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Best Tent Sites Near Frenchburg, KY (11)
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Red River Gorge Campground
Slade, Kentucky22 Reviews124 Photos363 SavesRed River Gorge Campground is known for its picturesque surroundings and range of outdoor activities. The campground is located in the heart of Red River Gorge, a geological wonderland with soaring sandstone cliffs, natural arches and deep gorges. The area is popular with hikers, climbers and outdoor enthusiasts, offering numerous trails for all levels of experience, as well as opportunities for rock climbing, kayaking and fishing. Red River Gorge Campground provides a one-of-a-kind camping experience in Kentucky.
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- Electric Hookups
- Phone Service
- Reservable
- ADA Access
$10 / night
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Red River Gorge Retreats (Miguel's Pizza)
Slade, Kentucky19 Reviews36 Photos81 Saves- Pets
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- Electric Hookups
- Phone Service
- Reservable
- ADA Access
$14 / night
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The Ole Cornfield
Salt Lick, Kentucky8 Reviews32 Photos52 SavesLocal Family Owned & Operated est.2012 Riverside Campground RV & Tent Camping 50amp, 30amp, 110v NEW Bathhouse Kayak/Canoe Rental & Shuttle Service
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- Electric Hookups
- Phone Service
- Reservable
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Red River Gorge Adventures
Slade, Kentucky8 Reviews43 Photos93 SavesThe campground is on 10 acres of tree lined frontage on the Red River. There is a mix of trees/shade and open fields. It is a primitive campground, meaning that there are no power hook-ups or running water. There is an excellent canoe/kayak take-out. It's location in the heart of the Gorge makes it the perfect place for riverside camping and provides access to hiking trails.
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- Phone Service
- Reservable
- ADA Access
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- Group
$8 - $20 / night
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Daniel Boone National Forest White Sulphur Horse Camp
Salt Lick, Kentucky1 Review3 Photos5 Saves- Pets
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- Equestrian
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HomeGrown HideAways
Bighill, Kentucky3 Reviews22 Photos44 SavesYou can spend a weekend in our Treehouse Yurt, experience comfort and seclusion in our Yome Away From Home, park your RV, pitch your tent, or hang your hammock.
We are also available for your wedding, retreat, reunion, fundraiser, or festival.
We are a farm in the mountains so be prepared to encounter INSECTS (mosquitoes, ticks, chiggers), WILDLIFE (deer, turkey, snakes, toads, and dare we mention the bear track we spotted one spring?), WEATHER (hot, cold, rain, snow), TOXIC PLANTS (poison ivy, stinging nettle, wild mushrooms), just to name a few.
We DO NOT have internet or cell service, though we do have a phone for emergency use (trust us, your "people" aren't out here). Instead, we do encourage other forms of entertainment: instruments, hiking shoes, fishing poles, bubbles, hula hoops, etc.
We also DO NOT have trash service. We will have recycling bins set up for plastic, cans, paper, and compost for your food waste, but plan to take your trash with you when you leave. We will have extra bags for those that forget. We also encourage you to bring your own dishes & cutlery to minimize excess trash as well.
You're always welcome to try our home line before 9pm at 859.Yum.Dirt (986.3478), but the best way to catch us (usually) is via email at Jessa@HomeGrownHideAways.org.
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- Reservable
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- Yurts
$15 - $75 / night
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White Sulphur Horse Only Camp
Be the first to review!Salt Lick, KentuckyWhite Sulphur Horse Camp, located near Cave Run Lake on the Cumberland Ranger District, is developed as a primitive campground for horseback riders. The camp provides access to over 50 miles of multiple-use trails winding along forested hills and limestone ridges. Ideal for individual riders as well as organized groups, the facilities at the horse camp bring riders into the heart of the Daniel Boone National Forest, the Pioneer Weapons Wildlife Management Area, and the Sheltowee Trace National Recreation Trail. View information about Cave Run Lake Nonmotorized Trails for horseback riding, mountain biking and hiking around Cave Run Lake. Make this page look nicer by submitting photos of your visit to this campground. Learn more... Cave Run Lake area map The parking area can accommodate up to 30 vehicles with a trailer, up to 50 feet long. Picket lines and a watering trough are available for horses. The campground has no electricity.
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Free Spirit Homestead
Be the first to review!Morehead, Kentucky2 SavesHey y'all,
Here at the Free Spirit Homestead we encourage visitors to fully immerse themselves into the homestead lifestyle. However, if you are just looking for a beautiful spot to camp for a night and just relax, we're that spot too.
