We will be driving through Kentucky and looking for someplace to stay for a couple days. We will have just spent a week in the Smokie Mountains and on our way to Northeast Ohio. It will be in early June.We'd like something like a state or national park where we can enjoy being outdoors. We were considering maybe Mammoth Cave or Daniel Boone areas, but are open to other suggestions.

We stayed at Mammoth Cave for a few nights last September. The sites were very large and in the woods-- really nice, I thought. We were able to walk from the camground to the visitor's center to pick up the cave tours. If you like horses, you should consider a stop at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington. The campground adjacent to the KHP isn't exciting-- I mean, it has all the amenities you would want, but the sites are close together. It's the Kentucky Horse Park itself that's worth staying for-- a VERY well done museum. We spent the entire day there and had to go back the next morning to finish it up before we left.

http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5294940.pdfthis might help.

Mammoth Cave NP has a nice wooded CG (no hookups, unless they added them since we were there). Not quite what you were asking about, but if you have horse lovers with you, you might consider Kentucky Horse Park near Lexington. Nice clean CG - paved sites with grass between, electric & water hookups, etc. - and a great park adjacent dedicated to all things horse, including many of the live kind to see & admire.

We are originally from Southern Illinois and when making our yearly trips back to the homeland we would pass the Land Between The Lakes area in the NW Corner of Kentucky.Always wanted to stay there but since it was so close to our destination never did...Looks like a neat NATURE TYPE camping experience... Probably not near your planned route to OHIO however...All of our roads go through Gatlingburg and the Smoky Mtns. We stay at ELKMONT most of the time and when we want to be around the shopping crowd we will stay at Riveredge RV Park in Pigeon Forge. Roy Ken

Do a search for Red River Gorge. It is one of the most beautiful areas we have been to. I would highly recommend it. I can't remember the Campground we stayed at I think it was Clear Creek or something like that. Great area for hiking!

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kknowlton
Explorer II
Apr 28, 2015
Mammoth Cave NP has a nice wooded CG (no hookups, unless they added them since we were there).

Not quite what you were asking about, but if you have horse lovers with you, you might consider Kentucky Horse Park near Lexington. Nice clean CG - paved sites with grass between, electric & water hookups, etc. - and a great park adjacent dedicated to all things horse, including many of the live kind to see & admire.
sdianel_-acct_c
Explorer
Apr 28, 2015
http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5294940.pdf

this might help.
Honeybee8888
Explorer
Apr 28, 2015
We stayed at Mammoth Cave for a few nights last September. The sites were very large and in the woods-- really nice, I thought. We were able to walk from the camground to the visitor's center to pick up the cave tours.

If you like horses, you should consider a stop at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington. The campground adjacent to the KHP isn't exciting-- I mean, it has all the amenities you would want, but the sites are close together. It's the Kentucky Horse Park itself that's worth staying for-- a VERY well done museum. We spent the entire day there and had to go back the next morning to finish it up before we left.

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