Axtel in KY -- Campground & RV Camping

Axtel Campground sits on the shore of the 5,100-acre Rough River Lake in south-central Kentucky. The large facility offers 158 campsites, many with electric hookups and all providing lake views. Amenities on site include a boat ramp, swimming area, dump station, flush toilets, showers, drinking water, playground, short trail, and a fish-cleaning station. Visitors come to boat, swim, and fish for bass, crappie, and catfish. The historic Green Farm is adjacent to the lake, and Mammoth Cave National Park is located about an hour's drive away.

Getting there: Begin at ramp onto I-64 West toward New Albany/St. Louis, traveling 22.3 miles. Take the IN-135, Exit Number 105, toward Palmyra/Corydon, onto IN-135 South toward Corydon, traveling 16.7 miles. Continue on Bypass Road KY-79 for 2.1 miles. Turn right onto KY-79, traveling 10.1 miles. Continue on 1st Avenue, KY-79S for 495 feet. Turn a slight right onto US-60, traveling 11.8 miles. Turn left onto KY-259/KY-79, traveling 9.7 miles. Turn right to stay on KY-79, traveling .7 miles. End at 663 South Highway 79, McDaniels, KY. Distance is approximately 74 miles with an approximate travel time of 1 hour, 20 minutes.

• Little separation from through roads or other sites here, a 153-site campground with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
• The Rough River Lake shoreline is 0.2 mi off.
• Estimated night sky: Bortle 4, a rural sky with a glow on the horizon.
• Open country, with nothing named rising within 30 miles.
• Most sites here have an electric hookup, with 63 on the water and most of them shaded.

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