Forum Discussion
- RoyBExplorer IIIf you are referring to the Mammoth Caves National Park NW of Bowling Green KY they have several camp grounds inside the park. Use GOOGLE MAP SEARCH for CAMPGROUNDS to get the names and locations of the various camp grounds...
Roy Ken - PawPaw_n_GramExplorerAll of the NPS campgrounds in Mammoth Cave NP are dry camping.
Diamond Caverns will probably be the physically closest. But only a couple miles or so are three more RV parks - Singing Hills, Mammoth Cave Jellystone and Cave City RV. - Hiking_HunterExplorer
RoyB wrote:
Be careful if you select one inside the park. Don't rely on a GPS to get you to one of the inside CGs - I did several years ago and found myself trying to cross a small river on a ferry (that couldn't take the fifth wheel)! To make matters worse, the ferry was at the end of a road with no turn around! Scope out your route ahead of time. I wish I could tell you the road, but I've slept too many times since then. Just consult a map before following your GPS in this area. Seems like the GPS got me in the area, then I started following signs to the CG.
If you are referring to the Mammoth Caves National Park NW of Bowling Green KY they have several camp grounds inside the park. Use GOOGLE MAP SEARCH for CAMPGROUNDS to get the names and locations of the various camp grounds... - Rangerman40ExplorerWe stayed at Cave Country RV park in Cave City. As far as convenience goes the further you get from 65 the less convenient it is to anything. If I remember correctly it was a 15min drive to Mammoth Cave Park from the campground.
- RoyBExplorer IIBoth this area and the Land Between the lakes have been on my bucket list for awhile now... I have TENT camped at Land Between The Lakes before but not in my OFF-ROAD POPUP trailer...
Being Native Southern Illinois with family ties to the infamous HORSECREEKERs of that area I should have camped more in these areas... I grew up on land in Jefferson County Ill that the Illinois Rend Lake gobbled up when it was built - have only driven through that area around all of the great camping spots that was created.
What happens when you leave your home towns following the working years I guess... Can't complain too much as this area has many great camping spots for my style of camping up and down the Skyline Drive and Blue Ridge parkway. It really gets pretty camping behind Harrisonburg VA up along the wooded and unmarked VA/WVA state line border...
Love those dry camping spots...
We love to back our trailer into a small opening in the woods somewhere along the Natl Forest Service Roads and blend in with the Birds and the Squirrles haha...
Roy Ken - AdirondackJackExplorerWe stay at Singing Hills when we travel down 65. Decent amenities, close to everything and nice people.
- RRinNFlaExplorerOne of my first great RV experiences was staying at Singing Hills in 2005. The owner was "Oscar" Sullivan who had been a Grand Old Opry regular in the 1940's. Oscar passed in 2012, and I don't know if the campground stayed in the family. A prior post said that the current owners were nice people, too. I would stay there again.
- dapperdanExplorer
AdirondackJack wrote:
We stay at Singing Hills when we travel down 65. Decent amenities, close to everything and nice people.
We just stayed there this last April, very convenient to the cave. The people that run it are very nice. We would stay there again if we're in the area again.
Dan - dodge_guyExplorer III think the closest other than the NP campground is the Jellystone. There is another one just before it, but most of them are within a mile of each other!
- Rangerman40Explorer
dodge guy wrote:
I think the closest other than the NP campground is the Jellystone. There is another one just before it, but most of them are within a mile of each other!
I think you are right. CaveCountry RV park is about a mile or so back on the other side of 65. The little diner at the top of the hill from Jellystone is pretty good!
About Campground 101
Recommendations, reviews, and the inside scoop from fellow travelers.14,716 PostsLatest Activity: Oct 15, 2013