Rhea Springs Recreation Area Campground

Just opened memorial weekend. It is first come but it is not free. $10 for county residents and $22 for non residents. They will come around to collect cash only. Spot are not level no pads. No hook ups but does have bathrooms with showers and hot water. Ok at best. No dump station either. Garbage picnic tables and fire rings. Swimming beach and fishing pier. Beautiful views makes up for the lack of amenities

This is my first time at this Campground and I enjoy it! I will definitely be back!! It's more than I expected for a free campground. It's not perfect but it does offer beautiful views from any campsite.
Most sites are directly on the water and each one has a trash bin, picnic table on a pad and a fire pit. There are a few grills available but they are with the day use picnic tables. The lots are not level but you are sure to find somewhere fairly level on each site. There's a bath house that has flushing toilets and a hot shower. The campground has a peninsula that they call the island and it has a swimming area, a fish station, a couple porta johns and it is for tent only camping with no generators. You will hear the generators regardless of which site you camp on. It's a nice size Campground but it is on the smaller side so noise carries, especially on the water.
Honestly, I was surprised this Campground was as nice as it was considering it was free. There are some minor things that could be fixed but overall it's great! It's kept pretty clean and Parks and Recreation comes around daily as does the local law enforcement. There's plenty of fishing, swimming, boating, kayaking. Anything you want to do on the water, this is the place. Spring city is 2 miles down the road and should have most everything you need.
The park allows you to stay 14 days at a time; 35 days a year. It is a seasonal Campground that closes during the winter. They do close for 2 weeks to do maintenance and cleaning, although that's never a set date. The closing dates could be advertised a little bit better to avoid people showing up to a closed campground. Also because it's first come first serve, you do run the risk of it being full.
If you're in the area in looking for a campground this would be in my top five, paid or free. I would be hesitant to make a special trip here unless I verified that they were open.

Pulled in a little after 8pm on a Tuesday. I was worried there wouldn’t be any spots open but there were a few open, even a few right on the water! There is a bathroom/shower building that was well lit at night and clean enough. Seemed like every spot had a concrete picnic table and a firepit. Lots of families and dog friendly! We have a dog that is new to camping and my son let her out of her harness twice, so I was expecting to get mean stares from everyone as we tried to track her down but everyone was nothing but nice and helpful! Each spot was easy to pull into and out of and the roads at the campground were well paved. There is boat dock access and a little moored dock you can walk out onto separate from the boat dock.

10/10 will be back!

Can't believe this is free, bathhouse, picnic tables and fire ring. Gorgeous views. However we have a 36' TT and hard to maneuver, can be done but our spot was impossible to level. Arrive early and get a good level site. We'd totally go back but maybe with smaller rig. But there was a class A, a converted school bus and some other large RVs but only a couple spots they fit. Cell service was decent.