Old Hickory Lake · Tennessee
Overview Cages Bend Campground is located on the shores of Old Hickory Lake, offering campers the opportunity to enjoy activities with a beautiful scenic backdrop. Water recreation is the major attraction for lake-goers, but with white-tailed deer, migratory song birds and waterfowl abundant in the area, birding and wildlife photography is popular as well. Recreation Swimming and sailing are popular ways to enjoy the lake, and anglers can find exceptional bank and boat fishing for catfish, crappie and bass.
Sites at Cages Bend are reserved through Recreation.gov. Sites here can be reserved in advance through the official system, and they are claimed fast — cancellations then trickle back all season, unannounced, at any hour of the day or night.
| Total sites | 43 |
|---|---|
| Site types | Standard |
| Hookups | Electric hookups at some sites |
| Location | Gallatin, TN |
| Book through | Recreation.gov |
| Official listing | Recreation.gov |
Because sites are booked months ahead, a steady share of reservations get cancelled as trips fall through. Each cancellation instantly returns that site and those nights to the official calendar — first-come, first-served, no waitlist, no announcement. Refreshing the booking page yourself, every few minutes for weeks, works in theory. In practice, the people who get these sites are the ones who hear about the opening first.
itOpened scans the Recreation.gov calendar for Cages Bend around the clock. When a site matching your dates and your vehicle opens, you get a text with a direct link to it. You book it yourself, in your own account, at the normal price. We never book, hold, or resell — your fee pays for monitoring, and openings are first-come, so speed is the whole game.
| Cedar Creek (Tn) | Cancellation alerts available |
|---|---|
| Rockland Recreation Area | Cancellation alerts available |
| Lone Branch | Cancellation alerts available |
| Avondale | Cancellation alerts available |
| Laguardo | Cancellation alerts available |
| Nat Caldwell Park | Cancellation alerts available |
| Old Hickory Beach | Cancellation alerts available |
| Shutes Branch | Cancellation alerts available |
Page data refreshed 2026-10-29. Site facts come from the official directory listing for Cages Bend; cancellation statistics come from our own scanning logs.