Jeff Busby Campground

We found this to be a nice one night stop, would not recommend for too much longer than that. Sites for the most part are paved but not level and not numbered. We stayed at the first on the left. Although the highway is close to the campground you really don’t hear it at night. The water had a lock on it. We did find the beauty and quietness of the tall Pines. We also hiked the trail in the park which led to Little Mountain, and area that had very nice valley views.

We stayed here on our journey toward the southwest for the winter and really enjoyed this campground. Jeff Busby Campground and Park also features a few hiking trails up to a view point on Little Mountain which was great to do with the dogs.

The sites, as others have mentioned, are somewhat haphazardly placed, but each feature a lantern hook, trash can, bench, and either a grill or a fire ring. Unfortunately campers did leave trash thrown in the woods which was sad to see.

Be sure to bring your water and water reserves. This campground has a water spigot, but we noticed the park rangers locked it on our second day there even though there was no freezing in the forecast. Not sure what was up with that, but it thwarted our plans of using it.

Some of the sites are truly suited for small rigs and tent campers only, with others best suited for rigs 30+ feet.

We stayed in site #2 which we found was the most level, hand had the largest camping area.

The park is heavily wooded, we got some solar power with the abundant sunshine but being close to December, the sun was lower in the sky and was blocked by a lot of the trees.

Over all, a great place to camp for free for up to 14 days!

We pulled into the park about 1:00 pm on a Thursday and found only 3 sites filled. After reading all reviews of uneven sites, we grabbed the first site on the left where we were able to level for the night. A walk around the campground revealed about five sites that work with a longer rig. I think the magic is to get into the park earlier in the day and to avoid weekends. Verizon 3 bar w/o booster. This is a sweet campground on the Natchez Trace Pkwy.

Similar to the other Trace campgrounds it is free with flush toilets and few other amenities. This has a water point unlike Rockey springs. Good cell signal with Verizon and att everything is pull through but kinda weird as several sites share a pull through. Works best for tents or small units we have a 21ft trailer and are all the way tongue down to get level.

Arrived late afternoon in early April and there were only 3 campsites left. Water was not turned on at any of the spigots. We would have stayed longer but it was raining and the forecast was for more rain so we just stayed 1 night. There was also a group of people staying there that appeared to be "homeless" in the sense that they did not choose to live out of their truck. They were pulling a trailer full of "garbage" and were burning it. This made us feel uncomfortable but certainly don't think that is the norm in this campground. Driving the Trace was lovely and very grateful a Canadian family recommended it to us.