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Shelbyville, Kentucky Campgrounds
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8 Good
Lake Shelby Campground
1433 Burks Branch Rd Shelbyville, Kentucky 40065 (map) | Click To View Phone
Sites: 10 | Recent Rate: $$$$ |
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Pull-Thru SitesPool AccessBig Rig AccessPets Allowed-lake Waterfront AccessTents AllowedReviews of Lake Shelby Campground
Rating: 6 8 10 8 9 Clean Restrooms: Clean Showers: Hard to rate. Great if you like rustic. It's affordable and peaceful, but there are lots of bugs, restrooms are dated, it's 30 amp only, there's no sewer (except site 1), and the "dump station" is a challenge to use. Trails were so overgrown as to be unusable. Pads are extensions off the edge of the parking lot/boat ramp. The online registration will allow you to park a 45' rig on a 15' pad, so use your best judgement. I think sites 2-5 are 15' long and the rest are 20', but you can hang off both ends a few feet. On the other hand there is usually availability, AT&T and Verizon worked well, and despite all the trees I could get satellite. Staff stop by often and everyone was super nice. - Keeping up with the Joneses
This is a nice county park just a few miles from town. I was in the area to visit an old friend so the location was perfect. Facilities are older, but not run down, it looks like they do their best to keep the place up. The campground is small with a limited amount of camping pads. I got the impression that it is mostly used by locals for weekend camping. - Mark Ford
View more reviews and a full list of amenities for Lake Shelby Campground »We stayed in this lovely little campground for a week and had a peaceful, relaxing stay. The park managers were hard working, very helpful and accommodating. The sounds of the waterfall over the dam and geese calling to each other was more than we expected on this trip but coupled with the Kentucky hospitality of our hosts at the park, by far one of our greatest trips. This Michigan family is impressed! Try it! You will like it! - Georgeann
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7.8 Good
Guist Creek Marina and Campground
11990 Boat Dock Rd Shelbyville, Kentucky 40065 (map) | Click To View Phone
Sites: 0 | Recent Rate: $$$$ |
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Rating: 7 6 9 9 Clean Restrooms: Clean Showers: A little bit out of the way for an overnight stop, but it filled the bill. It must fill up in the summer with campers who enjoy boating and hanging out on the weekends. The sites are in a grass field with good hookups for each. Since the sites are on grass, there is some rutting at the sites and the dump station. The man doing the check in was friendly and helpful. The restroom/shower room was clean. We avoided the first turn to that leads up to the campground from the marina (a bit steep and between trees) and went the long way around towards the back of the campground. - LatLongJohn
Don't follow the GPS, it will try to take you through a subdivision. Follow the brown signs once you get into town; they take you straight to it. The interior road was narrow with speed bumps, so while big rigs could get in there, it wasn't the easiest to navigate. It was super muddy, and made for difficult entry/exit of the rv. There was a very 'nature' smell everywhere - okay, it smelled like dog poop. Our rig was too big to use the dump station; couldn't make the curve into the pullout. - DaBlairs
View more reviews and a full list of amenities for Guist Creek Marina and Campground »We were in site 12 and it was spacious and very close to a nice playground, great for our toddlers and our space was big enough to throw frisbee to our two medium size dogs. Nice neighbors. Only rating at 9 because when it rained and it got super muddy but I guess campground can't keep the rain away. - TravelingSnook
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8.2 Good
Taylorsville Lake State Park Campground 12.67 miles SW
1320 Park Rd Taylorsville, Kentucky 40046 (map) | Click To View Phone
Sites: 70 | Recent Rate: $$$$ |
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Pull-Thru SitesPool AccessBig Rig AccessPets AllowedWaterfront AccessTents AllowedReviews of Taylorsville Lake State Park Campground
Rating: 8 10 6 9 8 Clean Restrooms: Clean Showers: We love state parks, and this one was quite nice. Our site (#33) had water and electric and those worked well. We had a clear shot of the sky for our roof-mounted satellite. Our Verizon signal was quite wonky, so we added to use our booster. It is a good spot to use as a base camp for seeing the sights in Louisville and Frankfort. NOTE: When making reservations, it shows that site 33 only has 30 amp electric.....there is BOTH 30 and 50 amp electric at this site. - henny38
We stayed here to visit Louisville & Lexington... that is about a 45 minute drive for each location - too and from so keep that in mind. The site was gravel and mostly flat, easy back in. The park was empty on the M,T,W but fills up for the weekend. There is a boatramp that is very well used. Site was large and quiet. - rbrown5305
View more reviews and a full list of amenities for Taylorsville Lake State Park Campground »The bathrooms needed a good longer power wash with bleach. The park has big spaces and paved roads. Overall we liked our stay except for the bathrooms. Hopefully it was just the time of year. - Quintin
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1 Terrible
Taylorsville RV Park and Boat Storage 12.82 miles SW
11 Hunter Rd Taylorsville, Kentucky 40071 (map) | Click To View Phone
Sites: 89 | Recent Rate: $$$$ |
