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U.S. Forest Service · Daniel Boone National Forest · KY

Zilpo - Daniel Boone Nat. For.

Closedrecreation.gov lists every site closed this weekend, read 15:57 UTC

Why it’s closed, and what’s open near here Tell me when it comes back

Right now: Closedrecreation.gov lists every site closed this weekend, read 15:57 UTC
A night: $31–$60When it reopens, per site
Sites: 165In the agency’s record

Photos · Dwaye Brewer

65 ftLongest rig

720 ftElevation

under 10 ftWater · Cave Run Lake

6.7 miSW of Morehead, KY

76%Tree cover

The place

the agency’s own description · what’s there · 7 notices

In the agency’s own words

Zilpo, a large, fun-filled campground on Cave Run Lake, is a prime destination for families. The scenic campground offers a cabin rental, tent camping, RV sites with electric hookups and a selection of lakefront sites. Views of the lake are enjoyed by those who relax on the sandy beach. Tater Knob, a fire tower open to the public, is nearby, offering outstanding views of the area. Keep reading

Recreation

Water skiing and swimming are wonderful ways to enjoy the lake. Muskie, large and smallmouth bass, bluegill, crappie and catfish attract avid anglers. Hikers are fans of the Zilpo Mountain Loop Trail that extends for 2.25 miles, connecting to a network of other trails around the lake. Nature programs are regularly scheduled during peak season and wildlife watching is rewarding.

Facilities

Electric hookups are provided at some campsites. Drinking water is located centrally within the loops. Flush toilets and showers are spread throughout the campground as well. Each site has a picnic table and campfire ring. A dump station and concrete boat ramp are also included. Each of the 12 cabins can accommodate up to six guests. They each have a table, two chairs and a sleeping area with two sets of bunk beds (4 beds). A picnic table, lantern post and campfire ring are provided outside. Pets may reside only in cabins 41,120,121 and 123. Cabins 109, 123 and 136 have ramps that can accommodate wheel chairs. A campground store with ice, firewood, camping gear and food is on-site. Roads are paved and level tent pads are gravel.

Natural Features

Zilpo sits on a peninsula in the middle portion of Cave Run Lake at an elevation of 800 feet. The lake spans 8,270 acres with soft, sandy beaches. The campground is shaded by a stand of mixed hardwoods, and campsites have good privacy.

Nearby Attractions

The nearest community is 12 miles away.

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

What the agency tells you

Rule

Limit 6 people and 2 vehicles per single campsite; additional vehicles will be charged an additional fee per night at the campground if you did not pay for the Extra Vehicle Add On; additional guest will be charged $2 per night. Single sites can accommodate 2 vehicles; 1 is included with the reservation and the 2nd is considered an extra vehicle. Double sites can accommodate 4 vehicles; 2 are included with the reservation and the 3rd & 4th are considered extra vehicles.

Rule

Each cabin has 2 double bunk beds with out mattresses, Please bring your own sleeping bags or other bedding. Each cabin can accommodate up to 6 people and 1 vehicle. Tents and RVs are not allowed at the cabins.

Rule

Beach is opened from Memorial day to Labor day, unless flooding occurs hours of operation are 11am to 8 pm

Everything else this campground posts · 4

Rule

Only Authorized companies are allowed to drop off and set up rental trailers, all unauthorized RV trailer rental deliveries will be turned away.

Rule

Reserved Sites will be held until check out time (NOON) the day following your arrival date. Sites must be occupied by the checkout time of that following day to hold a reservation or the site will be forfeited and released to other guests. Once your reservation start date has begun, neither the Recreation.gov Contact Center nor the campground manager will be able to modify your reservation.

Rule

Don't Move Firewood: Help protect our forests! Prevent the spread of tree-killing pests by obtaining firewood at or near your destination and burning it on-site. Moving firewood is illegal in some states. Visit dontmovefirewood.org to learn more.

Rule

A discount of 25% is now available for reservations that include 7 or more consecutive days.

