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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
kimberly r
VerifiedJuly 23, 2020 • Stayed at: F010, Loop: F LOOP
Beautiful area, spacious, private sites. Helpful staff. beach/store closed due to COVID but no fault of the facility. Wish trail maps would have been available
Manuel E
VerifiedJuly 23, 2020 • Stayed at: H031, Loop: H LOOP
Super bonito, muy tranquilo
Timothy G
VerifiedJuly 21, 2020 • Stayed at: H024, Loop: H LOOP
Excellent check-in process. Site was clean and free of any trash - overall great experience.
Timothy G
VerifiedJuly 21, 2020 • Stayed at: H024, Loop: H LOOP
Excellent check-in process. Site was clean and free of any trash - overall great experience.
Brenda S
VerifiedJuly 19, 2020 • Stayed at: H024, Loop: H LOOP
Loved this campground, only recommendation to other campers is to make sure you have enough gas to get back to salt lick . My son was almost out and thankfully the camp host from section B brought him some gas she had been keeping for exactly this situation. Great friendly staff. We’ll be back
Brenda S
VerifiedJuly 19, 2020 • Stayed at: H024, Loop: H LOOP
Loved this campground, only recommendation to other campers is to make sure you have enough gas to get back to salt lick . My son was almost out and thankfully the camp host from section B brought him some gas she had been keeping for exactly this situation. Great friendly staff. We’ll be back
Charles R
VerifiedJune 24, 2020 • Stayed at: H010, Loop: H LOOP
Excellent campground!! We were right beside a bathroom but it was closed! Had to walk a half mile to bathroom! Also they didnt have any firewood! Overall nice campground though! Beach was closed but we knew that going in! No reason for it to be closed though!
Charles R
VerifiedJune 24, 2020 • Stayed at: H010, Loop: H LOOP
Excellent campground!! We were right beside a bathroom but it was closed! Had to walk a half mile to bathroom! Also they didnt have any firewood! Overall nice campground though! Beach was closed but we knew that going in! No reason for it to be closed though!
Raymond C
VerifiedJanuary 24, 2020 • Stayed at: H031, Loop: H LOOP
This campground is my favorite place to camp. There is some space between the campsites, so you don’t feel like you are in a trailer park. Nice lake and hiking trails.
Holly T
VerifiedJanuary 24, 2020 • Stayed at: H038, Loop: H LOOP
The sites at this campground are the prettiest sites we've seen. Excellent place to enjoy nature. The facilities such as bathouses could use some updating. And it is very hard to get one of the very limited electric sites. It would also be awesome if they would put in a playground somewhere on the grounds.
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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