this could have ended very badly. Re dump station, we stayed in loop B with a travel trailer, ours is 23'. We learned from the hosts that we need to drive out of the park and circle around the entrance to the sign then go back into the campground to go directly to the dump station located in a different section of the camp. Otherwise, coming out of loop B one is faced with a hair pin turn to get to the dump station . It would help to have some warning about this in the handout provided and on the web site. If it was on the web site I missed it. Lastly, the restrooms for Loop B need an upgrade. Though pretty clean there is a lot old rust and the shower has a single on off timer button with no control of water temperature. We opted for the shower in our trailer.

Privacy and functionality. Beautiful camp, average facilities. Excellent access to varied hiking and water experiences.

Our camping trip was awesome. Our family had a great time and really enjoyed the trails around the campsite. The layout was nice and the campground was well taken care of

This was our first trip on our new Camper. Our camp site was B-24, We had electric hook up, no water hook up but were able to run a short hose from a water spigot very nearby and fill our fresh water tank. Spots at this camp are spacious and at a reasonable distance from all neighbors. There were several nice trails and points of interest my dog and i enjoyed. The camp area was nice and all campers were respectful of other's space. Definitely will return to this camp. The park hosts were nice and checked on us or rounded frequently on the campground.

Awesome campground!!

This is a wonderful campground. The sites are fairly spread-out and roomy, The hosts were very friendly, and there are a lot of great hiking trails. We will be back many times in the future.

Really nice campground, well maintained, clean, staff super friendly.

Bathroom showers really need attention but it's a beautiful campground with a beautiful little lake and nice campsites.