Fishing Creek Campground
- Right now
- Taking bookingsSites offered on 2 of the next 2 nights read 15:57 UTC
- A night
- $22–$36Across the site types the agency prices
- Sites
- 46All of them booked ahead
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 4 notices
In the agency’s own words
Fishing Creek Campground is located at 1598 E. Highway 1248 just west of Somerset, Kentucky. Fishing Creek is part of beautiful Lake Cumberland, where visitors enjoy boating, fishing and hunting. Click here for the Lake Cumberland virtual tour. Keep reading
Recreation
Lake Cumberland is the largest man-made lake east of the Mississippi River. Its large surface acreage and over 1,200 miles of shoreline provide a myriad of recreational activities. The lake has an abundance of largemouth, smallmouth, white and Kentucky bass, bluegill, crappie, rockfish and walleye, making it a favorite among anglers.
Facilities
The campground offers 26 RV sites and 20 tent-only sites, all with water and electric hookups and picnic table, fire pit/grill and lantern post. Amenities include flush toilets, showers, drinking water, washer/dryer, boat ramp and a dump station. Fishing Creek also has a day-use area, picnic sites and a playground, making it an ideal spot for large parties and family functions.
Natural Features
The campground is situated above the shore of Fishing Creek on Lake Cumberland. Dense stands of mature hardwoods forest the site, offering scenic views, pleasant shade and wildlife habitat. Because of the temperate climate and relatively long recreation season, the lake provides varied outdoor recreational opportunities for millions of visitors each year.
Nearby Attractions
Lee's Ford Resort Marina is less than 10 minutes from the campground. It offers boat rentals, a general store, restaurant and lodging. The Mill Springs Battlefield Park is just a 15-minute drive from Fishing Creek. This historic Civil War site offers interpretive exhibits, a gift shop and driving tour. Special events are held throughout the year, including educational programs and a thrilling reenactment.
What the agency tells you
Check in time is 3:00 PM Eastern. Check out time is 12:00 PM Eastern.
Off-road vehicles not permitted.
Golf carts, scooters and moped vehicles are not authorized on project roadways unless handicap credentials can be established.
Everything else this campground posts · 1
America the Beautiful discount cards do not apply to group sites or shelters. Discount cards good for standard sites only.
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 46 · 20 tent-only
- Hookups
- 46 electric, 46 water
- Longest rig
- 87 ft
- Paved pads
- 7 of 46
- Accessible sites
- 1
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- Every site
Facilities
- Toilets
- Flush Toilets
- FLUSH TOILETS on 41 of 46 campsite records, FLUSH TOILETS (SEASONAL) on 2 of 46 campsite records, ACCESSIBLE FLUSH TOILETS on 46 of 46 campsite records
- Showers
- Accessible Showers
- ACCESSIBLE SHOWERS on 45 of 46 campsite records
- Drinking water
- Yes
- “…include flush toilets, showers, drinking water, washer/dryer, boat ramp and a dump station.…”
- Dump station
- Yes
- recreation.gov lists “Dump Station”
- Boat ramp
- Yes
- Playground
- Yes
- Store
- Nearby
- Camp host
- On site
- recreation.gov lists “Host”
- Stay limit
- 14 nights
- recreation.gov facility rule maxStay
Around the campground
- On the water
- Lake, River, Creek, Beach
- Boating
- Fishing
- Night sky · 59th darkest of 60 in KY
- Bortle 4
24 of 92 site-nights open this Friday and Saturdayread 15:57 UTC
Every site here is reservable, and the record lists none held back for anyone who drives up.
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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 · 14
What you actually pay
Derived by CAMPANAC: the agency’s published rates for this season, $22–$36 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 15:57 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Oct 1, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
46 sites · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 46 mapped sitesAll 46 sites
The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 46 of the 46 sites listed carry one, and a site whose type has no published rate sits out of the price rather than being called free.
