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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · KY

Axtel

ReservableBookable through November 1, and from April 15.

Book on recreation.govWe make nothing when you book

Right now: Taking bookingsSites offered on 17 of the next 30 nights read 16:29 UTC
A night: $20–$60Across the site types the agency prices
Sites: 153All of them booked ahead

Photos · Darren Smith, Park Ranger

80 ftLongest rig

520 ftElevation

378 ftWater · Rough River Lake

9.1 miS of Hardinsburg, KY

28%Tree cover

The place

the agency’s own description · what’s there · 6 notices

In the agency’s own words

Axtel Campground is located on the shore of Rough River Lake in south central Kentucky. The 5,100-acre lake is a hometown paradise for visitors who love the outdoors, and more than two million visitors camp, picnic, fish, swim, boat and relax on the lake shore each year. Keep reading

Recreation

A wide variety of recreational activities and facilities are provided at the lake, including ample opportunities for boating and fishing. The most sought after fish are bass, crappie and catfish, and bass tournaments occur at the lake throughout the year. Additionally, pontoon, johnboat and jet ski rentals are available at the nearby marinas.

Facilities

Axtel Campground is a large facility with 158 campsites, many of which have electric hookups. All campsites provide sweeping views of the lake. A swimming area, boat ramp, dump station, flush toilets, playground, showers, drinking water, fish-cleaning station, and short trail are also provided. Wi-fi is available from an outside source.

Natural Features

The rolling, forested hills of rural south central Kentucky offer an extraordinary setting for those who visit the lake. Rough River Lake provides views of ancient sandstone, shale and limestone cliffs. An abundance of water in the area, both surface and underground, has carved through limestone to create a myriad of sinks and caverns. The lake itself is home to numerous species of wildlife, including migratory songbirds and waterfowl. Contact Info For facility specific information, please call (270) 257-2584.

Nearby Attractions

The historic Green Farm is adjacent to the lake. It consists of about 3,000 acres, a large ancestral home, an old water-powered mill and store and a golf course. George Washington once owned part of the land. Mammoth Cave National Park, which boasts the longest cave system in the world with more than 240 miles of mapped passageways, is about a one-hour drive away. Other nearby attractions also include the historic Holt House in Hardinsburg, the Jack Thomas House in Leitchfield, and the new Aquatic Center in Leitchfield.

Charges & Cancellations

Once a reservation has been created, there will be a $10 fee to cancel your reservation, change sites, or change dates. Cancellations made the day before you are scheduled to arrive through the day after your arrival date will also be charged the first night's use fee. No-show's are charged a $20 fee plus the first night's use fee. If you reservation is for only 1 night, and you have been charged the first night's use fee, there is no $10 or $20 service fee charged.

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

What the agency tells you

Rule

Off-road vehicles are not permitted

Rule

Park Attendant can be reached while on duty at (270) 257-2584. If no answer, contact the Rough River Lake U.S. Army Corps of Engineers office at (270) 257-2061.

Rule

$5 per day boat ramp fee

Everything else this campground posts · 3

Rule

Reservations will not be marked in advance at the campsite. Do not set up at any campsite without reserving the site first.

Rule

Don't Move Firewood: Protect your forests from tree-killing pests by buying your firewood locally and burning it on-site. Visit Dontmovefirewood.org for further information.

Rule

Quiet hours are 10:00 p.m. - 6:00 a.m. Generators and other noise-producing devices must be turned off during this time.

Read them on the agency’s own page →

Source: recreation.gov facility notices, quoted verbatim · Sep 9, 2026

Tents and rigs

Sites: 153
Hookups: 111 electric, 111 water, 3 sewer
Longest rig: 80 ft
Paved pads: 50 of 153
Accessible sites: 2
Pets: Allowed
Campfires: Allowed, barring fire bans
Shade: 114 of 150 sites

Source: Recreation.gov campsite records · Aug 23, 2026

Facilities

Toilets: Flush Toilets; “…swimming area, boat ramp, dump station, flush toilets, playground, showers, drinking water, fish-cleaning…”
Drinking water: Yes; “…flush toilets, playground, showers, drinking water, fish-cleaning station, and short trail are also…”
Dump station: Yes
Boat ramp: Yes
Playground: Yes
Stay limit: 14 nights; recreation.gov facility rule maxStay

