This campground provides access to one of many horse trails in the park.
Photo: NPS
About
This campground contains 23 developed campsites. Each site offers water and electricity, tables, grills, tie-outs for 4 horses, access to modern restrooms with hot showers, a dump station and access miles of horse trails. Bear Creek Horse Camp is located on Bear Creek Road off Hwy. 742, west of Stearns, Kentucky. The fee rate per night is $28.00 (half price for holders of the Interagency Access/Senior Passes).
Campsites
Location
Lee Hollow Road
Strunk, KY 42649
Fees
Hours
This campground is open and on the reservation system from April through November. Sites that are not reserved may be used on a first come-first served basis.
Reservations
Bear Creek Horse Camp is now operated by the National Park Service. Camping reservations can be made by calling 1-877-444-6777 or online at www.recreation.gov. Unreserved sites are available on a first-come first-serve basis.
Make a Reservation →Directions
From I-75, take exit 11 Williamsburg and travel west on Hwy 92 for 18.5 miles to U.S. 27. Turn left on U.S. 27 and travel approximately 2.4 miles to Hwy 1470. Turn right and follow the brown park signs to the Bear Creek Horse Campground approximately 8 miles.
Weather
The weather along the Cumberland Plateau can be best described as unpredictable. Each season brings its own weather patterns. Summers are generally hot and humid, with high temperatures sometimes eclipsing 90 degrees. The low temperatures in winter often dip below freezing. Spring sees the most amount of precipitation, but rainfall can occur in various amounts throughout the year.
Accessibility
Wheelchair access to the bathhouse is available. Campsites and other surfaces are gravel only.
Firewood must be purchased and/or collected from the local vicinity; to learn more visit http://dontmovefirewood.org/.
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RVs and trailers are permitted.
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There is currently one accessible site near the bathhouse which is also accessible.
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Unpaved Roads - All vehicles OK in good weather
Developed Campground