About Ragland Bottom
Number of accommodations: 54
Campground Amenities
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Lake Access -
Showers -
Dump Station
Seasonal information
2026 Season availability
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Reviews (369)
What Guests Are Saying
Ragland Bottom is highly praised for its friendly and helpful camp hosts, clean restrooms, and well-maintained facilities, making it a favorite camping destination. Visitors enjoy beautiful views of Center Hill Lake and appreciate the spacious, level sites available. While some noted issues like steep walk-in site access and occasional disturbances from other campers, the overall experience remains positive and many express a desire to return.
What Guests Are Saying
Ragland Bottom is highly praised for its friendly and helpful camp hosts, clean restrooms, and well-maintained facilities, making it a favorite camping destination. Visitors enjoy beautiful views of Center Hill Lake and appreciate the spacious, level sites available. While some noted issues like steep walk-in site access and occasional disturbances from other campers, the overall experience remains positive and many express a desire to return.
Review Summary
Kathy D
VerifiedAugust 2, 2023 • Stayed at: 20, Loop: LAKE
We love Ragland Bottom.
Justin S
VerifiedJuly 31, 2023 • Stayed at: 25, Loop: LAKE
We love this place! It is probably one of our favorite places to stay!
Ashley B
VerifiedJuly 25, 2023 • Stayed at: 57, Loop: HILL
We reserved site 57 (primitive, drive up tent site). Pros: the sites are large (plenty of room for 2 tents, 2 cars, hammocks, etc), staff friendly, reasonably priced, very pretty location, located near Burgess Falls and not too far from Rock Island state park. Cons: no firewood available from the campground (had to drive to the store on the main road for supplies), there are no "camping pads" (we set up our tents on the driveway), there was trash and even a sewing needle in the grass at our site, the nearest bathroom appears to be permanently closed, sites are on a hill and the walk to/from the nearest bathroom is challenging in the middle of the night or in the heat of the day (we ended up driving most of the time). The closest bathroom to our site was the smaller of two in the campground. The showers are quite small in this building, and the bathroom only has one sink with a very small counter, so a guest recommended that we check out the larger shower building closer to the lake. These are nicer, but we couldn't adjust the water temperature and it was scalding! There's a handheld showerhead in the larger shower stall, but the smaller shower stall only has a single high-pressure nozzle that was painful to use! I'd stay here again but I would rent an electric tent site near the water (the walk is not far from the parking lot).
Pat N
VerifiedJuly 20, 2023 • Stayed at: 11, Loop: LAKE
was a nice and relaxing trip. would recomend
Eddie w
VerifiedJuly 19, 2023 • Stayed at: 39, Loop: MIDDLE
Love the campground especially the new dock. Camp host Tom does a wonderful job.
Eddie w
VerifiedJuly 18, 2023 • Stayed at: 18, Loop: LAKE
Love Ragland Bottom One of my favorite places to camp. We take our pontoon boat it is easy to load and unload boat here . We love the new dock this year. And last but not least We Love Our Camp Host TOM!!!!!
Katy J
VerifiedJuly 14, 2023 • Stayed at: 07, Loop: LAKE
Staff very helpful. Reminded us it was time to get a senior card!
Adam T
VerifiedJuly 12, 2023 • Stayed at: 20, Loop: LAKE
Great campground. Be aware that there is only Wi-Fi near the check in station and cellphone coverage is spotty. Beautiful location though!
Jean B
VerifiedJuly 2, 2023 • Stayed at: 13, Loop: LAKE
Loved this place as a kid, now I bring my kids here ! 🥰
Greg W
VerifiedJuly 2, 2023 • Stayed at: 34, Loop: MIDDLE
No WiFi and cell phone service is horrible
Location Ragland Bottom
Address:
1410 Ragland Bottom Rd
Sparta, TN, 38583
United States
From Smithville, Tennessee, take US-70 east for 8 miles. Turn left on Ragland Bottom Road and follow signs to the campground, located one mile from Sligo Bridge.
Latitude & Longitude: 35.9774 / -85.7209
Elevation: 220 feet
Policies & Rules
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Pets and alcohol are prohibited in the day-use area, including the picnic shelter. Additionally pets are not allowed at the campground beach or in restrooms. |
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Only two tents allowed per site. Tents must be placed on campsite pads. Only one wheeled camping unit allowed to each site. one wheeled camping unit and one tent is allowed. |
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Only licensed vehicles are permitted. Each campsite is provided for two pre-paid vehicle entry. Additional vehicles, or visitors to campers are charged $3 fee per vehicle. |
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Don't Move Firewood: Protect your forests from tree-killing pests by buying certified heat-treated firewood and burning it on-site. Visit Dontmovefirewood.org for further information. |
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Any organization wishing to use the Day Use Area for a fishing tournament must receive a Special Use Permit from the Resource Managers Office. Please call 931-858-3125 for more information. |
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We need your help to maintain our campsites. Please dispose of all trash and litter along with extinguishing any fire and dispose of ashes in the fire ring upon departure. If sites are left trashed, you may be cited by Title 36 Code of Federal Regulation 327.9 Sanitation part (d). “Campers, picknickers, and all other persons using a water resources development project shall keep their sites free of trash and litter during the period of occupancy and shall remove all personal equipment and clean their sites upon departure”. |
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Paymeny only accepted by debit or credit card. No cash. |
