North Chickamauga Creek Gorge State Park

5,999 acres of gorge north of Chattanooga, with a 16-mile section of the Cumberland Trail, swimming holes along the creek and four backcountry campgrounds. Rock climbing and mountain biking too; there is no developed campground.

Hamilton CountySoddy DaisyOpenChecked October 20, 2026

2 hr 25 min

By car from the Public Square, 146 mi

5,999

Acres

200,000

Visitors in fiscal 2025*

Trails listed, 27.9 miles

Camp

Overnight: camping

Activities the state lists

* Visitors: A round figure in the plan.

The black dot is North Chickamauga Creek Gorge State Park; the square is Franklin. The grey dots are the other state parks. All of them, by drive time.

What's there

Things to do

Camping
Fishing
Hiking
Mountain Biking
Paddling
Rock Climbing

The trails

Trails at North Chickamauga Creek Gorge State Park, as the state lists them
Trail	Miles	Difficulty	Surface	Now
Barker Camp Access Road	1.2	—	Gravel	Open
Barker Camp Access Trail	1.4	Moderate	Natural	Open
Blue Hole Trail	0.7	Easy	Natural	Closed
Clear Branch Loop	1.75	Difficult	Natural	Open
Cumberland Trail - North Chickamauga Section	16.35	—	Natural	Closed
Flipper Bend Access Trail	—	—	Natural	Open
Flipper Bend Loop	3.5	Difficult	Natural	Open
Hogskin Loop	1.5	Moderate	Natural	Closed
Springfield Trail	1.45	—	Natural	Closed

As the park's hiking page lists them on October 20, 2026. Lengths are one way unless the trail is a loop, and some trails share ground, so the total is the sum of the list, not the miles on the ground.

Where to camp

Stevenson Branch CampgroundBackcountry Camping
Cooper Creek CampgroundBackcountry Camping
North Chickamauga CampgroundBackcountry Camping
Cable Crossing CampgroundBackcountry Camping

Getting there

354 Montlake Road, Soddy Daisy, TN 37379
Park office: 1-423-708-8313
The park's page at Tennessee State Parks

Campsites, cabins and lodge rooms are booked online through the park's page or by phone at 1-888-867-2757, the state's reservation line.

Nearby

Harrison Bay State Park8 miles away as the crow flies · 2 hr 35 min from Franklin
Booker T. Washington State Park9 miles away as the crow flies · 2 hr 30 min from Franklin
Cherokee Trail of Tears State Park17 miles away as the crow flies · 2 hr 55 min from Franklin
Red Clay State Historic Park23 miles away as the crow flies · 2 hr 45 min from Franklin

How we know

Every fact on this page but the summary at the top is the state's, read on the date above, except the drive: that is Valhalla's route on OpenStreetMap's roads from Franklin's Public Square to the park office, with no traffic, rounded to five minutes. Visits are the park plan's count for the year named, mostly from traffic counters. How the guide was made.

The park. Tennessee State Parks: the Find a Park list, the park's own page, its hiking page and its camping page, read October 20, 2026.
Acres. The park's strategic management plan.
Visitors. The park's strategic management plan, its site fact sheet for fiscal 2025 (July 2024 to June 2025). A round figure in the plan.

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