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suprz
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Jul 21, 2016

Closest campground to mammoth caves KY

Going to mammoth caves KY in sept and need to find the closest campground for convenience. Thx!
  • We 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.
  • RoyB wrote:
    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...
    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.
  • All 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.
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    RoyB
    Explorer II
    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...

    Roy Ken

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