About Dale Hollow Lake - Primitive Camping
Dale Hollow Lake Primitive Camping is a unique series of 32 locations with a total of over 70 individually designated family campsites dispersed over 620 miles of shoreline. Campsites are located in both the states of Tennessee and Kentucky. Primitive camping offers a unique rustic lake front camping experience. Remote locations along the shoreline offer campers a peaceful nature experience. Most designated tent sites are accessible only by boat; while a few can be reached by country road. **Campers are advised that these areas are remote, primitive sites. Toilets are vault/pit type outhouses. Campers desiring on-site attendant, security and law enforcement services are encouraged to use developed campgrounds where such services are provided. These services are not provided for primitive camping.** Dale Hollow Lake, with its crystal clear water and forested hillsides, is an outdoor…
- Managed by: Dale Hollow Lake, USACE
- Where: 2 mi northeast of Celina, TN · 36.56694, -85.47861
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Official page for this camp (fees, closures, booking)
Weather by month
Typical daily highs and lows (°F), 1991–2020 NOAA normals. Best months: Apr–Jun & Sep–Oct (comfortable days, mild nights, little rain). Nights below freezing: Dec–Feb.
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Good to know
Verizon 5G · AT&T 5G · T-Mobile 5G
From the carriers' FCC coverage maps, which tend to be generous.The Milky Way is clear overhead but fades toward town glow.
Class 4 of 9, from NASA/NOAA night-light data.Dump station: 24.1 mi
Nearest of each within 25 miles, straight-line.Camps nearby
- Campsite · 2 mi E of Celina 2.2 mi
- Standing Stone State Park Campground 7.4 mi
- Campsite · 2 mi N of Hilham 9.1 mi
- Star Point Marina 13.2 mi
- Roaring River Park 15.5 mi
- Wolf River Marina 15.7 mi