Hang by the firepit, hike trails through our beautiful woods, & don't forget to pet Gemma the goat!
We have a couple primitive sites around a large communal firepit in our lower field, on on top of our "mountain ", which is about a 3/4 mile hike in the woods. It is beautiful! We have backpacking/hammock sites throughout 44acres of woods.
We also have optional foraging hikes/plant medicine hikes we put on for anyone interested in learning! Let us know.
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$15 / night
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Recent Tent Reviews In Frenchburg
540 Reviews of 11 Frenchburg Campgrounds
Clear Creek Rec Area
Beautiful creek
Pros: Beautiful little creek. Well spaced sites. Low usage. Some sites are long. Nice hiking trails from campsite. Most sites are shaded.
Cons: Close to a moderately used road.
Pit toilets, picnic tables, gravel pads.
Natural Bridge Campground
A lot to do
There is so much to do nearby. Awesome stores and adventures. Campground has WiFi, fishing for kids, and is in a great location.
Whittleton Campground — Natural Bridge State Resort Park
Quiet, scenic campground!
Perfect for a quick one night stay while traveling! Reasonable, nice site backed up to a babbling stream. Short walk to bathroom with shower! Short walk w/ my dog on the trails before heading back on the road!
Kentucky Horse Park Campground
Very nice!
Just stopped for one night late in the afternoon and was easy to get off the interstate. Very nice grounds, clean restrooms, and quiet
Paintsville Lake State Park Campground
My new favorite for Eastern Kentucky
It didn’t get better for Trent camping within a two hour radius. I finally made it here and will be back.
Carter Caves State Resort Park
State Park with Abundance of Nature
A very nice state park with an abundance of natural resources surrounding the campground. There are many hiking options, some that explore the various caves around the grounds. The caves themselves are quite the treat.
The staff are all very friendly and there are camping sites for tents or rigs. However, like many state parks that have not been updated, navigating into some of the spots with a large rig can be challenging. On the one hand, this is nice as there are mature trees throughout. On the other hand, they could increase the size / length of the existing campsites. There is a nice playground and a camp store for any items you have forgotten.
The lodge is available down the road (within the state park) for dinner if you are looking to mix up the trip. Not fine dining, but decent food. There is also a pool available at a discounted rate for campers - which our kids enjoyed. Note: there are no full hookup sites, which is not uncommon for KY State Parks.
Oh! Kentucky RV Park & Campground
Family friendly
We have stayed here many times. Very clean campground.the staff is helpful and friendly. The shower and bathrooms have always been clean . Just wish that they had a fenced in dog park
Turkey Foot Campground
Excellent find in the woods!
Found the perfect spot for our trailer and our friends car camping. Clean vault toilets. Each site has fire ring and picnic table. Pack in pack out even though some didn’t get the memo yet park service was there in the morning to clean. Limited to no cell service.
Zilpo Campground
Beautiful campground
Quiet, less utilized campground on Cave Run Lake. Campsites have more privacy and are more primitive. There is a bathhouse, but it is not regularly maintained. This campground is perfect for kayaking and fishing. Some of the campsites have private beaches.
Grayson Lake State Park Campground
Very beautiful
This place is very beautiful first and foremost. You can fish, rent boats and kayaks. Also the hiking isn’t to bad! They even have tennis courts and a small water park.
Koomer Ridge Campground — Daniel Boone National Forest
Very nice campground
We camped here over the weekend in a double campsite. It was very spacious and clean. The site had 2 picnic tables, 2 lantern poles, and and a fire pit. Everything was leveled, so the tent set up was really easy. The campground is very well maintained. Some sites have stairs in order to reach the tent pads. There is a bathhouse with flushing toilets and nice showers. They also have pit toilets, which I never used. There are several trails, that start from the campground. The area is absolutely stunning, but it was extremely hot, so we couldn't do too much hiking. But the plan is to return in fall.
Carter Caves State Resort Park
Nice park
Level site. Staff cleans the bathhouse every hour.
Woodstock Campground
Our fave primitive camp in the RRG!
We LOVE Woodstock! Such a beautiful, open, peaceful property and each site has its own handmade benches and firepit. Literally right off the road for Red River Gorge so you’re 10 minutes from creation falls, sky bridge, chimney top rock, etc. Also right down the road from Sky Station and The Brick for beers, ice cream and coffee. Also just 15 minutes from the amazing Muir Valley climbing area. Literally couldn’t ask for a better location for a weekend in RRG. Not to mention how peaceful it is, away from the hustle and bustle of the other camps in Slade.