Source: Stated in the agency description · Aug 23, 2026

Water, toilets and showers: read from the agency description, shown above · Sep 12, 2026

Around the campground

On the water: Lake, River; Boating; Fishing; Swimming
Night sky · 28th darkest of 60 in KY: Bortle 4

Source: Recreation.gov activity records · Aug 23, 2026

Night sky: VIIRS Day/Night Band annual cloud-free composite, VNL V2 2024 (Earth Observation Group, Colorado School of Mines), read at the published coordinate · Sep 8, 2026

112 of 300 site-nights open this Friday and Saturdayread 16:29 UTC

Every site here is reservable, and the record lists none held back for anyone who drives up.

OpenBookedClosed

Booking windowThrough November 1Bookable now through November 1, 2026, the end of this reservable season, and again for April 15, 2027. Today at 10 AM ET, availability opens through April 16, 2027.recreation.gov

Max stay14 nightsthe facility record

A night$20–$60plus $8 to reserve, once per bookingthe agency’s rate schedule

A weekend$48–$128DerivedFriday and Saturday, everything includedours, from the lines above

If plans change$10 to cancel$10 to change a reservation; this campground publishes its own terms toorecreation.gov’s schedule

Runs itU.S. Army Corps of EngineersBooked through recreation.govthe agency’s record

Watch for a cancellation

Full? Watch it.

One email when a night opens, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.

We read recreation.gov once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time a site in your window is free for the nights you asked for.

Scanners that check every few minutes exist, and most of them charge. This one is free, it reads the same calendar, and it won’t always be first.

Free forever, no booking kickbacks.

Tell me when the season opens

Watch for the season to open

One email when the season goes on sale, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.

We check once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time the agency has that season on sale.

Scanners that check every few minutes exist, and most of them charge. This one is free, it reads the same calendar, and it won’t always be first.

Free forever, no booking kickbacks.

Book on recreation.gov

We make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.

Every line of the receipt · 16

What you actually pay

The sign priceU.S. Army Corps of Engineers

A night, per site$20–$60

Standard Nonelectric$20

Standard Electric$30

Standard Electric - Full Hookup$34

Standard Nonelectric-Double$40

Standard Electric-Double$60

Rates for the season the campground is in now, Apr 9, 2026 to Nov 1, 2026.

The booking feerecreation.gov

Reservation fee, booked online$8

One fee per reservation, however many nights you book, and it’s non-refundable. $9 if you book by phone, $3 in person.

Pass discounts only apply to the recreation (or use) fee for the facility. Other charges such as electricity or water hookups, reservation or other fees are not eligible for a discount.

What a stay costs

One nightDerived$28–$68

A weekend, Friday and SaturdayDerived$48–$128

Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rates for this season, $20–$60 a night, plus one $8 recreation.gov reservation fee for the booking. A weekend here means Friday and Saturday night, booked once. Optional charges (an extra vehicle, a second tent, a dump-station fee) are listed separately and aren’t in this total.

If your plans changerecreation.gov

Change fee, moving to dates outside your booking$10

Cancellation fee$10

Cancelling the day before, or the day of$10 + your first night

No-show$20 + your first night

“Once a reservation has been created, there will be a $10 fee to cancel your reservation, change sites, or change dates. No-show's are charged a $20 fee plus the first night's use fee.” · this campground’s own no-show terms

Who keeps the booking fee

The agency’s own policy text says the reservation fee and the cancellation processing fee are “retained by the reservation service contractor”, and that a campground concessionaire will decline to refund them because “they did not receive these fees”. Recreation.gov is run under contract by Booz Allen Hamilton. What share of your booking fee the contractor keeps isn’t published in any federal dataset we can read, so we print no number for it. Our reporting on the contract →

How we know this receipt · 6

Sign price: recreation.gov facility rate schedule, quoted as the agency publishes it · Sep 10, 2026

