The Best in Tent Camping: Kentucky: A Guide for Car Campers Who Hate RVs, Concrete Slabs, and Loud Portable Stereos (Best Tent Camping)

The Best in Tent Camping: Kentucky: A Guide for Car Campers Who Hate RVs, Concrete Slabs, and Loud Portable Stereos (Best Tent Camping)

Johnny Molloy

Language: English

Pages: 192

ISBN: 0897326091

Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub


Packed with lakes, rolling hills, and rugged bluffs, The Best in Tent Camping: Kentucky profiles the best campgrounds in the Bluegrass State. Whether it’s camping in well-known destinations such as Mammoth Cave or the Daniel Boone National Forest or enjoying hidden gems such as the campsites at Wax, the scenery will not fail to please the eye. From Kingdom Come State Park with its incredible mountain views to Land Between the Lakes, a national recreation area, Kentucky spells paradise for tent campers.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

out of little valleys to a decent view from the McCoy Hollow campsite. The Wet Prong Loop is a great springtime wildflower walk. And Blue Springs is a scenic spot along this circuit. Head over to Good Spring Church, preserved from pioneer days, and make the Good Springs Loop. You will be surprised at the ruggedness of the overall terrain. This 10-mile loop is an all-day affair. If watery adventures are your idea of fun, try the Green River. You can ride a tour boat on the Green near the park’s

thunderstorms that sometimes roll across this part of the Bluegrass State. A small streamlet flows toward the lake amid the shaded picnic tables. If you follow this stream uphill, you will soon meet a waterfall that is more impressive following such thunderstorms. Waitsboro is oriented toward families and lake lovers. Campers tie their boats to the shoreline at their campsites or use the courtesy ramp and dock. Swimmers enjoy the water along the shoreline below the campground. The facility is at

the Towers, a large rock prominence around which Russell Fork flows, from the Towers Trail. I stop here every time I come to the Breaks. You will see Russell Fork frothing and crashing in a foam of whitewater 1,000 feet below. Then find your campsite—you will be less picky because you will want to tackle some of the park trails to find more beauty. Enjoy more views from Overlook Trail, or head down to Russell Fork itself via the River Trail. Numerous other short paths form a network of trails

the water to find two isolated sites right on the lake (boaters claim these early). Pass the boat ramp and boater parking area, and come to an unlikely loop on an ultrasteep hill. Here are two sites on a bluff with great water views. But make sure to stake your tent down, or you might take a tumble down the bluff. (Note: These sites are not suitable for kids.) Swing around and climb higher on the hill to a couple more sites on a more reasonable slope. The sites themselves have been leveled.

name from the Nolin River, which is impounded to form the lake. The name Nolin comes from early area settlers who were overnighting on the river. A young girl named Lynn wandered away from the riverside camp and became lost; other members of the group looked for her to no avail, returning to camp day after day uttering the words “no Lynn.” (The father, after giving up on Lynn, died of a broken heart.) You will not want to wander away from Dog Creek Campground, with its many lakeside sites

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