About Right Bank Recreation Area
The relaxing family friendly atmosphere at Right Bank Recreation Area will have campers wanting to return as often as possible. Right Bank also known as Cheatham Dam is located about 11 miles northwest of Ashland City, TN and is a 30 minute drive to Nashville. The temperate climate here allows for a lengthy recreation season, including boating, canoeing, swimming and fishing. Camping is also available in the adjacent Lock A Campground. There are several playgrounds for the children and horseshoe pits for the adults. The area also provides numerous individual picnic tables with grills, a designated swimming area with sand beach (no life guard, swim at your own risk), two boat launching ramps, two volleyball courts, a softball field, and three public restrooms. The large pavilions offer a nice location for family get-togethers. Within Right Bank Recreation Area there a four group shelters…
- Managed by: Cheatham Lock and Dam, USACE
- Where: 10 mi southwest of Pleasant View, TN · 36.31639, -87.19622
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Weather by month
Typical daily highs and lows (°F), 1991–2020 NOAA normals. Best months: Apr–May & Sep–Oct (comfortable days, mild nights, little rain). Nights below freezing: Dec–Feb.
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Verizon 5G · AT&T 5G · T-Mobile 5G
From the carriers' FCC coverage maps, which tend to be generous.The Milky Way is faint and only shows overhead.
Class 5 of 9, from NASA/NOAA night-light data.Dump station: 24.4 mi
Propane: 19.3 mi
Camps nearby
- Lock A 0.5 mi
- Harpeth River Bridge 3.6 mi
- Wildcat Shelter 15.3 mi
- Woodland Shelter 17.2 mi
- Camping Municipal 18.7 mi
- Campsite · 1 mi W of Adams 19.7 mi