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About Center Hill Lake Primitive Camping Areas
Number of accommodations: 13
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2026 Season availability
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This campground is open year round, providing flexibility for your stay.
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Reviews (33)
What Guests Are Saying
Center Hill Lake Primitive Camping Areas offers beautiful views, especially from the Smith County Access Camp, making it a great spot for kayaking and exploring. However, some campsites are difficult to find and suffer from litter and overgrowth, impacting the overall experience. While many enjoy the secluded nature of the sites, improvements in maintenance and clearer signage could enhance future visits.
What Guests Are Saying
Center Hill Lake Primitive Camping Areas offers beautiful views, especially from the Smith County Access Camp, making it a great spot for kayaking and exploring. However, some campsites are difficult to find and suffer from litter and overgrowth, impacting the overall experience. While many enjoy the secluded nature of the sites, improvements in maintenance and clearer signage could enhance future visits.
Review Summary
Kayla S
January 1, 2022
Paid for a night at a camping site and couldn’t even find it , no place to call or place to check in waste of time an money
Susan S
October 16, 2021
Area was clean and mowed! We were able to launch our boat and tie it off at bank just a few yards from campsite. There was a sheriff patrol in the area (which helped with keeping people of bad behavior away). Much better than it had been in years.
brian m
June 28, 2021
Use to be a great place now its ruined way to many people for the small area and park rangers dont care people walk threw campsite block the road completely parking in the middle of the road on a hill with lots of blind curves no longer a good place for anything other than disasters
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.
Elevation: 166 feet
5 mi drive to downtown Lancaster (about 10 min)
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Last updated: September 8, 2026