CampgroundDay Use

Fall Creek Campground

Lake Cumberland
Near Monticello, Kentucky

Facilities

Visitors enjoy the 10-acre site and its 10 shaded campsites. All of these sites are waterfront, making them prime locations for weekend recreation. Fall Creek has a day-use area, picnic shelter and public parking. Amenities include flush toilets, showers, drinking water and a dump station. A boat ramp and playground are located within the park.

Natural Features

The campground overlooks the main body of the lake, offering sweeping scenic views. Dense stands of mature hardwoods forest the area, offering pleasant shade and wildlife habitat.

Due to the temperate climate and relatively long recreation season, the lake provides varied outdoor recreational opportunities for millions of visitors each year.

Recreation

Lake Cumberland is the largest man-made lake east of the Mississippi River. Its large surface acreage and over 1,200 miles of shoreline provide a myriad of recreational activities.

The lake has an abundance of largemouth, smallmouth, white and Kentucky bass, bluegill, crappie, rockfish and walleye, making it a favorite among anglers.

Recreation Sites

  • Standard Electric
  • Group Shelter Nonelectric
  • Overnight
  • Day

Activities

  • Boating
  • Camping
  • Wildlife Viewing

Amenities

  • Accessible Flush Toilets
  • Accessible Showers
  • Boat Ramp
  • Day Use Area
  • Dump Station
  • Electric Hookups
  • Entrance Station
  • Flush Toilets
  • Pets Allowed
  • Picnic Area
  • Picnic Shelters
  • Playground
  • Water Hookups
  • Water Hookup
  • Lantern Pole
  • Grills/Fire Ring
  • Host
  • Paved Roads
  • Accessible Picnic Shelters
  • Picnic Table
  • Showers
  • Picnic Tables
  • Paved Sites
  • Grills
  • Water Spigot

Nearby Attractions

The Mill Springs Mill Park is just a 15-minute drive from the campground. This historic mill site offers interpretive tours and grinding on the weekends and holidays, picnic sites and a gift shop. Grinding is at 2:00pm Saturday, Sunday and Holidays. Interpretive tours of the mill are given Saturday, Sunday and Holidays during the recreation season.

Getting Here

Latitude
36° 56' 11.0000" N
Longitude
84° 50' 25.0001" W
From Monticello: KY 90, Turn onto KY 1275, light #1, Travel approximately 3.5 miles, Turn onto Hwy 2393, travel approximately 2 miles, Turn left at Fall Creek sign, Road ends at campground.

Need to Know

  • Off-highway vehicles not permitted.

  • Golf carts, scooters and moped vehicles are not authorized on project roadways unless handicap credentials can be established. 

    • Contact Information

    1144 New Fall Creek Road
    Monticello, KY 42633

    For campground inquiries, please call: 606-348-6042

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