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Ragland Bottom
Total sites: 57
Available Tonight: 35
Available this Weekend: 18
Available Tonight: 35
Available this Weekend: 18
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Ragland Bottom Campground, Sparta, TN
Ragland Bottom Campground in White county is located 36 min southwest of Cookeville, TN with an elevation of 723 feet. There are a total of 57 campsites including 30 boat sites. The campground is normally open from mid April to the beginning of November. 30 sites can accommodate RVs and trailers between 51 and 125 feet. All sites are currently reservable. 39 sites have electric and water hookups. 2 sites have electric hookups. Fees range from $16.00 to $50.00.
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Campsites Available Tonight, Sep 17, 2024 35
Campsites Available This Weekend, Sep 20, 2024 or Sep 21, 2024 18
Campground Capacity (Next 30 Days)
Campsite Reviews (183)
4.7 out of 5
| 5 star | 79% | |
| 4 star | 17% | |
| 3 star | 3% | |
| 2 star | 1% | |
| 1 star | 0% |
@LynneREC73D131 · Camped on Aug 25, 2024 at Campsite #8
The sites are a great size and the hookups are great!
@TiffanyS470934 · Camped on Aug 19, 2024 at Campsite #19
We love camp at Ragland Bottom. Been camping here for years. Very friendly staff and clean campground. We love CHL
@DannyP90610482 · Camped on Aug 18, 2024 at Campsite #34
Camping at Ragland Bottom is always an enjoyable experience. Nice quiet peaceful site. As always Tom and his wife are the best host/hostess around.
@DawnG9025A0EEE · Camped on Aug 18, 2024 at Campsite #9
We loved our spot! So proud to catch the cancellation! Thank you so very much for that , most people dont do that. We needed the rest and ithe site and host are wonderful!!
@MarieSofBD7B0B · Camped on Aug 17, 2024 at Campsite #26
Very clean showers and bathrooms, the most friendly camp hosts ever and great access to the beach and boat ramp. Would definitely recommend it to my friends, its such a beautiful campground
@HunterP3A157A4 · Camped on Aug 16, 2024 at Campsite #25
Great place to camp. Quiet and close to the water. Staff was very friendly. Will definitely stay again.
@DavidFA0E26FF0 · Camped on Aug 12, 2024 at Campsite #36
campsites needs charcoal grills
@NancyS9263746 · Camped on Aug 7, 2024 at Campsite #34
This was our first time at Ragland Bottom. We enjoyed our stay very much. The campground was clean and had very nice bathroom and shower facilities. The parking and boat ramp was convenient as well. We stayed at a paved RV site with water and electric hook ups. The staff were very nice and we met a lot of very nice "regulars" that camp there often. We will be back.
@JuanitaG6090A9 · Camped on Aug 6, 2024 at Campsite #14
Beautiful area to camp. Center hill is nice. Good swimming Area
@LindaA9769350 · Camped on Jul 22, 2024 at Campsite #40
Wonderfully level site. The rest rooms were very clean and the staff super friendly and helpful. Unfortunately, it rained for the entire visit so I didnt get to take advantage of all the amenities. I would definitely go again.
@LeahDCME58858F · Camped on Jul 21, 2024 at Campsite #13
Ordinarily, I would give Ragland Bottoms 5 stars. However, y'all have not been maintaining Ragland Bottoms up to standard. The host is fantastic. The people who clean and mow are wonderful. The view is spectacular. The location is one of our favorite places on earth. You also fixed the water temperature issue of being too hot in the bath house, which I greatly appreciate! The ramp platform at the campsite is finally completely rebuilt. It is so much easier to put boat in and pick up the car driver (as well as dropping off), since that is now in place. Having said that: The women's bathroom commode leaks at base, which I learned has been reported more than once through reporting channels. Too many of the rails at campsites and even at the volleyball court are failing and dangerous if anyone were to lean on them. The men's handicap shower has no handheld, so is basically unusable for any handicapped person. There is at least one, perhaps more, campsites along the water that have no covered table on which to place items. (See pictures of Sites 13, no table, and sites like 12, 14, etc., that do.) Also, too many sites are missing the hanging pole on which to keep our garbage away from the racoons and skunks! We "made do" with a clothes line between trees, but it was way too close to the ground and could have easily been invaded by any creature. Sadly, no effort has been made to keep the walking trail clear. I asked if it were possible to have boy scouts make that an Eagle project, but I was informed that the red tape made it impossible for those who had wanted to do that to get approval from the Army Corp. I hope that attention will be focused on Ragland Bottom Campground to return it to the excellent standard it has had in the past for us. We dearly love the place and want to see it receive the love and attention it deserves. Thanks for listening.