Ronnie is the kindest host, very considerate and welcoming. He helped us when we pulled in to guide our big rig to the best spot (35 foot camper). He has tent sites and space for RVs but it is primitive camping so be prepared - no water or bathrooms available. Oh and cash only!
We can’t wait to be back. Thanks Ronnie!
Wildcat Camping and Fishing
Very Nice Place
We have been here for a little over a month now. Nice level gravel sites with grass around them. Full hookups 30/50A at each site. Wifi. Could accommodate at least 40+ foot 5th wheels. There is a paylake with small shelter areas, playground, horseshoe pit, game room, community gathering area, store with snacks, drinks, tackle and other items. There are restrooms, but no showers or laundry. Beautiful area. About 11 miles to Paintsville, which has all the stores you'd need. Some closer convenience stores. Johnny and Regina, the owners, couldn't be any nicer. Very good monthly rates. Can receive mail and packages.
Middle Fork Campground — Natural Bridge State Resort Park
Well Maintained Campground in RRG
We stayed here while some of our group did some rock climbing in the area. The camp staff was super helpful and offered to rearrange a few sites that were open so that our tents would fit better. It was during the week, so not all of the sites were full which gave him some flexibility. Some of the sites in the RV area are pretty small so do some checking when you select.
Natural Bridge Campground
Okay
Sites are okay. We had one with trees so got some shade. Staff is friendly. The restrooms didn’t get cleaned the entire 5 nights we were here. The floor was swept but the same dead fly on the sink was there all week too. There are only 2 men’s and two women’s shower/toilet rooms for the entire camp. During the week it was not an issue but the place got full on Friday night and having two toilets for each sec is not a good plan, especially if two men want to shower leaving no men’s facilities until they’re done. Probably would not return.
Zilpo Campground
Wonderfully Quite Place
Stay 6 nights, very peaceful and quite place, this time of year! Campground empty, no one there. Beautiful sites, large, all fine gravel and paved pull offs, very nice! Bathrooms could use a update, easily Lot’s of bug in May, but huge amount of ticks 🕷️ Campground sets back off main road about 10 miles, so no traffic noise at all. Has boat lunch, beach, camp store, 2 dump stations, 7 loops host at most of them, very nice people. We had great time, will defiantly be back to stay again!
Koomer Ridge Campground — Daniel Boone National Forest
Excellent little campground!
One of the best forest service campgrounds I’ve stayed in. Beautiful and well maintained, lots of great hiking trails leaving directly from campground.
A lot of sites are too slanted for a van or RV, but amazing for tent camping. If you’re staying in a vehicle I recommend doing first come first serve or extensive research. The more slanted sites also are much more secluded - we couldn’t even see our neighbors most of the time. Unfortunately sound echoes so you can hear everything.
No hookups and super shady so solar is difficult. Was on Verizon extended network and had hotspot service from at and t and t mobile.
S-Tree Campground
Great Campsite!!!
Bathrooms were clean. Campsite was clean. Campground very well maintained. So peaceful!! I have cell service with Verizon. I was able to make & receive calls. Internet signal was not the best, but I wasn't there for that anyway!
Kentucky Horse Park Campground
Quiet offseason stay
Beautiful campground surrounded by horse country. Slightly rolling hills in campground but mostly level sites. We chose site 13 because it looked level in pics and had some open green space behind for our dog (neighboring site did as well). Able to set up with no boards or leveling blocks.
Lots of trees in campground (leaves hadn’t started back yet) and medium size lots with water and electric only. Two dump stations available. 2 laundromats, a pool (closed when we were here), and large camp store.
Wildcat Camping and Fishing
Added Campsite to the app
Haven't been there yet.Campground wasn't in any of the apps. Just called and made reservations for 3 months. Very nice on the phone. No problem for us with 36' fifth wheel and a dog.
Middle Fork Campground — Natural Bridge State Resort Park
Nice little campground
We stayed a weekend at Middle Fork. Nice campground. Spaces are pretty tight. Has a creek stocked with trout. Bathhouse was clean. Staff was sit friendly. Make sure bring extra power cord and water hose. The hookups are not located on the correct side at each site. All and all it is a nice place. Good place for kids to ride bikes. Most sites are pretty level.
Bruin Creek
Tranquil Off Season
This place is great. Came in off season in March, not expecting much. Many camps closed for season. It was beautiful, quiet, with running water and bbq pit at sites and hot showers in the bathroom. Perfect for a short stop over on x-country trip or offseason enclosed camping.
