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Barkley Lake - COE/Canal Campground

Barkley Lake COE Canal Campground is located in Grand Rivers, Kentucky, and is part of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (COE) Barkley Lake Project. The campground offers a variety of recreational activities, including fishing, boating, swimming, and camping. The campground has over 100 campsites, each with electric and water hookups, as well as a dump station. There are also several picnic areas, a playground, and a boat ramp. The campground is open year-round and offers a variety of amenities, including a camp store, laundry facilities, and a swimming beach. Visitors can also enjoy the nearby trails, which offer scenic views of the lake and surrounding area.

Amenities

- Recreational Facilities

• Lake
• Swimming
• Fishing
• Ramp
• Boat Marina
• Body Of Water (Lake Barkley)
• Playground
• Watersports

- Policies

• Does Not Allow Class A Motorhomes
• Pets Welcome
• Day Max Stay (14)
• Tent Camping Allowed

- Other Amenities & Services

• Restroom and Showers
• Laundry

- Facility

• Type (Public Corps)
• Partial Handicap Access

- On-Site Rentals

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- Sites

• Spaces Available (110)
• Width (25)
• Paved Sites (8)
• Max Length (50)
• Gravel Sites (102)
• 30 Amp
• 50 Amp
• Full Hookups (17)
• Water (91)
• Electric (91)
• Max Amps (50)
• Pull-thrus (3)
• Pull-thru Size (25 x 50)
• Back-ins (25 x 50)
• Site Length (50)
• Fire Rings

- Recreation Nearby (within 10 miles)

• Fishing
• Hiking
• Road Biking Trails

User Reviews

K Faber

October 15, 2025

Really enjoy this Core of Engineers campground. Need to make reservations through Recreation.gov. We stay at this campground at least once a year. Through the years we have stayed in different loops. Decided we like the view loop because we don't have to unhook our boat that we tow. The overflow parking for boats is not easy to get to, their boat launch is very steep. The sites are paved but you need levelers. Electric & water hook-ups.

Helen Orman

August 30, 2025

Campground is very nice. Shower and bathrooms are clean. Camphosts are very helpful and friendly. Very scenic and beautiful.

Tim Johansen

August 29, 2025

Very good campground. If there is a fault, it was the cleanliness of the bathhouse. But, there was a hatch going on and bugs were everywhere.

Mark Gale

August 28, 2025

Excellent campground. Employees very professional and helpful. Quiet and very busy. Will stay again. Wildlife are very friendly.

DarcusJane Branham

July 08, 2025

A perfect place to chill. all campers are friendly. I've never had a problem there in all the years I've camped there. I love the nature there most of all. woodpeckers, deer, frogs, squirrels, I just love it here.

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