Big Ridge State Park, Maynardville

Tucked away in the TN mountains, this pool of peace is a nice place to take in Nature and breath out your stress. Some of the facilities are showing their age but overall this park is well kept offering swimming, hiking, camping and special events. They host a Bluegrass festival the 3rd Friday of each August. The hiking trails offer great views and historical sites such as the marker for the Indian Ambush. This park is well worth planning visits to enjoy.

I highly recommend this campground if you have an RV and noisy kids and are just a rude and obnoxious family. But if you have a tent and enjoy the peace of nature, DO NOT CAMP HERE!!!!! The boats and jet skis are just as bad as the constant trucks and noisy golf carts. People are still allowed in after 10 pm, so much for “quiet time.” The 2 car maximum rule is not enforced, so you have little redneck cities every weekend. When you arrive in the late afternoon, the visitor center is closed so you cannot buy firewood, and they don’t want you to bring your own. WTF Lake Trail is a MODERATE hike, nothing easy about it, it is NOT well maintained and it’s boring. The overlook trail has no view until the winter. Photos of our campsites looked nothing like it. There are more sites on the water to the left of 29 & 30 but they are not shown on the map, why? No trash cans. You have to drive your trash over to one dumpster. The bath house was pretty well maintained and pretty modern, I was happy with that. Just don't understand why there isn't a separate tent camping area on the QUIET side (Big Ridge Lake).