Read them on the agency’s own page →

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

Tents and rigs

Sites: 165 · 12 cabin
Hookups: 31 electric, 3 water, 1 sewer
Longest rig: 65 ft
Paved pads: All
Accessible sites: None listed
Pets: Allowed
Campfires: Allowed, barring fire bans
Shade: Every site

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

Facilities

Toilets: Flush Toilets; “…is located centrally within the loops. Flush toilets and showers are spread throughout the campground as…”
Drinking water: Yes; “…hookups are provided at some campsites. Drinking water is located centrally within the loops. Flush…”
Dump station: Yes
Boat ramp: Yes
Firewood: Mentioned

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, Beach; Boating; Hiking; Historic site; Swimming
Night sky · 17th 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

Nothing to book until it reopensread 15:57 UTC

recreation.gov lists every site closed this weekend

OpenBookedClosed

Max stay14 nightsthe facility record

A night, when it reopens$31–$60plus $8 to reserve, once per bookingthe agency’s rate schedule

If plans change$10 to cancel$10 to change a reservationrecreation.gov’s schedule

Runs itU.S. Forest ServiceBooked through recreation.govthe agency’s record

What’s open near here

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.

Free forever, no booking kickbacks.

Every line of the receipt · 19

What you actually pay

The sign priceU.S. Forest Service
A night, when it reopens$31–$60
Standard Nonelectric$31
Standard Electric$44
Standard Nonelectric- Prime$45
Standard Nonelectric- Double Site$46
Standard W/Water And Sewer$51
Standard Electric- Prime$58
Standard Double Electric$59
Standard Nonelectric Double Prime$60
Group area, a night$105
Rates for the season the campground is in now, Mar 29, 2026 to Oct 31, 2026.
A 25% discount is now available for reservations that include 7 or more consecutive days at this location.
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.
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
Who keeps the booking feeThe 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 · 4

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

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

Why this page can’t say why

recreation.gov lists every site at Zilpo - Daniel Boone Nat. For. closed this Friday and Saturday night. The U.S. Forest Service 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.

Closure: U.S. Forest Service status record · Oct 17, 2026

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.

Claylick Boat-In CampgroundDaniel Boone National Forest · 1.9 mi · 2 sites
Turkey Foot CampgroundDaniel Boone National Forest · 48 mi
S-Tree CampgroundDaniel Boone National Forest · 57 mi

Open near here: Agency-published status, in the CAMPANAC campground index · Oct 17, 2026

recreation.gov availability, read 15:57 UTC · rules read Sep 9, 2026 · rates Sep 10, 2026 · How we know all this

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The sites

169 records · which ones have room · the site map

The sites, ranked

from 100 mapped sites

114 ftbetween you and the next site, typically

Most roomC LOOP C003 248 ftH LOOP Cabin 040 224 ftH LOOP Cabin 039 198 ftF LOOP Cabin F019 173 ftH LOOP H027 165 ft

