Blue Bluff Campground (Aberdeen MS)
- Right now
- Taking bookingsSites offered on 30 of the next 30 nights read 16:09 UTC
- A night
- $32–$34Across the site types the agency prices
- Sites
- 9290 on recreation.gov
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 6 notices
In the agency’s own words
Blue Bluff Campground and Recreation Area, on the Aberdeen Lake section of the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway in Mississippi, is one of the most scenic recreation areas on the waterway. The area is located just north of Aberdeen and boasts both a campground and day-use area. Thousands of outdoor enthusiasts visit the area each year for picnicking, fishing and swimming. Keep reading
Recreation
Families can swim at the facility's beach, play on the multi-use court and walk along the wooded waterfront. Anglers can try their luck on the accessible fishing dock or go off-shore in search of bass, walleye, crappie, catfish and sunfish. Additionally, hunters can seek out a diverse range of high quality habitats for upland game and waterfowl species at designated hunting areas along the waterway.
Facilities
The campground offers 92 campsites with electric and water hookups, picnic tables, fire rings with grills, pedestal grills and lantern posts, making it perfect for parties and family functions. The facility is mostly shaded and has many scenic views of the waterway. Picnic areas and a beach are nearby.
Natural Features
Blue Bluff is named for the beautiful clay and limestone cliffs that border the park on the eastern side. The bluff rises 80 feet above the water and provides a lofty view of Aberdeen Lake and the nearby lock and dam. The waterway extends 234 miles from the Tennessee River to the junction of the Tombigbee River in Alabama and connects the nation's midsection of commercial water transportation with the Gulf of Mexico.
Nearby Attractions
A tour can be schedule at the Aberdeen Lock and Dam next door, which provides an opportunity to watch barges and other recreational boats go through the lock on the waterway. The town of Aberdeen, just from minutes from the campground, has various amenities, tours and events. Tupelo, Mississippi, known as the birthplace of Elvis Presley, is a 45-minute drive north.
What the agency tells you
This is a year-round facility
Reservations cannot be made at the campground gate house.
Sites are avalible for reservation. All reservations must be made by using Recreation.gov.
Everything else this campground posts · 3
Gates are open from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.; there is an emergency exit for campers
Don't Move Firewood: Protect your forests from tree-killing pests by buying your firewood locally and burning it on-site. Visit Dontmovefirewood.org for further information.
- LOCAL CAMPING POLICIES - A limit of 8 people per site. - The America The Beautiful Senior and Access cards are accepted at this campground for discount camping. When making a reservation only one card can be used on one reservation. If multiple reservations are made with one card one reservation will receive the discount and the others will have to pay the full price upon check-in. - A camping extension is no more than 14 additional camping days beyond a camper’s initial 14 day camping limit. For each camping extension granted, a camping party cannot exceed 14 days per extension and can only pay for 14 days at a time. - Peak Season Extension Policy: Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Campgrounds. After the initial 14 day stay one extension is allowed on a non-prime site for a total of 28 days during peak season (March 1- Sept. 15). At the end of this 28 day stay the camper and equipment must move to another campground on the project but may return to the campground after 7 days. If camping on a prime site the camper must move to a non-prime site after the initial 14 day stay. - Off Season Extension Policy: Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Campgrounds. After the initial 14 day stay no more than one extension will be allowed on a non-prime site for a total of 28 days during the off season (Sept.13 -Feb. 28). At the end of this 28 day stay the camper and equipment must move to another campground on the project but may return to the campground after 7 days. Length of stay on a prime site during the off season remains limited to 14 days. A camper may stay on a prime site 14 days, and move to a non-prime site for 14 days. - Extensions beyond the 14 day limit will not be granted during major summer holidays. - First Come First Serve Policy: When a site becomes available for rental a walk-in customer must be at the park and first at the window to pay for a campsite. - Please turn in all passes to the park attendant when leaving the campground. - Only empty boat trailers are allowed to be parked on grass.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 92
- Hookups
- 90 electric, 92 water, 4 sewer
- Longest rig
- 105 ft
- Paved pads
- All
- Accessible sites
- 3
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Dump station
- Yes
- recreation.gov lists “Dump Station”
- Stay limit
- 14 nights
- recreation.gov facility rule maxStay
Around the campground
- On the water
- Lake, River, Beach
- Boating
- Fishing
- Hunting
- Ranger programs
- Swimming
- Wildlife viewing
- Night sky · 40th darkest of 61 in MS
- Bortle 4
82 of 178 site-nights open this Friday and Saturdayread 16:09 UTC
recreation.gov lists 90 of the 92 campsites the agency files here. The rest aren’t on its booking system, so a reservation won’t get you one.
