Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area · Tennessee

Station Camp Campground — how to get a site when it's sold out

Overview Station Camp Campground (also known as Station Camp Horse Camp) is located on the Tennessee side of the park. Recreation Numerous trails snake through the recreation area, offering mountain biking, hiking and horseback riding for visitors. The Big South Fork River provides opportunities for all water-sports.

🏕️ 24 sites 🚐 Standard

Booking Station Camp Campground

Sites at Station Camp Campground 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.

Site facts

Total sites24
Site typesStandard
HookupsElectric hookups at some sites
LocationOneida, TN
Book throughRecreation.gov
Official listingRecreation.gov

The cancellation play at Station Camp Campground

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 Station Camp Campground 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.

Other campgrounds in Big South Fork National River & Recreation Area

Bandy CreekCancellation alerts available
Blue Heron CampgroundCancellation alerts available
Bear Creek Campground - KYCancellation alerts available
Alum Ford CampgroundCancellation alerts available

Page data refreshed 2026-10-29. Site facts come from the official directory listing for Station Camp Campground; cancellation statistics come from our own scanning logs.