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148 total sitesAbout Defeated Creek Park
Seasonal information
2026 Season availability
Campground Amenities
Most popular amenities
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
Eric S
VerifiedAugust 3, 2023 • Stayed at: 037, Loop: LAKE
Very relaxing and beautiful scenery
Nicole R
VerifiedAugust 2, 2023 • Stayed at: 068, Loop: LAKE
•Beautiful area with lots of wildlife
•Would be nice if all sites had sewer
•Difficult to get TV reception on antenna, and cell service was minimal (Verizon--could sometimes make a call and send/receive a plain text with only words, but no cellular data service was available, so no emojis, no picture texts, and no streaming of any kind); therefore, good WiFi throughout the park would be great--especially to check weather radar (we had a bad storm pop up and no way to know it was coming or how big/bad it was or how long it would last)
•Bath houses were fairly clean, but very, very dated (avocado green hand dryers on the walls from the 1970s color palette, toilets with flusher handle mounted separate up high on the wall above the toilet); no air conditioning in bath houses, so they were pretty unbearable in the late July heat & humidity--even with the doors open; no soap in dispensers by sink
•Pet peeve: LOTS of empty sites throughout the park, yet the website showed all sites were reserved; that means that inconsiderate people reserved sites they didn't use and didn't cancel/modify their reservation to allow someone else to actually go camping and enjoy the campground. This particular campground is VERY difficult to reserve a site, so it would be nice if people were considerate enough to cancel the time they are not actually going to use to allow someone else to use it. (This is not the fault of the campground...unless they change their policy about no-shows within a certain number of hours of their reserved check-in date/time...to forfeit the site unless they give notice or something.) Apparently, this happens a LOT--especially with rates being so inexpensive--especially for seniors.
•Camp attendants (hosts) were very friendly.
Bradley C
VerifiedJuly 21, 2023 • Stayed at: 127, Loop: HONE
It was a large site with beautiful views.
Paul T
VerifiedJuly 13, 2023 • Stayed at: 105, Loop: LAKE
DOGS People need to take care of them, barking, crapping and leaving it behind. I hate having to watch where I walk to make sure I don't step in it!!! Kids walking their parents dogs and letting them urinate on other campers deceration's I personally watched this happen! This isn't the first time I have complained about DOGS and it don't get any better! I known people love their pets but if they can't take care of them they need to leave them HOME!
Jerry S
VerifiedJuly 7, 2023 • Stayed at: 071, Loop: LAKE
A great place to camp!! We were in site #71 which is one of the best sites in the campground. A very safe place also as the sheriff department comes through the campground. Great place great folks!!
Michael P
VerifiedJuly 3, 2023 • Stayed at: 040, Loop: LAKE
The camp hosts were very nice, the sites were clean, the scenery was beautiful. We had no problems and enjoyed the 7 days we were there. We highly recommend this campground for anyone looking for a beautiful resting spot to get away from it all.
Charles P
VerifiedJuly 2, 2023 • Stayed at: 094, Loop: LAKE
Camp hosts are the best. Campground was well maintained & fishing was very good
Tracey M
VerifiedJune 28, 2023 • Stayed at: 038, Loop: LAKE
Great park, wonderful place to stay!
Paul M
VerifiedJune 25, 2023 • Stayed at: 091, Loop: LAKE
Beautiful camp and great people
Tim P
VerifiedJune 22, 2023 • Stayed at: 037, Loop: LAKE
friendly staff, clean park, quite, I found out when I got there my camper plug would not fit I went to gate to ask where I could buy one and they loaned me one, WOW super nice.
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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Last updated: October 22, 2026