Lakeside camping near Brentwood reveals tales of an underwater ghost town.
It’s not every day campers can explore a sunken ghost town, but that’s exactly what a getaway to Brentwood delivers. Couchville Cedar Glade Natural Area is the spot named for a community that now sits at the bottom of the lake that was covered by the creation of the reservoir in the 1960s. Take a day trip there to hear the legend from campgrounds lining the shores of J. Percy Priest Lake—15 miles from Brentwood. Or follow Hobson Pike to Long Hunter State Park to find rustic tent sites for backcountry camping and access to the Alpine Tower adventure course. For more developed RV sites with amenities like electric hookups, showers, and laundry, head to Seven Points or Poole Knobs. Or consider pitching a tent on a working farm or in biodynamic vineyards north of Nashville near Whites Creek. Visit the chickens and ducks in the morning after emerging from a secluded campsite with easy access to mountain trails and calming groves.