US Forest Service · Kentucky campground guide
The numbers
Fee range
$22–$42/night
Season open
March through November
RV size limit
Up to 60 ft
Reservation window
6 months ahead via Recreation.gov
The insider read
170,000-acre wilderness peninsula between two lakes. Free-roaming bison + elk herd on the South Bison Range loop drive. Piney has full hookups (rare for federal land).
Original analysis from PickRV — synthesised from public sources you can verify, pulling the operational details competitor guides typically skip.
Verify at landbetweenthelakes.usOn site
Book it right
PickRV doesn't handle campground bookings — reserve direct through the official channel so policies and cancellations flow through one record.
Opens recreation.gov
Every fact above is sourced from the managing agency's canonical page. Cross-check fee, season, and size limit before you depend on them.
Match the campground's size limit and hookup level to a vehicle category, then plan the rest of the trip.
Keep exploring
Near Lucas
COEInsider tip · Below-dam tailwater fishing — trout stocked weekly. The Walleye + striped-bass run March/April attracts anglers. USACE Senior Pass halves the fee.
Near Carrollton
StateInsider tip · Ohio River bluff park. Historic Butler-Turpin House on grounds. Closest state-resort camp to Cincinnati (45 min) for crossover Reds-game weekends.
Near Brownsville
NPSInsider tip · Riverside tent-only camp on the Green River. Free hand-cranked ferry across the river still operating. Most isolated NPS camp at Mammoth — 30-min drive to the visitor center.
Near Shepherdsville
PrivateInsider tip · Derby Week (1st Sat in May) books out the entire state — this KOA fills 18 months out. Bourbon Trail base camp; Heaven Hill + Jim Beam distilleries within 30 min.
Your next step
Piney Campground (Land Between the Lakes · USFS) takes rigs up to 60 ft, so what you arrive in decides whether the loop works at all. If you don't own one, the same trip runs on a motorhome rented in Kentucky.
Nothing in Kentucky is bookable today — PickRV opens for bookings on October 25. Dated requests are what we take to owners, so give us the window you actually want — you get one email the day a rig covers it, and nothing else.
Nearby & related
Sourced costs, campground directories, and the places worth a detour — the next layer of Kentucky trip planning.
Before you go
Kentucky rules
Verified 2026-05-10
