About Salt Lick Creek
Salt Lick Creek Campground is located on Cordell Hull Lake on the Cumberland River System, just 10 miles from Gainesboro, TN. The lake itself was named after one of America's outstanding statesmen and one of Tennessee's finest volunteers. Hull was born in a log cabin in the foothills of the Cumberland Mountains. Families and friends enjoy coming to the lake for boating, fishing, swimming, hiking, hunting, and relaxing in the outdoors.Click here for a virtual tour of the Cordell Hull Lake facilities. The 12,000-acre lake stretches 72 miles upstream and has 381 miles of shoreline, offering recreational activities for just about any type of visitor. Anglers enjoy fishing for white bass, rockfish, largemouth bass, catfish, shad and crappie. Boating, sailing, water skiing, and jet skiing are popular activities on the water. Many miles of hiking, horseback riding, and mountain biking trails…
- Managed by: Cordell Hull Lake, USACE
- Where: 9 mi northeast of Carthage, TN · 36.32278, -85.80861
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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–May & Sep–Oct (comfortable days, mild nights, little rain). Nights below freezing: Dec–Feb.
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Good to know
Verizon 4G · 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.Dump station: 0.9 mi
Water fill-up: 15.6 mi
Propane: 15.2 mi
Camps nearby
- SALT LICK CAMPGROUND 1.1 mi
- Wartrace Ck Rec Area 3.2 mi
- Campsite · 8 mi E of Carthage 3.8 mi
- Granville Marina 4.6 mi
- Granville Recreation Area / Indian Creek Campground 5.8 mi
- Defeated Creek Park 5.8 mi