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One of the goals we set for ourselves is to try and Camp
at as many of the Kentucky State Parks as we can. So far, we've managed to
hit a few of them and have found them to be very enjoyable.
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Blue Licks Battle Field
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We went to Blue Licks Battle field in August of 2008.
This is a smaller campground in a smaller park. The campground has about
50 sites with water and electric. The park has a pioneer museum and some
hiking trails. Not as entertaining as Carter Caves, but it was
interesting to see for a weekend. My biggest complaint about this place
was the drinking water. It stank so bad that you couldn't stand to run
the faucet, let alone actually drink the stuff. A quick trip to the
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General Burnside State Park
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We went to General Burnside State park over the 2010
Labor Day weekend. This was our first trip to this park as well as the
first time we had been able to convince my In-laws to camp with us. The
Campground was one of the nicer State Park Campgrounds that we've been
to so far, but unless you had a boat for the lake, there wasn't much
else to do. The park pretty much has a Campground, a Golf Course, and
the lake.. And that's it. No gift shop or hiking trails or other
activities to speak of. That being said, I would definitely stay here
again as we had a good time and my In-laws seemed to really enjoy their
first camping trip. They've already begun making plans for where they
want to go next. This was also the first camping trip that required a
hospital trip for poor Abbey. She fell and split her forehead open on a
rock. A few stitches later and she was good as new. Tough kid that
she is, she was right back out playing the next morning. |
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Carter Caves.
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Carter Caves State Park is in eastern Kentucky and is
one of the state parks with a campground that's open year round. The
campground here is not as nice as some of the other state parks I've
seen, but it gets the job done. Water and electric hookups is all you'll
get here as is the case at all the state parks I've been to. The cave
tours are interesting though and I'd recommend a weekend here. |
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We recently stayed here again and had a chance to see
some more things. We went on a tour of Cascade cave and got to see quite
a few bats in there that were preparing to hibernate for winter. We did
some hiking and got to see some of the natural bridges and rock
formations. This park has the only natural rock bridge in the state with
a paved road going over the top of it. We drove past the cottages for
rent in the park and they looked like they were rather nice. Had dinner
at the lodge one night and spent quite a bit of time just lounging
around the campsite. A place right down the road had fire wood for 8
dollars a rick, which I thought was a great price. Every single time we
ever left our site, we saw plenty of deer around and even a few turkeys.
We plan to try to get back to this park again pretty soon. This
campground seems like it's not very crowded after Labor day and this was
a good time to go. |
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Natural Bridge.
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Natural Bridge is a little bigger and a little busier
than Carter Caves is. Still no Full hookups though, just water and
electric. The campground is nice enough for a weekend and the hiking
offers some beautiful scenery. I've been visiting this park for many
years now both with and without our camper. |
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Kincaid Lake.
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Kincaid Lake is in northern Kentucky and we've only been
able to visit here once so far. I did not find it to be as nice as
either Carter Caves or Natural Bridge, But it's close to where my
parents live, so they were able to come visit us there. |
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This site was last updated
06/12/11
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