Diamond Caverns RV Resort & Golf

After several weeks of moochdocking, waiting for places to re-open from the coronavirus shut-down, making reservations and having them cancelled, we set out for Kentucky in early May. This park has a great location vis-a-vis Mammoth Cave National Park, unfortunately shut down during our time there. The sewage system needs some maintenance--several problems occurred during our time there--in part because of a wet spring in Park City. Nevertheless, we enjoyed our time here. Spent a day in Bowling Green, a short drive down the Interstate. We had friendly neighbors and hospitable management.

This was our first camping experience with thousand trails. Luckily I had read lots of reviews about their other campgrounds so I came with low expectations. Most of the campground is gravel. There seems to be several sites and mostly level. The pool is open but there are no chairs to sit in. There are several resident campers here with large stashes of wood gravel and outbuildings. It’s very evident who is a weekly camper and who is a resident camper. It’s quiet here. Even though it’s summer and we have seen several children running about it seems quiet. There is a pay for use Internet service that is fast enough for me too teach online. We are right by one of the bath houses. It’s very clean but outdated. This is a great little park to camp in if you are here visiting the national Park, in the area for work or pleasure. There are lots of things to do nearby.

This little park totally took us by surprise. We are Thousand Trails members and honestly didn't have high expectations. Let's face it, the quality of the campgrounds is not what motivates most of us to buy into the system. :)

So with that in mind, we typically go into new TT parks with very low expectations. We were totally surprised. You still have the typical problems that TT parks tend to have with outdated facilities and amenities, but otherwise this park was just really terrific.

The gal running the office when we arrived (Penny) was super helpful and friendly. The park is very quiet and serene. Despite the dilapidated condition of some of the facilities, the grounds themselves are kept very nicely and it's so pretty here. Lots of green space and wooded areas.

It looked like most of the campsites have a fire ring and someone was driving around selling firewood on our first day here. It was lovely to have a "real" fire for the first time in awhile! We usually use our propane fire pit, so this was a special treat.

All of the sites have full hookups and there were plenty of sites with 50amp service available.

We did have some trouble with our cellular connection. Because we both work, good internet signal is mandatory. Normally, we would have had to pack up and leave right away given how bad the cell service was for us here. However, the park here has partnered with a local internet provider and they offer pay service for internet. It gives you 3 devices on your account at a time and it was more than sufficient for our needs all week. We were thrilled that was an option and it truly saved the trip for us.

Overall, we were just really pleased with this little park and are looking forward to returning during warmer weather so we can enjoy the pool and grounds more as well as do some more exploring in the national park here.

Tech Specs (WeBoost + Omnidirectional Antenna) -------
Verizon - 1.64mbps download | 5.68mbps upload | 251ms ping
AT&T - unable to connect at all from our site, but did get some spotty signal throughout the park
Campground Wi-Fi - 21.6mbps download | 23.5mbps upload | 4ms ping
($25/week pay service)

The Good --------

• Good proximity to Mammoth Cave National Park, you're only about 15 mins from the visitor center
• Really nice folks running the office
• It's very quiet and pretty
• Sites are decent sized with several backing up to open spaces and the woods. The sites in the A section are probably the most spacious and pretty. They are staggered and give you space behind them for your campfire, so you don't feel as squished with your neighbors.
• Full hook ups!
• Quiet and clean, feels very safe and serene
• Pool looks very nice, but was closed while we were here (November, so it's too cold)
• Excellent wi-fi service available for a reasonable fee

The Bad --------

• Showers and bathrooms are in pretty rough condition, but having full hook ups helps with that inconvenience, of course
• Terrible cellular reception for both Verizon and AT&T, even using our WeBoost with omnidirectional antenna
• As with many Thousand Trails campgrounds, there are a large number of what appears to be yearly residents, which does give it a slightly "trailer park" feel - not that this is bad, it's just not quite the campground experience if that's what you're looking for. Personally, I like the bustling activity of an active campground that feels like a campground. I may the minority there!
• The mini golf course is closed, likely due to its dilapidated condition
• There is no dog park on site, however it's a lovely place to take walks with your pups

Old and grounds not well maintained. Staff was really friendly. Sites super narrow, only a few feet between them, not enough room to sit comfortably outside or have a fire. Roads full of potholes.