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We check once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time the agency has that season on sale.
Scanners that check every few minutes exist, and most of them charge. This one is free, it reads the same calendar, and it won’t always be first.
We make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.
Every line of the receipt · 13
What you actually pay
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rates for this season, $32–$34 a night, plus one $8 recreation.gov reservation fee for the booking. A weekend here means Friday and Saturday night, booked once. Optional charges (an extra vehicle, a second tent, a dump-station fee) are listed separately and aren’t in this total.
Who keeps the booking fee
The agency’s own policy text says the reservation fee and the cancellation processing fee are “retained by the reservation service contractor”, and that a campground concessionaire will decline to refund them because “they did not receive these fees”. Recreation.gov is run under contract by Booz Allen Hamilton. What share of your booking fee the contractor keeps isn’t published in any federal dataset we can read, so we print no number for it. Our reporting on the contract →
How we know this receipt · 5
recreation.gov availability, read 16:09 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
92 sites · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 90 mapped sitesAll 92 sites
The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 90 of the 92 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
Measured shade is NLCD Tree Canopy Cover 2024 (USDA Forest Service / MRLC) read at the site’s own coordinate, 27% canopy or more, and only for the sites the agency gave no Shade value. It never changes the agency’s own shaded count beside it.
| BLOO | 033 | standard electric | 45 ft | 50 amp | 81 ft | 53 ft | $32–$34 | |
| BLOO | 034 | standard electric | 45 ft | 50 amp | 58 ft | under 10 ft | $32–$34 | |
| BLOO | 035 | standard electric | 45 ft | 50 amp | 75 ft | 98 ft | $32–$34 | |
| BLOO | 036 | standard electric | 46 ft | 50 amp | 58 ft | 27 ft | $32–$34 | |
| BLOO | 037 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 69 ft | 120 ft | $32–$34 | |
| BLOO | 038 | standard electric | 43 ft | 50 amp | 67 ft | 51 ft | $32–$34 | |
| BLOO | 039 | standard electric | 51 ft | 50 amp | 69 ft | 133 ft | $32–$34 | |
| BLOO | 040 | standard electric | 33 ft | 50 amp | 53 ft | 55 ft | $32–$34 | |
| BLOO | 041 | standard electric | 48 ft | 50 amp | 74 ft | 137 ft | $32–$34 | |
| BLOO | 042 | standard electric | 33 ft | 50 amp | 53 ft | 62 ft | $32–$34 | |
| BLOO | 043 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 63 ft | 31 ftWeaver Creek Cutoff | $32–$34 | |
| BLOO | 044 | standard electric | 45 ft | 50 amp | 34 ft | 29 ftWeaver Creek Cutoff | $32–$34 | |
| BLOO | 045 | standard electric | 63 ft | 50 amp | 34 ft | 31 ftWeaver Creek Cutoff | $32–$34 | |
