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About Laurel Branch
Number of accommodations: 61
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2026 Season availability
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Reviews (348)
What Guests Are Saying
Laurel Branch is a family-friendly campground with beautiful scenery and a peaceful atmosphere, ideal for outdoor activities like kayaking and fishing. Many reviewers appreciated the easy reservation process and spacious campsites, particularly in sections A and B. However, there were concerns about restroom cleanliness and maintenance issues, which detracted from some guests' experiences. Overall, people enjoyed their stays and expressed a desire to return, despite minor inconveniences.
What Guests Are Saying
Laurel Branch is a family-friendly campground with beautiful scenery and a peaceful atmosphere, ideal for outdoor activities like kayaking and fishing. Many reviewers appreciated the easy reservation process and spacious campsites, particularly in sections A and B. However, there were concerns about restroom cleanliness and maintenance issues, which detracted from some guests' experiences. Overall, people enjoyed their stays and expressed a desire to return, despite minor inconveniences.
Review Summary
Melissa C
VerifiedOctober 18, 2025 • Stayed at: A06, Loop: A
Love Laurel Branch. Very quiet and peaceful.
Cliff W
VerifiedOctober 13, 2025 • Stayed at: C50, Loop: C
We enjoyed staying at our favorite camp site after a few years away. Site was still beautiful but it was sad the campground had declined significantly due to poor maintenance.
1. Only one latrine was open for the entire C loop; the other one was locked. And the one that was open ran out of TP; no one restocked it so we started bringing our own.
2. Signage for different campground sections (loops) was almost non-existent which was confusing…and we've camped here before!
3. Campsite numbers were missing at some sites. Ours only showed one digit.
4. The electrical outlet at fish cleaning station is gone, which was helpful in blowing up air mattresses, etc. We had to truck ours to the shower house.
5. The shower house was nice having private bathroom/shower rooms with a passcode. However, the plumbing was in disrepair. It worked but valve to switch from shower wand to fixture head at the wall was broken so both just ran water continuously.
6. There was apparently an underground water leak where you can see ground soaked and percolating up under asphalt in one of the campsites.
Overall this is a nice and quiet campground and we’ll likely return. Just wont expect things to be in working order.
ANA Q
VerifiedOctober 10, 2025 • Stayed at: C44, Loop: C
Very nice
David M
VerifiedOctober 9, 2025 • Stayed at: B20, Loop: B
Too many stink bugs.. other than that, it was good.
barry s
VerifiedOctober 4, 2025 • Stayed at: C31, Loop: C
site was very good
Jennifer B
VerifiedOctober 4, 2025 • Stayed at: C49, Loop: C
The spot was great and very nice campground
Joni P
VerifiedOctober 3, 2025 • Stayed at: D55, Loop: D
Wonderful experience….met Vickie Wiiliams, host at Axtel….very good experience.
Paul T
VerifiedOctober 3, 2025 • Stayed at: A06, Loop: A
The corp of engineers needs to put a full time person back on the the job at the park. Volunteers are not getting the job done.
Joni P
VerifiedOctober 2, 2025 • Stayed at: D55, Loop: D
I absolutely love this campground and got acquainted with Vickie Williams, the camp host at Axtel. She came almost daily to Laurel Branch to do some general campsite clean up. It wasn't her job but wanted to take as good of care of Laurel Branch because she knew our campground host was having physical issues. She made my stay at Laurel Branch more enjoyable just seeing how she cared for our campground.
John L
VerifiedSeptember 29, 2025 • Stayed at: C53, Loop: C
Beautiful lake side camp site! Wish we could have stayed longer.
Location Laurel Branch
Address:
991 Laurel Branch Road
Mc Daniels, KY, 40152
United States
From Louisville, KY: Begin at ramp onto I-64 West toward New Albany/St. Louis, traveling 22.3 miles. Take the IN-135, Exit Number 105, toward Palmyra/Corydon, onto IN-135 South toward Corydon, traveling 16.7 miles. Continue on Bypass Road KY-79 for 2.1 miles. Turn right onto KY-79, traveling 10.1 miles. Continue on 1st Avenue, KY-79S for 495 feet. Turn a slight right onto US-60, traveling 11.8 miles. Turn left onto KY-259/KY-79, traveling 10.1 miles. Turn right onto KY-110, traveling .4 miles. End at 991 Laurel Branch Road, McDaniels, KY. Distance is approximately 74 miles with an approximate travel time of 1 hour, 20 minutes.
Latitude & Longitude: 37.6075 / -86.4536
Elevation: 172 feet
Policies & Rules
| Category | About |
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| General |
Off-road vehicles are not permitted. |
| General |
Park Attendant can be reached while on duty at 270-257-8839. If no answer, contact the Rough River Lake U.S. Army Corps of Engineers office at 270-257-2061. |
| General |
$5 per day boat ramp fee. |
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Reservations will not be marked in advance at the campsite. Do not set up at any campsite without reserving the site first. |
| General |
Don't Move Firewood: Protect your forests from tree-killing pests by buying your firewood locally and burning it on-site. Visit Dontmovefirewood.org for further information. |
| General |
Quiet hours are 10:00 p.m. - 6:00 a.m. Generators and other noise-producing devices must be turned off during this time. |
| General |
Golf Carts are not permitted to be used in Laurel Branch Campground. |
