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Claylick Boat-In Campground
Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · KY · 38.05925, -83.47145
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Ask about this camp →U.S. Forest Service lists this as a developed campground. Expect marked sites, a fee station or a reservation, and the usual campground rules. The dispersed-camping freedom of the surrounding forest does not apply inside it. What changes is conditions — roads, gates, closures, fire rules. Check those with the unit before you commit to the drive.
Nearest road on the Forest Service MVUM — Claylick Boat-In Campground · Daniel Boone National Forest · KY
No MVUM road within a quarter mile of the pin; the nearest mapped segment is FR 968 (Claylick), 0.3 mi away. Access may be a county road or unmapped.
From the Forest Service's own Motor Vehicle Use Map roads layer (EDW, Clearinghouse refresh Aug 30, 2026), straight-line from the pin to the nearest mapped segment. The nearest segment is not necessarily the way in, a maintenance level is the agency's class and not a report on today, and a road's season is the road's — it is not a campground order. What the levels mean → What an MVUM is →
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Claylick Boat-In Campground
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 743 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Claylick Boat-In CampgroundNIFC · AirNow
Checking active fires & air quality…
Active wildfires from NIFC (within ~50 mi); air quality from AirNow. Always confirm current fire restrictions with the managing office before you go.
Everything you need — measured from Claylick Boat-In Campground · Daniel Boone National Forest · KY
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- WWater4 mi
- FFuel4 mi
- GGrocery4 mi
- @Mail7 mi
- MMechanic9 mi
- HHardware9 mi
- EVEV fast charger10 mi
- RxPharmacy15 mi
- OOutfitter22 mi
- DDump22 mi
- LLaundry22 mi
- ShShower22 mi
- +Urgent care25 mi
- AAir-up44 mi
- PPropane50 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water is basically at camp, fuel & food sit about 4 mi out.
One dot per need — the nearest of each kind, straight-line from camp. Places from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors); the EV fast charger from the US DOE station locator. Open in Google Maps ↗
The site — Claylick Boat-In Campground
Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
743 ft
Ground slope
14.6% · noticeable
Nearest highway
~8.9 mi · Interstate 64
State
KY
Coordinates
38.05925, -83.47145
Cost
Fee
Nearby & resupply — around Claylick Boat-In Campground · Daniel Boone National Forest · KY (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureCave Run Lake · under 0.1 mi · USGS: perennial lake or pond
- Drinking waterWater · ~3.6 mi
- FuelFuel · ~4.5 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~22.2 mi
- GroceriesGrocery · ~4.5 mi
- PharmacyPharmacy · ~15.1 mi
- Hospital / clinicCasa San Pio · ~25.3 mi
- HardwareLowe's · ~9.2 mi
- Nearest rail linenone mapped within 10 mi
- Nearest highway~8.9 mi · Interstate 64
EV charging — from Claylick Boat-In Campground · Daniel Boone National Forest · KY — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger10.0 mi straight-line NW — Down Home Diner, Morehead, KY · FCN · CCS, NACS (Tesla) · 4 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach3 within 25 mi · 9 within 50 · 89 within 100 · 355 within 150
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO59.1 mi — Walmart 571 (Georgetown, KY), Georgetown
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)8.3 mi — FHI BOODRY, Morehead, KY · ChargePoint Network · J1772 · 2 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily
- Pricing at the fast chargernot listed
- Power (kW)not listed by AFDC — “DC fast” spans roughly 24 to 350 kW, so ask the network.
- Read this honestlyStraight-line miles, like every distance on this site. Roads run longer than this, and you have to get back. We know where a charger is listed. We don’t know if it works today, how fast it is, or the road miles. Check the network before you commit.
