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Lost Creek Campground is located along the banks of Big Lost Creek. This primitive campground offers remote camping and is surrounded by dense forest and creeks. Lost Creek Campground is open year round. Sites are filled on a first-come, first-served basis. While staying at Lost Creek, campers can enjoy fishing in Big Lost Creek (note: special regulations are in effect for fishing in Big Lost Creek).
From Reliance, TN, take State Rt. 30 south 1.6 miles to Lost Creek campground sign. Bear left at sign onto Forest Rt. 103 and go 7.2 miles to campground sign. Turn left at sign into campground.
Several campsites near Reliance, TN. USFS but free. First come, first served. Must get water from Creek and treat. Small trout in creek. BMT trail comes nearby. Very nice ~5 mile hike along creek to Hiwassee River.
This Campground is beautiful. Very quiet and secluded. The creek is kid friendly and shallow, as the pictures show.
It's a great place to visit just for the day or tent camp for the night. You have outhouses. The tent camping is primitive, no electric and no running water beyond the creek.
Peaceful and serene when I was there in October. Fills up during the warm holidays and a few campers during bear season. Nice shade canopy for the summer. Sixteen spots with tent pads, concrete picnic tables, most with fire rings, a clean but stinky vault toilet, lantern posts and a beautiful creek they stock weekly during trout season. A few trails in the area. Best of all it's free. Eight spots can accommodate RVs but eights spots are tent only due to designated parking. I have seen a class A in there before but maybe only four spots could accommodate one. The gravel road in was recently graded but it's still a little rough. About 15 mph is what you can expect.
Google maps is good about getting you there. But from the south on Hwy 30 it tries to cut you through someone's driveway right before turning on Lost Creek Rd. Just ignore that and it will correct. Lost Creek Rd is gravel and ~7.2 miles to the campground. You will lose cell signal back there but maps still gets you there. The first little bridge you come to I call 2 mile bridge because from there it's 2 miles to the CG. The CG is right past the second bridge. The best cell service is 1.5 miles past the CG almost on top of the mountain. The road is particularly wide there with a pull off on the left. 2-3 bars 4G LTE Verizon.
Super cool place and the drive to get there was great. When I was there it was Prom time and people were there for photo ops. I also took a train excursion east of Chattanooga that put me at the same place different mod of transportation location on another trip.
