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Gatlin Point Campground at Land Between The Lakes
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · TN · 36.55772, -87.90450
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Ask about this camp →U.S. Forest Service lists this as a developed campground. Expect marked sites, a fee station or a reservation, and the usual campground rules. The dispersed-camping freedom of the surrounding forest does not apply inside it. What changes is conditions — roads, gates, closures, fire rules. Check those with the unit before you commit to the drive.
Nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM — Gatlin Point Campground at Land Between The Lakes · Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area · TN
The nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM is road 229-A (G.T. Sites 1-10,14-18 Access), 60 ft from the pin. The MVUM record carries neither a surface type nor a maintenance level for it.
From the Forest Service's own Motor Vehicle Use Map roads layer (EDW, Clearinghouse refresh Aug 30, 2026), straight-line from the pin to the nearest mapped segment. The nearest segment is not necessarily the way in, a maintenance level is the agency's class and not a report on today, and a road's season is the road's — it is not a campground order. What the levels mean → What an MVUM is →
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Gatlin Point Campground at Land Between The Lakes
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 384 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Gatlin Point Campground at Land Between The LakesNIFC · AirNow
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Active wildfires from NIFC (within ~50 mi); air quality from AirNow. Always confirm current fire restrictions with the managing office before you go.
Everything you need — measured from Gatlin Point Campground at Land Between The Lakes · Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area · TN
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- @Mail5 mi
- FFuel5 mi
- GGrocery5 mi
- DDump9 mi
- WWater14 mi
- MMechanic20 mi
- LLaundry21 mi
- ShShower22 mi
- +Urgent care22 mi
- HHardware22 mi
- EVEV fast charger23 mi
- RxPharmacy23 mi
- OOutfitter23 mi
- AAir-up25 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 5 mi out.
Not within 60 mi: Propane. Plan those before you head up.
One dot per need — the nearest of each kind, straight-line from camp. Places from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors); the EV fast charger from the US DOE station locator. Open in Google Maps ↗
The site — Gatlin Point Campground at Land Between The Lakes
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
384 ft
Ground slope
8.4% · noticeable
State
TN
Coordinates
36.55772, -87.90450
Cost
Unpriced — no source gives a price; assume it may cost something and confirm before you go
Nearby & resupply — around Gatlin Point Campground at Land Between The Lakes · Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area · TN (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureBards Lake · ~0.1 mi · USGS: perennial lake or pond
- Also mapped (OSM)Brandon Spring Branch (river) · mapped within 1.6 mi
- Nearest townChestnut Grove · ~2.0 mi
- Rail & highwaynone mapped within 10 mi
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelPit Stop Market · ~5.3 mi
- Propane / LPGFortner Gas · ~22.4 mi
- Dump station~8.8 mi
- GroceriesPit Stop Market · ~5.3 mi
- PharmacyWalter's Family Pharmacy · ~23.0 mi
- Hospital / clinicHouston County Community Hospital · ~20.3 mi
- HardwareMurray Supply Company, Inc. · ~22.3 mi
EV charging — from Gatlin Point Campground at Land Between The Lakes · Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area · TN — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger22.6 mi straight-line W — Parker Ford, Murray, KY (at a public site) · FORD_CHARGE · CCS · 2 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach1 within 25 mi · 30 within 50 · 147 within 100 · 280 within 150
- Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)29.4 mi — PARIS BPU STATION 2(R), Paris
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO29.4 mi — PARIS BPU STATION 1(L), Paris
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)12.8 mi — Paris Landing State Park - Marina, Buchanan, TN (at a public site) · RIVIAN_WAYPOINTS · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Pricing at the fast chargernot listed
- Power (kW)not listed by AFDC — “DC fast” spans roughly 24 to 350 kW, so ask the network.
- Read this honestlyStraight-line miles, like every distance on this site. Roads run longer than this, and you have to get back. We know where a charger is listed. We don’t know if it works today, how fast it is, or the road miles. Check the network before you commit.
