Piney Grove Campground
Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway · Mississippi · 138 sites
Photos: Recreation.gov
Overview
Piney Grove Campground is a US Army Corps of Engineers campground in Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway, Mississippi, with 138 sites. Very shady: nearly every site is under trees. Verizon and AT&T report coverage at every site; T-Mobile at 18 of 138.
137 of 138 sites shaded
0 of 138 sites in full sun
0 of 138 sites with clear sky
Map of the campground
Every site from the Recreation.gov listing. Choose a layer to see it across the campground; tap a site to open it in Roam.
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Questions
Which sites at Piney Grove Campground are the shadiest?
Nearly all of them. 137 of 138 sites at Piney Grove Campground have good shade from the trees, including from the hot afternoon sun.
See the tree canopy in RoamWhich sites at Piney Grove Campground get the most sun?
None are truly sunny; the sunniest still have trees over most of the site.
See the tree canopy in RoamWill Starlink work at Piney Grove Campground?
Hard. No site has a fully clear gap; 5 have a partial one where Starlink may drop out. Satellite texting on a phone needs less open sky, but still works best from the most open spot you can find. This is our estimate from tree heights — check with the Starlink app's obstruction check when you arrive.
See the tree canopy in RoamWhich sites at Piney Grove Campground are the most level?
12 of 138 sites are flat, and 38 more have a gentle slope most RVs can level with blocks; 88 are steeper, better for tents. Sites that take RVs or trailers fit rigs up to 80 ft.
See the slope at each site in RoamDoes Piney Grove Campground have cell service?
Mostly. Verizon and AT&T report coverage at every site; T-Mobile at 18 of 138. That's the coverage each carrier reports to the FCC, not a measured signal, so under trees or below a ridge it can be weaker.
See the coverage map in RoamWhen is the best time to see fall color at Piney Grove Campground?
October. In a typical year the leaves around Piney Grove Campground are at their best in mid-October, though any one fall can run a week or two early or late. Much of the forest here stays green, so expect color in patches. Roam’s fall foliage map shows how far the color has come this week, free every September through November.
See this week’s fall color in RoamWhat’s the weather like at Piney Grove Campground in October?
In October, expect highs around 75°F and lows around 49°F, with about 3.9 inches of rain over the month. Every month’s averages are in Roam Premium.
Open Piney Grove in RoamCampground facts
- Sites
- 138
- Kinds
- 138 for RVs or trailers
- Hookups
- 138 with electric
- Longest rig
- 80 ft
- Accessible
- 2 sites
- Elevation
- 418–453 ft
- Every site
- Pets allowed · Check-in 4 PM, check-out 3 PM
- Managed by
- US Army Corps of Engineers
- Booking
- Reserve on Recreation.gov
How we know Sources and limits
Shade, sun and Starlink are our estimates from Meta and the World Resources Institute’s canopy-height model (about 2 m pixels, from satellite imagery calibrated with space lidar; CC BY 4.0). From 2 m above each site we trace 72 lines out to 60 m and note the tallest tree in each direction. Shade counts trees overhead, the canopy within 30 m and how much of the afternoon sky is blocked. Sun counts how open the southern sky is. Starlink needs open sky above 35°, with the northern half counted twice because US dishes tilt north, and we keep the best spot within 8 m of the site’s post. The model sees tree heights only, not trunks, buildings or hills, so check with the Starlink app when you arrive.
Slope is the ground at each site’s post over about 4 m, from USGS 3DEP 1 m lidar: level under 2%, gentle to 4% (most rigs level on blocks), sloped to 8% (fine for a tent), steep beyond.
Cell coverage is from the FCC Broadband Data Collection (carrier filings as downloaded May 2026): each site is tested against each carrier’s modelled outdoor 4G/5G coverage. It is what the carriers report, not a measured signal.
Fall color is the typical peak from NASA’s MODIS satellite record of when leaves change (2001–2023), limited to deciduous and mixed forest with USGS land cover (NLCD), calibrated to the USA National Phenology Network’s ground reports of colored leaves (CC BY 4.0). It is an average of many autumns, so the page gives a window, not a date.
Weather is NOAA’s 1991–2020 climate normals for the campground. Sites and facts are from Recreation.gov’s open data (July 2026). Map imagery: USGS The National Map. Photos: Recreation.gov.
From the campground’s Recreation.gov listing: “Each of the 141 sites come with electric hookups, a lantern post, impact pad, campfire ring and picnic table. The park also has a playground, and two multi-use courts. The Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway extends 234 miles from the Tennessee River to the junction of the Tombigbee River in Alabama. The man-made waterway connects the nation's midsection of commercial water transportation with the Gulf of Mexico. The Tenn-Tom Waterway is the largest earth moving project in the history of the world! The Tenn-Tom Waterway has 180,000 acres of public land waiting for you to explore.”
Page data as of October 15, 2026. Full source notes are in each layer’s info in the app.