Taylor Bay Campground

About Campground

The campground is located at the edge of the Environment

Education Waterfowl Refuge on Taylor Bay of Lake Barkley. Called

a "back country" campground, it is primarily used by hunters and

anglers and features great waterfowl watching. Boats can be tied

up at some of the lakefront sites.

The campground has two sections. One section is to the right of

campground's entrance and features very shady sites tucked into a

heavy stand of mixed hardwood trees stretching up the hillside.

The second section is to the left and has more open sites

scattered around a loop. These sites are along the shore and

have a view of Taylor Bay.

Seasonal camp site leases are available for some sites through an

annual, open-to-the-public, lottery. Contact LBL for more

information.

Possible day trips are the North and South Welcome Stations,

Golden Pond Visitor Center, the Planetarium, Elk and Bison

Prairie, Woodlands Nature Station, and The Homeplace.

Directions

From Canton, KY, take US Rt 68/State Rt 80 west 1.3 miles to

Engergy Lake sign. Turn right at sign onto a gravel road (Forest

Rt 134) and go 9 miles to a "T" intersection. Turn right onto

Forest Rt 135 and go 0.8 miles to Taylor Bay sign. Turn right

and go 0.4 miles to campground.

Alternative: From Canton, KY, take US Rt 68/State Rt 80 west

5.9 miles west to Grand Rivers/"TheTrace" signs. Turn left at

to "The Trace"/ North (State Rt 453) and go 7.1 miles to Taylor

Bay sign. Turn irght onto Mulberry Flat Rd (Forest Rt 135) and

go 0.4 miles to campground.

Note: Last 0.4 miles is paved but rough.

Reservation Details

Self-Service Campgrounds offer basic amenities including designated campsite pads, picnic tables, grills, fire rings, vault toilets, trash pickup, lake access, and boat ramps.

You pay a nightly per camping unit fee for camping. The Basic/Dispersed Permit cannot be used at Self-Service Campgrounds.

At Self-Service Campgrounds, you choose a site, fill out a provided fee envelope, insert your camping fee into the envelope, and deposit the envelope in the “Iron Ranger” fee tube at the entrance. Please do this within 30 minutes of setting up your camp.