USDA Forest Service · Kentucky
Clear Creek Recreation Area
USDA Forest Service · Kentucky, United States
- Cost
- Overnight Use: Single Site: $20 per night Double Site: $25 per night
- Drinking water
- Yes
- Restrooms
- Yes
- Elevation
- 794 ft
- Dark sky
- Bortle class 2
- Cell coverage
- T-Mobile none · AT&T none · Verizon none (carriers' 4G LTE filings to the FCC, 2025-12; not measured here)
- Access road
- CLEAR CREEK CAMPGROUND (NFSR 129C) · crushed aggregate or gravel · moderate degree of user comfort
- Nearest town
- Salt Lick, KY
About
US Forest Service campground. Surrounded by forested hills, Clear Creek Recreation Area is a small, quiet area with a boat ramp onto Clear Creek Lake, a picnic area featuring the remnants of an 1800s-era iron furnace and a twenty-site primitive campground. Sheltowee Trace National Recreation Trail #100, Clear Creek Lake Trail #103 and Buck Creek Trail #118 are accessible from this area and connect to over 50 miles of trails. Nearby Clear Creek is generally shallow but can run swiftly during rainy seasons. Campsites include tent or RV pads, picnic tables, fire rings and lantern poles. There is no electricity or shower facilities. Open season: Open year-round. Not reservable through Recreation.gov, so plan on first-come, first-served; check with the ranger district for current conditions and fees.
Weather, month by month
| Month | Typical high | Typical low | Coldest night | Hottest day | Years with a night below 32°F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 25° | 1° | 65° | 10 of 11 |
| February | 48° | 31° | 13° | 70° | 11 of 11 |
| March | 59° | 38° | 19° | 77° | 7 of 11 |
| April | 69° | 48° | 30° | 84° | 3 of 11 |
| May | 77° | 60° | 40° | 90° | 0 of 11 |
| June | 82° | 65° | 52° | 94° | 0 of 11 |
| July | 86° | 71° | 64° | 94° | 0 of 11 |
| August | 84° | 70° | 60° | 96° | 0 of 11 |
| September | 82° | 65° | 52° | 96° | 0 of 11 |
| October | 67° | 48° | 36° | 84° | 0 of 10 |
| November | 56° | 38° | 22° | 72° | 4 of 10 |
| December | 47° | 32° | 4° | 67° | 9 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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