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Mount Le Conte rising above forests in fall color in the Great Smoky Mountains

RV Parks in Tennessee

Tennessee runs from the Great Smoky Mountains to the Mississippi River, and spring blooms and fall color are the best times to roll through. Use the map to find an area, then open its guide for parks, rates and tips.

Tennessee · Volunteer State

Areas

10 on the map

1 with guides so far

Park guides

6

All in the Pigeon Forge area

Elevation

178–6,643 ft

Mississippi River to Clingmans Dome

Seasons

Spring & fall

Several mountain parks close in winter

Updated October 20, 2026 · Park details checked against each park’s website

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East Tennessee

Pigeon Forge

About 1,000 ft · Best Apr–Jun, Sep–Nov

Riverside parks on the Parkway, Dollywood and Great Smoky Mountains National Park next door.

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RVs parked on grassy riverside sites along the Little Pigeon River at Camp Riverslanding in Pigeon Forge
Pigeon Forge · Little Pigeon River

Camp Riverslanding

Riverside sites on an old dairy farm, with a heated pool and trolley stops at the gate.

Sunbeams through the forest at Elkmont Campground in Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Great Smoky Mountains · Little River

Elkmont Campground

The national park’s largest campground: $30 a night, no hookups, trails out the door.

Aerial view of Creekside RV Park in Pigeon Forge with the Great Smoky Mountains behind
Pigeon Forge · Walden Creek

Creekside RV Park

A shady 108-site park beside the creek, with a saltwater pool and the trolley nearby.

A travel trailer on a shaded site under tall trees at Smoky Bear Campground
Gatlinburg · US-321

Smoky Bear Campground & RV Park

Full-hookup sites under the trees near the park’s Greenbrier and Cosby entrances.

A fifth wheel on a wooded deluxe creek site at Up the Creek RV Camp
Pigeon Forge · Cove Creek

Up the Creek RV Camp

Oversized wooded sites between two creeks; no bathhouse or pool, just space and quiet.

The French Broad River winding through fall forest below Chimney Rocks in the Cherokee National Forest near Del Rio (area photo, not the campsite)
Del Rio · French Broad River

Weavers Bend Road Dispersed Camping

Free first-come sites on a narrow forest road, for small, self-contained rigs.

Thank you to the people behind these photos. Please support them by following along and giving their work a look. Park photos: Camp Riverslanding; Elkmont Campground: Warren Bielenberg / National Park Service, via Recreation.gov; Creekside RV Park; Smoky Bear Campground; Up the Creek RV Camp; Weavers Bend Road Dispersed Camping: AppalachianCentrist on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0). Header photo: Scott Basford on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map outline from the U.S. Census Bureau; interstates from Natural Earth.

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