Smith Ridge
- Right now
- Closedrecreation.gov lists every site closed this weekend, read 16:16 UTC
- A night
- $20–$32When it reopens, per site
- Sites
- 80In the agency’s record
The place
the agency’s own description · what’s there · 3 notices
In the agency’s own words
Situated along Kentucky's Highland Rim, Smith Ridge Campground is surrounded by forested tracks, rolling meadows and the pristine banks of Green River Lake. Click here for the Green River Lake Virtual Tour. Keep reading
Recreation
With 8,000 surface acres of water, the lake is an ideal place for boating. With ten boat ramps located around the shoreline, guests have plenty of room for fishing, jet skiing, wake boarding and more. Three full-service marinas are also located around the lake. Fishing is a popular activity at Green River Lake. Walleye, crappie, white bass, channel catfish, muskie and bluegill are all found in abundance. Hunters enjoy the surrounding land, with various habitats supporting deer, turkey, rabbit, quail, squirrel, dove and waterfowl. There are also miles of trails that wind around the lake and along the shore, affording some of the most scenic views in the region.
Facilities
Smith Ridge Campground offers 80 campsites, 62 of which have water and electric hookups. Amenities such as flush toilets, showers, fire rings, and drinking water provide a comfortable camping experience. A playground and hiking trail offer additional recreation opportunities within the campground. The Corps also manages a boat ramp, fishing pier, picnic sites and parking areas nearby. A marina managed swimming beach, picnic areas, 9-hole frisbee golf course, additional restroom facilities, as well as marina owned condos are all located within 1 mile of the campground.
Natural Features
Green River Lake encompasses a total of some 32,000 acres in the central portion of Kentucky, creating countless recreational activities for visitors. Contact Info Between 05/08/2026 and 09/13/2026 this location is staffed. Please call (270) 789-2743 to speak with local staff. From 09/14/2026 to 05/13/2027 this location is unstaffed. Please call (270) 465-4463 for general information.
Nearby Attractions
The Corps of Engineers Visitor Center and the Historical Civil War Atkinson-Griffin Log Cabin are located only a short 13.5 miles from Smith Ridge near the Green River Lake Dam . Several historical attractions and National Parks are located within an hour of Green River Lake, including the birthplace of Abraham Lincoln and Mammoth Cave National Park.
Charges & Cancellations
Customers who change their dates outside the original reservation date (i.e., different week or month) will incur a $10 change fee. No-Shows are charged a $20.00 plus the first nights use fee.
What the agency tells you
Campground now ran by volunteers. There will be limited tollhouse hours and services offered. Reservations will not be marked in advance at the campsite. Do not set up at any campsite without reserving the site first. Reservations can be made by calling 1-877-444-6777 or on www.recreation.gov.
Off-road vehicles not permitted.
CAMPING REGULATIONS 1. Camping is permitted at designated camping areas with not more than six (6) people or the members of one family unit at any one site. A family unit is considered to be parent(s) and unmarried children living in the same household. All vehicles must be registered at the tollhouse. Vehicles and personal property are to be placed only on the site(s) rented by you, not on adjoining sites. All vehicles/boat trailers must be within the limits of your campsite or in a designated parking area. 2. Campers must have a reservation before setting up on any campsite. To prevent overloading electrical circuits, only one (1) camper unit may be plugged into the campsite electric pedestal. Unoccupied or unrented campsites may not be utilized for electric service. 3. Campers will display the user permit on the site identification post and return it to the tollhouse when departing. Checkout time is 4:30 p.m. on the day the permit expires. 4. All visitors will check in at the tollhouse and will be charged a visitor’s fee. Visitors must leave by 9:30 p.m. No more than six (6) visitors per campsite at one time are permitted. 5. Gear, equipment, trash, and debris shall be completely removed from the area upon departure. 6. Quiet hours are 10:00 p.m. – 6:00 a.m. The operation or use of any noise-producing devices that unreasonably annoy others at any time is prohibited. The use of properly muffled generators is permitted between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. Individuals who are boisterous, rowdy, disorderly, or otherwise disturb the peace at any time may be requested to leave the campground and forfeit all camping fees paid. 7. Vehicles/boat trailers must be parked within the limits of the campsite (within defined border or on gravel driveway) or in a designated parking area. 8. Fires may be built only in fireplaces or grills. A responsible person must attend to all fires. Hang lanterns on metal holders provided at campsites. No burning of treated lumber or wood containing metal is allowed. 