Booking fee, change fee, cancellation fee, no-show: Rules and Reservation Policies, Recreation.gov, the published fee schedule, curated by hand into lib/reservation-fee-schedule.json (9 rows, each carrying its own verbatim sentence). The publisher states these policies were last updated September 2019. · Sep 9, 2026

This campground’s own terms: recreation.gov facility cancellation policy for this campground, quoted verbatim. Recreation.gov states that policies listed for specific locations supersede its site-wide policies. · Sep 9, 2026

The two totals: Derived by CAMPANAC by adding the agency’s own published nightly rate to recreation.gov’s own published reservation fee. Both components are cited above; the addition is ours and is shown only where every component is known. · Sep 9, 2026

Who keeps the booking fee: Recreation.gov facility policy text, Dead Swede Campground (facility 234221) · Not on the national policy page. This is agency policy text recreation.gov publishes on individual campground pages; this site holds it verbatim on 45 active campgrounds (campground_rules.cancellation_description, scripts/load-facility-rules.mjs). · Sep 9, 2026

The contract: Reservation Gods: Who Stole Our Campsites and Sold Them Back to Us, More Than Just Parks, April 2025 · Apr 1, 2025

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

recreation.gov availability, read 16:29 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this

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The sites

153 sites · which ones have room · the site map

The sites, ranked

from 152 mapped sites

62 ftbetween you and the next site, typically

85%of tent sites sit clear of electric or RV sites

Most roomH143 173 ftF109 124 ftA026 118 ftE105 103 ftI150 102 ft

Least roomI152 29 ftI157 29 ftE067 36 ft

Source: Derived by CAMPANAC from recreation.gov per-site coordinates (nearest-neighbor distance) · Oct 12, 2026

All 153 sites

153 of 153 sites located

Standard41RV / electric111Type not stated1

Aerial · Esri World Imagery

Sites: recreation.gov (RIDB), coordinates as published · Aug 23, 2026

Imagery: Esri World Imagery

SleepsTakes aUp to

The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 152 of the 153 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.

Measured shade is NLCD Tree Canopy Cover 2024 (USDA Forest Service / MRLC) read at the site’s own coordinate, 27% canopy or more, and only for the sites the agency gave no Shade value. It never changes the agency’s own shaded count beside it.


