Tall Pines Campground

We stayed at Tall Pines in June. The bathrooms are in grand shape; that's true. However, there is much more to be done in order to maintain what had been a great campground. As mentioned already by several reviewers, the roads are in bad shape. The sites we stayed in had mounds of dead leaves piled in them. There were dead trees needing removal. When my sister and I walked around the campground one morning, the owners/staff were sitting on the front porch of the office with their large dog, who barked at us as we came around near the building. The dog ran off the porch, barking at us and running after us. We looked at the people on the porch, thinking they would control the dog. They didn't. We stopped and waited to see what would happen. The dog came close, checked us out and allowed us to move on. We were totally stunned at the lack of concern for our safety and the fear imposed by the dog. I'm glad we didn't have our dogs with us. In spite of that, we tried to reserve a couple of sites for next week as there is nothing available anywhere else. My brother-in-law and I have both tried to call. I've tried multiple times. No one answers. There's just a message stating that the voicemail box has not been set up! Is this not a business? Would you not want to be accessible to potential customers? Based on reviews stating concerns about reservations, I hesitate to make reservations online, and what's this business about an extra fee to lock in the reservation? So unless you pay more money, your "reservation" may not really be a reservation? I hope the campground changes hands again to some responsible owners who can make this the jewel it once was. We're really disappointed.

Someone was supposed to meet us but the office was empty even though it was before 5pm. We spent almost 20 minutes trying to find the campsite, because they also didn't leave a map which they said they would, which was impossible to use because it was basically all gravel and rocks. There was also a large broken tree branch on our site. We had to leave and get a hotel, which ruined the "camping trip". The man we spoke with on the phone, Rusty, was the only decent part of this experience.

Sent emails to check in. Rv Park. Slow time of year. I'm OK with that. But park was almost empty and they put us right next to a busy road. We have always stayed on down the back side, beautiful and quiet. Why if almost empty stock is up by the bust loud road?

Very nice campground. Shower house and bathrooms are very clean. They have a laundry room on site which is helpful when camping with kids. Playground equipment needs some attention and roads can be a bit rough but it is very peaceful and beautiful. Worth the drive for the quiet and it's close to Silver Dollar City.

This owner is a bully!! I camped there last week and reserved a spot. We drove in to find out they gave us a different spot. I spoke to the owner and she said it's because I didn't pay the ten dollar lock in fee. There was no reason why I couldn't have gotten the spot I reserved. The entire time I was camping, no one was in the spot I wanted. They bully you into paying this fee. I could understand if somebody beat me to the spot and wanted it and I didn't pay the lock in fee, but this was not the case.They did it just to be jerks. I would highly recommend not to go to this place. The pool was nasty. Roads were bad. Owner's dog jumped on my truck. They claim to have a strict leash laws, unless you're the owner, and then your dogs can run freely. I yelled at the worker for the dog jumping on my truck.He said, what am I supposed to do about it?It's the owner's dog. Again, if you like a bully, this is your spot.