Houchins Ferry Campground

The campsite was clean and luckily for us some earlier visitors left their extra wood. So we did the same in return. Open year round. There is a park shed to drop your money in. There are concrete picnic tables and a fire ring at each site. The Green River is also pretty to look at. No luck with fish but it was moving and it was cold. We would be back. First come first serve at 12 spots.

Loved the site, 12 spots just big enough for a class C or perhaps a midsize vehicle and a small trailer. Bench, fire pit and what looks like a cooking station and lamp hook available at each site. You could probably glean the area for firewood but it might be best to pick up a pile from a local that is selling it. There is a pavillian with a double fireplace available to be reserved and there are two grill at the far end. Water is available, as well as port-a-pottys, no shower/bathing facilities though. The ferry is not working.

So we stumbled on to Mammoth Caves National Park while driving from Lexington, KY to Nashville (don't also miss a stop in Bardstown at the distilleries) and, after a cool cave tour, were told that Houchins Ferry was the only NPS CG open at that time of year (early Feb). Only then did we read the description which warned that it "could not accommodate larger RV's or trailers."

Well, in fact, the only discouraging elements were a limited number of sites (maybe 12?) and a very steep descent road into the CG. Not crazy, just seriously steep. At the bottom is a tight little loop with 6-8 sites right on the Green River (all available except one at that time of year), but several that would fit our 25' AS plus tow rig (hitched we're 46').

At other times of the year, the other CG's might be closer but consider this a good option!