Eureka
- Right now
- Taking bookingsSites offered on 3 of the next 3 nights read 15:59 UTC
- A night
- $20–$32Across the site types the agency prices
- Sites
- 26All of them booked ahead
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 1 notices
In the agency’s own words
Eureka Campground sits on Lake Barkley among wooded rolling hills and abundant wildlife. Fishing is a well-loved sport here; Kentucky's largest yellow bass was caught in these waters, and anglers flock with hopes of breaking the record. Keep reading
Recreation
Hikers and bikers are fans of the 2.5 mile Chestnut Oaks Trail that starts here. Other activities include boating, fishing and swimming.
Facilities
The campground offers 26 sites with water and electric hookups. Additional amenities include hot showers, playground, boat ramp and swimming area. A picnic shelter is available for groups up to 100 guests. Electric hookups are available.
Natural Features
Lake Barkley, the western-most lake on the Cumberland River is connected by a canal to Kentucky Lake, forming one of the nation's greatest freshwater recreation complexes. Between the two lakes is Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area, featuring miles of hiking trails and opportunities for off-road vehicle riding.
Nearby Attractions
Visit Fort Donelson National Battlefield, where the Union Army won their first battle of the Civil War. Another great destination in the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area, with more than 170,000 acres of public land to explore.
What the agency tells you
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District firewood policy is now in effect and seeks the public’s cooperation to prevent the spread of forest insects and disease at campgrounds in the Cumberland River Basin. The firewood policy requires visitors at Lake Barkley’s campgrounds to use only firewood that has been certified as heat-treated by U.S. Department of Agriculture or state natural resource agency.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 26
- Hookups
- 26 electric, 26 water
- Longest rig
- 68 ft
- Paved pads
- 6 of 26
- Accessible sites
- None listed
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- 25 of 26 sites
Facilities
- Showers
- Yes, the record doesn’t say what kind
- “Additional amenities include hot showers, playground, boat ramp and swimming area.”
- Drinking water
- Yes
- WATER SPIGOT on 1 of 27 campsite records
- Dump station
- Yes
- recreation.gov lists “Dump Station”
- Boat ramp
- Yes
- Playground
- Yes
- Stay limit
- 14 nights
- recreation.gov facility rule maxStay
Around the campground
- On the water
- Lake, River
- Biking
- Boating
- Fishing
- Swimming
- Water sports
- Night sky · 55th darkest of 60 in KY
- Bortle 4
4 of 54 site-nights open this Friday and Saturdayread 15:59 UTC
Every site here is reservable, and the record lists none held back for anyone who drives up.
OpenBooked
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.
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.
We make nothing when you book. The link goes straight to the government.
Every line of the receipt · 15
What you actually pay
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rates for this season, $20–$32 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.
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 · 5
recreation.gov availability, read 15:59 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Oct 1, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
27 records · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 27 mapped sitesAll 27 records
The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 2 of the 27 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| EURE | 01 | rv electric | 28 ft | 50 amp | 49 ft | 189 ftLake Barkley | |
| EURE | 02 | rv electric | 30 ft | 50 amp | 47 ft | 211 ftLake Barkley | |
| EURE | 03 | rv electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 47 ft | 209 ftLake Barkley | |
| EURE | 04 | rv electric | 44 ft | 50 amp | 48 ft | 97 ftLake Barkley | |
| EURE | 05 | rv electric | 60 ft | 50 amp | 48 ft | 83 ftLake Barkley | |
| EURE | 06 | rv electric | 60 ft | 50 amp | 57 ft | 122 ftLake Barkley | |
| EURE | 07 | rv electric | 44 ft | 50 amp | 57 ft | 109 ftLake Barkley | |
| EURE | 08 | rv electric | 68 ft | 50 amp | 63 ft | 94 ftLake Barkley | |
| EURE | 09 | rv electric | 30 ft | 50 amp | 80 ft | 83 ftLake Barkley | |
| EURE | 10 | rv electric | 45 ft | 50 amp | 99 ft | 86 ftLake Barkley | |
| EURE | 11 | rv electric | 44 ft | 50 amp | 82 ft | 118 ftLake Barkley | |
| EURE | 12 | rv electric | 43 ft | 50 amp | 82 ft | 162 ftLake Barkley | |
| EURE | 13 | rv electric | 57 ft | 50 amp | 119 ft | 68 ftLake Barkley | |
| EURE | 14 | rv electric | 36 ft | 50 amp | 100 ft | 106 ftLake Barkley | |
| EURE | 15 | rv electric | 45 ft | 50 amp | 100 ft | 104 ftLake Barkley | |
| EURE | 16 | rv electric | 35 ft | 50 amp | 97 ft | 202 ftLake Barkley | |
| EURE | 17 | rv electric | 60 ft | 50 amp | 124 ft | 84 ftLake Barkley | |
| EURE | 18 | rv electric | 65 ft | 50 amp | 97 ft | 117 ftLake Barkley | |
| EURE | 19 | rv electric | 60 ft | 50 amp | 99 ft | 157 ftLake Barkley | |
| EURE | 20 | rv electric | 52 ft | 50 amp | 120 ft | 169 ftLake Barkley | |
| EURE | 21 | rv electric | 44 ft | 50 amp | 82 ft | 240 ftLake Barkley | |
| EURE | 22 | rv electric | 46 ft | 50 amp | 56 ft | 262 ftLake Barkley | |
| EURE | 23 | rv electric | 60 ft | 50 amp | 56 ft | 243 ftLake Barkley | |
| EURE | 24 | rv electric | 42 ft | 50 amp | 43 ft | 217 ftLake Barkley | |
| EURE | 25 | standard electric | 28 ft | 50 amp | 43 ft | 203 ftLake Barkley | $20–$32 |
| EURE | 26 | standard electric | 25 ft | 50 amp | 54 ft | 226 ftLake Barkley | $20–$32 |
| EURE | S1 | day use | 15 amp | 608 ft | 370 ftLake Barkley | $35 |
The agency files 1 more record here that isn’t a site for the night. It files it as day use. It’s in the table above, marked for what it is, and it isn’t counted as a site.
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 27 listed
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Canal2.2 mi
Old Kuttawa5.0 mi
Hurricane Creek14 mi
Cadiz23 mi
Linton28 mi
Bumpus Mills33 miPhysical Address: Eureka Campground, 1802 St. Rt. 1271, Kuttawa, KY 42055 From Nashville, Tennessee take I-24 West to Exit 40. Turn left onto Highway 62 West for 2.9 miles then turn left onto Highway 810. Go 0.7 miles then turn right onto State Route 1271. Continue onto 1271 for 1.8 miles. The road leads directly into the campground.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Kuttawa, KY
Typical weather
Typical October night 52°F, day 74°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical January night 30°F, below freezing. Bring a bag rated colder than that, and expect ice in the water bottle.
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 Augusts are colder than the August line. The seven-day forecast above answers the other question.
The land, and who answers for it
who answers for it
Who answers for this land
Eureka is in Kentucky’s 1st congressional district. Its representative, James Comer (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →