Fort Boonesborough State Park

Wonderful place to go camping. We took a tent, a sleeping bag, and our happy selves. We stayed on a Friday evening, and left Saturday Morning. Wish we would have stayed the weekend, it was wonderful. Friendly staff. We didn’t bring firewood from home-​I read that it’s a no-​no for nature-​they had some on sale at their little store. We just loved it. Wonderful space. They have a bathroom area with showers, and it was a life saver after I fell in the mud during our little baseball game.

Who else remembers Boonesboro Beach? Yep, I do and I’m showing my age by saying that. The beach closed long ago and if you’ve ever driven across the Kentucky River, you know why. It’s brown, murky and definitely nothing I would want to swim in anymore.
I’ve probably been to this park 50 times in my life. From picnics, the pool, miniature golf, to the car show in the summer.
My latest adventure was at the campground. Even though the forecast called for rain, pretty much the entire Independence Day weekend, the campground was fully booked to capacity. Needless to say, mud was everywhere. Many people had hay spread out all over their sites, to sop up the mud and water.
Just like at the other KY State Park campgrounds, you can reserve online at Reserve America, but it’s a $ 7.50 fee. If it’s not during a peak weekend, you can check in at the front gate and then pick out your site. I never do the reservation, so I can’t speak much on that end of it.
We stayed at two different sites during the Forth of July weekend. Each site was completely different than the other. The first was #77 and it had a lot of green space and backed up to several other sites, not very private or close to a bathhouse. The second was #11 and it was a completely different atmosphere. Because it was directly across from the rec center and a different bathhouse, it was probably the most passed site in the entire place… I hated it. It was way too busy for me. I will say that camping between the two sites and seeing other prime located sites, made me realize that one area of the campground can be completely different from another area. Hot water was plentiful in both of the bathhouses that I went in. I witnessed someone mopping the bathroom floors two days in a row, so they were some of the cleanest bathrooms that I’ve witnessed in a campground. Oh, and there was a frog chillin’ behind the bathroom stall. I will admit that I screamed, but no one came to my rescue.

On our way to Williamson, WV, we stopped by an old settlement boonesborough This is where Daniel Boone lived. It is a very historical place that is very well kept. They should put up more signs to attract more outsiders. Many
People never even see Boonesborough when driving by because of where it is located.

One of my favorite places to go, ever. Amazing scenery and nobody around to bug you. Great place to take photos.

I haven’t really experienced Fort Boonesborough thoroughly. I am giving it a favorable rating due to the fact that I can purchase lye soap there cheaply.
$ 1.50 a bar. its over 6 at Cracker Barrel but the Cracker Barrel soap does have a much more pleasant smell.
Its getting more and more difficult to find lye soap anymore.

I went one year to a haunted forest they had there and then again to a Christmas dinner and play and had a excellent time!
The fort usually have demonstrations in the blacksmith shop and other buildings on site. The day we went was kind of slow. It is worth a look. It won’t take you long to go through it.
Nice place to study, walk, or have a picnic as well. It even has a couple of playgrounds for the kids as well as a pool.

Campground was great, except for the full hook up sites. These sites are right next to one of the many dump stations. This made it very hard to hook our trailer up so we could leave. Staff IS NOT friendly. Bought wood and ice from campground a couple of times and you would of thought we were stealing it. They dont give receipts to show you paid for wood or ice and we had people chasing us down to find out if we paid for items (which we DID). Park Ranger is also a gem. He watched us all weekend, confronted us about alcohol (we didnt have it in the public’s view).