Barkley Lake · Kentucky
Overview Cadiz Park is located on the beautiful Lake Barkley near the town of Cadiz, Kentucky. The day-use area is a great spot for barbecuing, boating and fishing. Fun fact: the largest yellow bass caught in Kentucky, weighing in at one pound one ounce, was caught in Lake Barkley.
Sites at Cadiz 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 | 1 |
|---|---|
| Site types | Group, Shelter |
| Location | Grand Rivers, 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 Cadiz 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.
| Canal | Cancellation alerts available |
|---|---|
| Hurricane Creek | Cancellation alerts available |
| Eureka | Cancellation alerts available |
| Bumpus Mills | Cancellation alerts available |
| Old Kuttawa | Cancellation alerts available |
| Dyers Creek | Cancellation alerts available |
| Dover | Cancellation alerts available |
| Linton | Cancellation alerts available |
Page data refreshed 2026-10-29. Site facts come from the official directory listing for Cadiz; cancellation statistics come from our own scanning logs.