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Pet Friendly
About Center Hill Lake Primitive Camping Areas
Number of accommodations: 13
Nearby Activities & Attractions
Boating
Fishing
Hiking
Swimming
Seasonal information
2026 Season availability
Open year round
This campground is open year round, providing flexibility for your stay.
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Pet friendly
Pets and Policies
- Pet friendly
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Reviews (28)
What Guests Are Saying
Center Hill Lake Primitive Camping Areas offers beautiful views and a prime location for exploration, making it a great spot for camping. Many visitors appreciate the cleanliness of certain sites and the proximity to water. However, some campers faced challenges locating the sites due to inadequate signage, muddy conditions, and issues with accessibility, which detracted from their experience.
What Guests Are Saying
Center Hill Lake Primitive Camping Areas offers beautiful views and a prime location for exploration, making it a great spot for camping. Many visitors appreciate the cleanliness of certain sites and the proximity to water. However, some campers faced challenges locating the sites due to inadequate signage, muddy conditions, and issues with accessibility, which detracted from their experience.
Review Summary
Carlton R
VerifiedJanuary 13, 2026 • Stayed at: Davies Island East - Site 6, Loop: Davies Island East - Site 6
pretty good
jerry b
VerifiedDecember 24, 2025 • Stayed at: White County Access -Site 20, Loop: White County Access -Site 20
Good places to camp, just wish there were more.
Lindsey J
VerifiedNovember 24, 2025 • Stayed at: Big Hurricane - Site 1, Loop: Big Hurricane - Site 1
The view from the campsite was absolutely beautiful.
Laurence S
VerifiedSeptember 1, 2025 • Stayed at: Falling Water - Site 11, Loop: Falling Water - Site 11
This site is in a perfect location and allowed us 5 great days of exploring.
Paddled to Burgess, Francher and explored around the lake.
Paddled back to our vehicles to drive to Window Cliffs, top of Burgess, Fall Creek Falls and have some great meals at the restaurant near Burgess State Park.
Don’t follow the map dot. From the parking lot go towards burgess and look for a point on the RH side.
The site itself is fairly small, rocky and not all that level but worked great for us.
Tony N
VerifiedAugust 27, 2025 • Stayed at: East Shore - Site 10, Loop: East Shore - Site 10
Site 10 East Side was amazing, The grounds were immaculate and the beach was beautiful. Thank you for preserving this location for public use.
William S
VerifiedJuly 25, 2025 • Stayed at: Falling Water - Site 11, Loop: Falling Water - Site 11
Site was very difficult to find. The sign is not visible from the water. The site itself is decent.
Sarah C
VerifiedJuly 14, 2025 • Stayed at: White County Access -Site 20, Loop: White County Access -Site 20
We have used this camping spot in the past and loved every minute of it. This year however when we arrived somebody was already in our spot!
Jason J
VerifiedJune 27, 2025 • Stayed at: Falling Water - Site 11, Loop: Falling Water - Site 11
Never could find it. No signs or nothing. I wasn't going to climb the cliff side to guess. a sign or some kind or description would be nice. The description also says on the right, but the map shows on the left, so no idea. We gave up 30 min before dark and went home.
Jennifer R
VerifiedJune 24, 2025 • Stayed at: Davies Island West -Site 7, Loop: Davies Island West -Site 7
Be aware that this site gets extremely muddy. It’s nice in the early morning but, that quickly changes once boats start to go by. We beached 3 houseboats and never used the site at all. The bank isn’t very safe going up to. The water behind the houseboats we very muddy. Of course we should have known. Although we had a good time with our boating friends and just stayed off the land and on the boat , We won’t use this site again
Jennifer R
VerifiedJune 24, 2025 • Stayed at: Davies Island West -Site 7, Loop: Davies Island West -Site 7
Could not access. Underwater.
Location Center Hill Lake Primitive Camping Areas
Address:
158 Resource Lane
Lancaster, TN, 38569
United States
Directions to primitive camp sites start at the nearest USACE facility.
The GPS coordinate "Center Hill Lake Primitive Camping Areas" is for Center Hill Dam. 36°05'52.3"N 85°49'32.4"W or 36.097869, -85.825653
The campground is located near US Highway 70, offering access to the area. Interstate 40 is approximately 20 miles to the north, providing additional access.
Latitude & Longitude: 36.1023 / -85.8298
Elevation: 166 feet
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Last updated: June 3, 2026
