Jan 21, 2018
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Trooper Island Photo by Craig Davis
According to ky.gov, Dale Hollow Lake consists of nearly 30,000 acres of surface water and over 600 miles of shoreline. The lake abounds with fish to include; Largemouth Bass, Kentucky Bass, Musky, Catfish, Bluegill, Crappie and is the home of the World Record Smallmouth Bass of 11 lb. 15 oz. The lake is also the home to one of the largest wintering Bald Eagle populations in the area. Dale Hollow Lake covers portions of Clay, Pickett, Overton and Fentress Counties in Tennessee and Clinton and Cumberland Counties in Kentucky.
Kentucky state parks in my experience are usually very clean and well kept. This RV campground is no different. The layout, while a little tight for those with rigs over 36 feet long, is very easy to navigate, find your spot and get in. The grass was freshly mowed, sites were clean and a park custodian pretty much drove around the whole day seeing if anyone needed anything. They have an grassy area in the middle of the area so people can park their boats and extra vehicles as well. Instead of having to park down the road or at a marina. The campground is less than 2 miles from the marina, so it is a short haul to the water.
Lake Therapy!!! Photo by Craig Davis
Because we had never been here and didn’t really know the layout or what to expect, we thought we had reserved a pretty good spot and on a normal camping experience, it would have been. That said, you cannot always determine who your neighbors are going to be though. When we we got to our spot, there was a rusted out pick up parked in our site and a lot of people primitive camping on a site less than 20 ft from where the RV would be sitting. They were talking very loud over the music emanating from somewhere and had what seemed like an entire day care of babies and toddlers running around in diapers only. On the other side of us was the playground..We knew that there would be traffic and kids constantly rolling through. Not our idea of a relaxing anniversary weekend!!
Photo by Craig Davis
My wonderful bride suggested we go back to the camp store and see if we can get a better site. Stroke of genius on her part! We went back and explained our issue and the gentleman gave us a new site away from playgrounds and kids. Our new site was excellent! and we settled in easily. In-laws arrived just after we finished setting up camp with their pontoon in tow and off we went to the lake for a couple of hours of water therapy before coming back and cooking an excellent camp meal of burgers, sweet potatoes, rice and beans.
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The next night we were in for a treat. As a musician, I love to see live music. I really love to see local and regional acts. Those guys and gals out there working hard making a living through the week and doing the music on the side. They do it not because they are trying to be rich and famous. Instead, they learn and play the songs that they grew up on and love. These are the folks I enjoy seeing. Rachel Crowe and her band from Stanton, Kentucky played at the park. We pulled up and they were playing their rendition of “When the Levee Breaks” by Led Zepplin and they sounded really good! If the state park is providing entertainment, give it a shot!
No park is perfect. Here is the not so perfect part of Dale Hollow State Resort Park. The trails..Me and my wife enjoy hiking and when we went looking for a specific trail, after trial and error we found it. It was overgrown with weeds and had not been maintained very well. We walked about a mile down the road to another trail entrance and although better, it wasn’t by much. All in all we walked about three miles with her mom and stepfather and decided to go back to the campsite. Maybe we just caught it at a bad time. It just didn’t fit the parks feel.
Happy Anniversary!! Photo by Craig and Tiffanie Davis
Overall, we highly recommend this campground and we will go back again. If you want to see and enjoy pristine waters, clean sites and friendly people. this is definitely a place to go!
Check out the video @ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrcFzdM8HMilLA-orH7qGSw
References:
http://parks.ky.gov/parks/resortparks/dale-hollow/
https://www.facebook.com/rachel.crowe.982
Dale Hollow Lake State Resort Park According to ky.gov, Dale Hollow Lake consists of nearly 30,000 acres of surface water and over 600 miles of shoreline.