About Buckhorn Campground
Number of accommodations: 23
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2026 Season availability
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- Dump station on site
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Reviews (209)
What Guests Are Saying
Buckhorn Campground is highly praised for its friendly staff, clean facilities, and well-maintained grounds, making it a favorite among families. The campground offers a peaceful atmosphere, great amenities like fishing, playgrounds, and laundry facilities, and is ideal for a relaxing getaway. Some minor concerns included occasional bugs and slight maintenance issues, but overall, visitors express a strong desire to return.
What Guests Are Saying
Buckhorn Campground is highly praised for its friendly staff, clean facilities, and well-maintained grounds, making it a favorite among families. The campground offers a peaceful atmosphere, great amenities like fishing, playgrounds, and laundry facilities, and is ideal for a relaxing getaway. Some minor concerns included occasional bugs and slight maintenance issues, but overall, visitors express a strong desire to return.
Review Summary
Donna K
VerifiedMay 25, 2024 • Stayed at: C14, Loop: BUCK
Lovely small campground. Quiet and well maintained
David R
VerifiedMay 17, 2024 • Stayed at: C07, Loop: BUCK
Very nice location and friendly host. I will definitely visit again.
David R
VerifiedMay 17, 2024 • Stayed at: C07, Loop: BUCK
Very nice location and friendly host. I will definitely visit again.
Kerri T
VerifiedSeptember 26, 2023 • Stayed at: C07, Loop: BUCK
Unfortunately not the campground for us. Sites were more set up for RV camping not for tent camping as there was no privacy and sites were close together. Site fire pit and grill were not cleaned out. The bathroom/shower house not clean either. The trail that they did have was completely unmaintained and washed out with a severe grade to access trail. Access to the river was good with a few benches and pavilion down by the dam. If we we in a rv and the area was cleaner would have been 4 star review.
Kerri T
VerifiedSeptember 26, 2023 • Stayed at: C07, Loop: BUCK
Unfortunately not the campground for us. Sites were more set up for RV camping not for tent camping as there was no privacy and sites were close together. Site fire pit and grill were not cleaned out. The bathroom/shower house not clean either. The trail that they did have was completely unmaintained and washed out with a severe grade to access trail. Access to the river was good with a few benches and pavilion down by the dam. If we we in a rv and the area was cleaner would have been 4 star review.
Kathy D
September 24, 2023
We stayed at Buckhorn on a moments notice. We were able to book a site at Recreation.gov. It was very late at night and the gate was left open for us. Very nice laundry facilities.
Kathy D
September 24, 2023
We stayed at Buckhorn on a moments notice. We were able to book a site at Recreation.gov. It was very late at night and the gate was left open for us. Very nice laundry facilities.
William P
VerifiedSeptember 18, 2023 • Stayed at: C14, Loop: BUCK
Stayed at our first COE, Buckhorn Dam Campground in Kentucky. Beautiful campground at the base of the dam. Mostly well kept and clean but our site was not. Cigarette butts, fishing lures (and assuming hooks?) , and trash all over the site. We found a plastic bottle, lures, and a knot of fishing wire in the fire pit.
LOVE the cost and beauty of most of the campground but we are a little disappointed by our experience.
William P
VerifiedSeptember 18, 2023 • Stayed at: C14, Loop: BUCK
Stayed at our first COE, Buckhorn Dam Campground in Kentucky. Beautiful campground at the base of the dam. Mostly well kept and clean but our site was not. Cigarette butts, fishing lures (and assuming hooks?) , and trash all over the site. We found a plastic bottle, lures, and a knot of fishing wire in the fire pit.
LOVE the cost and beauty of most of the campground but we are a little disappointed by our experience.
Timothy W
VerifiedSeptember 3, 2023 • Stayed at: C19/20, Loop: BUCK
nice time
Location Buckhorn Campground
Address:
804 Buckhorn Dam Rd
Buckhorn, KY, 41721-8808
United States
Traveling north from Lexington, take I-64 to the Mountain Parkway. Exit at Slade,
take KY 11 South through Beattyville. Continue on Highway 11 to Booneville, continuing past the courthouse to KY 28 West. Follow KY 28 about 23 miles to Buckhorn.
Traveling east From Hazard, take KY 15 North 9 miles to 28 W (left turn) through Chavies. Follow Highway 28 West straight and go 15 miles to Buckhorn.
Buckhorn Campground is accessible via I-64 and the Mountain Parkway. From I-64, take the Mountain Parkway to Slade, then KY 11 South to Booneville, and continue on KY 28 West to the campground.
Latitude & Longitude: 37.3508 / -83.4728
Elevation: 311 feet
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Last updated: June 4, 2026