9. Any loaded projectile fire device, ammunition, and explosives of any kind are prohibited in the area except when in the possession of a Government employee or law enforcement officer on official duty. The possession or use of fireworks is prohibited. 10. Pets shall be kept on a leash not over 6 feet long or under physical control at all times. Pets shall not be left unattended. Pet owners are expected to clean up and properly dispose of their pet’s waste. 11. The destruction, injury, defacement, removal, or alternation of Government property, vegetation, rocks, or minerals is prohibited. 12. Motor vehicles, including mopeds, must comply with state licensing laws and may only be operated on designated roadways by a licensed operator in accordance with state law. Campground speed limits and all traffic signs and directional arrows must be followed. 13. Scooters and other battery-operated recreational riding devices may be used on campground roadways similar to bicycles, provided they are operated in a safe and courteous manner. Children may not operate low profile recreational riding vehicles on roadways UNLESS accompanied by an adult. Reckless operation or repeated unsafe behavior is prohibited and may result in loss of riding privileges within the campground. The use of golf carts is permitted only by campers who have signed the Green River Lake Golf Cart Use policy. 14. Recreational riding devices or similar equipment are not allowed on the sidewalks or steps around showerhouse facilities or other walkways and may not be operated after dark. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION
Tents and rigs
- Sites
- 80
- Hookups
- 61 electric, 66 water
- Longest rig
- 84 ft
- Paved pads
- 1 of 80
- Accessible sites
- 5
- Pets
- Allowed
- Campfires
- Allowed, barring fire bans
- Shade
- 49 of 61 sites
Facilities
- Toilets
- Flush Toilets
- “…and electric hookups. Amenities such as flush toilets, showers, fire rings, and drinking water provide a…”
- Drinking water
- Yes
- “…flush toilets, showers, fire rings, and drinking water provide a comfortable camping experience. A…”
- 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, Beach, Meadow
- Boating
- Canoeing
- Disc Golf
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Hunting
- Ranger programs
- Kayaking
- Other Recreation Concession Site
- Picnicking
- Swimming
- Water access
- Wildlife viewing
- Night sky · 49th darkest of 60 in KY
- Bortle 4
Nothing to book until it reopensread 16:16 UTC
recreation.gov lists every site closed this weekend
Every one of the next thirty nights is in recreation.gov’s record and not one site is being offered on any of them. That’s a campground closed or not yet released for booking, not a sold-out one.
Tell me when it reopens
Watch for it to come back
One email when the agency reopens it, plus More Than Just Parks dispatches. Unsubscribe any time.
We check the agency’s own record once an hour, at 40 minutes past, and write the first time it stops saying closed.
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.
Every line of the receipt · 13
What you actually pay
“Customers who change their dates outside the original reservation date (i.e., different week or month) will incur a $10 change fee. No-Shows are charged a $20.00 plus the first nights 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 · 5
Why this page can’t say why
recreation.gov lists every site at Smith Ridge closed this Friday and Saturday night. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has published no closure notice we hold, so this page can’t say why, and it won’t fill the gap with a guess. A closed night isn’t a sold-out one: the reservations its record still carries were taken before the sites were closed.
There’s no notice to quote and no reason to argue with, so this page offers you the watch and the list below, and no letter.
Open within 60 miles · 3
The agency’s own word that these are open, not our reading of a season.
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- Alum Ford CampgroundBig South Fork National River and Recreation Area · 55 mi · 6 sites
- Bee Rock CampgroundDaniel Boone National Forest · 57 mi
recreation.gov availability, read 16:16 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Oct 1, 2026 · How we know all this
The sites
80 sites · which ones have room · the site map
The sites, ranked
from 79 mapped sitesAll 80 sites
Toilet distances are OpenStreetMap’s, measured for 80 of the 80 sites listed. A site with no reading is unknown, never far.