Snapshot 2026-09-16 · AFDC record 457517 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Claylick Boat-In Campground · Daniel Boone National Forest · KY — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Vault / pit toiletClaylick Boat-In Campground · at this camp · USFS
- Vault / pit toiletClaylick Boat Ramp · ~0.4 mi E · USFS
- Flush restroomZilpo Day-Use Area · ~1.1 mi NW · USFS
- Flush restroomZilpo Recreation Area · ~1.1 mi NW · USFS
Coming out here — Claylick Boat-In Campground · Daniel Boone National Forest · KY
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Cave Run Lake as a perennial lake or pond, under 0.1 mi from the pin (National Hydrography Dataset, data refreshed October 2022). Mapped as perennial is not the same as flowing today. Nobody has checked it for you. Filter or boil anything you drink.
- Ground slope around the pin: about 14.6% — noticeable. Measured on USGS's 3DEP elevation model (1 m data here), sampled every 10 metres around the point. That is the hillside, not the ground under your wheels — a graded pullout or a bench a few metres across is too small to show up at that spacing, and nobody has checked this one for you.
- No rail line is mapped within 10 mi of the pin in the FRA/BTS North American Rail Network (data updated Jul 21, 2026) — abandoned, lifted and out-of-service track excluded, so a rail-trail does not count as one.
- Interstate 64 is mapped ~8.9 mi from the pin. Straight-line, from the Census's TIGER/Line primary roads (TIGER/Line 2025, released Oct 2025) — the divided, limited-access highways, which is why a state expressway or a two-lane US route near this camp would not appear here.
- Power: Dave carries his own — batteries or solar. A generator will run your rig and it is also the thing everybody camped near you can hear.
- Getting online: Dave recommends Starlink. He has had it since SpaceX introduced it, used it for four years living on the road, and it delivers as promised — several hundred nights out, and he can count on one hand the places he could not connect. The cable on his unit runs 150 feet, which is usually all it takes to find enough sky. Starlink → Referral link — Starlink pays Dave $100 in cash if you sign up through it, and that money funds this site and the next trip. It costs you nothing and does not change the recommendation.
Open Claylick Boat-In Campground elsewhere
Other camps near Claylick Boat-In Campground
If this one is full, gated or washed out.
- Zilpo Recreation Area~1.1 mi · fee
- Twin Knobs Recreation Area~2.9 mi · fee
- Boat Gunnel Group Campground~3.2 mi · fee
- White Sulphur Horse Camp~6.0 mi · fee
The unit that manages Claylick Boat-In Campground
Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Claylick Boat-In Campground are set by Daniel Boone National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.
How we know this — Claylick Boat-In Campground
Source
U.S. Forest Service recreation data
Confidence
Likely — The record is good enough to put a pin on, but thin in places. Treat the details as a starting point, not gospel.
How it was placed
Developed FEE campground (not free) - review | auto:usfs-fee 2026-08-20: US Forest Service developed campground, agency coordinates, agency states a fee. No dollar amount in the agency record -- expect a charge and confirm the current rate before you go. Not field-verified.
Nearest MVUM road
US Forest Service Motor Vehicle Use Map roads layer (EDW_MVUM_01, layer 1), Clearinghouse refresh Aug 30, 2026. Straight-line distance from the pin to the nearest mapped segment within 1 mi; surface type, maintenance level and open dates are the agency's own values for that segment, expanded from its codes and otherwise unedited. Nothing here says which road reaches the site.
EV chargers
US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center station locator, snapshot 2026-09-16. Straight-line miles to the nearest public, open, unrestricted station; restricted and planned units are shown but never counted.
Field check
On the agency's books. The land manager inventoried this site, so its existence is not in question — current conditions are. Nobody from here has camped it recently.
What we don’t know about Claylick Boat-In Campground
A land record can put you within a few meters of a spot. It cannot tell you any of this — so check it yourself, and treat anything below as the open question it is.
- Road surface & last-mile access
- How many rigs actually fit
- Cell coverage by carrier
- Seasonal & winter access
- Current fire restrictions
- Whether any water here is drinkable
- Shade & wind exposure
- Noise and who else shows up
- Whether a listed EV charger works today, or the road miles to it
Before you go — Claylick Boat-In Campground
What “dispersed” means here →Reading a forest MVUM →Fire rules & restrictions →Off-grid communication →All field notes →