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2026 Season availability
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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
Alex H
VerifiedJune 10, 2026 • Stayed at: H027, Loop: H LOOP
Campground was nice and space between sites on the H Loop was adequate. I felt that $50+ after taxes and fees was pretty high for a tent site that doesn’t have electricity or potable water within walking distance.
Jason H
VerifiedJune 8, 2026 • Stayed at: H016, Loop: H LOOP
Need more employees to help with the upkeep of the trails. Several trees down on trails and couldn’t finish the trail.
Sara F
VerifiedJune 5, 2026 • Stayed at: H019, Loop: H LOOP
Friendly staff, clean park, not too busy!
Joey B
VerifiedJune 2, 2026 • Stayed at: G011, Loop: G LOOP
I love Zilpo, it's a diamond in the rough. The only thing is the ticks, they're awful, but it's a site by site basis. A couple years ago I had a site that was tick o plenty. Spray your gear with permetherine, and 30% Deet works just fine. Though Zilpo is set back and out of the way, I mean set in tbe way back of Bath County, it really is great.
Sarah W
VerifiedJune 1, 2026 • Stayed at: F015, Loop: F LOOP
No water at site. No communication that there was no water in the area.
Shawn S
VerifiedMay 24, 2026 • Stayed at: G018, Loop: G LOOP
Wonderful place to camp! Family friendly campground. Scenic views! Beautiful sunrises and sunsets. Hope to see you there!
Shawn S
VerifiedMay 24, 2026 • Stayed at: G016, Loop: G LOOP
Beautiful campground! Great and helpful employees!
Jeremiah P
VerifiedMay 24, 2026 • Stayed at: H006, Loop: H LOOP
Beautifully maintained spaces where the gravel is raked and the fire pit cleaned out. Hosts went out of their way to help us and even offered to go into town to pick up propane but I had just enough. Lovely trails to the lake.
Robert S
VerifiedMay 23, 2026 • Stayed at: H027, Loop: H LOOP
Hosts returned info call promptly. Very helpful. Most sites with good separation and line of sight blocks. Gravel provides better drainage for tent/tarp camping. Seemed to be very few concave "bathtub" sites. I'll be back!
Sara L
VerifiedMay 18, 2026 • Stayed at: H029, Loop: H LOOP
I’ve been coming to Zilpo for years and sadly each year there’s less support for maintenance. The bathrooms were cleaned each day. Only one shower of three had hot water. Only one sink of three had hot water. There is no store any more. You can tell visitors are down because trails are growing over. The ticks are insane. I’m sad my favorite place to camp has gone this far downhill.
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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