Least roomG LOOP G013 62 ftG LOOP G015 62 ftG LOOP G016 66 ft

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

All 169 records

101 of 169 records located

Standard82RV / electric7Cabin or shelter11Type 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. 165 of the 169 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 LOOP	A001	standard nonelectric	35 ft		148 ft	875 ft	$31–$60
A LOOP	A002	standard nonelectric	30 ft		72 ft	781 ft	$31–$60
A LOOP	A003	standard nonelectric	30 ft		66 ft	730 ft	$31–$60
A LOOP	A004	standard nonelectric	35 ft		116 ft	728 ft	$31–$60
A LOOP	A005	standard nonelectric	30 ft		66 ft	679 ft	$31–$60
A LOOP	A006	standard nonelectric	35 ft		116 ft	637 ft	$31–$60
A LOOP	A007	standard nonelectric	30 ft		99 ft	586 ft	$31–$60
A LOOP	A008	standard nonelectric	60 ft				$31–$60
A LOOP	A009	standard nonelectric	30 ft				$31–$60
A LOOP	A010	standard nonelectric	55 ft				$31–$60
A LOOP	A011	standard nonelectric	39 ft				$31–$60
A LOOP	A012	standard nonelectric	65 ft				$31–$60
A LOOP	Cabin A013	cabin electric		15 amp	150 ft	760 ft	$105
B LOOP	B001	standard nonelectric	54 ft				$31–$60
B LOOP	B002 - Host	host pad		30 amp			$33.97
B LOOP	B003	standard nonelectric	45 ft				$31–$60
B LOOP	B004	standard nonelectric	46 ft				$31–$60
B LOOP	B005	standard nonelectric	45 ft				$31–$60
B LOOP	B006	standard nonelectric	60 ft				$31–$60
B LOOP	B007	standard nonelectric	60 ft				$31–$60
B LOOP	B008	standard nonelectric	47 ft				$31–$60
B LOOP	B009	standard nonelectric	30 ft		140 ft	277 ft	$31–$60
B LOOP	B010	standard nonelectric	30 ft		106 ft	421 ft	$31–$60
B LOOP	B011	standard nonelectric	45 ft		106 ft	408 ft	$31–$60
B LOOP	B012	standard nonelectric	30 ft		110 ft	575 ft	$31–$60
B LOOP	B013	standard nonelectric	30 ft		89 ft	514 ft	$31–$60
B LOOP	B014	standard nonelectric	25 ft		149 ft	791 ft	$31–$60
B LOOP	B015	standard nonelectric	30 ft		89 ft	598 ft	$31–$60
B LOOP	B016	standard nonelectric	30 ft		94 ft	682 ft	$31–$60
C LOOP	C001	standard nonelectric					$31–$60
C LOOP	C002	standard nonelectric					$31–$60
C LOOP	C003	standard nonelectric			248 ft	596 ft	$31–$60
C LOOP	C004	standard nonelectric					$31–$60
C LOOP	C005	standard nonelectric					$31–$60
C LOOP	C006	type not stated	63 ft	50/30 amp		618 ft	$33.97
C LOOP	C007	standard nonelectric					$31–$60
C LOOP	C008	standard nonelectric			79 ft	521 ft	$31–$60
C LOOP	C009	standard nonelectric			79 ft	459 ft	$31–$60
C LOOP	C010	standard nonelectric					$31–$60
C LOOP	C011	standard nonelectric			83 ft	403 ft	$31–$60
C LOOP	C012	standard nonelectric	30 ft		129 ft	283 ft	$31–$60
C LOOP	C013	standard nonelectric	35 ft		83 ft	371 ft	$31–$60
C LOOP	C014	standard nonelectric	35 ft		123 ft	301 ft	$31–$60
C LOOP	C015	standard nonelectric	40 ft		160 ft	465 ft	$31–$60
C LOOP	C016	standard nonelectric	30 ft		149 ft	610 ft	$31–$60
C LOOP	C017	standard nonelectric	45 ft		123 ft	550 ft	$31–$60
C LOOP	C018	standard nonelectric	45 ft		110 ft	612 ft	$31–$60
C LOOP	C019	standard nonelectric	25 ft		110 ft	666 ft	$31–$60
C LOOP	C020	standard nonelectric					$31–$60
D LOOP	Cabin D009	cabin electric		15 amp	102 ft	830 ft	$105
D LOOP	Cabin D010	cabin electric		15 amp	117 ft	947 ft	$105
D LOOP	Cabin D011	cabin electric		15 amp	123 ft	1,055 ft	$105