Good location for visiting mammoth cave, but not much else. Would not stay here again or buy a Thousand trails membership based on this place.

Wifi costs extra, $24.99 for 7 days

many sites/ "cottages" are people permanently parked with their area not kept up.

Did not use the rec center, pool, or bathhouse. The place was fine if you are just being a tourist in the area and don't need to spend much time there. It's nothing special.

the staff however, Penny, was really good. Let us pick our site and found our lost set of keys and promised to mail them to us!

Verizon service was unusable even with a weboost. AT&T was also weak.

We stayed here as part of our Thousand Trails membership. Diamond Caverns is a pretty park with lots of open space and trees. It, like many Thousand Trails parks, is older and a bit rustic but it was clean and well kept. Most of the sites are gravel and level-ish with a mix of 30 and 50 amps sites, almost all full hookups.

But if you golf, this place is for you. A full 18 hole golf course is just down the road and TT members get 50% of already reasonable greens fees. Super friendly staff too. We went over to explore the course and they offered us a free cart to use. Wow! Great cell signal on both AT&T and Verizon as well as plenty of shopping, entertainment and dining nearby. Don't miss the cave tours in the national park just minutes away.

Visited Mammoth Cave National Park this weekend. Warm afternoons and cool nights made our autumn visit just about perfect. Enjoyed the ranger led two-hour Gothic Avenue tour into the cave. Diamond Caverns RV Resort is located just inside the national park boundary about 7 miles from the park’s visitor center. Free WIFI located at the porch area of the recreation hall clocked in at 2.50 Mbps download speed and 0.98 Mbps upload speed. Verizon cellular service with an omni-directional booster clocked in at 1.92 Mbps download speed and 0.52 upload speed. AT&T with booster clocked in at 5.98 Mbps download speed and 0.04 Mbps upload speed. One drawback is a rifle range located within ear shot of the campground; it was annoyingly active on Saturday afternoon.

We stayed here free as part of our Thousand Trails membership. We were at this campground in June of 2019.

Diamond Cavern is right outside of the Mammoth Cave National Park and near Bowling Green Kentucky. We used our time here to visit the Corvette Museum in Bowling Green and to explore Mammoth Cave.

The check-in process for this campground is smooth and you are led by golf cart to your site. We had a problem with our satellite dish at the first site and the host moved us to a site better suited to our needs. All of the staff that we encountered during our time there were absolutely wonderful.

The facilities are clean and well maintained. We appreciated the quality of the laundry room especially as we had been without laundry facilities for several weeks before arriving! The pool was clean and well maintained.

Our site was in the pull-through section and it was satisfactory, but I think when we return to the campground we will inquire about a back in site as they were a little more private. Our site was level, and included a nice picnic table and fire ring. It was gravel and grass, and the gravel was sufficient to avoid mud puddles in spite of a good bit of rain.

Price reflects PA discount + ‘resort fee.’ Very close to Mammoth Cave. People here very friendly, restrooms/showers clean, and security members on golf carts make several rounds. Seems like quite a few ‘long term’ residents with older campers/park models with lots of stuff sitting out. Everything just seems older and needs some ‘spiffing up,’ although they were mowing the morning we left. But this met our needs so we’d stay again.

Diamond Caverns Thousand Trails is just inside Mammoth Cave National Park about 10-15 minutes from the main visitor center. We stayed there March 30th - April 4th and the weather ranged from the high 20’s and 30s overnight to rain and lightning storms to warm and sunny in the high 60s. It’s your typical early spring weather mix.

