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Old Hickory Beach sits along the lengthy shoreline of Old Hickory Lake. The day-use area is perfect for visitors looking to spend a day on the lake or lounging on the beach. Entertaining is easy with a large group picnic shelter accommodating up to 100 guests and grills for cooking out.
Birders can find a mix of waterfowl, wading birds, migratory songbirds and the occasional Blue heron or Snowy egret. Other wildlife in the area includes wild turkey, rabbits and white-tailed deer.
Old Hickory Lake is a 22,500 acre reservoir created by the Old Hickory Lock and Dam on the Cumberland River. The lake is named after former president Andrew Jackson, a Tennessee-native nicknamed "Old Hickory" for his tough and aggressive personality.
Swimming and sailing are popular activities on the lake, while anglers will find an abundant population of catfish, crappie and bass for exceptional bank and boat fishing.
Hikers can explore the 1.1-mile Old Hickory Lake Nature Trail, featuring three loops (the Woodland Loop, Willow Swamp Loop and the Wildlife Loop), covering varying terrain.
The Old Hickory shoreline offers a sandy swimming beach, a playground for the kids and a boat ramp.
Take in the nightlife of downtown Nashville if city entertainment beckons. Or stick with the great outdoors and sit on the fishing piers at Rockland, Sanders Ferry, Shutes Branch, and Bledsoe Creek State Park. The lake is also near the Hermitage, the plantation where U.S. President Andrew Jackson lived in the early 1800s.
Go east of Nashville, TN, on I-40; exit onto Old HickoryBlvd N; turn right onto Bridgeway Drive., Just before crossing the Cumberland River, turn left onto Swinging Bridge Road, then right onto Burnett Road. Follow signs into recreation area.
We love this place and the people!! I've been bringing my kids since they could walk and we come every year. It's a laid back environment with grills and people usually playing music. Good place to relax and unwind, plenty of shade trees and its only 5 bucks to park!
I’ve been dying for a beach day, so I decided to try this out. It’s a nice little (and I mean LITTLE) sand beach area with a roped off designated swimming area attached. There is currently loud construction going on (even on a Saturday?!) about a block or two behind the forest, so that’s not ideal, but it is a lovely little spot. The sand feels like beach sand. Kind of debris all over, but that’s to be expected at a lake beach I guess.
Decent place considering the location. Boat ramp area is trashy & there was a pit bull running loose barking at everyone & thing. Watched as many people pulled in, never got out. Just left .
The Lake is beautiful! People go out there when others are fishing and relaxing and TEAR up the area (circle area) with their cars
doing DONUTS in the gravel..it's all tore up over there and huge holes because of it..I know as well as others would say, wish they would fill up the holes out there and a Police presence out there once in awhile wouldn't hurt either..other than that it's BEAUTIFUL!
