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Harrison Bay State Park

4.0 (41 reviews)
Open • 7:00 am - 10:00 pm

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Patrick D.

Nice view points right off the highway. Very quiet and relaxing. Limited picnic benches. The water is shallow in this area and a few canoers were taking advantage of launching from this point. There were quite a few fish hitting the top of the water.

Brandi H.

Harrison Bay State Park is in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and claims about 40 miles of the shore of Chickamauga Lake. When it began to be built as a recreation center in the 1930's, it was intended to be for the workers of the Tennessee Valley Authority. This land was originally the town of Harrison, and the villages of the last great Chieftains of the Cherokee peoples. It was given to the State of Tennessee in 1937 and became the first official Tennessee State Park. It has a marina for water recreation, 128 RV campsites, 21 primitive campsites, a golf course, a gift shop, a restaurant, a swimming pool tennis courts, volleyball fields, an interpretive center, an aviary, a mountain biking trail, and about 5 miles of hiking- the Group Camp Trail (.25 mile), the Island Loop Trail (.45 mile loop), the Lakeshore Loop Trail (.55 mile loop), the Lone Tree Trail (.15 mile), the Point Trail (.25 mile), and the Starwalk Trail (.55 mile).

More gravel for the neighbors lot too!
Christina B.

We love camping at state parks-well, most of the time. This is a beautiful park but the campsites leave A LOT to be desired! We are in section B and right smack in the middle. (19) Terribly uneven, NO privacy, the entire yard of the lot is gravel and the fire ring is so far away it's unusable! It's closer to the road than to our picnic are! We wanted to move to another section but the park is almost at capacity and the available lots are worse than the one we are on! If you are gonna camp here don't get a site in section B. Staff is friendly. Beautiful park for day use but camp somewhere else.

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Andee H.

This place is a gem. I'm lucky it's a mile from my house. I do wish they would fix the pool or put in like a skate park or mountain bike park. But it's beautiful.

Sunset from Campground D

Very nice park visit for a mild Fall camping trip. Lots of deer, Blue Herron, and other animals to see. Lovely lake for an easy kayak trip with my child. Campground D: THE PROS: We are tent campers so this is only about our campground. We stayed at site 13, which allowed for an easy walk down to the lake to see the sunset. THE CONS: The only downside- and it's a biggie for me- is that there are a LOT of big bright lights (including a street light) in and around the bathrooms which stay on all night and are VERY CLOSE to the sites. The park has a Starwalk Trail and the first plaque is all about light pollution (ironic since they have light pollution at the campground and even across the street from the Starwalk trail). Would go back but look for another site next time.

A February sunset in the "culdesac" for the general public.
Tommy V.

I come here either to walk with my Labradoodle or to relax by the water. I definitely plan to camp in my Suburban in near future too. I enjoy the fact that the park has multiple sites - an area to observe their owl, a red tailed hawk, & a Turkey Vulture that are contained at the main entrance; four different camping areas, another area to park and stretch the legs for the general public; a large marina, a picnic and fishing dock across from the marina, hiking trails, picnic pavillions, a huge outdoor swimming pool, tennis courts, and so on. The Park Rangers ate friendly.

Curtis B.

I stayed at a primitive camp site for one night. The site itself was a stone's throw from the water, which was nice. The local wildlife (deer, squirrels, etc.) wanders the park with little fear of us humans. I enjoyed a good meal at the marina cafe while the sun set over the water. My only complaint is about the noise. Birds were cackling, loudly, for most of the night, and people started driving their big noisy vehicles around five in the morning, followed by the garbage truck starting its rounds at seven. These might not be issues for people in campers, but I did not sleep well at all.

Maggie B.

Like Curtis B. I stayed overnight in a primitive campsite. I will agree about the noise.. he must have had the mentality to camp away from the metal garbage tins, though, as I also experienced punk ass raccoons scratching and digging into those things all night long. Lawd, what a ruckus! Park itself was beautiful, though. The campsites all had great views. I'd go again.

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