Callie’s Lake and Campground
Simple and Well Done
Our first outing in our pop up. Camped in early March and Thursday we were the only ones at the water+electric sites, but many more came in on Friday.
Straightforward facilities but well done with the bath house, roads, signage, and hookups. A quaint lake, good store, and wonderful pizza!
We have Verizon and had 3 bars of LTE, but sometimes struggled to load rich content. As a remote worker I purchased 72 hours of WiFi for $20, which was great but only worked for 1 device.
It’s not like some parks that is basically a parking lot, but I imagine it would feel crowded in peak season. We’d definitely come back and would aim for the lakeside spots.
Kentucky Horse Park Campground
Quick Trip
Came for just one night. It was decorated beautifully for Christmas. Site wasn’t the easiest to back in. Obviously no sewer hookup which isn’t a huge problem. Hooked up to water and nothing came out. We got here at 9pm and left at 7:15am. Just an inconvenience but other than that it’s a beautiful park
Kentucky Horse Park Campground
Beautiful
Very clean. Really pretty. Felt a little out of place only bc I had an older camper.
Clear Creek Rec Area
Peaceful and relaxing
We stayed and the primitive area almost to leatherwood boat ramp . So beautiful and perfect . Site was clean of trash and debris and ready for tents . Saw a few hikers and some beautiful horses from the trails nearby . Creek was clean and fun to explore .
Guide to Frenchburg
Camping near Frenchburg, Kentucky, offers a mix of beautiful landscapes and fun activities for everyone. Whether you're looking for a quiet spot to relax or a place to explore, there are several campgrounds that cater to different needs.
What to do:
- Kayaking and Fishing: At Zilpo Campground, many campers enjoy kayaking and fishing on Cave Run Lake. One reviewer mentioned, "This campground is perfect for kayaking and fishing. Some of the campsites have private beaches."
- Hiking Trails: Koomer Ridge Campground is a great base for hiking. A visitor shared, "There are several trails that start from the campground."
- Exploring Caves: At Carter Caves State Resort Park, you can explore various caves. One camper noted, "There are many hiking options, some that explore the various caves around the grounds."
What campers like:
- Clean Facilities: Campers appreciate the cleanliness at places like Kentucky Horse Park Campground. A reviewer said, "Very nice grounds, clean restrooms, and quiet."
- Friendly Staff: Many visitors mention the helpful staff at Whispering Hills RV Park. One guest remarked, "Very friendly staff and helpful."
- Spacious Sites: Campers enjoy the spacious sites at Twin Knobs Recreation Area. A review stated, "Good level spots. Quiet the first week of April."
What you should know:
- Limited Amenities: Some campgrounds, like Koomer Ridge Campground, do not have electric hookups. A camper mentioned, "No hookups and super shady so solar is difficult."
- Noise Levels: Campers at Middle Fork Campground noted noise from nearby highways. One review said, "Biggest downside is the noise from the big trucks going up and down the hill."
- Seasonal Access: Some campgrounds, like Carter Caves State Resort Park, are only open from April to October. A visitor pointed out, "The campground itself is nice, sites aren’t very level side to side or front to back."
Tips for camping with families:
- Activities for Kids: Look for campgrounds with kid-friendly activities. Whispering Hills RV Park has inflatables and a pool. One parent said, "This park is great for kids. From the inflatables to the pool to the weekend activities."
- Choose Spacious Sites: Opt for campgrounds with larger sites, like Twin Knobs Recreation Area, where families can spread out. A camper noted, "Spacious sites, the loop near the developed bathroom is convenient."
- Plan for Quiet Time: Some campgrounds have quiet hours. A visitor at Carter Caves State Resort Park mentioned, "There’s a quiet time reserved for after 11pm."
Tips from RVers:
- Check Hookup Availability: Make sure to verify if the campground has the necessary hookups. A reviewer at Fort Boonesborough State Park said, "They tried to centrally locate the water hookup but it was on the opposite of the camper from the electrical hookup."
- Level Sites Matter: Look for campgrounds with level sites to make parking easier. A visitor at Koomer Ridge Campground mentioned, "Some sites are pretty small so do some checking when you select."
- Bring Extra Cords: Campers often need extra cords for water and electric hookups. One RV traveler at Whispering Hills RV Park noted, "Had to go buy an extension."
Camping near Frenchburg, Kentucky, has something for everyone, from families to RVers. With beautiful scenery and a variety of activities, it’s a great spot to unwind and enjoy nature.
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