D LOOP	Cabin D012	cabin electric		15 amp	123 ft	953 ft	$105
D LOOP	Cabin D013	cabin electric		15 amp	144 ft	848 ft	$105
D LOOP	Cabin D014	cabin electric		15 amp	144 ft	717 ft	$105
D LOOP	D001	standard electric		20/30 amp			$44–$59
D LOOP	D002	standard electric		20/30 amp			$44–$59
D LOOP	D003	standard electric		20/30 amp			$44–$59
D LOOP	D004	standard nonelectric					$31–$60
D LOOP	D005	standard nonelectric					$31–$60
D LOOP	D006	standard nonelectric					$31–$60
D LOOP	D007 - host	host pad		50 amp			$33.97
D LOOP	D008 - host	host pad		50 amp			$33.97
E LOOP	E001	standard nonelectric					$31–$60
E LOOP	E002	standard nonelectric					$31–$60
E LOOP	E003	standard nonelectric					$31–$60
E LOOP	E004	standard nonelectric					$31–$60
E LOOP	E005	standard nonelectric					$31–$60
E LOOP	E006	standard nonelectric					$31–$60
E LOOP	E007	standard nonelectric					$31–$60
E LOOP	E008	standard nonelectric	20 ft		106 ft	247 ft	$31–$60
E LOOP	E009	standard nonelectric	30 ft		106 ft	285 ft	$31–$60
E LOOP	E010	standard nonelectric	25 ft		129 ft	162 ft	$31–$60
E LOOP	E011	standard nonelectric					$31–$60
E LOOP	E012	standard nonelectric					$31–$60
E LOOP	E013	standard nonelectric	35 ft		96 ft	484 ft	$31–$60
E LOOP	E014	standard nonelectric	35 ft		96 ft	550 ft	$31–$60
F LOOP	Cabin F019	cabin electric		15 amp	173 ft	638 ft	$105
F LOOP	F001	standard nonelectric					$31–$60
F LOOP	F002	standard electric		30 amp			$44–$59
F LOOP	F003 - host	host pad		50 amp			$33.97
F LOOP	F004	standard nonelectric					$31–$60
F LOOP	F005	standard electric		30 amp			$44–$59
F LOOP	F006	standard nonelectric					$31–$60
F LOOP	F007	standard nonelectric					$31–$60
F LOOP	F008	standard nonelectric					$31–$60
F LOOP	F009	standard nonelectric					$31–$60
F LOOP	F010	standard electric		20/30 amp			$44–$59
F LOOP	F011	standard nonelectric	30 ft		116 ft	327 ft	$31–$60
F LOOP	F012	standard electric	45 ft	30 amp	100 ft	380 ft	$44–$59
F LOOP	F013	standard electric	40 ft	30 amp	100 ft	422 ft	$44–$59
F LOOP	F014	standard nonelectric	40 ft		101 ft	312 ft	$31–$60
F LOOP	F015	standard electric	45 ft	30 amp	101 ft	407 ft	$44–$59
F LOOP	F016	standard nonelectric	45 ft		117 ft	384 ft	$31–$60
F LOOP	F017	standard nonelectric	30 ft		117 ft	496 ft	$31–$60
F LOOP	F018	standard nonelectric	35 ft		127 ft	606 ft	$31–$60
G LOOP	Cabin G030	cabin electric		15 amp	99 ft	591 ft	$105
G LOOP	G001	standard electric		20/30 amp			$44–$59
G LOOP	G002	standard electric		20/30 amp			$44–$59
G LOOP	G003	standard electric		20/30 amp			$44–$59
G LOOP	G004	standard nonelectric	30 ft		124 ft	272 ft	$31–$60
G LOOP	G005	standard nonelectric	20 ft		96 ft	411 ft	$31–$60
G LOOP	G006	standard nonelectric	40 ft		79 ft	394 ft	$31–$60
G LOOP	G007	standard nonelectric	45 ft		72 ft	451 ft	$31–$60
G LOOP	G008	standard nonelectric			72 ft	434 ft	$31–$60
G LOOP	G009	standard nonelectric			96 ft	315 ft	$31–$60
G LOOP	G010	standard nonelectric	35 ft		82 ft	353 ft	$31–$60
G LOOP	G011	standard electric		20/30 amp			$44–$59
G LOOP	G012	standard nonelectric	40 ft		74 ft	287 ft	$31–$60
G LOOP	G013	standard nonelectric	35 ft		62 ft	143 ft	$31–$60
G LOOP	G014	standard nonelectric	40 ft		74 ft	270 ft	$31–$60
G LOOP	G015	standard nonelectric	40 ft		62 ft	133 ft	$31–$60
