About Jake Best Campground
Jake Best is one of two developed campgrounds on Citico Creek, and is used as a hub for trout fishermen and hunters alike. Each site contains a picnic table, grill/fire ring, and lantern post. Jake Best has a campground host during peak season occupying one site of the campground.
- Fees: Campsites are $6 per site.
- Season: 3/6/2024 – 11/19/2024
- Managed by: USFS - Cherokee National Forest
- Where: 11 mi southeast of Kahite, TN · 35.4462, -84.10916
Things to do:
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
AT&T 4G
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.Stargazing nearby: Obed Wild and Scenic River (Dark Sky Park), 53 mi.
Dump station: 9.2 mi
Water fill-up: 22.3 mi
Propane: 15.5 mi
Camps nearby
- Citico Site 11 0.5 mi
- Citico Creek Area 0.8 mi
- Citico Site 9 0.9 mi
- Doublecamp Campground 2.2 mi
- Young Branch Campground 2.7 mi
- Citico Site 5 3 mi