@SandiW77A674AD · Camped on Jul 15, 2024 at Campsite #1
Great location for camping right on Center Hill Lake. Site #1 is right next to the boat dock which makes it quite convenient for parking and returning to your site. Quiet and peaceful stay with some awesome waterfalls nearby. We put in kayak at Cane Hollow Recreation Area in order to kayak up to Burgess Falls. These falls were just magnificent!!! We spent a few hours swimming at the falls and having lunch. Trip to the falls via kayak was about 1 - 1 1/2 hours (we are slow kayakers). Stay to the right on the way up the river to the falls and you will reach them. Also, Rock City is about 40 or so minutes from campsite and home to Twin Falls(which we missed) and Great Falls (which I am thankful for not missing). Wow!!!! is all I can say. Just magnificent falls. There is a swimming hole if you follow the signs from the parking lot to the left of the mill. Follow the signs to the right if you want a close up look at these beautiful and powerful falls!
@MichaelL540355 · Camped on Jul 7, 2024 at Campsite #4
The camp host are great and friendly .The place is clean.My issue with the campground is that the wake boats make it dangerous to launch and reload a boat. The need to make the whole area from Sligo Marina to the swim area a NO WAKE ZONE.They gave Sligo a no wake for safety and they should for the campground -swim area.
@AllanH36F8F8CF · Camped on Jul 1, 2024 at Campsite #29
Stayed at site 29.Being right by the lake was nice for the kids as they could swim within eye sight of camp. Rocks are sharp so something on your feet is best. The pad you get is quite large, has power and water to it. This site has no parking spot near it. You either have to block the narrow road slightly and carry your stuff down (and back up after your stay) and a pretty steep hill or you can park a little down to road in a small parking lot and tackle the hill.The bathrooms and showers were ok and were kept clean. All in all we spent two nights and enjoyed the stay.
@ShannonS994874 · Camped on Jun 25, 2024 at Campsite #22
was an amazing camp site very family and friendly
@MichaelH990269 · Camped on Jun 23, 2024 at Campsite #11
Tom and his wife are super nice and helpful at the campground. I love the campground there. Just wish there were more RV campsites there.
@PhyllisH186276 · Camped on Jun 21, 2024 at Campsite #33
Always love our stay when we camp at Ragland Bottoms!!
@LYNNG7024398 · Camped on Jun 10, 2024 at Campsite #11
The campground was very clean and well maintained. We were impressed with the cleanliness of the bathhouse also. The staff was very friendly and encouraged us to return. A beautiful area and well worth the trip. We put this place on our return camping trips.
@DustinW7790008 · Camped on May 24, 2024 at Campsite #6
Ragland is an all around awesome campground with awesome hosts. The only thing wrong is that there are far too many tent sites and not enough for RVs. 50%+ of the tent sites need converted to accommodate RV parking. Theres an extra unused bath house at the top. Plenty of opportunity for more folks to enjoy this wonderful campground and Center Hill Lake.
@DannyP90610482 · Camped on May 5, 2024 at Campsite #8
We love camping at Ragland Bottom. The water view is breathtaking. This site has one of the best. Best camp host and hostess you could ever meet in Tom and his wife. Unfortunately our stay was cut short a day thanks to a nearby tornado and the threat of another bad storm. Tom made sure that everyone was warned and advised to leave the campground for their safety. We have several more stays planned for later this year.
@TimH9025603 · Camped on Apr 30, 2024 at Campsite #38
Nice park , however stayed 2 weeks and no sign of the mowing service . The lawn is beyond out of control . We stay here every year for the past 5 years and this is first time we were a little disappointed.Also it would be nice to re paint site numbers as they are beyond recognizable We had neighbors come in and could not find there site for a while
@BradleyM625857 · Camped on Apr 29, 2024 at Campsite #15
Our campsite was great. The campground amenities were equally good. The only reason we did not give it a 5 star review is because of the showers. The angle of the shower head and the inability to adjust the angle made showering uncomfortable....and even painful. Plus the shower heads were designed more for shorter people.
@WilliamH158481 · Camped on Apr 25, 2024 at Campsite #36
Wonderful park attendants / host. We enjoy staying at Ragland Bottom especially when our site has full hook-ups. Some of the RV / Trailer sites may be a little to close for some and may be not for others. This was our second stay at Ragland Bottom and will not be the last.
@sommerd8AF5BDB · Camped on Apr 22, 2024 at Campsite #57
BEAUTIFUL park with a beautiful beach area and lake for boating. highly recommend.
@DominiqueC1731 · Camped on Apr 20, 2024 at Campsite #27
Gorgeous, amazing, peaceful, beautiful-- all the good things! I definitely want to revisit, but this time I'd love to reserve site 29. I thought it was the most scenic of all the sites. I decided to camp here because I had a kayaking trip the next day at Burgess Falls. I ended up loving my camping experience more than anything else I did over the weekend. My only hangup was that a previous guest at site 27 made a makeshift fire pit on the site. They also threw all their eggshells around the site and in the designated fire pit.
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