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Located north of Mammoth Cave National Park. From Nashville: On I-65, take exit 28 at Bowling Green. Turn north on US 31W, drive 12 to 15 miles, and turn left onto KY 101. At the town of Rhoda, KY 101 merges with KY 259. Follow Ky 259 North to KY 728 East. Turn right onto KY 728 East. Approximately 7 miles later, turn left onto KY 1827. Follow KY 1827 to the park. From Louisville: On I-65, exit onto the Western Kentucky Parkway at Elizabethtown. Follow the Western Kentucky Parkway to the Leitchfield exit (107) onto KY 259 South. From Leitchfield, drive 17 miles on KY 259 South to KY 728 East. Turn left onto KY 728 East. Approximately 7 miles later, turn left onto KY 1827. Follow KY 1827 to the park.
It was busy! It's early in the season and still clean. Everyone was respectful, and our site was very good. Didn't catch one fish!
Amenities were clean. Showers, and plenty of playgrounds and basketball and Frisbee golf.
A few day use areas, and an area for some backwater rapids.
One of my favorite places to hike! Trails are well maintained! Dog friendly (as long as they're on a leash).
BSA troop 76 had a great time at Nolin State Park. The lake looked amazing. The facilities were clean. We will be planning another trip their sometime.
I really enjoyed the primitive campground. At first I was a little skeptical because I'm used to a different set up. It's in a pine forest on a bed of pine needles. However, it was really a very wonderful weekend and the other campers were great too. I like the fact that you are near some really nice hiking trails and there is a beach and a boat ramp right there. There are trash cans very easily accessible to every site as well as water spigots. I was impressed with the actual layout overall. The little park office has lots of goodies if you need them. Just make sure you know what time the park office closes so you don't find yourself wishing you had firewood. We got there early enough so we were able to get firewood and everything was very nice. We hiked the 2 mile loop to the waterfall. I highly recommend it. It was quite beautiful. If you are into a much longer hike, the option is available too.
As we drove into the Campground, i quickly realized it was going to be one of my favorite campgrounds. Very clean, well laid out, nice spacious sites etc. When we got to our site, #23, i knew it was my favorite campground so far. For all of the same reasons, plus our site was fairly well shaded, nice and wide, trees for a hammock plus a trail down to the water so my Girl could launch her kayak.
The site was nice and mostly level, the water and electrical connections they have here should be a standard at all campgrounds. That said, we couldn't drink the water from the spigot. It didn't taste good and i tried refilling a bottle we freeze to keep stuff cool, and it foamed up like the head of a beer.
I do have to say, they need more help. The camp check in was only open once as we came in and out. If you needed help, there was a note on the door telling you where you could find them, but if you had a camper and trying to check in, it would have been a real headache.
i know sites 21, 23 & 25 have access to the lake and others were tying their pontoons up during their stay.
For primitive campers, the area behind the main office is one of the coolest tent camping areas we've seen. Very tall evergreen trees, well laid out.
I highly recommend this campground if you're in the area or intend on camping while you visit Mammoth Cave NP.
