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General Burnside Island

General Burnside Island State Park is located in Burnside, Kentucky, on the Cumberland River. The park is a popular destination for fishing, boating, camping, and picnicking. The park features a boat ramp, fishing pier, and a beach area. There are also several hiking trails, a playground, and a picnic area. The park is open year-round and offers a variety of activities for visitors of all ages.

Amenities

- Recreational Facilities

• Swimming Pool
• Pool Extra Fee ($)
• Lake
• Swimming
• Fishing
• Ramp
• Boat Rental
• Boat Marina
• Body Of Water (Lake Cumberland)
• Horseshoes
• Playground
• Golf
• Watersports

- Policies

• Pets Welcome
• Day Max Stay (14)
• Tent Camping Allowed

- Other Amenities & Services

• Restroom and Showers
• Laundry

- Recreation Nearby (within 10 miles)

• Hiking
• Boating
• Marina
• Watersports
• Whitewater Rafting

- Facility

• Type (State Park)
• Partial Handicap Access

- On-Site Rentals

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- Sites

• Spaces Available (94)
• Width (35)
• Paved Sites (94)
• Max Length (45)
• 30 Amp
• 50 Amp
• Side-by-Side Hookups
• Water (94)
• Electric (94)
• Max Amps (50)
• Pull-thrus (1)
• Pull-thru Size (35 x 45)
• Back-ins (35 x 40)
• Site Length (45)
• Fire Rings

User Reviews

Tanya Mitchener

June 17, 2025

Loved it. Very nice camping spot and bath house was immaculate!!

Deborah Mills

August 23, 2024

Tim Frazier

August 04, 2024

Karen Wiesner

September 12, 2023

Nice clean place. Close to a nice boat ramp. Not too many places to keep a boat with your camper. Hard to tell on satellite view. We booked a spot we thought had a nice place to keep our other car and boat, but it was a huge hill.

Kevin W

September 07, 2023

This is a very clean state park campground. The camp hosts we talked with were very friendly and informative. The shower house we used was always clean and in good order. The showers have temperature control and always on controls. They are not push button timed. Many of the sites have good spacing but the sites basically up the middle are very close together. Beware that some sites are definitely not great for large units. The boat ramp is very nice and provides great access to the lake. We were told that during prime season the ramp parking often gets extremely crowded and requires the use of both overflow lots. That would be quite the hike to and from the ramp! The ramp is at least five trailers wide so as long as everyone knows how to back up a boat trailer, the turnover should be pretty quick. It's a long boat run to the dam from this point, like over 53 miles by water, or over 100 miles round trip. This was our first trip to Lake Cumberland but we're likely to go back next season and will likely camp here again.

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