The General Butler Lodge

We stayed there both during my interview with a nearby company. We liked it enough to outer stay here during our house hunting trip. We love the rooms in the main hotel and the cabins were very nice and include a full kitchen. The rooms were a little rustic but we liked them, the pool was nice and the rates were excellent. Highly recommend.

This lodge isn’t the biggest lodge out of all the lodges and all of the Kentucky State Parks, but it’s a nice lodge. The roads have been recently updated and have a nice wood floors and nice wood paneling on the walls. The rooms also have flat screen TVs with nice clear, crisp images on them. The rooms also have individual little lights on the wall behind the beds for people who want to read in bed and not bother the other people in the room. The bathrooms are clean and nice in the rooms as well. The swimming pool is nice and well maintained, but I didn’t get in it while I was here.
If you want interesting things to do while you are staying at the lodge, you could go visit the Butler Turpin house here at the park or go visit a nearby winery. There are plenty of things to do in the area to keep you entertained as well.

I end up in Carrollton every couple of months for work; this trip I decided to try something different than the Holiday Inn Express. I was going to try the Beltera Casino but after getting very frustrated with their website I decided to try this instead.
I was pleasantly surprised; the room is big, the bed is comfortable and the wifi is better than the last Hilton I stayed at. I have a nice patio overlooking the woods, the main door opens out over the (very big) pool and the 42″ TV has multiple HDMI ports. The price (mid-​week pre-​Memorial Day) is about half the Holiday Inn, the only thing it lacks is a free breakfast.
There is a restaurant and a bar; I haven’t tried the bar; the food was good at the restaurant but the service was lacking. I will definitely be back the next time I’m in town.

The setting for the lodge itself is beautiful, the rooms not so much. My room was musty smelling and in a serious need of a remodeling. The wood paneling looked straight of someone’s basement, stained carpet, and dim lighting, even with every lamp on. Each room does have a small outdoor patio that overlooks the pool, and every room is non-​smoking.
The walls and floors did little to dampen sound, I could clearly hear the conversation in the room next to mine, and I could hear every footstep above. While there was a coffee maker, ironing board and iron in the room, there was no mini-​fridge and just a 19″ tube TV. The A/​C unit barely worked and was very loud.
There was no hot water for the shower, lukewarm at best. This was also something I overheard from the room next to mine, so I know I wasn’t alone in this.
There are several chain hotels nearby the park, I would suggest staying in one of those if you happen to visit.