A	A001	standard electric	40 ft	50 amp		40 ft	422 ft	$30–$60
A	A002	standard electric	33 ft	50 amp		46 ft	466 ft	$30–$60
A	A003	standard electric	33 ft	50 amp		55 ft	475 ft	$30–$60
A	A004	standard electric	45 ft	50 amp		62 ft	444 ft	$30–$60
A	A005	standard electric	37 ft	50 amp		66 ft	385 ft	$30–$60
A	A006	standard electric	33 ft	50 amp		53 ft	324 ft	$30–$60
A	A007	standard electric	42 ft	50 amp		56 ft	390 ft	$30–$60
A	A008	standard electric	32 ft	50 amp		51 ft	314 ft	$30–$60
A	A009	standard electric	42 ft	50 amp		41 ft	370 ft	$30–$60
A	A010	standard electric	32 ft	50 amp		50 ft	331 ft	$30–$60
A	A011	standard electric	35 ft	15 amp		54 ft	364 ft	$30–$60
A	A012	standard electric	60 ft	50 amp		41 ft	387 ft	$30–$60
A	A013	standard electric	38 ft	50 amp		53 ft	385 ft	$30–$60
A	A014	standard electric	60 ft	50 amp		58 ft	399 ft	$30–$60
A	A015	standard electric	55 ft	50 amp		40 ft	436 ft	$30–$60
A	A016	standard electric	57 ft	50 amp		76 ft	354 ft	$30–$60
A	A017	standard electric	58 ft	50 amp		62 ft	430 ft	$30–$60
A	A018	standard electric	35 ft	50 amp		54 ft	290 ft	$30–$60
A	A019	standard electric	40 ft	50 amp		54 ft	339 ft	$30–$60
A	A020	standard electric	52 ft	50 amp		60 ft	310 ft	$30–$60
A	A021	standard electric	68 ft	50 amp		60 ft	251 ft	$30–$60
A	A022	type not stated	60 ft				215 ft
A	A023	standard electric	55 ft	50 amp		68 ft	317 ft	$30–$60
A	A024	standard electric	40 ft	50 amp		75 ft	321 ft	$30–$60
A	A025	standard electric	40 ft	50 amp		76 ft	284 ft	$30–$60
A	A026	standard electric	40 ft	50 amp		118 ft	136 ft	$30–$60
B	B027	standard electric	32 ft	50 amp		60 ft	89 ft	$30–$60
B	B028	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp		43 ft	98 ft	$30–$60
B	B029	standard electric	48 ft	50 amp		64 ft	42 ft	$30–$60
B	B030	standard electric	40 ft	50 amp		43 ft	115 ft	$30–$60
B	B031	standard electric	32 ft	50 amp		42 ft	41 ft	$30–$60
B	B032	standard electric	32 ft	50 amp		42 ft	40 ft	$30–$60
B	B033	standard electric	70 ft	50 amp		73 ft	109 ft	$30–$60
B	B034	standard electric	41 ft	50 amp		70 ft	33 ft	$30–$60
B	B035	standard electric	45 ft	50 amp		70 ft	32 ft	$30–$60
B	B036	standard electric	32 ft	50 amp		56 ft	75 ft	$30–$60
B	B037	standard electric	40 ft	50 amp		56 ft	72 ft	$30–$60
B	B038	standard electric	48 ft	50 amp		49 ft	124 ft	$30–$60
B	B039	standard electric	40 ft	50 amp		56 ft	199 ft	$30–$60
B	B040	standard electric	35 ft	50 amp		40 ft	166 ft	$30–$60
B	B041	standard electric	40 ft	50 amp		56 ft	219 ft	$30–$60
B	B042	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp		40 ft	190 ft	$30–$60
C	C043	standard electric	40 ft	50 amp		56 ft	122 ft	$30–$60
C	C044	standard electric	56 ft	50 amp		56 ft	66 ft	$30–$60
C	C045	standard electric	48 ft	50 amp		68 ft	34 ft	$30–$60
C	C046	standard electric	32 ft	50 amp		97 ft	31 ft	$30–$60
C	C047	standard electric	32 ft	50 amp		63 ft	186 ft	$30–$60
C	C048	standard electric	48 ft	50 amp		63 ft	168 ft	$30–$60
C	C049	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp		65 ft	150 ft	$30–$60
C	C050	standard electric	44 ft	50 amp		78 ft	126 ft	$30–$60
