Wonderful camp sites with some near the water. Clean…read morerestrooms and good water pressure and hot water. Important to know, take an early potty visit in the am according to house keeping that comes in at 8am. Luckily they have one other. Plenty of trails. An amphitheater on site that is so much fun and not a bad seat in the house. Southern Indiana gem indeed! Look for the Lincoln bust tucked around the backside of the history timeline monument.

Great state park. Good variety of hiking trails, a lake with swimming beach, boats you can rent,…read morecamping. Lots to see and do. They even have a moon tree!

I give this place a five star because we had a lot of fun and it's so adventure and it's so good…read morefor your family to go to and the tall diving board is so much fun. Also the slides and I love how you can just swim all you want. I also love how it's also $10 per person to get in. That's such a great deal especially for my big family.

From the owner: Opening Day is May 25, 2024 for the 2024 swimming season. Checkout Lake Venus on Facebook for all…read morecurrent information including operational hours due to weather. Visit Lake Venus for all your summer fun Memorial Weekend through Labor Day! Lake Venus is a fresh spring water lake which is surrounded by a beautiful, clean beach. Choose to lounge on the beach in the swimming area, or head over to the low/high dive. Our lake does have fish, but they love to stay in the deep water! We also have a mini golf course, which is quickly becoming popular for the kiddos! We have a basketball court and volleyball. We also offer concessions, but you are allowed to bring your own food/drink. No alcoholic beverages or glass bottles! We do ask you to pick up your trash and cigarette butts afterwards to help keep it the clean place we strive to be! If you would like information, please send us a private message with your questions. Please no pets! Admission is $10 per person, children 3 & under are FREE.

Small yet relaxing state forest!…read more Found the forest while looking for a nice spot to have a picnic. It's small but never seems crowded. I've been on both weekdays and weekends, and most weekdays you'll only share the place with a handful of people. It's $7 to enter the park (if someone's at the gates), $13 / night to camp, and $5.35/hour to rent a small boat or canoe. The forest hosts a lake for swimming (sand beach) or boating, two playgrounds, a plethora of grills, and many covered pavilions with picnic tables. Things to know before you go: there is no running water that I could see, however the restrooms were kept well stocked. This is also a place where you leave with everything you came in with, including trash. There are no trash cans available. I usually make it a habit to stop at the gas station headed back into town. ALSO: bring bug spray!

Since COVID 19 is still an issue we were looking for local places to try while avoiding crowds so…read morewe spent a day here. If someone is on the gate the price is $7 to enter and despite the fact that its a smaller park it does have a lake that allows for kayaking, fishing & electric trolling motors only. Jon boats & canoes can be rented by the hour and the lake has a beach area where a handful of children were taking advantage of the good weather. A lifeguard isn't provided but there is a changing house. There are grills within the park and we had a small portion of the lake to ourselves while grilling. There are picnic tables & benches around one side of the lake and it made for a peaceful break during the normal work week. Camping is available for tents and other sections for campers & RVs. The hiking is limited but if you combine all the trails & fire lanes its about 10 miles. The city of Ferdinand is what I call a sleepy little city and I mean that in the best way, so on a Wednesday I saw only a dozen people on this day and relaxed, avoided COVID and look forward to a time when its safe to try the local brewery & restaurants.

My favorite park. Beautiful and peaceful. Great place to take a walk or take dog on a walk.read more

This is a beautiful, relatively new addition to the area. Great little walking trails -- 3 small…read moreloops that can combine to a 1.25 mile large loop -- with some minor elevation changes but nothing major. A nice outdoor amphitheater for summer events, plus an indoor event center on the grounds. On my last visit, they were setting up for an outdoor wedding behind the event center - couldn't go inside to see that of course, but looked very nice. Playground is in the center of the middle trail, if you just want to drop off the kids you'll want to hang a left and go up the hill to park. Wasn't very crowded on my Saturday morning walk either, which is a great perk. Close to civilization, but tucked away behind a neighborhood so a nice little escape. Highly recommended if you're in the area and need a place to walk or take the kids to play. Also - the bathrooms here are PRISTINE for being outdoor park bathrooms. Seriously impressed.

Enjoy Our 3 Nights at rough river cottage . Huge space ,…read morebeds we nice , Pillows good , Clean , Stocked , Great view of woods and River .

What a beautiful place. We were here for the races and I his lodge is so convenient. Lovely…read moreproperty, friendly staff, clean rooms. Comfortable beds and pillows and cold air. Great after a hot day outside. We enjoyed the breakfast buffet each day. Restrauant staff were very friendly. Good service and food. Beautiful place to stay

The correct phone number to Windy Hollow is 270-785-4150…read moreThis website needs to be updated Very nice campground

Avoid this place! Very rude owner! We paid for our campsite sight unseen because the lady was…read morereally nice on the phone but when we checked in everything went south. First major sign that we were making a mistake was, they require payment in cash, We should have known better. As soon as we pulled into our spot, other campers started coming over telling us how horrible it was there. We had no power and we had only a trickle of water that wasn't even enough to fill up a jug much less a tank. We went immediately to find the owner to tell them that we had to find someplace else to camp because we had no power and virtually no water at our site. We weren't there but maybe five or 10 minutes. As soon as my husband started telling the owner about the problems, he started saying no refunds no refunds no refunds, the sign says no refunds! We were in shock. They knew full well that there was major problems but went ahead and took our money. They should be shut down. They took our money and we got nothing in return. We did find a great campground (Diamond) less than a mile away, cheaper and a lot more amenities.

I LOVE Panther Creek & have come here many, many times. They have amazing nature trails that you…read morecan walk, which I have done on many occasions with friends. They also have a great spray park & playground equipment that my kids love. They hold many different events here, including fireworks around Independence Day. Only drawback is the place is packed whenever they have something going on, & it will take forever to find a parking spot or even to drive through. But it is nice that they hold quite a few free events. They also have shelters that you can rent out for a pretty decent price for parties or whatever type of event you would like to hold.

Located just west of Owensboro, Panther Creek Park offers both active and passive forms of…read morerecreation.

This park is fantastic! It is well maintained and safe for kids. There are three playgrounds…read more The bike trails are the best around! If you are hiking on the trails don't go when it's damp because they are extremely slick. Some of the rv sites are small but workable. The staff is extremely friendly and helpful. My biggest concern is the front gate. It is locked with a chain and padlock so you have to get out of your vehicle to unlock it open the gate and drive through then get back out to close it and lock it. The lock numbers are 5 font so hard to see and it sticks sometimes which is so fun when raining. I felt so vulnerable doing this after coming back from visiting family. They really need an automated gate!

Awesome place to go and take your family. So clean. I spent my childhood there…read more Rode on many trails in my time. The park has come a long way since I ran through there. I was raised right behind scales so that was the hang out spot.