Bear Creek Campground - Ky

Love the camp and riding. Don't like the concrete stalls. Hard on horses feet

Site itself was very nice and large and level. Bathhouse was clean. PLEASE UPGRADE YOUR HORSE STALLS! The metal stantions on concrete are terrible! Horses cannot move, laydown, and standing on concrete is very hard on them especially after riding. TRAILS: If part of your horse trails are closed, TAKE THE TIME TO MARK IT CLOSED. We ended up on the hiking trail due to part of the horse trail being closed but not marked so. One rider was rolled by her horse crossing the foot bridge, another was pinned under his horse when it tried to go up the hill with loose dirt. Thankfully, no one was seriously hurt and the horses were not injured. It easily could have been serious and possibly fatal. The park rangers could have also made the trails more passable around the deep mud bogs in the middle of the trail by opening up some side paths around them. It would not have hurt the overall environment, rather, would have helped and maybe allowe the mud bogs to dry up. Mud was deep up to the shoulders at one point.. no excuse for that. This also presents a danger. Not as fun as expected. Disappointing to say the least. Park Rangers weren't even present but for a few times over 3 days. Date: May 17-20, 2021. Doubt any of us would be back.

Site itself was very nice and large and level. Bathhouse was clean. PLEASE UPGRADE YOUR HORSE STALLS! The metal stantions on concrete are terrible! Horses cannot move, laydown, and standing on concrete is very hard on them especially after riding. TRAILS: If part of your horse trails are closed, TAKE THE TIME TO MARK IT CLOSED. We ended up on the hiking trail due to part of the horse trail being closed but not marked so. One rider was rolled by her horse crossing the foot bridge, another was pinned under his horse when it tried to go up the hill with loose dirt. Thankfully, no one was seriously hurt and the horses were not injured. It easily could have been serious and possibly fatal. The park rangers could have also made the trails more passable around the deep mud bogs in the middle of the trail by opening up some side paths around them. It would not have hurt the overall environment, rather, would have helped and maybe allowe the mud bogs to dry up. Mud was deep up to the shoulders at one point.. no excuse for that. This also presents a danger. Not as fun as expected. Disappointing to say the least. Park Rangers weren't even present but for a few times over 3 days. Date: May 17-20, 2021. Doubt any of us would be back.

Many of the stalls are broken down and not working. There is NO maintenance being done of the campground OR the trails. Muck and mud all over the place - Shoe sucking mud. One of the people in my group was cited by the park rangers for moving her campsite to one that wasn't as broken down and would actually hold her horses. This was after an attempt to contact them on a Sunday. Nobody was available. It seems they can stroll thru camp multiple times per day looking for places to cite folks but can't be bothered to actually fix anything. POOR MANAGEMENT. We have been told for over a year they play to replace the stock type tie in stalls. They are using that promise as an excuse not to repair the failing ones in camp. One has a huge broken and dented space where a tree fell on it. My other friend had to use that spot! Replace them or fix the broken ones!

Many of the stalls are broken down and not working. There is NO maintenance being done of the campground OR the trails. Muck and mud all over the place - Shoe sucking mud. One of the people in my group was cited by the park rangers for moving her campsite to one that wasn't as broken down and would actually hold her horses. This was after an attempt to contact them on a Sunday. Nobody was available. It seems they can stroll thru camp multiple times per day looking for places to cite folks but can't be bothered to actually fix anything. POOR MANAGEMENT. We have been told for over a year they play to replace the stock type tie in stalls. They are using that promise as an excuse not to repair the failing ones in camp. One has a huge broken and dented space where a tree fell on it. My other friend had to use that spot! Replace them or fix the broken ones!

Nice campground with easy access to good trails.

Nice campground with easy access to good trails.

Would have been nicer to have covered stalls, last day horse did get leg stuck in standing stalls.

Would have been nicer to have covered stalls, last day horse did get leg stuck in standing stalls.

Reservations - it was difficult to find map of camp sites this year. We had reserved for 2 families. One heard trails were bad and cancelled so we got back $18 of $56...

Sites - not mowed anywhere. We have pictures. Grass was above knee high at all sites. Trees down at sites and damage to horse stalls (sites 17 and 15).

Trails not maintained. Trees down. Knee high mud (dangerous).

We are avid and experienced riders / campers. If I think not maintained and dangerous then there is a problem. The camp's quality has deteriorated greatly the last several years.