The spaces are far enough apart for comfort, though still fairly close. The spaces along the side where we were at (space A-2) had grassy areas behind them with fire pits and picnic tables. We were also diagonal enough that most of our patio side windows faced grass and trees instead of someone else’s RV. Other spaces around the park also had decent grassy areas. What I really liked about the park is that the spaces were in clusters throughout the hills, so it felt more like you were in a smaller park. Instead of RVs as far as the eye could see, you were able to see more trees and grass.

Cell service was good on Verizon and AT&T, with 3 to 4 bars each throughout the week. Of course there were slow-downs during the evening hours, but they were minimal. The utilities at our site were fine at 50amp with full hookups. Some sites are only 30 amp and some are only partial hookups. The odd thing is that the map shows certain sites as being full hookup with 30 amps, but there is only one water spigot between two sites.
Diamond Caverns has your typical Thousand Trails amenities: laundry, bathrooms with showers, pool, playground with basketball court, mini golf, horseshoe pits, a lounge, and event room. The pool wasn’t open while we were there because it was still early in the year and there was no store, but they do have ice and firewood for sale. We felt very safe there and had no concerns leaving our RV when venturing out.

Walking around the RV park is very social – people wave and stop to chat. While we only talked with the staff once (at check-in), the whole place had a very friendly vibe. The property is nice to walk through and has access to a hiking/biking trail that leads to the Mammoth Cave National Park Visitor Center. There’s a shooting range down the road, but the only day we heard anything from it was Saturday. We also had small ant hills (maybe 3 inches high) scattered in our grassy area but had no sign of them throughout the week. Spring had just sprung at the time, so it’s possible they weren’t ready to come outside yet.

For major shopping and your big box stores, you’ll need to drive into Bowling Green, which is an easy 20-30 minutes south. There are a couple of smaller stores in nearby Cave City. We didn’t shop at those, but did go into Bowling Green for the Lost River Cave tour, a pretty darn good steak dinner at Montana’s Grille, and grocery shopping (with a decent organic selection) at the Kroger on the same strip.

We loved being in Mammoth Cave National Park and just a quick 10-minute drive from the main visitor center. It allowed us to explore even after Brian got off work. We definitely recommend doing as many of the Mammoth Cave tours as you can and hiking the area’s trails. Both vary between short and easy to long and very strenuous. Pick what works best for you and make reservations for the tours ahead of time. We also enjoyed the Lost River Cave boat tour in Bowling Green. It was short, but very informative and unique for the boat part of it. They also have some hiking trails and a picnic area with some fun things for kids of all ages. Diamond Caverns also has its own cave you can tour; though, we didn’t go because the description made it sound a little too strenuous for me.

Overall, we feel Diamond Caverns Thousand Trails was a great place to stay and would have loved another week or two here if we had time. We have a Thousand Trails membership, so the price was definitely right (“free” with our membership costs). The location and atmosphere definitely make it worth the stay even if you’d have to pay. You can see our video review here: https://buff.ly/2I6XOoV.

We really enjoyed this location. The first time we visited, they had only certain sites we could choose and of course it wasn’t the better ones. Second visit we could choose any site and we loved that! We are full timers and we have 3 businesses we run from the road so LTE cell service is important to us and we choose places that provide WiFi that we pay for at our site. The WiFi here was pretty good as long as your site is right next to a tower. Cell service was like 3G but we have a weboost so we got LTE once we hooked that up. It’s right off I-65 but doesn’t feel like it. There is a dollar general, a gas station and subway within a couple miles. The town of Cave City is one exit up and it has more restaurants and businesses but Glasgow is about 20 mins away and has Walmart and more businesses. The golf course at the campground was $15 for one round of 18 hole golf and included the cart. The course is decent and my husband enjoyed it even though it was freezing cold (January lol). We didn’t get to explore any of the caves or attractions but we loved the giant dinosaurs near the Cave City exit. We will definitely stay here again! Had a lot of trouble getting level but otherwise great!