| FCRE | 01 | tent only electric | 50 amp | 75 ft | 32 ft | $22 | ||
| FCRE | 02 | tent only electric | 50 amp | 74 ft | 21 ft | $22 | ||
| FCRE | 03 | standard electric | 59 ft | 50 amp | 96 ft | 98 ft | $30–$36 | |
| FCRE | 04 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 62 ft | 17 ft | $30–$36 | |
| FCRE | 05 | standard electric | 58 ft | 50 amp | yes | 86 ft | 102 ft | $30–$36 |
| FCRE | 06 | standard electric | 41 ft | 50 amp | 62 ft | 13 ft | $30–$36 | |
| FCRE | 07 | standard electric | 35 ft | 50 amp | 65 ft | 18 ft | $30–$36 | |
| FCRE | 08 | standard electric | 87 ft | 50 amp | 78 ft | 140 ft | $30–$36 | |
| FCRE | 09 | standard electric | 20 ft | 50 amp | 40 ft | 14 ft | $30–$36 | |
| FCRE | 10 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 40 ft | 11 ft | $30–$36 | |
| FCRE | 11 | standard electric | 46 ft | 50 amp | 54 ft | under 10 ft | $30–$36 | |
| FCRE | 12 | standard electric | 44 ft | 50 amp | 54 ft | 33 ft | $30–$36 | |
| FCRE | 13 | standard electric | 42 ft | 50 amp | 59 ft | 33 ft | $30–$36 | |
| FCRE | 14 | standard electric | 48 ft | 50 amp | 79 ft | 109 ft | $30–$36 | |
| FCRE | 15 | standard electric | 41 ft | 50 amp | 39 ft | 59 ft | $30–$36 | |
| FCRE | 16 | standard electric | 46 ft | 50 amp | 39 ft | 53 ft | $30–$36 | |
| FCRE | 17 | tent only electric | 50 amp | 59 ft | 112 ft | $22 | ||
| FCRE | 18 | tent only electric | 50 amp | 47 ft | 122 ft | $22 | ||
| FCRE | 19 | standard electric | 50 amp | 87 ft | 42 ft | $30–$36 | ||
| FCRE | 20 | standard electric | 41 ft | 50 amp | 38 ft | 53 ft | $30–$36 | |
| FCRE | 21 | tent only electric | 50 amp | 41 ft | 129 ft | $22 | ||
| FCRE | 22 | standard electric | 50 amp | 38 ft | 60 ft | $30–$36 | ||
| FCRE | 23 | tent only electric | 50 amp | 46 ft | 128 ft | $22 | ||
| FCRE | 24 | standard electric | 50 amp | 70 ft | 58 ft | $30–$36 | ||
| FCRE | 25 | tent only electric | 50 amp | 53 ft | 123 ft | $22 | ||
| FCRE | 26 | standard electric | 50 amp | 75 ft | 56 ft | $30–$36 | ||
| FCRE | 27 | tent only electric | 50 amp | 52 ft | 161 ft | $22 | ||
| FCRE | 28 | standard electric | 50 amp | 78 ft | 106 ft | $30–$36 | ||
| FCRE | 29 | standard electric | 42 ft | 50 amp | 68 ft | 179 ft | $30–$36 | |
| FCRE | 30 | standard electric | 50 amp | 64 ft | 242 ft | $30–$36 | ||
| FCRE | 31 | standard electric | 50 amp | 52 ft | 376 ft | $30–$36 | ||
| FCRE | 32 | standard electric | 50 amp | 52 ft | 378 ft | $30–$36 | ||
| FCRE | 33 | tent only electric | 50 amp | 59 ft | 256 ft | $22 | ||
| FCRE | 34 | tent only electric | 50 amp | 59 ft | 215 ft | $22 | ||
| FCRE | 35 | tent only electric | 50 amp | 74 ft | 276 ft | $22 | ||
| FCRE | 36 | tent only electric | 50 amp | 52 ft | 175 ft | $22 | ||
| FCRE | 37 | tent only electric | 50 amp | 71 ft | 241 ft | $22 | ||
| FCRE | 38 | tent only electric | 50 amp | 46 ft | 173 ft | $22 | ||
| FCRE | 39 | tent only electric | 50 amp | 41 ft | 168 ft | $22 | ||
| FCRE | 40 | tent only electric | 50 amp | 87 ft | 241 ft | $22 | ||
| FCRE | 41 | tent only electric | 50 amp | 47 ft | 163 ft | $22 | ||
| FCRE | 42 | tent only electric | 50 amp | 57 ft | 168 ft | $22 | ||
| FCRE | 43 | tent only electric | 50 amp | 67 ft | 235 ft | $22 | ||
| FCRE | 44 | tent only electric | 50 amp | 59 ft | 171 ft | $22 | ||
| FCRE | 45 | standard electric | 50 amp | 54 ft | 82 ft | $30–$36 | ||
| FCRE | 46 | standard electric | 42 ft | 50 amp | 78 ft | 150 ft | $30–$36 |
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 46 listed
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Waitsboro Campground5.9 mi
Cumberland Point Campground11 mi
Fall Creek Campground13 miBee Rock CampgroundDaniel Boone National Forest · 21 mi
Alum Ford CampgroundBig South Fork National River and Recreation Area · 23 mi
Holly BayDaniel Boone National Forest · 24 miFrom Somerset, Kentucky, take Highway 80 west for 5 miles. Turn right on East Highway 1248 and continue for 2 miles. The recreation area entrance will be on the left side of the road at the bottom of the hill.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Somerset, KY
Typical weather
Typical October night 48°F, day 71°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical January night 29°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 Julys are colder than the July 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
Fishing Creek Campground is in Kentucky’s 5th congressional district. Its representative, Hal Rogers (R), votes on the laws that decide what happens to this land. Public-lands grade so far: F. See every public-lands vote →