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Rating: 1 Clean Restrooms: Clean Showers: View more reviews and a full list of amenities for Taylorsville RV Park and Boat Storage »We have been coming here for a couple of years now. I feel like it has gone downhill recently. Rates have gone up, yet there isn't anything more that this place offers. They have two pools, but they have never worked. We are told every year "next year" the pools will work. I feel for what they are charging now they should be offering more. We have camped at Labor Day the last two years and each trip the power kept going out. My friend was even told by the managers that they thought someone was "messing with us", which makes no sense. Also told that we can only have four people on the site and it is $10 more per person above four people. Funny though because the rules given to me at check in clearly state six people. Seems like they are trying to nickle and dime the customers. And, on top of this, the management there got quite rude to my friends that we camped with - check out the campground's Facebook page and look at their responses to a "no star review" and see if that is how you wish to be treated at a place that you are trying to RELAX! From now on, we will be driving past this and on to the state park. My family and the three families that we camp with will never stay here again. Absolutely horrible customer service. - Laura Bond
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8 Good
Kentucky River Campground 20.12 miles E
1489 Steele Branch Rd Frankfort, Kentucky 40601 (map) | Click To View Phone
Sites: 107 | Recent Rate: $$$$ |
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Rating: 8 Clean Restrooms: Clean Showers: View more reviews and a full list of amenities for Kentucky River Campground »Great park down by the Kentucky River. Great friendly people. Sites are tight but then they are at most private campgrounds. No pull through sites. Great river access for swimming, kayaking etc. Close to downtown. Frankfort and 1/2 hour from many bourbon distilleries on the bourbon trail. West 6 Farm brewery is 2 miles away. - dmgogin
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6.5 Good
Still Waters Campground 21.44 miles E
249 Strohmeier Rd Frankfort, Kentucky 40601 (map) | Click To View Phone
Sites: 50 | Recent Rate: $$$$ |
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Rating: 6 7 Clean Restrooms: Clean Showers: This is a nice campground about 10 miles outside of Frankfort KY. Initial impressions were that the grounds were somewhat "aged" but after paying and heading to the site, the actual grounds are very nice. They are back quite a bit from the office and well maintained, quiet and pleasant. Our only issue was that the electric spiked high voltage every evening around 7:00. This caused our EMS to shut down the electric to our coach and start the inverter to protect our system. The length of time varied each day. We had good Verizon cell and air card coverage. The owners were very pleasant. We would return if in the area. - Gypsy Turtles
View more reviews and a full list of amenities for Still Waters Campground »Rate reflects a weekly rate. This is a gem located north of Frankfort on the Kentucky River at the mouth of the Elkhorn Creek. Entry can be misleading as you cross a single-lane bridge on pavement and then transition to gravel. The area around the office and the storage area are a bit unkempt, but as you are escorted to your site you round the bend and see a beautiful, unspoiled meadow. All roads are gravel and single lane but courtesy makes traversing them no problem. We requested a site for our satellite and had no problem connecting. However, many sites are in the shade so be sure to request an open site if that is important to you. The full-hook-up sites have many seasonals but their campsites are neat. The hook-ups are conveniently located and easily accessed. The sites are gravel surrounded with grass. This is not a resort but if you like a state park atmosphere with full hook-ups, you'll enjoy Still Waters. There are also two primitive areas and water/electric only sites available for RVs and tents with a dump station on the grounds. There are no trains, no highway noises, no city lights. Frisbee golf,fishing, hiking, volleyball and a lots of wide open spaces for the kids to run are located on the grounds as well as canoe rentals available at the concession in the campground. Probably could be busy/zoo on a summer/holiday weekend or if there's a company picnic on the grounds, but during the week it is an oasis. Located about 10 miles north of Frankfort, Still Waters is close enough to access all the sightseeing available in the area. Would definitely return again. - Here4Now
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7.8 Good
Elkhorn Campground 23.1 miles E
165 N Scruggs Ln Frankfort, Kentucky 40601 (map) | Click To View Phone
Sites: 125 | Recent Rate: $$$$ |
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Pull-Thru SitesPool AccessBig Rig AccessPets Allowed-stream Waterfront AccessTents AllowedReviews of Elkhorn Campground
Rating: 8 1 6 6 8 Clean Restrooms: Clean Showers: We stayed here to visit the Ark and creation museum. It's a bit far away but closer places didn't have as good reviews. Worked just fine. Friendly check in. Clean park. Looked like lots to keep small kids busy. Internal spaces were tight getting into/out of, looked like outer spaces were roomier. Packed over the weekend, not so much during the week. Wi-Fi was ok, water pressure was great. Would stay again. - Travelers4
I don't know where the good reviews came from but our experience here was horrible and over priced for just water and elec. I wouldn't ever stay here again . For 37.00 a nite I would rather go to a KOA - Lazy Jack
View more reviews and a full list of amenities for Elkhorn Campground »This park is hard to rate because the sites differ so much. We had a back in site with no sewer for 5 days (made it through no problem). After the 2nd day we could have moved to a full service site but the office would not let us. It was over a 100 degrees for most days but the pool was never open must close after Labor Day no flexibility. Some sites have gravel and others are asphalt, some sites have grass others have none. The river is nice that runs through the park and they gave us a site that we where able to get satellite (with no guarantees). They charge 3% for CC use, first time in over 250 CG no big deal but just cheap. The turn off the road is narrow and very busy be warned. The CG is well located to see the horse and bourbon sites and that is the major plus for staying here. If you get the right site it may rate higher. - sjones