The price is derived by CAMPANAC, not published per site: the per-night rate this campground publishes for each site’s own site type. 79 of the 80 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 | 01 | standard electric | 59 ft | 50 amp | 78 ft | 1,092 ft | 2,136 ft | $32 | |
| A | 02 | standard electric | 60 ft | 50 amp | 77 ft | 1,030 ft | 2,046 ft | $32 | |
| A | 03 | standard electric | 57 ft | 50 amp | 62 ft | 1,137 ft | 2,134 ft | $32 | |
| A | 04 | standard electric | 77 ft | 50 amp | 54 ft | 1,065 ft | 2,028 ft | $32 | |
| A | 05 | standard electric | 54 ft | 50 amp | 59 ft | 1,157 ft | 2,114 ft | $32 | |
| A | 06 | standard electric | 84 ft | 50 amp | 54 ft | 1,081 ft | 2,006 ft | $32 | |
| A | 07 | standard electric | 60 ft | 50 amp | 54 ft | 1,182 ft | 2,100 ft | $32 | |
| A | 08 | standard electric | 82 ft | 50 amp | 48 ft | 1,099 ft | 1,979 ft | $32 | |
| A | 09 | standard electric | 77 ft | 50 amp | 54 ft | 1,205 ft | 2,086 ft | $32 | |
| A | 10 | standard electric | 71 ft | 50 amp | 48 ft | 1,099 ft | 1,945 ft | $32 | |
| A | 11 | standard electric | 76 ft | 50 amp | 60 ft | 1,216 ft | 2,051 ft | $32 | |
| A | 12 | standard electric | 81 ft | 50 amp | 59 ft | 1,099 ft | 1,903 ft | $32 | |
| A | 13 | standard electric | 69 ft | 50 amp | 60 ft | 1,222 ft | 2,014 ft | $32 | |
| A | 14 | standard electric | 81 ft | 50 amp | 60 ft | 1,107 ft | 1,863 ft | $32 | |
| A | 15 | standard electric | 68 ft | 50 amp | 52 ft | 1,219 ft | 1,966 ft | $32 | |
| A | 16 | standard electric | 66 ft | 50 amp | 41 ft | 1,112 ft | 1,820 ft | $32 | |
| A | 17 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 48 ft | 1,211 ft | 1,924 ft | $32 | |
| A | 18 | standard electric | 69 ft | 50 amp | 41 ft | 1,103 ft | 1,783 ft | $32 | |
| A | 19 | standard electric | 57 ft | 50 amp | 48 ft | 1,190 ft | 1,886 ft | $32 | |
| A | 20 | standard electric | 55 ft | 50 amp | 56 ft | 1,142 ft | 1,839 ft | $32 | |
| A | 21 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | yes | 63 ft | 1,104 ft | 1,774 ft | $32 |
| A | 22 | standard electric | 64 ft | 50 amp | 53 ft | 1,085 ft | 1,711 ft | $32 | |
| A | 23 | standard electric | 56 ft | 50 amp | 53 ft | 1,091 ft | 1,662 ft | $32 | |
| A | 24 | standard electric | 54 ft | 50 amp | yes | 64 ft | 979 ft | 1,597 ft | $32 |
| A | 25 | standard electric | 66 ft | 50 amp | 57 ft | 1,054 ft | 1,605 ft | $32 | |
| A | 26 | standard electric | 70 ft | 50 amp | 64 ft | 935 ft | 1,534 ft | $32 | |
| A | 27 | standard electric | 72 ft | 50 amp | 61 ft | 1,010 ft | 1,526 ft | $32 | |
| A | 28 | standard electric | 20 ft | 50 amp | 73 ft | 903 ft | 1,461 ft | $32 | |
| A | 29 | standard electric | 66 ft | 50 amp | 61 ft | 996 ft | 1,470 ft | $32 | |
| A | 30 | standard electric | 61 ft | 50 amp | 161 ft | 855 ft | 1,303 ft | $32 | |
| B | 31 | standard nonelectric | 66 ft | 84 ft | 487 ft | 1,006 ft | $20–$26 | ||
| B | 32 | standard electric | 60 ft | 50 amp | 49 ft | 518 ft | 876 ft | $32 | |
| B | 33 | standard nonelectric | 64 ft | 68 ft | 562 ft | 953 ft | $20–$26 | ||
| B | 34 | standard electric | 60 ft | 50 amp | 60 ft | 578 ft | 844 ft | $32 | |
| B | 35 | standard nonelectric | 62 ft | 68 ft | 627 ft | 919 ft | $20–$26 | ||
| B | 36 | standard electric | 75 ft | 50 amp | 82 ft | 683 ft | 756 ft | $32 | |
| B | 37 | standard electric | 67 ft | 50 amp | 81 ft | 721 ft | 811 ft | $32 | |
| B | 38 | standard electric | 55 ft | 50 amp | 63 ft | 765 ft | 884 ft | $32 | |
| B | 39 | standard electric | 77 ft | 50 amp | 65 ft | 711 ft | 801 ft | $32 | |
| B | 40 | standard electric | 70 ft | 50 amp | 63 ft | 704 ft | 878 ft | $32 | |
| B | 41 | standard electric | 75 ft | 50 amp | 61 ft | 646 ft | 784 ft | $32 | |
| B | 42 | type not stated | 67 ft | 50 amp | 637 ft | 876 ft | |||
| B | 43 | standard electric | 80 ft | 50 amp | yes | 61 ft | 585 ft | 773 ft | $32 |
