Kentucky State Parks · Kentucky
Paintsville Lake State Park
Kentucky State Parks · Kentucky, United States
- Sites
- 42
- Hookups
- 32 electric, 34 with water, 10 no hookups
- Season
- Year-round
- Max RV length
- 48 ft
- Drinking water
- Yes
- Restrooms
- Yes
- Showers
- Yes
- Dump station
- Yes
- Pets
- Yes
- Elevation
- 712 ft
- Dark sky
- Bortle class 4
- Cell coverage
- T-Mobile weak · AT&T good · Verizon none (carriers' 4G LTE filings to the FCC, 2025-12; not measured here)
- Lake
- Paintsville Lake
- Nearest town
- Staffordsville
- Address
- P.O. Box 920, 1551 KY RT 2275
- Phone
- (606) 297-8488
42 numbered sites are mapped one by one - the site map below shows each with its facts and pictures.
Site map
42 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
Paintsville Lake State Park is a Kentucky State Park campground offering 42 real campsites (32 Full Service, 10 Tent; 4 separately-booked Picnic Pavilions excluded as day-use shelters, not overnight units) on Paintsville Lake near Staffordsville.
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 | 40° | 27° | 0° | 66° | 10 of 11 |
| February | 50° | 32° | 13° | 70° | 11 of 11 |
| March | 61° | 38° | 10° | 78° | 7 of 11 |
| April | 70° | 48° | 30° | 85° | 2 of 11 |
| May | 77° | 60° | 41° | 92° | 0 of 11 |
| June | 83° | 66° | 52° | 94° | 0 of 11 |
| July | 87° | 71° | 64° | 95° | 0 of 11 |
| August | 85° | 71° | 60° | 97° | 0 of 11 |
| September | 83° | 65° | 52° | 97° | 0 of 11 |
| October | 69° | 48° | 38° | 86° | 0 of 10 |
| November | 56° | 38° | 23° | 73° | 4 of 10 |
| December | 48° | 32° | 7° | 68° | 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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All public campgrounds in Kentucky · Every state and province · Facts read from the operator 2026-08-25. Confirm fees, rules and current status with the operator before you go.