Lock A in TN -- Campground & RV Camping

Lock A Campground sits on the north bank of the Cumberland River just upstream from Cheatham Lock and Dam. The park offers tent and RV sites equipped with 50-amp electric hookups, supported by hot showers, a dump station, a boat launch, a picnic shelter, horseshoe pits, and a volleyball court. A designated swimming area sits on-site, with an additional beach next door at Cheatham Dam Right Bank. Hikers can access the 6.5-mile Cumberland River Bicentennial Trail, which crosses Sycamore Creek via an abandoned railroad trestle.

Getting there: From Ashland City, Tennessee, take US 12 and go eight miles west to Cheap Hill. Turn left on Cheatham Dam Road traveling west four miles. Turn left into the campground.

• Little separation from through roads or other sites here, a 45-site campground with the nearest through road 0.2 miles off.
• The Cheatham Lake shoreline is 0.1 mi off.
• Estimated night sky: Bortle 4, a rural sky with a glow on the horizon.
• Most sites here have an electric hookup, with most of them shaded.

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