J Percy Priest Lake · Tennessee
Overview Poole Knobs Campground is a lakeside oasis in the green hills of Tennessee, providing campers with countless recreational activities on the lake and in the surrounding woods and grasslands. Recreation The lake provides a variety of outdoor recreational opportunities for millions of visitors each year. Because of the temperate climate and relatively long recreation season, visitors have numerous activities to choose from, including fishing, hunting, picnicking, boating, canoeing, hiking, horseback riding and wildlife viewing.
Sites at Poole Knobs 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 | 78 |
|---|---|
| Site types | Standard, Tent only, Group, Shelter |
| Hookups | Electric hookups at some sites |
| Location | Lavergne, 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 Poole Knobs 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.
| Seven Points (Tn) | Cancellation alerts available |
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| Anderson Road Campground | Cancellation alerts available |
| Cook Day Use Area | Cancellation alerts available |
| Anderson Road Day Use | Cancellation alerts available |
| Jefferson Springs | Cancellation alerts available |
| Smith Springs | Cancellation alerts available |
Page data refreshed 2026-10-29. Site facts come from the official directory listing for Poole Knobs; cancellation statistics come from our own scanning logs.