| BLOO | 046 | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 51 ft | 283 ftWeaver Creek Cutoff | $32–$34 | |
| BLOO | 047 | standard electric | 80 ft | 50 amp | 51 ft | 276 ft | $32–$34 | |
| BLOO | 048 | standard electric | 36 ft | 50 amp | 68 ft | 183 ftWeaver Creek Cutoff | $32–$34 | |
| BLOO | 049 | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 69 ft | 147 ftWeaver Creek Cutoff | $32–$34 | |
| BLOO | 050 | standard electric | 33 ft | 50 amp | 66 ft | 93 ftWeaver Creek Cutoff | $32–$34 | |
| BLOO | 051 | standard electric | 45 ft | 50 amp | 68 ft | 176 ftWeaver Creek Cutoff | $32–$34 | |
| BLOO | 052 | standard electric | 53 ft | 50 amp | 76 ft | 138 ft | $32–$34 | |
| BLOO | 053 | standard electric | 60 ft | 50 amp | 117 ft | 146 ft | $32–$34 | |
| BLOO | 054 | standard electric | 75 ft | 50 amp | yes | 87 ft | 30 ft | $32–$34 |
| BLOO | 055 | standard electric | 75 ft | 50 amp | 87 ft | under 10 ft | $32–$34 | |
| BLOO | 056 | standard electric | 63 ft | 50 amp | 75 ft | 15 ft | $32–$34 | |
| BLOO | 057 | standard electric | 70 ft | 50 amp | 48 ft | 30 ft | $32–$34 | |
| BLOO | 058 | standard electric | 60 ft | 50 amp | 48 ft | 22 ft | $32–$34 | |
| BLOO | 059 | standard electric | 79 ft | 50 amp | 46 ft | 45 ft | $32–$34 | |
| BLOO | 060 | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 72 ft | 155 ft | $32–$34 | |
| BLOO | 061 | standard electric | 48 ft | 50 amp | 46 ft | 83 ft | $32–$34 | |
| BLOO | 062 | standard electric | 42 ft | 50 amp | 59 ft | 79 ft | $32–$34 | |
| BLOO | 063 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 81 ft | 160 ft | $32–$34 | |
| BLOO | 064 | standard electric | 32 ft | 50 amp | 59 ft | 86 ft | $32–$34 | |
| BLOO | 065 | standard electric | 45 ft | 50 amp | 105 ft | 122 ftWeaver Creek Cutoff | $32–$34 | |
| BLOO | 066 | standard electric | 56 ft | 50 amp | 90 ft | 64 ftWeaver Creek Cutoff | $32–$34 | |
| BLOO | 067 | standard electric | 67 ft | 50 amp | 52 ft | 42 ftWeaver Creek Cutoff | $32–$34 | |
| BLOO | 068 | standard electric | 30 ft | 50 amp | 52 ft | 24 ftWeaver Creek Cutoff | $32–$34 | |
| BLOO | 069 | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 54 ft | 17 ftWeaver Creek Cutoff | $32–$34 | |
| BLOO | 070 | standard electric | 55 ft | 50 amp | 37 ft | 45 ftWeaver Creek Cutoff | $32–$34 | |
| BLOO | 071 | standard electric | 42 ft | 50 amp | 37 ft | 49 ftWeaver Creek Cutoff | $32–$34 | |
| BLOO | 072 | standard electric | 56 ft | 50 amp | 49 ft | 28 ftWeaver Creek Cutoff | $32–$34 | |
| BLOO | 073 | standard electric | 60 ft | 50 amp | 49 ft | 28 ftWeaver Creek Cutoff | $32–$34 | |
| BLOO | 074 | standard electric | 49 ft | 50 amp | 49 ft | 33 ftWeaver Creek Cutoff | $32–$34 | |
| BLOO | 075 | standard electric | 31 ft | 50 amp | 98 ft | 20 ft | $32–$34 | |
| BLOO | 076 | standard electric | 58 ft | 50 amp | 43 ft | 95 ft | $32–$34 | |
| BLOO | 077 | standard electric | 39 ft | 50 amp | 43 ft | 102 ft | $32–$34 | |
