We found Cages Bend Campground on our iPhone's AllStays app. The park's reviews were positive, it was along a lake and we were able to get a waterfront site. That pretty much checks all the boxes for a good campground.
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| Cabes Bend Corp of Engineers Campground |
I won't hold you in suspense any longer. Yes, Cages Bend is a good campground.
We wondered if Google Maps and our GPS were conspiring against us as we followed their suggested route to the park. It appeared that we were led thru neighborhoods on roads with noticeably decreasing widths. I found I was hoping I wouldn't meet a big rig coming from the other direction.
It is easy to make a wrong turn going into the park. Yes, there is a faded arrow painted on the road directing you to enter thru the left lane, but is easy to miss. Very easy! Besides, you normally enter parks from the right lane! Fortunately, we only had to back up about 25 feet to angle into the park.
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| Rosie along the lake at Cages Bend Campground |
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| Enjoying the view |
The last words told to us by the park's attendant was that they were having some water problems and the water pressure was up and down. "Down" was the critical word.
As soon as we backed into our site, I could hear other campers asking each other if they had water. A quick check told the story. Our site didn't have water and our fresh water tank was empty. We really should know better than to take Rosie out with an empty fresh water tank.
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| Evening along the lake |
Thankfully, the water came back after about 45 minutes with adequate pressure. The work crew was trying to stop a leak in the park and had to turn the water off while making repairs several times that afternoon. Word on the street was that the repairs would resume bright and early the following morning. We quickly filled the fresh water tank so that we would be prepared when the workers returned the next day.
With the water crisis behind us, we were able to enjoy the park. We kept remarking that this was a beautiful little Corps of Engineers park. Our neighbors on the next site remarked about how difficult it was to get a lakeside site there. I guess some people left early because of the water problems.
One of the standouts for this park was the trees. They were huge, both tall and wide. Plus, they were beautiful.
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| Some of the trees in Cages Bend Campground |
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| More trees! |
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| Trees around Rosie in Cages Bend |
Here are some specifics about this park:
- This is a relatively small park. There are less than 50 sites in the campground.
- Our site had 30 and 20 amp electrical service. 50 amp service was available at some sites.
- Our site had a water hookup. As mentioned earlier, the park was having trouble with its water service while we were there.
- None of the sites had sewer connections.
- There is a dump station near the bathhouse.
- There is a single bathhouse in the park. It wasn't exactly centrally located.
- The bathhouse was clean and well maintained. It was also dated and needed to be renovated.
- The dumpster was located across from the bathhouse.
- AT&T placed a strong 4G signal over the camp for both voice and data.
- There wasn't any Wi-Fi service in this park.
- Our site was level.
- It costs a few extra dollars to book a site on the water. It is well worth doing so.
- The park is near the flight path to Nashville. While you will see lots of planes, their noise isn't distracting.
- This was a strong spot for television. We saw more networks and digital channels than I care to list. Let's just say that Rosie's antenna picked up everything we cared to see.
This was a great campground find for us. We camped in site nine and will add this to our "Return To" list one day.
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| Rosie in this park |
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| Trees in Cages Bend |
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| Selfie in Cages Bend |
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| Our site at Cages Bend |
What a beautiful COE park!! This is a great find....thanks for sharing!!
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