Cedar Creek Campground

Getting to Cedar Creek Campground involves driving along several winding, narrow roads through residential neighborhoods. The setting and grounds are nice, the sites mostly level and wide. The bathrooms/showers are stellar - work great, cleaned daily and spacious. So what's not to like, you ask?

Well, it felt like less of a campground and more like a suburban neighborhood. This isn't traditional camping, where people go to gaze at the stars, enjoy nature and revel in the peaceful outdoors. The campground was mostly large RVs and trailers, with every accessory known to man: Big, flat screen TVs set up under large tents; metal fence enclosures for numerous dogs, large arrays of lawn furniture and toys strewn about; excess vehicles parked on the grassy areas (a no-no per the rules) and plenty of lights strung up and placed under/around their rigs. There was also loud music which seemed to be from the nearby marina and it blared until 10 pm. Occasional, random people yelling in the middle of the night, although I'm not sure it was generated by residents of the campground. Even when there weren't any campfires nearby, the entire campground smelled like wet ash. I had a rather poor Verizon signal, which improved significantly just a mile from the campground.

If returning to this area, I would choose a different place to camp.

Looking forward to our 10 day reservation. Arrived a little early , and the old man at the entrance was so bloody rude. All he could get out of his mouth was ‘you can’t get in till three, so you gotta leave’. He told me ‘you can go back to where you came from’. His arm was in a sling so maybe he was in pain and is not normally so rude, but we cancelled

We tried to check-in early (our spot was open) and they told us we couldn’t so we had to wait three hours down the road. We pulled out next day 10 till noon and they were letting everyone check-in early. Should be same rules for everyone. Our spot was pulled into before noon (technically we still had access to it) and the next person had already pulled in. Rude and not necessary.

We loved staying here at this campground. Spacious sites with lots of grass. There’s new fire rings and tables at most sites. Every site has water and electric. There is a dump station nearby in the campground. These have the best bathrooms I’ve seen yet at a COE campground. There’s two bathroom buildings - an older one and a newer one. the newer one has eight toilets with showers each in their own room. The showers have good water pressure and are hot and kept clean. We enjoyed touring the Andrew Jackson Hermitage mansion while we were here. It’s close to other attractions as well in Nashville.

We enjoyed our stay here. The sites are all in circular groups which made backing into the site really easy but didn't provide for the most privacy. The waterfront sites are much more spacious and are well worth the extra cost, had I known the layout better before, I would have been happy to pay the extra for one of those. We stayed here mostly to be in around the area but we also had a great time at the campground, while we didn't kayak or fish here it would be a great spot to do so. Access to the campground is through some relatively narrow roads but it's totally doable with a big rig, you just can't be asleep at the wheel. I'd give the campground a C+ or B- for maintenance. When we arrived the grass was severely overgrown but they cut it while we where here which really helped with the bugs. In general things at the campground were in OK shape, not falling apart but not sweet.