C	C051	standard electric	40 ft	50 amp		65 ft	288 ft	$30–$60
C	C052	standard electric	70 ft	50 amp		45 ft	323 ft	$30–$60
C	C053	standard electric	55 ft	50 amp		45 ft	317 ft	$30–$60
C	C054	standard electric	60 ft	50 amp	yes	63 ft	316 ft	$30–$60
D	D055	standard electric	38 ft	50 amp		52 ft	107 ft	$30–$60
D	D056	standard electric	48 ft	50 amp		42 ft	70 ft	$30–$60
D	D057	standard electric	48 ft	50 amp		42 ft	64 ft	$30–$60
D	D058	standard electric	40 ft	50 amp		74 ft	32 ft	$30–$60
D	D059	standard electric	56 ft	50 amp		100 ft	60 ft	$30–$60
E	E060	standard electric	40 ft	50 amp		100 ft	51 ft	$30–$60
E	E061	standard electric	48 ft	50 amp		84 ft	68 ft	$30–$60
E	E062	standard electric	56 ft	50 amp		78 ft	82 ft	$30–$60
E	E063	standard electric	80 ft	50 amp		78 ft	93 ft	$30–$60
E	E064/65	standard nonelectric	70 ft			58 ft	100 ft	$20–$40
E	E066	standard electric	40 ft	50 amp		58 ft	146 ft	$30–$60
E	E067	standard electric	40 ft	50 amp		36 ft	214 ft	$30–$60
E	E068	standard electric	40 ft	50 amp		59 ft	91 ft	$30–$60
E	E069	standard electric	58 ft	50 amp		51 ft	177 ft	$30–$60
E	E070	standard electric	48 ft	50 amp		59 ft	86 ft	$30–$60
E	E071	standard electric	52 ft	50 amp		51 ft	168 ft	$30–$60
E	E072	standard nonelectric	48 ft			74 ft	66 ft	$20–$40
E	E073	standard nonelectric	40 ft			72 ft	163 ft	$20–$40
E	E074/75	standard nonelectric	32 ft			74 ft	52 ft	$20–$40
E	E076	standard nonelectric	48 ft			47 ft	110 ft	$20–$40
E	E077	standard nonelectric	56 ft			47 ft	94 ft	$20–$40
E	E078	standard nonelectric	56 ft			79 ft	25 ft	$20–$40
E	E079	standard nonelectric	40 ft			95 ft	11 ft	$20–$40
E	E080	standard nonelectric	40 ft			69 ft	46 ft	$20–$40
E	E081	standard nonelectric	48 ft			63 ft	83 ft	$20–$40
E	E082	standard nonelectric	50 ft			72 ft	183 ft	$20–$40
E	E083	standard nonelectric	56 ft			68 ft	107 ft	$20–$40
E	E084	standard nonelectric	40 ft			68 ft	121 ft	$20–$40
E	E085	standard nonelectric	38 ft			45 ft	59 ft	$20–$40
E	E086	standard nonelectric	48 ft			45 ft	74 ft	$20–$40
E	E087	standard nonelectric	56 ft			48 ft	51 ft	$20–$40
E	E088	standard nonelectric	24 ft			61 ft	38 ft	$20–$40
E	E089/90	standard nonelectric	48 ft			87 ft	93 ft	$20–$40
E	E091	standard nonelectric	56 ft			87 ft	133 ft	$20–$40
E	E092	standard nonelectric	32 ft			69 ft	206 ft	$20–$40
E	E093	standard nonelectric	40 ft			69 ft	160 ft	$20–$40
E	E094/95	standard electric	70 ft	50 amp		83 ft	201 ft	$30–$60
E	E096	standard electric	78 ft	50 amp		99 ft	248 ft	$30–$60
E	E097	standard electric	40 ft	50 amp		54 ft	314 ft	$30–$60
E	E098	standard electric	54 ft	50 amp		62 ft	283 ft	$30–$60
E	E099	standard electric	40 ft	50 amp		62 ft	289 ft	$30–$60
E	E100	standard electric	40 ft	50 amp		54 ft	359 ft	$30–$60
E	E101	standard electric	48 ft	50 amp		80 ft	329 ft	$30–$60
E	E102	standard electric	40 ft	50 amp		36 ft	250 ft	$30–$60
E	E103	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp	yes	80 ft	261 ft	$30–$60
E	E104	standard electric	56 ft	50 amp		77 ft	199 ft	$30–$60
E	E105	standard electric	27 ft	50 amp		103 ft	162 ft	$30–$60
