Dog Creek Campground

A compact campground (70 sites in a small area) closely mowed with some great waterside sites, and clean restrooms. Our site B30 was an uphill push and featured a big tree in the driveway - not a dealbreaker, but a chore. On -site honor system “store” features local produce, canned goods and firewood. Big boating campground, full with lots of friends/family campers on weekend. Mid-week was pleasantly 1/3 full. Good jumping off point for Mammoth Cave. $13 per night with lifetime parks pass…Recommended!

We had campsite A9 and in my opinion, it is the best campsite at the park. We have a 25 foot travel trailer and did not have to level. We had a beautiful view of the lake and were within 30 minutes of Mammoth Cave. The bathrooms had 1 shower and it was clean. It also had a honor system produce stand with a little of other things, like honey and jams. It is a small campground and was quiet. Well maintained. The only issue I had, was, no internet service or TV signal.

It was 93 degrees we had done everything to set up our Motorcoach, plugged in for electric and nothing. B19 had no power. Long story short, we found camphost Mark and he was so kind and helpful. He gave us a list of open sites and let us pick which one we wanted. Note to self, check for electric first. Great small, clean park, our 3rd time there.

This campground is just as well run and laid out as other Army CoE campgrounds we have been to. Sites are spacious, level, gravel and sections A and B have water and electric. All sites are on, or close to the lake and have a firepit and picnic table. Quite a few sites are pull-through. Dumpstation is located near the exit.
There is a small beach with a swimming area, but we have seen swimmers all over.
The site is a bit remote and the campground entrance could be better marked. Immediately following the campground sign is a warning posted that the road ends in water, which caused us to pass the entrance. But the ranger station is before the water/boat ramp, not obvious from the road.. If you pass the entrance, you may be directed to a loop of 10 miles on a narrow, winding road, because there are no turn-around spots sooner.
Cell phone service was spotty, bit our Verizon jetpack had full wifi data. No TV signal.
The day use area has a boat ramp, picnic area and a nice play structure.

We loved our site right on the lake - level with water and electric, picnic table, fire ring with grate for grilling/cooking - great views watching boats, kayaks, fish jumping, turtles - well taken care of grounds and friendly people - shower and bathrooms which we didn't need to use but was convenient to most sites - quiet and peaceful at time we were there since not quite summer yet - the only negative was no hiking trails nearby and no cell service but a plus was that we could fish right from our site and not far from boat ramp; however if only using a kayak you could put in right at the site - we paid half price with our America the Beautiful Senior Pass and well worth the $11 per night

We really enjoyed this campground. The sites were well maintained, the bathhouse was clean and newly updated, and the swimming area was close. All the people were soooo friendly. I felt extremely safe at this campground. We did have an issue with there being dirty diapers and other garbage in our fire pit when we arrived, but we brought it to the attention of the staff and they quickly brought a shovel to clean it out and apologized. My kids really enjoyed the swimming (although the lake was kind of muddy) and the playground. It is about a 30 min. drive to Mammoth Cave visitors center (allow extra time to wait for the ferry!). Also, I had NO cell service with AT&T anywhere in a 10 mile radius. This is truly one of the nicest campgrounds I've ever stayed in.

We stayed at this park in Aug 2012 while visiting Mammoth Cave National Park. We had made reservations ahead of time which weren't necessary for a week night. However, reserved tags on site posts looked like it would be full over the weekend.

We had a beautiful spot right on the lake and we enjoyed beautiful sunsets over the water. The campground was quiet and peaceful. Surrounding area was rural and beautiful.

Sites are gravel and have been made level with retaining walls built by the Army Corp of Engineers. There is electric and water available at sites. Most if not all sites have views of the water.

We would stay at this park again.