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DiaperDude
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Dec 27, 2013

Campgrounds near Owensboro KY

My wife, daughter and I are planning to travel in the near future to see family in Owensboro, KY. In the past we stayed with my wife's parents, but they recently downsized and moved into a townhouse. We had always talked about taking the camper, but now have more of a reason to than ever. So, does anyone have experience with a good, clean campground in the Owensboro area that is open during the winter? We normally stay in state campgrounds. So, we can easily get by on electric hook up only as long as we have access to a shower house. We definitely don't have issues with full hook up, but don't necessarily have to have full hookup either. Any words of advice on where to stay, or perhaps more importantly where not to stay, would be greatly appreciated.
  • We live in owensboro. You have a few choices. There is Diamond Lakes, about 14 miles from Owensboro, nice rv park, full hook ups. There is also Windy Hollow rv Campround, that's about 10 miles from town. They have just offered year round camping. I've never stayed there. They also have full hook ups.

    There is also a campground just across the bridge in Reo, ind. called Oak Ridge Campground. Not sure if it's open during the winter but they also have fhu's.

    Here are the numbers;

    Diamond Lakes. 270-229-4900
    Windy Hollow. 270-785-4150
    Oak Ridge Campground 812-649-5330

    Good luck and enjoy Owensboro and don't over eat at the Moonlite.
  • Kentucky Rambler - thank you for the recos! These are very helpful and the phone numbers are awesome.
  • We stayed the weekend at Diamond Lake Resort. The RV park was very nice. It looked like there was plenty to do during the on season (water slide, bumper boats, paddle boats, go carts, swimming pool, etc). They were very reasonably priced for a full hook up site with access to a heated bath house and laundry facility during the off season. The site was about 20 min from the in-laws house, which is much closer than the 3 hours we live from them.

    Once again thank you for the reco from Kentucky Rambler!