F	F106	standard electric	30 ft	50 amp		60 ft	150 ft	$30–$60
F	F107	standard electric	24 ft	50 amp		52 ft	135 ft	$30–$60
F	F108	standard electric	32 ft	50 amp		58 ft	135 ft	$30–$60
F	F109	standard electric	40 ft	50 amp		124 ft	129 ft	$30–$60
F	F110	standard electric	30 ft	50 amp		64 ft	67 ft	$30–$60
F	F111	standard electric	30 ft	50 amp		64 ft	65 ft	$30–$60
F	F112	standard electric	32 ft	50 amp		58 ft	87 ft	$30–$60
F	F113	standard electric	32 ft	50 amp		52 ft	87 ft	$30–$60
F	F114	standard electric	32 ft	50 amp		61 ft	94 ft	$30–$60
F	F115	standard electric	64 ft	50 amp		74 ft	112 ft	$30–$60
F	F116	standard electric	56 ft	50 amp		73 ft	103 ft	$30–$60
F	F117	standard electric	40 ft	50 amp		70 ft	92 ft	$30–$60
F	F118	standard electric	32 ft	50 amp		48 ft	94 ft	$30–$60
F	F119	standard electric	56 ft	50 amp		44 ft	89 ft	$30–$60
F	F120	standard electric	56 ft	50 amp		44 ft	105 ft	$30–$60
F	F121	standard electric	48 ft	50 amp		46 ft	109 ft	$30–$60
G	G122	standard electric	24 ft	50 amp		85 ft	251 ft	$30–$60
G	G123	standard electric	32 ft	50 amp		85 ft	302 ft	$30–$60
G	G124	standard electric	40 ft	50 amp		70 ft	350 ft	$30–$60
G	G125	standard electric	30 ft	50 amp		65 ft	276 ft	$30–$60
G	G126	standard electric	24 ft	50 amp		55 ft	261 ft	$30–$60
G	G127	standard electric	30 ft	50 amp		55 ft	261 ft	$30–$60
G	G128	standard electric	30 ft	50 amp		59 ft	258 ft	$30–$60
G	G129	standard electric	32 ft	50 amp		67 ft	329 ft	$30–$60
G	G130	standard electric	24 ft	50 amp		60 ft	246 ft	$30–$60
G	G131	standard electric	32 ft	50 amp		60 ft	304 ft	$30–$60
G	G132	standard electric	24 ft	50 amp		43 ft	253 ft	$30–$60
G	G133	standard electric	40 ft	50 amp		63 ft	323 ft	$30–$60
G	G134	standard electric	32 ft	50 amp		43 ft	274 ft	$30–$60
G	G135	standard electric	32 ft	50 amp		68 ft	378 ft	$30–$60
G	G136	standard electric	40 ft	50 amp		67 ft	307 ft	$30–$60
G	G137	standard electric	50 ft	50 amp		72 ft	300 ft	$30–$60
H	H138	standard nonelectric	24 ft			82 ft	187 ft	$20–$40
H	H139	standard nonelectric	24 ft			70 ft	295 ft	$20–$40
H	H140	standard nonelectric	30 ft			78 ft	122 ft	$20–$40
H	H141	standard nonelectric	38 ft			96 ft	149 ft	$20–$40
H	H142	standard nonelectric	28 ft			83 ft	154 ft	$20–$40
H	H143	standard nonelectric	40 ft			173 ft	64 ft	$20–$40
H	H144	standard nonelectric	32 ft			83 ft	72 ft	$20–$40
H	H145	standard nonelectric	16 ft			78 ft	45 ft	$20–$40
H	H146	standard nonelectric				92 ft	189 ft	$20–$40
H	H147	standard nonelectric	40 ft			82 ft	181 ft	$20–$40
H	H148/149	standard nonelectric	40 ft			68 ft	414 ft	$20–$40
I	I150	standard nonelectric	40 ft			102 ft	264 ft	$20–$40
I	I151	standard nonelectric				85 ft	241 ft	$20–$40
I	I152	standard nonelectric	24 ft			29 ft	288 ft	$20–$40
I	I153	standard nonelectric	40 ft			70 ft	258 ft	$20–$40
I	I154	standard nonelectric	24 ft			78 ft	308 ft	$20–$40
I	I155	standard nonelectric	24 ft			78 ft	342 ft	$20–$40
I	I156	standard nonelectric	30 ft			54 ft	322 ft	$20–$40
I	I157	standard nonelectric	24 ft			29 ft	317 ft	$20–$40
I	I158	standard nonelectric	16 ft			85 ft	320 ft	$20–$40

