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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
June 24, 2023 • Stayed at: H018, Loop: H LOOP
Great campsite, excellent staff. The bath/shower houses were not the greatest (lots of spiders), but sufficient. Also, the site we reserved on recreation.gov was somehow double booked. Fortunately there were plenty of spots available and the staff let us have our pick.
There is a good trailhead in the site which leads to an amazing overlook of the lake. Also, the marina at the lake rents boats. There is also some great fishing.
June 24, 2023 • Stayed at: H018, Loop: H LOOP
Great campsite, excellent staff. The bath/shower houses were not the greatest (lots of spiders), but sufficient. Also, the site we reserved on recreation.gov was somehow double booked. Fortunately there were plenty of spots available and the staff let us have our pick.
There is a good trailhead in the site which leads to an amazing overlook of the lake. Also, the marina at the lake rents boats. There is also some great fishing.
June 24, 2023 • Stayed at: H018, Loop: H LOOP
Great campsite, excellent staff. The bath/shower houses were not the greatest (lots of spiders), but sufficient. Also, the site we reserved on recreation.gov was somehow double booked. Fortunately there were plenty of spots available and the staff let us have our pick.
There is a good trailhead in the site which leads to an amazing overlook of the lake. Also, the marina at the lake rents boats. There is also some great fishing.
Mitch T
VerifiedJune 22, 2023 • Stayed at: H017, Loop: H LOOP
This was a great, out of the way destination. It turned out to be a very popular destination as well and for good reason. Nice beach and clean campground and toilets.
Mitch T
VerifiedJune 22, 2023 • Stayed at: H017, Loop: H LOOP
This was a great, out of the way destination. It turned out to be a very popular destination as well and for good reason. Nice beach and clean campground and toilets.
krista b
VerifiedJune 21, 2023 • Stayed at: H026, Loop: H LOOP
The bathrooms were not kept up. Always out of soap. Toilets stopped up. There were terrible. We have been having a family reunion weekend at Zilpo for 25 years and I have never seen it like this.
krista b
VerifiedJune 21, 2023 • Stayed at: H026, Loop: H LOOP
The bathrooms were not kept up. Always out of soap. Toilets stopped up. There were terrible. We have been having a family reunion weekend at Zilpo for 25 years and I have never seen it like this.
Maryann V
VerifiedJune 15, 2023 • Stayed at: H026, Loop: H LOOP
Wonderful campground, came there mid week, and it wasn’t busy at all. Bathrooms are cleaned every day took the hike up to the Lookout, just beautiful.
Maryann V
VerifiedJune 15, 2023 • Stayed at: H026, Loop: H LOOP
Wonderful campground, came there mid week, and it wasn’t busy at all. Bathrooms are cleaned every day took the hike up to the Lookout, just beautiful.
Stephen W
VerifiedJune 12, 2023 • Stayed at: H006, Loop: H LOOP
No issues. Low traffic and a relatively quiet area. Cellphone coverage is spotty and best in loops G and H. Toilets were reasonably clean, and the showers were hot! If you are allergic to poison ivy, take care, there is quite a bit of that around. If you are into birds, several birds in the area are interesting to see and hear. Access to the lake was easy for paddleboarding and swimming. All in all, a pleasant stay!
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.
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- A discount of 25% is now available for reservations that include 7 or more consecutive days.
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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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