USDA Forest Service · Kentucky

Daniel Boone National Forest campsites, sold out? Here's how spots come back.

📍 Kentucky 🏕️ 9 campgrounds

How booking at Daniel Boone National Forest works

Reservations for Daniel Boone National Forest are made through Recreation.gov. In peak season, the most popular campgrounds are typically claimed within minutes of each release — which is why the park reads as "sold out" for most of the year.

Sold out is not final, though. People book far ahead and plans change, so cancellations return to the official calendar throughout the season — with no announcement, at any hour. A cancelled site is bookable by whoever sees it first.

Booking facts

Managed byUSDA Forest Service
Book throughRecreation.gov
Campgrounds9
Official listingRecreation.gov

Campgrounds in Daniel Boone National Forest

Set a watch on the whole park, or go straight to the campground you want — each one has its own availability and cancellation pattern:

Twin Knobs Campground208 sites
Zilpo - Daniel Boone Nat. For.169 sites
Holly Bay138 sites
Grove99 sites
Koomer Ridge Campground54 sites
S-Tree Campground20 sites
Craigs Creek Group Area4 sites
Claylick Boat-In Campground2 sites
Boat Gunnel Group Campground1 sites

How itOpened watches Daniel Boone National Forest

We scan the official Recreation.gov calendar for Daniel Boone National Forest around the clock. The second a site that matches your dates and equipment opens up, you get a text with a direct link to that exact site. You book it yourself, in your own account, at the normal price. We never book, hold, or resell anything — monitoring is all we do, and it's what your fee pays for. Openings are first-come, so a text beats an email every time.

Page data refreshed 2026-10-29. Availability facts come from the official directory listing for Daniel Boone National Forest; cancellation statistics come from our own scanning logs.