| B | 44 | standard electric | 63 ft | 50 amp | 61 ft | 545 ft | 869 ft | $32 | |
| B | 45 | standard electric | 61 ft | 50 amp | yes | 61 ft | 491 ft | 886 ft | $32 |
| B | 46 | standard electric | 60 ft | 50 amp | 56 ft | 440 ft | 915 ft | $32 | |
| B | 47 | standard electric | 62 ft | 50 amp | 56 ft | 406 ft | 948 ft | $32 | |
| B | 48 | standard electric | 43 ft | 50 amp | 55 ft | 353 ft | 968 ft | $32 | |
| B | 49 | standard electric | 69 ft | 50 amp | 55 ft | 310 ft | 991 ft | $32 | |
| B | 50 | standard electric | 69 ft | 50 amp | 56 ft | 248 ft | 944 ft | $32 | |
| B | 51 | standard electric | 73 ft | 50 amp | 56 ft | 227 ft | 889 ft | $32 | |
| B | 52 | standard electric | 54 ft | 50 amp | 87 ft | 299 ft | 821 ft | $32 | |
| B | 53 | standard electric | 57 ft | 50 amp | 54 ft | 329 ft | 737 ft | $32 | |
| B | 54 | standard electric | 62 ft | 50 amp | 46 ft | 338 ft | 683 ft | $32 | |
| B | 55 | standard electric | 66 ft | 50 amp | 46 ft | 364 ft | 642 ft | $32 | |
| B | 56 | standard electric | 69 ft | 50 amp | 86 ft | 449 ft | 689 ft | $32 | |
| B | 57 | standard electric | 58 ft | 50 amp | 86 ft | 534 ft | 686 ft | $32 | |
| B | 58 | standard electric | 50 ft | 50 amp | 65 ft | 730 ft | 721 ft | $32 | |
| B | 59 | standard electric | 54 ft | 50 amp | 65 ft | 672 ft | 662 ft | $32 | |
| B | 60 | standard nonelectric | 83 ft | 92 ft | 578 ft | 609 ft | $20–$26 | ||
| B | 61 | standard nonelectric | 51 ft | 88 ft | 497 ft | 538 ft | $20–$26 | ||
| B | 62 | standard nonelectric | 63 ft | 60 ft | 411 ft | 457 ft | $20–$26 | ||
| B | 63 | standard nonelectric | 79 ft | 60 ft | 385 ft | 405 ft | $20–$26 | ||
| B | 64 | standard nonelectric | 70 ft | 76 ft | 441 ft | 419 ft | $20–$26 | ||
| B | 65 | standard electric | 68 ft | 50 amp | 71 ft | 498 ft | 495 ft | $32 | |
| B | 66 | standard nonelectric | 61 ft | 61 ft | 524 ft | 471 ft | $20–$26 | ||
| B | 67 | standard electric | 67 ft | 50 amp | 68 ft | 566 ft | 545 ft | $32 | |
| B | 68 | standard nonelectric | 72 ft | 61 ft | 582 ft | 513 ft | $20–$26 | ||
| B | 69 | standard electric | 69 ft | 50 amp | 68 ft | 627 ft | 588 ft | $32 | |
| B | 70 | standard nonelectric | 67 ft | 70 ft | 650 ft | 569 ft | $20–$26 | ||
| B | 71 | standard electric | 65 ft | 50 amp | 62 ft | 691 ft | 637 ft | $32 | |
| B | 72 | standard nonelectric | 74 ft | 70 ft | 657 ft | 624 ft | $20–$26 | ||
| B | 73 | standard electric | 71 ft | 50 amp | 62 ft | 667 ft | 689 ft | $32 | |
| B | 74 | standard nonelectric | 70 ft | 71 ft | 582 ft | 686 ft | $20–$26 | ||
| B | 75 | standard electric | 74 ft | 50 amp | 67 ft | 603 ft | 743 ft | $32 | |
| B | 76 | standard nonelectric | 72 ft | 69 ft | 517 ft | 755 ft | $20–$26 | ||
| B | 77 | standard nonelectric | 72 ft | 49 ft | 487 ft | 861 ft | $20–$26 | ||
| B | 78 | standard nonelectric | 67 ft | 69 ft | 450 ft | 819 ft | $20–$26 | ||
| B | 79 | standard nonelectric | 77 ft | yes | 71 ft | 428 ft | 926 ft | $20–$26 | |
| B | 80 | standard nonelectric | 65 ft | 73 ft | 386 ft | 891 ft | $20–$26 |
25 of 80 listed
Getting there
the map and the coordinate · the agency’s directions · the phone number
Where it is
Pikes Ridge1.1 mi
Holmes Bend5.9 mi
Kendall Campground30 mi
Cumberland Point Campground34 mi
Fall Creek Campground36 mi
Fishing Creek Campground37 miFrom Campbellsville, KY, take Highway 70 east for a mile. Turn right on Highway 372 and continue for 3 miles, then turn right again onto County Park Road. Follow the directional signs to the campground.
The weather
the next four days · the thirty-year normal
Next four days, and the thirty-year normal
Forecast
NWS forecast for Campbellsville, KY
Typical weather
Typical October night 44°F, day 71°F.
Coldest month of the year: typical January night 26°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
Smith Ridge 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 →