Cute little lake. Not too special it's not very clean. But there is a park where you can eat your lunch read more

Cove Lake State Park - Parks Near Me - Caryville, Tennessee

Nothing fancy.... Adequate camp sites, but tables and fire pits are on the wrong side of camper at some sites

The Tennessee Valley Authority began building Norris Dam in the 1930s, which created the Norris Reservoir. They then subsequently had to create Caryville Dam to protect the city of Caryville from the reservoir. The CCC began creating structures for a park in the surrounding area in the late 1930s, and it was deeded to the state in 1950. Today, it has 606 acres, 106 campsites, about three miles of hiking, paved biking trails, fishing, birding, a restaurant, volleyball, basketball, tennis courts, a playground, an observation deck, and a visitors center. We saw a gorgeous crane, and the lake and mountain views are stunning! read more

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Had my first fried ice cream there Servings were small compared to what I'm use to, but delicious no less. Nice atmosphere. Indoor & outdoor tables. Local Artists featured. The view is calming overlooking the lake. Ambience polite and friendly. read more

We love it here so nice and peaceful. We drive up here from Florida we stayed here 2 times last year and we will be staying here 2 times again. The park ranger's are very nice and helpful. It's most definitely one of our favorite places to stay at read more

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Decent park. Can get chaotic at times. Specially during tourist season or birthdays.but overall not so bad. Good place to workout or play basketball read more

On Thursday, April 17th, Tony and I was traveling back to West Virginia for the Easter Holiday. We get so tired of driving the same old route up I-65, so I routed another way home..some NEW SCENERY to view and enjoy...and OMG...I found it !!! I found it !!! We got off I-75 at the Caryville, TN exit and just stumbled across this gorgeous State Park at the base of the mountain vistas...I just had to stop to take some awesome and stunning photos of the views from the lake and park of these beautiful mountains. Perfect for a cookout, because there are plenty of picnic tables and shelters. A great play area for the kids and the gorgeous lake with tons of waddling duckies and geese...and I had bread in the van from our missed opportunity yesterday at Centennial park in Nashville..so I was prepared ....or was I !!! I never dreamed that the geese and ducks would attack and fight each other and go for me...they were swarming me and quacking and the geese were extremely aggressive...and this is something for little kids...IKE !!!! But, it was fun and the ducks/geese were gorgeous ..I was able to get some great photos.. The lake is so pretty and the scenery is lovely. I found some history about the park I thought I would share.. Cove Lake's 717 acres are situated in a beautiful mountain valley on the eastern edge of the Cumberland Plateau. Scenic nature trails lead through a diversity of wetlands and woodlands offering wildlife viewing for the nature enthusiast. A paved walking/bike trail provides easy access to all park facilities. Visitors can spend the day fishing or simply sitting back and capturing the picturesque vista Cove Lake offers. I would love to go back here again and enjoy a great cookout. When I see swings and playground equipment, I just have to fight the urges to take off running...and Playing like I was little again!!! read more

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I stayed here in a camper and the sites are a little close and the real beauty which is the lake has very few camp spots right on the water. The geese have pooped all over everything so it smells bad especially when it rains. But when we hiked out to the observation deck overlooking the lake and with the mountains in the background it was worth it! read more

Cove Lake State Park - The view - Parks Near Me - Caryville, Tennessee

The thing that I like most about this Tennessee State Park campground, is that It's so close to the interstate. Not close enough that you can hear the interstate noise, from about a mile away. Which was just far enough to be convenient from I75 to grab a nice RV site and crash. They have several pull through sites, which is what we stopped in at the check-in area and requested. Our site was 74, which was on the side of the road, across from the bathhouse. It was actually lakeside, but during May there were too many trees to see the view from there. Speaking of the lake, it's really small. Maybe it's just the area near the campground, but to me, it was just merely a cove. Hence the name? There were a few spots that were truly cove lake view. I did notice a flier with the 2017 fishing boat rental rates, I'll post a picture of it along with a few others. The bathrooms were clean, but a bit dated. There were horseshoe pits, a volleyball court, and a huge playground. The grounds were very well up kept. Each site had a concrete picnic table and about every other site had a charcoal grill. All of the sites were gravel, but fairly level. The majority of the sites were spacious and able to accommodate a truck and RV together, without the two being unhooked. read more

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It was a nice quite place. A lot of trash and dog poop, but other than that it's very peaceful place to have a picnic or camp out. Looked great for fishing too! read more

Cove Lake State Park - Parks Near Me - Caryville, Tennessee

The lake isn't clean, just disgusting stagnant water. There's already enough bugs during the summer, so bring next to standing water is dangerous. There was goose poop everywhere, the whole place was a massive health hazard. read more

This park was a wonderful little gem, I would highly recommend getting off the interstate and spending some time here and if you are a local...weekend picnics read more

Cove Lake State Park - Beautiful place, nice stop very relaxing would visit often if I lived close - Parks Near Me - Caryville, Tennessee

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This campground is perfect!! Perfect shower houses perfect bike ride and walking paths and the campsites in loop B are beautiful ! I would definitely highly recommend this campground! Very clean and organized read more

Ive been coming to this park for over 30 years, i have never seen things this bad. The previous head ranger (or whatever the title is) Kim ran and excellent facility here, there has been a management change since Kim received a well deserved promotion. The new management must be on a power trip. An 70 yr old couple came thru the park today on an ATV wearing helmets not aware of the ATV rule. Ranger proceeded to pull them over, turn on his lights (like hes a cop), and write them a citation. SMH! Then he wouldnt allow them to leave the park on their ATV. Fortunately a neighbor of theirs was camping and offered to take them and the ATV home with his truck. Someone needs to get a grip and chill out! read more

DO NOT STAY HERE! This is our 5th, and last, time here! On this trip, we booked using the senior discount because my mother was going to join us. The rangers have harassed the hell out of us, calling us "fishy", because my mother was unable to make it the first night. After beating on our door and demanding their $12.50, I was then notified by the office on the phone stating I needed to pay full price with a credit card! All this over $12.50!!!!!! We won't be back! read more

Love this park! Grew up going to it as a kid and I have wonderful memories of that place.

Nice place close to Knoxville. Not much of a lake. Very shallow around camping area so not much of a fishing area. Only saw bait fish sized fish being caught. Bath rooms were clean but no soap for the two days I was there. During the pandemic you'd think this would be a priority. Maybe the staff doing laps in carts could take time to check this. The staff was friendly. read more

Be advised, during our second trip to Cove Lake and after upgrading our rig, we found out they do not have 50 amp service for the masses. 50 amp service is reserved solely for handicapped patrons even they are all vacant. We had to go to another state park (see my review on Indian Mountain State Park). read more