Snapshot 2026-09-16 · AFDC record 390403 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Gatlin Point Campground at Land Between The Lakes · Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area · TN — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletGatlin Point Campground · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletG.T. Boating Ramp · ~0.4 mi N · USFS
- Flush restroomBrandon Spring Group Camp · ~0.6 mi W · USFS
- Flush restroomSouth Welcome Station · ~2.7 mi S · USFS
Coming out here — Gatlin Point Campground at Land Between The Lakes · Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area · TN
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Bards Lake as a perennial lake or pond, ~0.1 mi from the pin (National Hydrography Dataset, data refreshed October 2022). Mapped as perennial is not the same as flowing today. Nobody has checked it for you. Filter or boil anything you drink.
- Ground slope around the pin: about 8.4% — noticeable. Measured on USGS's 3DEP elevation model (1 m data here), sampled every 10 metres around the point. That is the hillside, not the ground under your wheels — a graded pullout or a bench a few metres across is too small to show up at that spacing, and nobody has checked this one for you.
- No rail line and no interstate or US route is mapped within 10 mi of the pin. Checked against the FRA/BTS North American Rail Network (data updated Jul 21, 2026) and the Census's TIGER/Line primary roads (TIGER/Line 2025, released Oct 2025). Both are national files and both are maps of what is built, not counts of what moves on it.
- Power: Dave carries his own — batteries or solar. A generator will run your rig and it is also the thing everybody camped near you can hear.
- Getting online: Dave recommends Starlink. He has had it since SpaceX introduced it, used it for four years living on the road, and it delivers as promised — several hundred nights out, and he can count on one hand the places he could not connect. The cable on his unit runs 150 feet, which is usually all it takes to find enough sky. Starlink → Referral link — Starlink pays Dave $100 in cash if you sign up through it, and that money funds this site and the next trip. It costs you nothing and does not change the recommendation.
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Other camps near Gatlin Point Campground at Land Between The Lakes
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Brandon Spring Group Camp~0.6 mi · fee
- Neville Bay Backcountry Camping~3.9 mi · fee
- Boswell Landing Campground~7.2 mi · fee
- Ginger Bay Backcountry Camping~8.7 mi · fee
The unit that manages Gatlin Point Campground at Land Between The Lakes
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Gatlin Point Campground at Land Between The Lakes are set by Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Gatlin Point Campground at Land Between The Lakes
Source
OpenStreetMap contributors
Confidence
Likely — The record is good enough to put a pin on, but thin in places. Treat the details as a starting point, not gospel.
Agency page
landbetweenthelakes.us — the land manager's own page for this site. Fees, seasons and closures are stated there first; if it disagrees with this page, it wins.
How it was placed
auto: drive (road/trail right there)
Nearest MVUM road
US Forest Service Motor Vehicle Use Map roads layer (EDW_MVUM_01, layer 1), Clearinghouse refresh Aug 30, 2026. Straight-line distance from the pin to the nearest mapped segment within 1 mi; surface type, maintenance level and open dates are the agency's own values for that segment, expanded from its codes and otherwise unedited. Nothing here says which road reaches the site.
EV chargers
US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center station locator, snapshot 2026-09-16. Straight-line miles to the nearest public, open, unrestricted station; restricted and planned units are shown but never counted.
Field check
On the agency's books. The land manager inventoried this site, so its existence is not in question — current conditions are. Nobody from here has camped it recently.
What we don’t know about Gatlin Point Campground at Land Between The Lakes
A land record can put you within a few meters of a spot. It cannot tell you any of this — so check it yourself, and treat anything below as the open question it is.
- Road surface & last-mile access
- How many rigs actually fit
- Cell coverage by carrier
- Seasonal & winter access
- Current fire restrictions
- Whether any water here is drinkable
- Shade & wind exposure
- Noise and who else shows up
- Whether a listed EV charger works today, or the road miles to it
Before you go — Gatlin Point Campground at Land Between The Lakes
Camping near a reservoir →Finding water out here →What “dispersed” means here →Gear & rig loadout →All field notes →