Chickamauga Lake shows through the trees from the wooded loops at Harrison Bay State Park, open water with boats crossing it until the light goes. The last wakes roll in against the shoreline, and the loops back from the water go quiet one campfire at a time. North of Chattanooga, it's the kind of lake a family can settle onto for a full week, with the rig parked under the trees and every day starting at the water.
With a motorhome, the whole week happens from one site. Mornings start at the picnic table, afternoons go to a kayak or a fishing line, and when a Tennessee summer afternoon turns thick and humid, everyone piles inside to the air conditioner for lunch and a nap. By the time the boats head back in at dusk, the grill is going and nobody has started the engine in days.
The RV sites with water and electric hookups sit in Main Campground areas A through C, and each of the park's four camping areas has its own bathhouse, according to the Harrison Bay camping page. Area D is primitive, with no hookups. On water and electric alone, a week here includes a run to the park's one centralized dump station, midweek or on the way out.
Only a limited number of Harrison Bay's sites take rigs up to 65 feet, so reserve the site before you choose the motorhome and let the site you land decide how long a rig comes along. Hold out for a spot near the shoreline if you can, since the lake is the whole reason for the week.
Raccoon Mountain, a full-hookup base by Lookout Mountain
Raccoon Mountain Campground keeps the rig in the wooded foothills at the foot of Lookout Mountain, close enough to downtown Chattanooga that the city's sights turn into easy day trips. A cavern runs under the property, which takes care of a rainy afternoon. The campground is about 15 minutes from downtown, and its guests get 15 percent off the cave tours as of October 2026.
Every RV site has full hookups at 20, 30 and 50 amp, with pull-throughs available, so the air stays on and the tanks drain at the site while the family is out all day. It suits a group that wants a different outing every morning and a comfortable rig to come back to at night.
Ruby Falls pours through the dark inside Lookout Mountain, and Rock City's trails wind between boulders up top to an overlook across the valley. East of town the Ocoee runs whitewater down its gorge, and south across the state line the Chickamauga Battlefield lays its monuments out over open fields. The Chattanooga campervan trips cover the mountain, the river and the battlefield in full.
Cloudland Canyon, the gorge across the Georgia line
Over the line in Georgia, Cloudland Canyon State Park drops off a thousand-foot rim into a gorge walled with sandstone cliffs. The waterfall trail goes down by steps, a long staircase that sounds easy until the climb back up, and the overlook at the rim is the view people come for. With the rig parked in the park's campground for a few nights, the canyon becomes mornings on the trail and evenings at the rim instead of one rushed day out of Chattanooga.
Reserve a campsite through Georgia State Parks before you book the rig, and confirm the length that site takes before settling on a motorhome. For two people who mostly want the rim and the stairs, a campervan out of Chattanooga keeps the length question simple. Farther afield, Tennessee's RV trips run east to the Smokies and west to Memphis.