Barren River Lake · Kentucky
Overview Bailey's Point campground is the largest of the Army Corps of Engineers' campgrounds on Barren River Lake. This campground offers several waterfront campsites with scenic views of the lake. Though the campground is one of the largest, you won't know it.
Sites at Baileys Point are reserved through Recreation.gov. Sites here can be reserved in advance through the official system, and they are claimed fast — cancellations then trickle back all season, unannounced, at any hour of the day or night.
| Total sites | 215 |
|---|---|
| Site types | Standard |
| Hookups | Electric hookups at some sites |
| Location | Scottsville, KY |
| Book through | Recreation.gov |
| Official listing | Recreation.gov |
Because sites are booked months ahead, a steady share of reservations get cancelled as trips fall through. Each cancellation instantly returns that site and those nights to the official calendar — first-come, first-served, no waitlist, no announcement. Refreshing the booking page yourself, every few minutes for weeks, works in theory. In practice, the people who get these sites are the ones who hear about the opening first.
itOpened scans the Recreation.gov calendar for Baileys Point around the clock. When a site matching your dates and your vehicle opens, you get a text with a direct link to it. You book it yourself, in your own account, at the normal price. We never book, hold, or resell — your fee pays for monitoring, and openings are first-come, so speed is the whole game.
| The Narrows | Cancellation alerts available |
|---|---|
| Tailwater | Cancellation alerts available |
| Bailey's Point Picnic Shelter | Cancellation alerts available |
| Barren River Lake Tailwater Picnic Shelter | Cancellation alerts available |
| Port Oliver Picnic Shelter | Cancellation alerts available |
| Quarry Road Picnic Shelter | Cancellation alerts available |
| The Narrows Picnic Shelter | Cancellation alerts available |
Page data refreshed 2026-10-29. Site facts come from the official directory listing for Baileys Point; cancellation statistics come from our own scanning logs.