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 - open the site map to pick yours.
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
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- 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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