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From Cincinnati & Northern Kentucky - 60 miles: From I-275 exit at Lawrenceburg/US 50 Take 50 to Aurora: turn left on 56 Follow 56 through Rising Sun to 250 at East Enterprise Turn right on 250 and go to Fairview (Landmark, blue water tower) Turn left on Fairview Rd. (before the tower) Go 1 � miles to Drakes Ridge Road on the right Go 3 miles to 9641 Drakes Ridge Road. Watch for our sign. Alternate route: take I-75 south to I-71, and follow directions from Lexington.
This was the first place my woman and I have been to like this. It was an amazing experience. Everyone was extremely welcoming and supportive and helped us out anytime they could since we came very unprepared because we was new to it. Within the first five minutes we forgot we wasn't even wearing clothes they made us feel so welcome. It's a very peaceful, quiet and pretty place. I definitely recommend going here for anybody that's new to it but still a little nervous like we was.
Quiet and relatively peaceful during the week; nice little get-away with pool and hot tub access. Regulars are typically friendly and welcoming.
My friend and I stayed in their smallest cabin, a tiny cozy place on lot 26, named "Daisy Dell," for a 3 day/2 night weekend and had a blast! The retreat is on the smaller side, and even with the camp being fully booked for the weekend, there were not a lot of people around. However, that gave us more of a chance to meet and get to know the lovely people that were there. Bennet, who runs the camp (and I assume owns it), was an excellent, fun, and accommodating host who participated in and/or hosted all of the scheduled weekend events, as well as some impromptu events.
Pictionary, remote-controlled boat racing at the lake, canoeing on the lake, axe throwing, volleyball lessons/volleyball, and fossil hunting at the creek were some of the activities we enjoyed.
My single favorite thing about Drakes Ridge is that they do not have the kinds of oppressive rules that are common at nudist destinations regarding cell phones: as long as you are not pointing your camera at people and taking videos and pictures of them without their permission, then you are free to use your phone. If you do wish to listen to something on your device, however, they do ask that you use headphones/earbuds or otherwise keep the sound to yourself. Bennet stated that if/when the retreat grows larger, those rules may have to become more strict, but I am hoping that the rules will never change!
Nice place, loved it. Owner very nice person. Very clean place beautiful scenery. Everyone there is friendly and make you feel welcome.
Update: We put our camper in that year!
It's It's 2023, we try to be the ever weekend. Spent a lot of this summer week days included there, love it! Good friends there.