Price: Derived by CAMPANAC: each site takes the per-night rate this campground publishes for the site’s own site type (recreation.gov rate schedule). recreation.gov publishes no per-campsite fee, and a site whose type carries no published rate is left blank rather than called free · Sep 11, 2026

OpenStreetMap has no toilet mapped within 1 km of this campground, so no site here carries a toilet distance. That’s a gap in the map, not a finding about the campground.

25 of 153 listed

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

Getting there

the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number

Coordinate37.62250, -86.45306

The mapSee it on the map

The driveDirections ↗

The phone270-257-2584

The agency’s pageOfficial page ↗

Where it is

Also near here

North Fork (KY)1.0 mi

Laurel Branch1.0 mi

Cave Creek4.1 mi

German Ridge CampgroundHoosier National Forest · 24 mi

Moutardier24 mi

WAX26 mi

Getting there

Begin at ramp onto I-64 West toward New Albany/St. Louis, traveling 22.3 miles. Take the IN-135, Exit Number 105, toward Palmyra/Corydon, onto IN-135 South toward Corydon, traveling 16.7 miles. Continue on Bypass Road KY-79 for 2.1 miles. Turn right onto KY-79, traveling 10.1 miles. Continue on 1st Avenue, KY-79S for 495 feet. Turn a slight right onto US-60, traveling 11.8 miles. Turn left onto KY-259/KY-79, traveling 9.7 miles. Turn right to stay on KY-79, traveling .7 miles. End at 663 South Highway 79, McDaniels, KY. Distance is approximately 74 miles with an approximate travel time of 1 hour, 20 minutes.

Directions: Driving directions as the agency wrote them · Sep 9, 2026

Source: Recreation.gov data (RIDB), full extract · Aug 23, 2026

The weather

the next four days · the thirty-year normal

Next four days, and the thirty-year normal

Forecast

Today62°Isolated Rain Showers then Mostly Cloudy21% rain

Tonight42°Mostly Cloudy6% rain

Saturday57°Sunny

Saturday Night36°Clear then Patchy Frost

NWS forecast for Hardinsburg, KY

Source: National Weather Service, LMK forecast office · Oct 16, 2026

Typical weather

Typical October night 44°F, day 72°F.

Coldest month of the year: typical January night 24°F, below freezing. Bring a bag rated colder than that, and expect ice in the water bottle.

100°32°20°

Daily high and lowDays with 0.10 in or more

A normal is the 1991-2020 average for the month, not a forecast: about half of all Julys are colder than the July line. The seven-day forecast above answers the other question.

Measured at: ROUGH RVR LAKE, KY (USC00156988), 3 miles away and 40 ft higher

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020, monthly normals · Sep 8, 2026

The land, and who answers for it

who answers for it

Who answers for this land

Axtel is in Kentucky’s 2nd congressional district. Its representative, Brett Guthrie (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →

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Source: U.S. Census district boundaries and the MTJP Congressional Public Lands Score

How we know

every fact on this page, and where it came from

Right now: recreation.gov is offering sites on 17 of the next 30 nights, which isn’t something a closed campground does.

Sites on recreation.gov: recreation.gov’s own month availability payload for this facility, asked for October 2026 and November 2026. It names 153 of the 153 campsites the agency files here, and every one of them carries an answer either way. A campground nobody has read carries no answer at all, never a no. · Oct 14, 2026

Elevation: USGS 3DEP elevation point query at this campground’s coordinate · Sep 7, 2026

Tree cover: NLCD Tree Canopy Cover 2024 (USDA Forest Service / MRLC), one 30 m cell at this coordinate, taken as the median across the 153 campsites here that carry a reading · Sep 9, 2026

Water: USGS National Hydrography Dataset, nearest perennial lake, reservoir, river or stream to this campground’s coordinate · Sep 8, 2026

Night sky: VIIRS Day/Night Band annual cloud-free composite, VNL V2 2024 (Earth Observation Group, Colorado School of Mines), read at the published coordinate: 0.63 mcd/m² of artificial all-sky glow, ranked against the 60 rated federal campgrounds in Kentucky · Sep 8, 2026

Sky-glow model: Duriscoe, Anderson, Luginbuhl and Baugh (2018), a simplified model of all-sky artificial sky glow derived from VIIRS Day/Night band data, the National Park Service sky-glow model

Cell signal: the Army Corps’s own campground description, read as text by CAMPANAC. None of this is a measurement. It’s what the land manager published about the place, and phones, carriers and weather all disagree with each other; treat it as a warning, not a promise.

Nearest town: U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line 2024 places, measured by CAMPANAC to the town boundary; population is the ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimate · Sep 9, 2026