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About Defeated Creek Park
Seasonal information
2026 Season availability
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Picnic Table
Restrooms
River Access
Showers
Water and Hygiene
- Restrooms
- Showers
Cooking and Fire
- Picnic Table
Water Access
- Lake Access
- River Access
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Reviews (816)
What Guests Are Saying
Defeated Creek Park is a beautiful and well-maintained campground, appreciated for its stunning views, friendly hosts, and ample outdoor activities, including biking, hiking, and water sports. Many visitors enjoyed their stay, highlighting the spacious, shaded sites and the park's family-friendly atmosphere. However, the park lacks reliable cell service and WiFi, which some guests found inconvenient, and there are occasional cleanliness issues that management is encouraged to address.
What Guests Are Saying
Defeated Creek Park is a beautiful and well-maintained campground, appreciated for its stunning views, friendly hosts, and ample outdoor activities, including biking, hiking, and water sports. Many visitors enjoyed their stay, highlighting the spacious, shaded sites and the park's family-friendly atmosphere. However, the park lacks reliable cell service and WiFi, which some guests found inconvenient, and there are occasional cleanliness issues that management is encouraged to address.
Review Summary
Glenda v
VerifiedSeptember 24, 2026 • Stayed at: 145, Loop: HONE
The park is one of the most beautiful campgrounds that we have visited. Camp hosts Rhonda and her daughter Jennifer go out of their way to keep the camp sites clean and they also notified us of bad weather that passed through the park. The nearby picnic area and large sandy beach is great for family meetings. There are several playgrounds in the campground as well as a beach for swimming. There is also a pickleball court in the area. This is a rural area so we always try to bring everything we need. There is a Walmart about ten miles from the campground. The campground is located in between Cookeville and Nashville, Tennessee. Great place fish, swim and just enjoy the great outdoors in the great state of Tennessee!
Tracy C
VerifiedSeptember 24, 2026 • Stayed at: 075, Loop: LAKE
Such a gorgeous park and facility! Always clean and well maintained. I love that it is so dog friendly, with plenty of pull thru sites and beautiful lake-side spots. I have stayed here dozens of times en route to competitive dog events, and it never disappoints.
Stephanie T
VerifiedSeptember 21, 2026 • Stayed at: 114, Loop: LAKE
Campsites are big, bathrooms are clean, and the people working at the check-in are so nice!
Jessica S
VerifiedSeptember 21, 2026 • Stayed at: 095, Loop: LAKE
We just stayed at Site 95 for an extended weekend trip. Defeated Creek is one of my favorite campgrounds to visit, and we really enjoyed this site.
There are several trees that provide great shade and covered a good portion of our camper, which really helped keep things cool during a very hot weekend. I’m also a Starlink user and was able to set up the satellite in an open area to the left of the camper with no obstructions. It was really the best of both worlds with plenty of shade for the camper and enough open sky for Starlink.
I also wanted to clarify something mentioned in another review. Site 95 does have sewer hookups. We were connected to sewer for our entire stay and had no issues.
Overall, this was a great site and one we would definitely stay at again!
Myron P
VerifiedSeptember 20, 2026 • Stayed at: 040, Loop: LAKE
Very nice campground will definitely stay there again.
David M
VerifiedSeptember 18, 2026 • Stayed at: 014, Loop: LAKE
Great sunsets from this site and close to the water.
Ronald S
VerifiedSeptember 18, 2026 • Stayed at: 146, Loop: HONE
Great as always, we loved it
Teresa B
VerifiedSeptember 16, 2026 • Stayed at: 016, Loop: LAKE
Absolutely gorgeous
Melony G
VerifiedSeptember 14, 2026 • Stayed at: 079, Loop: LAKE
Love camping at Defeated Creek!!
Holli S
VerifiedSeptember 14, 2026 • Stayed at: 063, Loop: LAKE
Beautiful park.
Location & Directions for Defeated Creek Park
140 Marina Lane, Carthage, TN 37030 United States
Elevation: 161 ft
Highway access
Defeated Creek Park is accessible via US Highway 70, which is approximately 10 miles to the north. Additionally, Interstate 40 is about 15 miles to the south, providing further connectivity.
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