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Reviews (726)
What Guests Are Saying
Zilpo Campground is praised for its beautiful location, clean campsites, and friendly staff, making for a generally enjoyable camping experience. Visitors appreciate the quiet atmosphere and scenic views, with many indicating they would return. However, there are notable concerns regarding the condition of bathroom facilities, maintenance of amenities, and accessibility of water, suggesting that some areas could benefit from improvements and more attentive upkeep.
What Guests Are Saying
Zilpo Campground is praised for its beautiful location, clean campsites, and friendly staff, making for a generally enjoyable camping experience. Visitors appreciate the quiet atmosphere and scenic views, with many indicating they would return. However, there are notable concerns regarding the condition of bathroom facilities, maintenance of amenities, and accessibility of water, suggesting that some areas could benefit from improvements and more attentive upkeep.
Review Summary
Kelli S
VerifiedAugust 7, 2024 • Stayed at: Cabin D010, Loop: D LOOP
Cabins are great! Open the door to a small room with an open 4 square shelf, with room on top for storage. The table was a 4 person table with two chairs. The room was big enough for a bench and three large coolers. The sleeping room has two bunk beds, with mattress pads on them. Room under the beds for storing luggage. Each site has a picnic table and a fire ring with a grill grate that slides overtop. We had two 15 year old boys, a 3 year old and myself and husband and all slept fine.
The porches have overhangs.
We liked how the cabin was backed up to a wooded area. Felt very alone in the super large campground.
Kelli S
VerifiedAugust 7, 2024 • Stayed at: Cabin D009, Loop: D LOOP
Zilpo Campground is incredible. The drive in is beautiful. We saw lots of deer on the way into the campground and more inside too! We enjoyed the beach, the boat dock, and hiked Zilpo Mountain trail at the entrance of the D loop. The hike is not an easy one with kids, but we did it. The #9 cabin was nice with an extra long driveway so we could park the car and boat at our spot. The bath house showed showers on the map, but this one is not a shower house, so we drove to the neighbor loops. It was VERY CLEAN. We cooked at the campsite on the fire circles with the grate on top. We didn't get to the store and during our stay there wasn't many campers but saw lots of employees cleaning and caring for the park.
We highly recommend coming here. The water was so clean at Cave Run Lake and the kids had a blast catching all the blue gill.
Kelli S
VerifiedAugust 7, 2024 • Stayed at: Cabin D010, Loop: D LOOP
Cabins are great! Open the door to a small room with an open 4 square shelf, with room on top for storage. The table was a 4 person table with two chairs. The room was big enough for a bench and three large coolers. The sleeping room has two bunk beds, with mattress pads on them. Room under the beds for storing luggage. Each site has a picnic table and a fire ring with a grill grate that slides overtop. We had two 15 year old boys, a 3 year old and myself and husband and all slept fine.
The porches have overhangs.
We liked how the cabin was backed up to a wooded area. Felt very alone in the super large campground.
Harley s
VerifiedAugust 6, 2024 • Stayed at: Cabin F019, Loop: F LOOP
Me an my partner have came to zippo every year we been together an get a cabin an it's so peaceful that is something we keep doing together this year was our 3rd anniversary ❤️
Harley s
VerifiedAugust 6, 2024 • Stayed at: Cabin F019, Loop: F LOOP
Me an my partner have came to zippo every year we been together an get a cabin an it's so peaceful that is something we keep doing together this year was our 3rd anniversary ❤️
Brian H
VerifiedAugust 5, 2024 • Stayed at: H027, Loop: H LOOP
Zilpo is excellent been going there my whole life.
Beau S
VerifiedAugust 5, 2024 • Stayed at: H017, Loop: H LOOP
There is beach access trails from many of the campsites here. We were able to walk 2 campsites down to a trail and it was gorgeous. This is a great place for launching kayaks and less populated beaches.
Brian H
VerifiedAugust 5, 2024 • Stayed at: H027, Loop: H LOOP
Zilpo is excellent been going there my whole life.
Beau S
VerifiedAugust 5, 2024 • Stayed at: H017, Loop: H LOOP
There is beach access trails from many of the campsites here. We were able to walk 2 campsites down to a trail and it was gorgeous. This is a great place for launching kayaks and less populated beaches.
Ann S
VerifiedAugust 1, 2024 • Stayed at: Cabin 041, Loop: H LOOP
The campgrounds are beautiful with all the trees. We really enjoyed the beach both days. The only negative was the showers in H loop. They were scolding hot and you couldn’t regulate them. This is a huge safety concern.
Location & Directions for Zilpo - Daniel Boone Nat. For.
8697 Z Ilpo Road, Salt Lick, KY 40371 United States
Getting There
In Salt Lick, KY, at the intersection of State Route 211 and U.S. Route 60,
take Route 211 south for 3.6 mi to the Forest Recreation sign. Turn left
at the sign, onto Clear Creek Road and go 3.9 mi to Zilpo Campground sign.
Turn left at the si...
In Salt Lick, KY, at the intersection of State Route 211 and U.S. Route 60,
take Route 211 south for 3.6 mi to the Forest Recreation sign. Turn left
at the sign, onto Clear Creek Road and go 3.9 mi to Zilpo Campground sign.
Turn left at the sign onto Forest Route 918 and drive 8.7 mi to the campground.
Highway access
The campground is accessible via U.S. Route 60 and State Route 211. U.S. Route 60 is approximately 3.6 miles from the campground.
Policies & Rules
General
- Limit 6 people and 2 vehicles per single campsite; additional vehicles will be charged an additional fee per night; additional guest will be charged $2 per night.
- Each cabin has 2 double bunk beds with out mattresses, Please bring your own sleeping bags or other bedding.Each cabin can accommodate up to 6 people and 1 vehicle. Tents and RVs are not allowed at the cabins.
- Beach is opened from Memorial day to Labor day, unless flooding occurs hours of operation are 11am to 8 pm
- Only Authorized companies are allowed to drop off and set up rental trailers, all unauthorized RV trailer rental deliveries will be turned away.
- Reserved Sites will be held until check out time (NOON) the day following your arrival date. Sites must be occupied by the checkout time of that following day to hold a reservation or the site will be forfeited and released to other guests. Once your reservation start date has begun, neither the Recreation.gov Contact Center nor the campground manager will be able to modify your reservation.
- Don't Move Firewood: Help protect our forests! Prevent the spread of tree-killing pests by obtaining firewood at or near your destination and burning it on-site. Moving firewood is illegal in some states. Visit dontmovefirewood.org to learn more.
- A discount of 25% is now available for reservations that include 7 or more consecutive days.
Warnings & Advisories
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GeneralReservations for seven consecutive nights or more receive an automatic 25% discount.
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Last updated: October 18, 2026
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