Mammoth Cave Campground

This was my first time visiting Mammoth Cave, and the campground was FABULOUS! My site (105D) was a perfect location balance for meeting neighbors and seeing nature-- no neighboring campsite on one side, and the back was the forest. My site was level and it was clean when I arrived, and the cement tables and fire pit were in great condition! The parking pad is a perfect size for two SUVs if you need more than one car. The sites in my loop were also a good distance away from each other-- not super close neighbors but close enough if you want to meet each other.

The campground itself was a great blend of solo and couple campers and young families-- it wasn't overrun by any one type of camper. Everyone followed the quiet hour rules, and the bathroom facilities were kept clean- they were cleaned every day around lunchtime. The shower house is a bit of a walk if you're in the back of the campground but is still plenty walkable, I never needed to wait on an open shower, and they were very clean (I'd still bring shower shoes though). While I visited, I saw deer, turkey, and rare woodpeckers within the campground. There also wasn't an overwhelming swarm of bugs despite visiting in August. The campground is also within walking distance to the national park visitor center (where the cave tours start/end), the lodge and restaurants, and many hiking trails. Two things to note though-- don't expect cell service at the campground, and bring your lantern/flashlight with you if you go to a bath house after sundown-- it's quite dark at night unless there are many visitors with fires going, and the only sidewalks lit are the ones right outside the bath houses.

Overall, I highly recommend a visit if you want to be close to nature-- town was about a 20 minute drive and there was minimal cell service (though you had free wifi at the visitor center). This was exactly the type of trip I was looking for though, so I will certainly be returning!!

Check-in was the easiest thing, and the camp store was very pleasant in items and people running it.

This was our second time and we always enjoy the setting. This year the neighboring campers were loud and for a few days we had to deal with a camper that had the loudest generator. I never saw them sitting outside so not really sure why they want to camp.

Clean and easy to access. Campground is beautiful and right next to plenty of bathrooms and the camp store.

It was a very nice campground. The showers were ok could use a little upgrade. The sites were nice and well-maintained. Would love to have water and electricity at every site since it get so hot. We were in a tent but could have used a fan to sleep with and during the day. People were hanging out in the bathroom for the ac

It was a good experience

What a wonderful campground! Very close to the bathrooms, which were extremely clean (and air conditioned, so nice in the heat!). Water easy to get for camp. Used campstore to purchase ice.
A doe came thru our campsite, much to the delight of my kid!

This was well worth the drive from Florida. I used to live in the state, but do not remember the tour. I took when I was younger than five years old. Decided to come back and visit some friends and stayed in a tent site. Saw a deer walk through my campsite, which was very exciting to me. Also hadn’t seen fireflies in so long that I thought I was seeing spots before my eyes from standing up too quickly until I realized that it was lightning bugs lol. No electricity at the site but within a very short walk of a bathroom. The laundry room and showers were adequate, but just make sure you bring enough quarters or have singles for getting change. The tour I took at the cave was fantastic and just as strenuous as they said, it would be in the description.. It was hot and muggy in July, but the cave was a pleasantly cool experience that I will definitely repeat in the future when I come back to visit again.

We camped one night, and had to find a hotel the second night. There were a lot of dead tree limbs above our campground, and due to the heavy rain, one massive limb fell about 10 ft. from where our tent was set up. They offered for us to move to a different site, but we had already packed up to leave. The campground was well equipped, the bathrooms were very clean as well as the showers and laundry area.

Bathrooms were very clean.