Rock Island State Park Campground

Gorgeous state park! Definitely check out the blue hole trail. Twin falls is on the other side of the river and is absolutely amazing. If you’re in the area definitely stop by.

Great hikes to go here are the Twin Falls trail and The Blue Hole trail. Really beautifully gorge and waterfalls.

Make sure you wear sturdy shoes that you won't mind getting wet-- the rocks are sharp, but you'll definitely want to go for a swim :)

This was actually our very first time camping in our Airstream! We met up with a couple other families there and had a great experience! I went for morning hikes in the area that revealed beautiful hike that were not for the weary. Some of the hikes were down some nice hill sides and through water. The main attraction around there is the twins falls! Absolutely beautiful, but a little drive away. I highly recommend it. The wifi there was actually really good!

We stayed here to be close-ish to both Nashville and the Isha Center outside of McMinnville. While it ended up being a bit farther from Nashville than we would have preferred, it was a nice place to stay for a week.
The park is along a river with numerous beaches, picnic areas, and hiking trails. This is a park worth visiting just to see the beauty of it.
The only downside was that there is virtually no cell service and that made getting work done tough. The surrounding towns also don't offer much for coffee shops with good wifi.
We really enjoyed our peaceful stay here and would recommend it to anyone looking to get away!

We love Rock Island State Park, which is located on the Cumberland Plateau in middle Tennessee.   The 883 acre park begins at the headwaters of Center Hill Lake at the confluence of the Caney Fork, Collins and Rocky Rivers.  The park’s whitewater sections attract freestyle kayakers from around the world.  There is also a sand beach and boating access on Center Hill Lake.  There are more than 10 miles of hiking/biking trails in the park.  Though we have hiked all the trails in the park and our favorite is the Eagle and Blue Hole trail, we were inspired from walks along the Bluff Trail and wrote a story about Spring in Rock Island that you might enjoy. http://twolanesoffreedom.com/rock_island_state_park 

The Rock Island campground is located up on the ridge and there are no waterfront sites.  But almost every site is well laid out and each offer a bit of privacy.  The campground was upgraded a few years ago and all the sites are paved and there are two modern bathhouses with $1 washer/dryers.  Wi-fi is included and has worked great all the times we have been here and we do get 2 bars of 4G Verizon too.  With booster it goes up to 4.   Our favorite sites for larger rigs (35 ft.+) are 1,2,4,5,6,7, 11, 12, 23,24,33-sewer, 34-sewer, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 42, 44, 46.   The park has one campground section that is open year-round, which was great for us this March, when all the COE campgrounds and other great Tennessee parks are still closed for the winter.

We stayed three nights in nice paved site. Hiked to the waterfalls and checked out the area. There was zero cell service, but we had the parks WiFi in our campsite.

This was our first time here. The park is well kept, and the staff is great. Our site, #28, was close to the large playground area, so the kids loved it. The bath house was well kept and always clean. Campground was also much quieter than I expected. No problems with water or power on the site. Pad was decently level, but I wish the small tree wasn’t so close to the pad. Just couldn’t roll the awning out all the way. Dump station has 2 lanes, each with a hose. There’s two dumpsters there as well. From what I could tell, these were the only 2 dumpsters for the park, so they were fairly full by Sunday morning when we headed back south. If you are planning to walk down to the larger falls, wear shoes you don’t mind getting soaked. It looks about impossible to not get your shoes wet getting down there.

We booked our spot prior to the pandemic and was part of the first phase of allowing campers back in (if you already had a reservation they would honor it, but no new reservations). We enjoyed the nearby waterfalls and hiking trails, but nearly nothing else was open around. So no distilleries or breweries to tour, etc. Lazy Daisy store just outside the park has local honey and jam, firewood, as well as an assortment of our nick-nacks; the owner is also very friendly, so w recommend being a patron of their little store. The host campers were also very friendly and help keep the grounds clean and tidy. A final note is we have Verizon and had 3 bar service that would make calls and use data, but family who arrived with their own camper and campspot (site 1) had T-Mobile and no signals at all. The campground WiFi is superb though. The only thing we didn't care for is the number of people who just cruise through the park; meaning the cars that didn't belong to campers would just steadily drive through, loop around, just site seeing over the weekend (didn't occur on the weekdays).

We had a great time at the small state park. First time out with our new to us camper. Stayed in a “premium spot, so we had sewer onsite. Which was great for getting acquainted with the system since we are new RVers. Very quiet. Super playground.