Kentucky Horse Park CG State Park, Lexington, KY

Date:  Sunday June 19 – Thursday June 23, 2016 (4 nights)

Rate:  $37/night

Website:  Kentucky Horse Park CG 
   4089 Iron Works Parkway
   Lexington, KY 40511
   859-259-4257

Description:  This is a large (260 sites) campground near I-75 and I-64 in Lexington.  The roads and sites are paved with all being 90* back-in and unlevel.  The sites are large W/E(50 A) but it feels more like a commercial park than a state park.  We stayed on site 22 with T&D on site 23.  There are a couple of playgrounds and bathhouses along with tennis, basketball and volleyball courts, and a large swimming pool.  There are large fields for overflow and primitive sites along with two double dump stations.  The cg is adjacent to the Kentucky Horse Park which is a large complex dedicated to everything horse such as museums and stadiums.  A competition had just completed when we arrived.

Trash and Recycle:  Dumpsters in the middle of each large loop for trash and only a few small bins for recycle (soda cans, bottles, plastic and paper).

Activities:  We had planned to bike the nearby Legacy Trail and enjoy some of the Horse Park but the four of us were either just getting over a bad cold or coming down with it.  We just relaxed and recuperated instead.

 

Beautiful ride in western Virginia on Hwy 58

 

Cumberland Gap Tunnel on Hwy 25E at TN/KY border

 

On site 22 with T&D on site 23                          Nice sized sites

 

Rolex Stadium at the Horse Park

 

Grounds at the Horse Park

Dog Creek CG (Nolin River Lake COE), Cub Run, KY

Date of Stay:  Sunday June 9 - Thursday June 13, 2013 (4 nights)

Rate:  $11/night (Access Pass discount)

Website:  Dog Creek CG
   890 Dog Creek Road
   Cub Run, KY 42729
   270-524-5454

Description:  Campground is about 20 miles from I-65 down some curvy, hilly roads.  No nearby grocery and no Verizon signal for phone or internet.  Paved roads and gravel sites.  Some tent sites without water or electric while some other sites have water and electric (some 30A and some 50A).  We were in waterfront site B22 which is ADA so we had a concrete pad and porch with 50A and water.  The lake is more like a river.

Activities:  There are many caves in this area but we spent a day at Mammoth Cave National Park and did the Mammoth Passage Tour.  It’s a dry cave so there aren’t very many formations but there are almost 400 miles of known passages.  We drove the back way to the Park which meant riding a small ferry over the Green River.  It only holds 3 cars.  Beautiful rolling hills in this countryside.  Tree limbs draped across the road in the National Park.  We would not be able to fit into the cg there.

Trash and Recycle:  Garbage bin near the exit (not a dumpster).  No recycle.

 

 

Site B22

 

Small ferry over the Green River at Mammoth Cave National Park

Pam and Gin at the Visitor Center

 

Historic Natural Entrance… looking in and looking out

 

Cave Country RV CG, Cave City, KY

Date of Stay:  Thursday June 6 - Sunday June 9, 2013 (3 nights)

Rate:  $34/night (Escapees discount)

Website:  Cave Country RV CG
   216 Gaunce Drive
   Cave City, KY 42127
   270-773-4678

Description:  Very nice and clean commercial park convenient to I-65 and Mammoth Cave National Park.  I enjoyed their relaxing landscaping and exercise equipment in the 24 hour lounge area of the office.  Separate clubhouse for small rallys.  We were in site 5 but they are all about the same.  Gravel roads and pads with FHU (50A) are great for big rigs.  Busy highway nearby but quiet at night.  Railroad tracks real close by also but not too busy.  Owners live on site in a nice doublewide.  Very clean restrooms and laundry in the office building.

Activities:  We celebrated Pam’s birthday at a local recommended restaurant (Sahara’s Steakhouse… great!).  Went into Bowling Green for the day and enjoyed a boat ride in Lost River Cave.  Lots of caves in the area but the small boat was unique.  Enjoyed the nice nature trails there and butterfly house.  Bowling Green is a pretty area with rolling hills.

Trash and Recycle:  Leave your trash bag by the campsite and it’s picked up by 10:00am.  They will also recycle your drink cans if they are bagged separately.

 

Site 5

 

Entry                                                Golf cart escort to your site

 

Great landscaping                                     Nice lounge area

 

Lost River Cave                                         Butterfly House

 

 

 

 

  

Fort Boonesborough State Park, Richmond, KY

Date of Stay:  Monday August 6 - Wednesday August 8, 2012 (2 nights)

Rate:  $25/night

Website:  Fort Boonesborough State Park (KY)
   4375 Boonesborough Road
   Richmond, KY 40475
   859-527-3131

Description:  About 160 sites on paved roads and parking pads.  Water and 50A although we shared a water pedestal with our neighbors Dan and Tricia.  Laundry in the bathhouse and dump station near the exit.  Putt putt is near the camp store and there is a nice swimming pool at the day use area.  We stayed in site 135 which was close to the Kentucky River.  There is an asphalt plant or something across the river but it can’t be seen due to the surrounded wooded areas.  This park is convenient to I-64 and I-75. 

Activities:  This was our last travel stop with Tricia and Dan so we enjoyed one of the nice features of this park which is the working Fort Boonesborough.  It’s a reconstruction of the 1775 fort established by Daniel Boone.  There were several artisans showing us how things were done in pioneer days.  We also enjoyed a nice ride in the countryside amongst the rolling hills.

Trash and Recycle:  Dumpsters near the bathhouses.  No recycling noticed.

 

 

Enjoying the air conditioned displays at Fort Boonesborough