Mammoth Cave Campground

Nice open campsites. Helpful friendly staff. We were able to find plenty of downed wood in the area for campfires.

The campground has large sites so you aren't on top of your neighbor. The bathrooms were clean. The park has a pay shower system that costs $1.50 for 4.5 minutes and you can add additional time. The park store at the time of my stay was only able to sell compressed sawdust for firewood. This was disappointing, but I understand the reasons behind it. They were trying to prevent insects/disease from devastating the trees. The wood did light easy and burned better than expected.

Campground was great and was nice to be in close proximity to the caves and hiking trails. However, the showers were less than desirable. $1.50 for 4.5 minutes ended up being close to 2 minutes and there was no privacy.

We are new to camping and really enjoyed the campground at Mammoth Cave. It was quiet and clean. The only thing that we didn't like was that there were no showers. It's possible that they were in a different part of the campground, but the restroom near our site did not have showers.

Clean restrooms. Pretty quiet campsite. Had a deer run right through my camp while I was making coffee, perfect

Our site was spacious, and our location kept us somewhat isolated from other campers in the loop, affording us more quiet than we expected over a holiday weekend.

The cleanest and nicest campground I've been to at a National Park, would highly recommend!

Campground was great. Rangers went through regularly to keep an eye on things and were friendly. The air conditioning in the restrooms was a pleasant surprise and relief from the heat outside. Overall a great experience. The camp store was nice as well with needed items stocked and it’s not far to the visitor center for the cave. Will definitely be back.

Campsite is well-kept and primitive campsites can hold large tents.

Campsites are fairly open with little ground foliage, so not much privacy between sites. Some fire rings are nearly by the road. This wasn't a problem at my site, but if you're like me and want the fire ring at the end of the driveway and further into the site, take a look at pics before you book. There is no firewood available for sale within the park. The camp store carries compressed wood shavings. We tried these but they burned hot and fast and didn't create coals for cooking. As someone who makes every effort to not move wood, this was a major ding. I'd recommend buying from a home or business just outside the park.

That aside, the campgrounds were quiet, bathrooms appeared to be cleaned daily, soap dispenser was included in the bathrooms. Very close to the visitor center where all tours depart.