| BLOO | 078 | standard electric | 39 ft | 50 amp | 57 ft | 14 ftWeaver Creek Cutoff | $32–$34 | |
| BLOO | 079 | standard electric | 54 ft | 50 amp | 55 ft | 109 ft | $32–$34 | |
| BLOO | 080 | standard electric | 47 ft | 50 amp | 57 ft | 25 ftWeaver Creek Cutoff | $32–$34 | |
| BLOO | 081 | standard electric | 54 ft | 50 amp | 71 ft | 99 ft | $32–$34 | |
| BLOO | 082 | standard electric | 32 ft | 50 amp | 87 ft | 28 ftWeaver Creek Cutoff | $32–$34 | |
| BLOO | 083 | standard electric | 62 ft | 50 amp | 51 ft | 87 ftWeaver Creek Cutoff | $32–$34 | |
| BLOO | 084 | standard electric | 41 ft | 50 amp | 51 ft | 36 ftWeaver Creek Cutoff | $32–$34 | |
| BLOO | 085 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | yes | 57 ft | 88 ftWeaver Creek Cutoff | $32–$34 |
| BLOO | 086 | standard electric | 35 ft | 50 amp | 66 ft | 92 ftWeaver Creek Cutoff | $32–$34 | |
| BLOO | 087 | standard electric | 30 ft | 50 amp | 57 ft | 32 ftWeaver Creek Cutoff | $32–$34 | |
| BLOO | 088 | standard electric | 34 ft | 50 amp | 66 ft | 29 ftWeaver Creek Cutoff | $32–$34 | |
| BLOO | 089 | standard electric | 58 ft | 50 amp | 75 ft | 28 ftWeaver Creek Cutoff | $32–$34 | |
| BLOO | 090 | standard electric | 51 ft | 50 amp | 61 ft | 84 ftWeaver Creek Cutoff | $32–$34 | |
| BLOO | 091 | standard electric | 49 ft | 50 amp | 61 ft | 31 ftWeaver Creek Cutoff | $32–$34 | |
| BLOO | 092 | standard electric | 36 ft | 50 amp | 62 ft | 27 ftWeaver Creek Cutoff | $32–$34 | |
| LLOO | 001 | standard electric | 72 ft | 50 amp | 65 ft | 32 ft | $32–$34 | |
| LLOO | 002 | standard electric | 49 ft | 50 amp | 60 ft | 120 ft | $32–$34 | |
| LLOO | 003 | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 60 ft | 124 ft | $32–$34 | |
| LLOO | 004 | standard electric | 59 ft | 50 amp | 65 ft | 49 ft | $32–$34 | |
| LLOO | 005 | standard electric | 45 ft | 50 amp | 67 ft | 53 ft | $32–$34 | |
| LLOO | 006 | standard electric | 62 ft | 50 amp | 77 ft | 69 ft | $32–$34 | |
| LLOO | 007 | standard electric | 55 ft | 50 amp | yes | 57 ft | 150 ft | $32–$34 |
| LLOO | 008 | standard electric | 43 ft | 50 amp | 57 ft | 139 ftWeaver Creek Cutoff | $32–$34 | |
| LLOO | 009 | standard electric | 54 ft | 50 amp | 69 ft | 54 ftWeaver Creek Cutoff | $32–$34 | |
| LLOO | 010 | standard electric | 76 ft | 50 amp | 52 ft | 145 ftWeaver Creek Cutoff | $32–$34 | |
| LLOO | 011 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 57 ft | 53 ftWeaver Creek Cutoff | $32–$34 | |
| LLOO | 012 | standard electric | 54 ft | 50 amp | 54 ft | 62 ftWeaver Creek Cutoff | $32–$34 | |
| LLOO | 013 | standard electric | 42 ft | 50 amp | 54 ft | 64 ftWeaver Creek Cutoff | $32–$34 | |
| LLOO | 014 | standard electric | 92 ft | 50 amp | 57 ft | 60 ftWeaver Creek Cutoff | $32–$34 | |
| LLOO | 015 | standard electric | 105 ft | 50 amp | 57 ft | 70 ftWeaver Creek Cutoff | $32–$34 | |
| LLOO | 016 | standard electric | 66 ft | 50 amp | 64 ft | 57 ftWeaver Creek Cutoff | $32–$34 | |
| LLOO | 017 | standard electric | 71 ft | 50 amp | 56 ft | 29 ftWeaver Creek Cutoff | $32–$34 | |
