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Green River Lake WMA

Drive-up · public land · KY · 37.29250, -85.29980

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The land manager lists this site. Someone from the agency inventoried it, so it is a real camp — not a spot we guessed at. What changes is conditions — roads, gates, closures, fire rules. Check those with the unit before you commit to the drive.

FREE primitive camping, but ONLY in this WMA's DESIGNATED camping area -- KDFWR's own page says: "Camping in designated areas only." In Kentucky you do NOT need a hunting or fishing license just to camp or hike a Wildlife Management Area, and ordinary KDFWR WMAs charge no access or camping fee (only Otter Creek and Peabody WMA require an entry permit, and this is neither). It is unlawful to camp anywhere on a WMA except in a designated area (301 KAR 3:010), so camping outside the marked site is not allowed. Expect primitive conditions -- generally no electric, no hookups, little or no water; pack water in and everything out. A large wooded WMA of flat river bottoms and ridge tops on Green River Lake, between Campbellsville and Columbia (from Campbellsville take US-70 East ~4 miles to the WMA). NOTE this is the KDFWR wildlife area's own designated camping, which is free -- it is NOT the paid Corps of Engineers or Green River Lake State Park campgrounds on the same lake. Kentucky WMA rules and camping availability change and can be closed by posting -- confirm the current rules, the designated campsite location, and any stay limit with KDFWR (1-800-858-1549) before you go, and read the signs at the entrance. HEADS UP: this is working wildlife-management land -- during Kentucky's fall/winter hunting seasons wear blaze orange or pick a different night. The pin is KDFWR's published coordinate for the WMA (a general access reference point), NOT the exact campsite -- find the designated camping area on the WMA map before you commit to it after dark.

USGS topo — contours & terrain

USGS topographic map of Green River Lake WMA

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Weather outlook — at Green River Lake WMA

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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 841 ft.

Fire & smoke — around Green River Lake WMANIFC · AirNow

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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 Green River Lake WMA · public land · KY

Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer

Nearest of each

MMechanic4 mi
GGrocery4 mi
RxPharmacy4 mi
@Mail4 mi
FFuel5 mi
HHardware5 mi
LLaundry5 mi
EVEV fast charger5 mi
+Urgent care11 mi
OOutfitter41 mi
ShShower44 mi
DDump44 mi
WWater45 mi
AAir-up52 mi

≤30 mi30–4545+water

The read: water is a real 45-mi drive, fuel & food sit about 4 mi out.

Not within 60 mi: Propane. Plan those before you head up.

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 — Green River Lake WMA

Access

Drive-up

Land

public land

Elevation

841 ft

State

Coordinates

37.29250, -85.29980

Cost

Free

Nearby & resupply — around Green River Lake WMA · public land · KY (OpenStreetMap)

Nearest townAtchison · ~1.0 mi
Drinking waternone within 10 mi
FuelFive Star Food Mart · ~4.8 mi
Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
GroceriesIGA · ~4.1 mi
PharmacyCVS Pharmacy · ~4.2 mi
Hospital / clinicTaylor Regional Hospital · ~5.5 mi
HardwareJeffries Hardware · ~13.6 mi

EV charging — from Green River Lake WMA · public land · KY — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)

Nearest public DC fast charger5.0 mi straight-line NW — Don Franklin Campbellsville Chevrolet Buick GMC · EV Connect · CCS · 2 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 · 21 within 50 · 105 within 100 · 308 within 150
Nearest listing NACS (Tesla)35.5 mi — LOVE'S 360 - KY #360 DC1, Horse Cave
Nearest listing CHAdeMO20.6 mi — Lake Cumberland Tourist Center, Russell Springs
Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)4.1 mi — Downtown Campbellsville Plugspot - Tesla Destination (at a parking lot) · Tesla Destination · J1772, NACS (Tesla) · 5 Level 2 ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-08-27 · hours: 24 hours daily. Open to all vehicles.
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 259280 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center

Nearby restrooms — around Green River Lake WMA · public land · KY — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)

RestroomKnob Creek Tavern · ~28.8 mi NW · NPS
RestroomKnob Creek Exterior Restrooms · ~28.8 mi NW · NPS
RestroomBirthplace Picnic Area Restrooms · ~28.9 mi NW · NPS
RestroomVisitor Center Bldg. · ~29.1 mi NW · NPS

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How we know this — Green River Lake WMA

Source

public land records

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

Kentucky Dept. of Fish & Wildlife Resources public-land page, app.fw.ky.gov/public_lands_search/detail.aspx?Kdfwr_id=29 (read 2026-07-22); page states on-WMA camping is allowed in a designated area ("Camping in designated areas only.") and is silent on any fee. Free/no-license basis: KDFWR FAQ (fw.ky.gov/More/Pages/FAQ.aspx) -- no license needed to camp/hike a WMA, only Otter Creek & Peabody require an entry permit; and 301 KAR 3:010 (unlawful to camp except in a designated area, no fee imposed). Coordinate = KDFWR's own published lat/lon for the WMA (37.2925, -85.2998), cross-checked via Nominatim reverse-geocode to fall in Taylor County (unit also spans Adair and Green counties). It is the WMA's general reference point, NOT the campsite -> confidence='med' on pin precision (free-status is high). ~21,019 acres. Scanned KDFWR ids 1-260 (59 valid WMA pages) this fire; Dewey Lake (26) and Carr Creek (131) EXCLUDED -- their pages say camping is in Corps-maintained (paid USACE) campgrounds only; Higginson-Henry (132) HELD -- own page silent on camping. [2026-08-16 fire 740 CAVEAT - DO NOT PUBLISH AS FREE WITHOUT CHECKING] KDFWR's page does say "Camping in designated areas only", but Green River Lake WMA is owned by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the Corps documents only FEE campgrounds there: Holmes Bend, Pikes Ridge and Smith Ridge (Corps Lakes Gateway, https://corpslakes.erdc.dren.mil/visitors/projects.cfm?ID=H206960, read 2026-08-16). KDFWR plots four Type='Campground' points on this WMA (37.29437/-85.29489, 37.28160/-85.29453, 37.28615/-85.25608, 37.21600/-85.26268) and their positions line up with those Corps recreation areas and the state park - i.e. the "designated areas" are most likely the fee campgrounds, not free primitive sites. That coordinate-to-rec-area match is OUR inference from geography, not a quoted source. This row's own coordinate is the WMA entrance GPS, not a campsite. Verify with the WMA office (270) 283-0244 or the COE office (270) 465-4463 before publishing. | auto:agency-trust 2026-08-18: state agency GIS record with a source URL and coordinates, confidence not low. Fee value is the agency's own, not field-checked. Not field-verified -- confirm access, road conditions and fire rules before you go.

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 Green River Lake WMA

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 — Green River Lake WMA

Camping near a reservoir →Finding water out here →Dumping grey & black →Power off-grid →All field notes →

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