Camp Carlson Recreation Area

Great location. Facility is well maintained with a great staff. Bath house is cleaned a couple of times a week by private contractors. Laundry is $1 ea for washer or dryer.

We had a very nice two night stay. The park is rustic, but we’re fine with that. We thought the price was fair in today’s market. Our thoughts were, “gee this is a nice, quiet park and we could really spend a week or two here”. The nearby lake and picnic grounds are quite nice. During our day visiting Ft. Knox, we discovered Cheryl’s ID would expire within the month. Although the pass & ID office normally works only from appointments, they fit us in and got her renewed. It was a step beyond what we’d expect from a pretty busy office.

This was our 1st Fam Camp stay on the RV site. We have at&t cell service and had 4g most the time. This location is off the grid for sure so don't expect wifi or TV. We had a starlink satellite that we were able to watch some TV and use our phones. I could not work on the slow speeds however. This place offers everything but internet/cable. A busy hwy is next for so you can hear that when outside. The women's showers only have 2 stalls and one of those the shower head was broken and stall was full of grass in the drain. The other stall worked just fine but had to wait to use it. Cleanliness wasn't the best. They only have one dog park right in the sun with no shade. The dog park grass was way over grown. The dog poop bin was overflowing and probably hadn't been emptied in a month. Very upsetting to see this since they are strict with picking up after your dogs. If they'd clean and fix the bathrooms, toss the trash, and cut the grass I would of given a better review. Would only stay here again if I needed to do something on Fort Knox.

Beautiful, well maintained park, with picnic tables and BBQs at each site. Great Camp Hosts--Chris and his wife. Laundry was terrific, and the restrooms were fine. We were on site E-3, which is a concrete pull through. Water, sewer, electric, all top notch. However, there is no Wi-Fi, extremely weak cell coverage (between 0 and 2 bars on Verizon), and no over-the-air TV channels.

This is a diamond in the rough. The camp hosts are very friendly & helpful and go out of their way to help. Arrived in rain & our host came out, running ahead of us, to guide us to our site. The shower area is about 5 x 10, half is the shower itself & has locking doors, nicest shower I've seen for a campground. Everything is very clean & they also have a fenced dog park area which is pretty good sized. There is a small lake & park area which is nice too. This is one to come back to stay again.

Very Nice park. It is under new management and they working on improving the amenities. Nice shower and laundry.

This is a great campground. Not on post at Ft Knox, but just down the road. We spent a couple of weeks and used Camp Carlson as our home base. We visited number of the distilleries on the Bourbon Trail and spent some time in Louisville including a baseball game. The staff were extremely friendly and did a get job maintaining the campground. The sites are spacious and level with fire rings and picnic tables. We will definitely be back in the future.

This is a pretty decent campground but if you need/want Internet or cell service then you may want to pass on this.

We stayed in a "sleeper" cabin our first night here. It was crowded, with a double bed, very small bathroom, MW, under counter fridge, and tv. Very small table. So we upgraded to a one bedroom cabins that was much more comfortable. Both cabins were wonderfully clean; the entire campground was clean, for that matter. The mattresses are encased in plastic - maybe for cleanliness? But that made for noisy sleeping. The shower stalls were small; my dh and I are not heavy people, but those stalls were difficult for us to use. The campground is terrific - lots of open space around the cabins and in the trailer area. The laundry room was large and clean, so was the attached lounge. There are picnic tables/fire pits, and porch swings for each unit. The office ladies were friendly and helpful. It is a little strange that the tent spots have to use porta potties - couldn't they let tent campers put up tents closer to the bathrooms? The campground location isn't great, unless you are staying to visit someone at Fort Knox, maybe? We did stop at the PX; it is large and busy. I recommend this place; it is a good value - far better than what I have seen at many other military campgrounds and KOAs.

Too expensive for what you get. No cell service, no WiFi, no shade. Facilities weren’t very clean either. We will not stay here again.

We have stayed here on numerous occasions and are hesitant to stop on our way south because of the location and the lack of services. The price is way too expensive for the amenities. There is little to no television reception and no wifi. There was no cell service. We had to go about five miles to use our phones. We have always commented on the cleanliness of the laundry and bath facilities but this time it appeared to be nonexistent. We will find another place to stay.

We enjoyed our visit to Camp Carlson Recreation area. The campground isn't a fancy RV park, but it's clean and quiet. Laundry s $1 a load and $1 to dry. The campground was less than 80% occupied during our late season visit. No problems with Verizon or satellite. We enjoyed visiting many of the local attractions, including Mammoth Cave. I felt $30 a night (FHU back-in) was a little high, but many military campgrounds are getting this way. The office staff was friendly and helpful. Making a reservation was easy. The nearby Fort Knox base has a decent sized commissary and exchange, including a well stocked class VI.