Old Hickory Lake · Tennessee
Overview Rockland Recreation Area is located on the shore of Old Hickory Lake in Hendersonville, Tennessee. Old Hickory Lake was created by the Army Corps of Engineers on the Cumberland River. The lake is named after former president Andrew Jackson, nicknamed for his tough and aggressive personality.
Sites at Rockland Recreation Area 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 | 6 |
|---|---|
| Site types | Group, Shelter, Picnic area |
| Hookups | Electric hookups at some sites |
| Location | Hendersonville, 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 Rockland Recreation Area 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 |
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| Cages Bend | 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 Rockland Recreation Area; cancellation statistics come from our own scanning logs.