Horse Creek Recreation Area

2897 Horse Creek Park Road
Greeneville, TN 37641

Overview

Horse Creek Recreation Area is located eight miles from Greeneville, off TN 107 north. This recreation area is nestled into a hardwood cove beside its namesake, Horse Creek. Horse Creek is located in the Chuckey area of Greeneville, TN. The campground is primarily walk-in, tent camping only. With plenty of forest-related activities to do around the campground and being located right outside the city of Greeneville, Horse Creek is the perfect place to stay! Numerous hiking trails, picnic areas, and swimming spots are located within Horse Creek.

Recreation

There are several native trout streams within and nearby Horse Creek Recreation Area. See Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency for permits as well as rules and regulations on fishing.
There are two areas for picnicking in the Horse Creek Recreation Area, one upstream and one downstream of the campground.
Multiple hiking trails can be accessed from Horse Creek.

Facilities

Horse Creek Recreation Area offers a bathhouse for campers use. The bathhouse includes hot showers, flushable toilets, and sinks.

Natural Features

Squibb Creek Falls: Get your feet wet on this 4-mile (round trip) trail on your way to see the 25-foot tall Squibb Creek Falls. This trail lies almost entirely in the Congressionally designated Sampson Mountain Wilderness. Please take extra caution when hiking this trail, as trails are not blazed and stream crossings may be difficult to negotiate.
Pete's Branch Falls: This short, easy trail starts to the left of Poplar Cove trailhead after the first creek crossing. The trail follows the creek with 5 creek crossings to a 45-foot waterfall. It is recommended to come during the wet spring and fall months, where the abundance of water makes for optimal viewing. During the dry months, you can expect just a trickle coming over the falls. Please note that hiking or driving on Forest Road 94 requires several creek crossings. Hiking from the trailhead requires an additional 1.5 (each way) hike.

Contact Info

For facility specific information, please call (423) 638-4109.

Camp site features

Across 14 camp sites:

Pets allowed: all 14 sites
Largest party: 5 people

Stay Limit

Check in from 2 PM, check out by 12 PM.

Reviews

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lauren l

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Reviewed 24 days ago

We enjoyed the solitude of Horse Creek. The long walk to the bathhouse wasn’t too hard. Would come back.

Darrell S

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Reviewed 2 months ago

Very nice campsites, good separation between site, quiet and peaceful

angela F

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Reviewed 4 months ago

It was not a horrible experience, bad thing is having to walk back and forth to and from your car to get what you need because you can’t park at the campsite and the one bathroom closest to our campsite was not clean

Sierra L

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Reviewed a year ago

Was not treated well caretaker made inappropriate comments and so I ended my camp experience earlier went to try to get my money back and couldn't

Joshua P

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Reviewed a year ago

Great location. Very private. Bathrooms were clean and the campsite was clean. There were a lot of hikes close. Host was great.

Availability

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