G LOOP	G016	standard nonelectric	45 ft		66 ft	170 ft	$31–$60
G LOOP	G017	standard nonelectric	45 ft		131 ft	355 ft	$31–$60
G LOOP	G018	standard nonelectric	45 ft		131 ft	284 ft	$31–$60
G LOOP	G019	standard nonelectric	45 ft		160 ft	414 ft	$31–$60
G LOOP	G020	standard nonelectric			141 ft	467 ft	$31–$60
G LOOP	G021	standard nonelectric			136 ft	476 ft	$31–$60
G LOOP	G022	standard nonelectric	35 ft		136 ft	537 ft	$31–$60
G LOOP	G023	standard nonelectric	45 ft		138 ft	431 ft	$31–$60
G LOOP	G024	standard nonelectric	35 ft		133 ft	410 ft	$31–$60
G LOOP	G025	standard nonelectric	40 ft		149 ft	285 ft	$31–$60
G LOOP	G026	standard nonelectric	35 ft		133 ft	287 ft	$31–$60
G LOOP	G027	standard nonelectric	40 ft		157 ft	352 ft	$31–$60
G LOOP	G028	standard nonelectric	25 ft		94 ft	366 ft	$31–$60
G LOOP	G029	standard nonelectric	25 ft		99 ft	501 ft	$31–$60
G LOOP	G031	standard nonelectric					$31–$60
G LOOP	G032	standard nonelectric					$31–$60
G LOOP	G034	standard nonelectric					$31–$60
G LOOP	G035	standard nonelectric					$31–$60
H LOOP	Cabin 039	cabin electric		15 amp	197 ft	98 ft	$105
H LOOP	Cabin 040	cabin electric		15 amp	224 ft	120 ft	$105
H LOOP	Cabin 041	cabin electric		15 amp			$105
H LOOP	H001	standard nonelectric					$31–$60
H LOOP	H002	type not stated		30 amp			$33.97
H LOOP	H003	standard nonelectric					$31–$60
H LOOP	H006	standard electric		30 amp			$44–$59
H LOOP	H007	standard electric		20/30 amp			$44–$59
H LOOP	H008	standard nonelectric					$31–$60
H LOOP	H009	standard nonelectric					$31–$60
H LOOP	H010	standard nonelectric					$31–$60
H LOOP	H011	standard nonelectric					$31–$60
H LOOP	H012	standard nonelectric					$31–$60
H LOOP	H013	standard nonelectric					$31–$60
H LOOP	H014	standard nonelectric					$31–$60
H LOOP	H015	standard nonelectric	35 ft		133 ft	185 ft	$31–$60
H LOOP	H016	standard nonelectric	35 ft		86 ft	73 ft	$31–$60
H LOOP	H017	standard nonelectric	35 ft		86 ft	70 ft	$31–$60
H LOOP	H018	standard nonelectric	40 ft		79 ft	88 ft	$31–$60
H LOOP	H019	standard nonelectric	35 ft		72 ft	122 ft	$31–$60
H LOOP	H020	standard nonelectric	45 ft		79 ft	159 ft	$31–$60
H LOOP	H021	standard nonelectric	30 ft		72 ft	135 ft	$31–$60
H LOOP	H022	standard nonelectric	35 ft		75 ft	96 ft	$31–$60
H LOOP	H023	standard nonelectric	45 ft		114 ft	243 ft	$31–$60
H LOOP	H024	standard nonelectric	35 ft		98 ft	276 ft	$31–$60
H LOOP	H025	standard nonelectric			149 ft	313 ft	$31–$60
H LOOP	H026	standard nonelectric	40 ft		98 ft	207 ft	$31–$60
H LOOP	H027	standard nonelectric	40 ft		165 ft	219 ft	$31–$60
H LOOP	H028	standard nonelectric	20 ft		149 ft	382 ft	$31–$60
H LOOP	H029	standard nonelectric	45 ft		138 ft	318 ft	$31–$60
H LOOP	H030	standard nonelectric			131 ft	444 ft	$31–$60
H LOOP	H031	standard electric	35 ft	30 amp	141 ft	303 ft	$44–$59
H LOOP	H032	standard nonelectric	35 ft		131 ft	403 ft	$31–$60
H LOOP	H033	standard nonelectric	35 ft		133 ft	275 ft	$31–$60
H LOOP	H034	standard electric	30 ft	30 amp	133 ft	193 ft	$44–$59
H LOOP	H035	standard electric	30 ft	30 amp	129 ft	314 ft	$44–$59
H LOOP	H036	standard nonelectric	45 ft		114 ft	383 ft	$31–$60
H LOOP	H037	standard nonelectric			116 ft	291 ft	$31–$60
H LOOP	H038	standard electric	45 ft	30 amp	114 ft	295 ft	$44–$59