| LLOO | 018 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 56 ft | 44 ftWeaver Creek Cutoff | $32–$34 | |
| LLOO | 019 | standard electric | 58 ft | 50 amp | 52 ft | 154 ftWeaver Creek Cutoff | $32–$34 | |
| LLOO | 020 | standard electric | 60 ft | 50 amp | 81 ft | 40 ftWeaver Creek Cutoff | $32–$34 | |
| LLOO | 021 | standard electric | 67 ft | 50 amp | 72 ft | 115 ftWeaver Creek Cutoff | $32–$34 | |
| LLOO | 022 | standard electric | 40 ft | 50 amp | 74 ft | 32 ftWeaver Creek Cutoff | $32–$34 | |
| LLOO | 023 | standard electric | 63 ft | 50 amp | 61 ft | 111 ftWeaver Creek Cutoff | $32–$34 | |
| LLOO | 024 | standard electric | 41 ft | 50 amp | 67 ft | 58 ftWeaver Creek Cutoff | $32–$34 | |
| LLOO | 025 | standard electric | 58 ft | 50 amp | 61 ft | 104 ftWeaver Creek Cutoff | $32–$34 | |
| LLOO | 026 | standard electric | 45 ft | 50 amp | 61 ft | 55 ftWeaver Creek Cutoff | $32–$34 | |
| LLOO | 027 | standard electric | 54 ft | 50 amp | 61 ft | 114 ftWeaver Creek Cutoff | $32–$34 | |
| LLOO | 028 | standard electric | 62 ft | 50 amp | 99 ft | 69 ftWeaver Creek Cutoff | $32–$34 | |
| LLOO | 029 | type not stated | 62 ft | 50 amp | 121 ftWeaver Creek Cutoff | |||
| LLOO | 030 | standard electric | 73 ft | 50 amp | 110 ft | 181 ftWeaver Creek Cutoff | $32–$34 | |
| LLOO | 031 | standard electric | 45 ft | 50 amp | 110 ft | 229 ftWeaver Creek Cutoff | $32–$34 | |
| LLOO | 032 | type not stated | 72 ft | 50 amp | 227 ft |
OpenStreetMap has no toilet mapped within 1 km of this campground, so no site here carries a toilet distance. That’s a gap in the map, not a finding about the campground.
25 of 92 listed
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
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Davis Lake CampgroundTombigbee National Forest · 27 miJamie L. Whitten Campground31 mi
Whitten Park31 mi
Pickensville CG (Pickensville AL)45 miFrom Highway 45 in Aberdeen. Mississippi, travel to the intersection of Commerce and Meridian Streets in the downtown area. From Commerce turn north on Meridian and cross a railroad track and a bridge. The recreation area is the first right turn after the bridge.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Aberdeen, MS
Typical weather
Typical October night 50°F, day 75°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical January night 31°F, below freezing. Bring a bag rated colder than that, and expect ice in the water bottle.
Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or more
A normal is the 1991-2020 average for the month, not a forecast: about half of all Julys are colder than the July line. The seven-day forecast above answers the other question.
The land, and who answers for it
who answers for it
Who answers for this land

Blue Bluff Campground (Aberdeen MS) is in Mississippi’s 1st congressional district. Its representative, Trent Kelly (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: D-. See every public-lands vote →