Kentucky State Parks · Kentucky
Carter Caves State Resort Park
Kentucky State Parks · Kentucky, United States
- Sites
- 128
- Hookups
- 89 electric, 97 with water, 39 no hookups
- Season
- Year-round
- Drinking water
- Yes
- Restrooms
- Yes
- Showers
- Yes
- Dump station
- Yes
- Pets
- Yes
- Elevation
- 1,020 ft
- Dark sky
- Bortle class 2
- Cell coverage
- T-Mobile weak · Verizon weak · AT&T none (carriers' 4G LTE filings to the FCC, 2025-12; not measured here)
- Nearest town
- Olive Hill
- Address
- 344 Caveland Drive
- Phone
- 606-286-4411
126 numbered sites are mapped one by one - the site map below shows each with its facts and pictures.
Site map
126 numbered sites are mapped one by one on the imagery, with the operator's own facts and pictures for each site where it publishes them. Tap a site to rate it, keep a note and add your own photos; press and hold the map for a pin of your own. Your ratings, notes, pins and photos are kept with the campground on your Saved list, the same list the camping map and the drive page keep.
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About
Carter Caves State Resort Park is a Kentucky State Resort Park campground offering 128 sites (89 electric; 8 Equestrian sites carry a water hookup with no stated electric) near Olive Hill.
Fees
Kentucky State Parks (kentuckystateparks.reserveamerica.com, contractCode KY) gates its per-night campsite rates behind an interactive date-search booking flow - no static per-night rate is published on either the reservation vendor's own pages or parks.ky.gov. Statewide campground regulations confirmed live via parks.ky.gov's own /info/things-to-know/campground-regulations page: 14-night maximum stay (absent a park-manager waiver for emergency or business necessity); quiet hours begin at 11:00 pm (no visitors after 11:00 pm); no more than 2 vehicles (including RVs) per campsite; golf cart permits available at select parks for $25/week or $100/year (Apr 1-Oct 31). Online cancellations made before each park's own deadline (usually 48-72 hours prior) are refunded minus a small cancellation fee, generally processed within 7-10 business days. Pets are allowed at Kentucky State Parks campgrounds under a real, statewide, campground-specific policy confirmed live via parks.ky.gov's own /info/things-to-know/campground-regulations page: "A pet shall: Be kept on a leash or otherwise restrained at all times; Have current inoculations for rabies as prescribed by the campers' state of residence; and Not be tied to trees or shrubs." (This is the campground regulation, not a lodge-room pet policy, which can differ at Kentucky's Resort Parks.)
Weather, month by month
| Month | Typical high | Typical low | Coldest night | Hottest day | Years with a night below 32°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 26° | -2° | 64° | 10 of 11 |
| February | 44° | 29° | 10° | 69° | 11 of 11 |
| March | 56° | 37° | 14° | 77° | 7 of 11 |
| April | 68° | 47° | 28° | 84° | 2 of 11 |
| May | 75° | 58° | 39° | 90° | 0 of 11 |
| June | 81° | 64° | 51° | 91° | 0 of 11 |
| July | 85° | 69° | 62° | 93° | 0 of 11 |
| August | 84° | 69° | 59° | 94° | 0 of 11 |
| September | 81° | 63° | 51° | 96° | 0 of 11 |
| October | 66° | 47° | 35° | 84° | 0 of 10 |
| November | 54° | 36° | 21° | 70° | 6 of 10 |
| December | 45° | 30° | 1° | 66° | 10 of 10 |
Mid-month figures from 2016–2026 of daily weather at this spot (ERA5 reanalysis via Open-Meteo, CC BY 4.0), in °F. Typical is the median; coldest and hottest are the extremes seen.
Nearby campgrounds
- Grayson Lake State Park · Kentucky State Parks · 13 mi · 69 sites
- Greenbo Lake State Resort Park · Kentucky State Parks · 16 mi · 102 sites
- Shawnee State Park - Ohio River Campground · Ohio State Parks · 22 mi · 78 sites
- Shawnee State Park - Turkey Creek Campground · Ohio State Parks · 25 mi · 107 sites
- Paragon Dispersed Camping Area · USDA Forest Service · 27 mi
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