The agency files 4 more records here that aren’t sites for the night. It names them host pads. They’re in the table above, marked for what they are, and none of them is counted as a site.

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 169 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

Coordinate38.07500, -83.50000

The mapSee it on the map

The driveDirections ↗

The phone606-768-2722

The agency’s pageOfficial page ↗

Where it is

Also near hereZilpo Recreation AreaDaniel Boone National Forest · 0.3 mi Twin Knobs West Group Use AreaDaniel Boone National Forest · 1.1 mi Twin Knobs Recreation AreaDaniel Boone National Forest · 1.2 mi

Twin Knobs CampgroundDaniel Boone National Forest · 1.6 mi

Boat Gunnel Group CampgroundDaniel Boone National Forest · 1.7 mi

Claylick Boat-In CampgroundDaniel Boone National Forest · 1.9 mi

Getting there

In Salt Lick, KY, at the intersection of State Route 211 and U.S. Route 60, take Route 211 south for 3.6 miles to the Forest Recreation sign. Turn left at the sign, onto Clear Creek Road and go 3.9 miles to Zilpo Campground sign. Turn left at the sign onto Forest Route 918 and drive 8.7 miles to the campground.

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

Today55°Drizzle Likely then Partly Sunny63% rain

Tonight31°Clear then Patchy Fog2% rain

Sunday62°Areas Of Frost then Sunny1% rain

Sunday Night39°Clear1% rain

NWS forecast for Farmers, KY

Source: National Weather Service, JKL forecast office · Oct 17, 2026

Typical weather

Typical October night 45°F, day 68°F.

Coldest month of the year: typical January night 25°F, below freezing. Bring a bag rated colder than that, and expect ice in the water bottle.

90°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: CAVE RUN LAKE, KY (USC00152791), 4 miles away and 120 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

what threatens it · who answers for it

What threatens this place

developing

Daniel Boone National Forestlogging

You’re camping on ground somebody wants. We track the threats and the comment deadlines.

Source: MTJP Threatened Lands map · Sep 28, 2026

Who answers for this land

Zilpo - Daniel Boone Nat. For. 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 →

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

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every fact on this page, and where it came from

Right now: recreation.gov lists every site here closed on Friday and Saturday night (read 15:57 UTC). U.S. Forest Service has published no closure notice we hold, so the reason isn’t on this page. A closed night isn’t a sold-out one, and the reservations the record still carries predate the closure. That reading is ours, off the agency’s own booking record.

Sites on recreation.gov: recreation.gov’s own month availability payload for this facility, asked for October 2026, November 2026 and July 2027. It names 163 of the 165 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 11, 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 101 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: 0.54 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 Forest Service’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 place of any size: Farmers, KY, 4.6 mi SSE (a census designated place). Straight line.

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