Kentucky State Parks · Kentucky
Lake Barkley State Resort Park
Kentucky State Parks · Kentucky, United States
- Sites
- 79
- Hookups
- 73 electric, 73 with water, 6 no hookups
- Season
- April 1 to October 31
- Max RV length
- 58 ft
- Drinking water
- Yes
- Restrooms
- Yes
- Showers
- Yes
- Dump station
- Yes
- Pets
- Yes
- Elevation
- 351 ft
- Dark sky
- Bortle class 3
- Cell coverage
- Verizon weak · AT&T good · T-Mobile none (carriers' 4G LTE filings to the FCC, 2025-12; not measured here)
- Lake
- Lake Barkley
- Nearest town
- Cadiz
- Address
- 3500 State Park Rd.
79 numbered sites are mapped one by one - open the site map to pick yours.
About
Lake Barkley State Resort Park is a Kentucky State Resort Park campground offering 79 sites (73 electric) on Lake Barkley near Cadiz.
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 | 42° | 30° | 7° | 68° | 9 of 11 |
| February | 50° | 32° | 4° | 72° | 9 of 11 |
| March | 60° | 44° | 22° | 81° | 5 of 11 |
| April | 70° | 53° | 36° | 84° | 0 of 11 |
| May | 80° | 65° | 48° | 92° | 0 of 11 |
| June | 86° | 71° | 58° | 100° | 0 of 11 |
| July | 89° | 74° | 66° | 97° | 0 of 11 |
| August | 87° | 73° | 66° | 100° | 0 of 11 |
| September | 86° | 68° | 56° | 97° | 0 of 11 |
| October | 69° | 54° | 39° | 86° | 0 of 10 |
| November | 59° | 43° | 19° | 78° | 3 of 10 |
| December | 49° | 36° | 15° | 68° | 8 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
- Energy Lake Campground · USDA Forest Service · 5 mi
- Taylor Bay Campground · USDA Forest Service · 5 mi
- Hurricane Creek · Army Corps of Engineers · 5 mi · 51 sites
- Cravens Bay Campground · USDA Forest Service · 10 mi
- Sugar Bay Campground · USDA Forest Service · 11 mi
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