Kentucky State Parks · Kentucky
Kentucky Horse Park
Kentucky State Parks · Kentucky, United States
- Sites
- 257
- Hookups
- 257 electric, 257 with water
- Season
- Year-round
- Max RV length
- 55 ft
- Drinking water
- Yes
- Restrooms
- Yes
- Showers
- Yes
- Dump station
- Yes
- Laundry
- Yes
- Pets
- Yes
- Elevation
- 902 ft
- Dark sky
- Bortle class 5
- Cell coverage
- T-Mobile good · AT&T good · Verizon good (carriers' 4G LTE filings to the FCC, 2025-12; not measured here)
- Nearest town
- Lexington
- Address
- 4089 Iron Works Pike
- Phone
- (859) 259-4257
Site map
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About
Kentucky Horse Park is a Kentucky State Park campground offering 257 sites, all with 50/30/20-amp electricity and water, on paved 55-foot back-in pads near Lexington. Two dump stations, hot showers, laundry, a campground store, a pool for campers and a dog park; no sewer hookups at the sites. First-come primitive and electric-primitive areas open on busy weekends and are not on the reservation system. Open year round.
Fees
$40 per night Sunday to Thursday and $45 Friday and Saturday in the peak season, $50 on holiday and special-event weekends; $35 per night off peak; pull-through sites $3 more; a one-time $6 transaction fee and taxes. First-come primitive electric sites $31 and primitive non-electric sites $24 per night. Pets welcome on a leash.
Weather, month by month
| Month | Typical high | Typical low | Coldest night | Hottest day | Years with a night below 32°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 25° | -1° | 64° | 10 of 11 |
| February | 47° | 30° | 9° | 69° | 11 of 11 |
| March | 57° | 37° | 20° | 76° | 7 of 11 |
| April | 67° | 48° | 30° | 83° | 4 of 11 |
| May | 76° | 59° | 39° | 90° | 0 of 11 |
| June | 83° | 65° | 50° | 93° | 0 of 11 |
| July | 87° | 70° | 62° | 94° | 0 of 11 |
| August | 84° | 69° | 59° | 96° | 0 of 11 |
| September | 82° | 64° | 51° | 96° | 0 of 11 |
| October | 67° | 48° | 35° | 82° | 0 of 10 |
| November | 55° | 37° | 18° | 71° | 5 of 10 |
| December | 46° | 31° | 5° | 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.
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