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Green River Park & Arboretum (Thelma Stovall Park)
Drive-up · public land · KY · 37.26784, -85.88762
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FREE primitive camping at the City of Munfordville's Green River Park & Arboretum (a.k.a. Thelma Stovall Park), on the banks of the Green River in historic downtown Munfordville, KY -- just off I-65 Exit 65 at 101 River Rd, and a handy overnight near Mammoth Cave National Park. It is first-come and 'almost always available,' but you MUST call City Hall (270-524-5701) first to let them know you'll be camping -- they'll ask for your vehicle's make, model, color and plate. Primitive/dry sites (no hookups); the park has drinking water, covered pavilions with grills, a boat ramp, disc golf, playground and walking trails. The town lets travelers camp free hoping you'll stop and shop local. NOTE: the City's own page confirms camping is allowed but does not print a price -- the 'free' comes from recent camper reviews -- so ALWAYS confirm the current rules, any stay limit, and that it is still free when you call City Hall. Unverified by us; we have not visited.
USGS topo — contours & terrain
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Weather outlook — at Green River Park & Arboretum (Thelma Stovall Park)
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 485 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Green River Park & Arboretum (Thelma Stovall Park)NIFC · 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 Park & Arboretum (Thelma Stovall Park) · public land · KY
▲ your camp. Rings are 15, 30 and 60 straight-line miles; bearings are approximate and roads run longer.
Nearest of each
- FFuel0 mi
- MMechanic1 mi
- +Urgent care1 mi
- GGrocery1 mi
- RxPharmacy1 mi
- HHardware1 mi
- EVEV fast charger5 mi
- @Mail6 mi
- WWater13 mi
- LLaundry13 mi
- DDump14 mi
- ShShower14 mi
- OOutfitter19 mi
- AAir-up41 mi
- PPropane49 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water
The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 0 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 — Green River Park & Arboretum (Thelma Stovall Park)
Access
Drive-up
Land
public land
Elevation
485 ft
Ground slope
0.2% · flat
Nearest rail line
~0.7 mi · main line
Nearest highway
~1.5 mi · Interstate 65
State
KY
Coordinates
37.26784, -85.88762
Cost
Free
Nearby & resupply — around Green River Park & Arboretum (Thelma Stovall Park) · public land · KY (OpenStreetMap)
- Water featureGreen River · ~0.1 mi · USGS: perennial river
- Drinking waternone within 10 mi
- FuelBP · ~0.5 mi
- Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
- Dump station~13.9 mi
- GroceriesIGA · ~1.0 mi
- PharmacyJANE'S PHARMACY · ~1.0 mi
- Hospital / clinicMunfordville Medical Center · ~0.6 mi
- HardwareAce Hardware · ~1.2 mi
- Nearest rail line~0.7 mi · main line
- Nearest highway~1.5 mi · Interstate 65
EV charging — from Green River Park & Arboretum (Thelma Stovall Park) · public land · KY — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)
- Nearest public DC fast charger5.3 mi straight-line SW — LOVE'S 360 - KY #360 DC1, Horse Cave, KY · ChargePoint Network · CCS, NACS (Tesla) · 2 fast ports listed · listed open, last confirmed by AFDC 2026-09-16 · hours: 24 hours daily · directions
- Public DC fast stations within reach10 within 25 mi · 28 within 50 · 140 within 100 · 261 within 150
- Nearest listing CHAdeMO18.7 mi — GLASGOW EPB STATION 1, Glasgow
- Nearest public Level 2 (J1772)5.3 mi — Holiday Inn Express - Horse Cave - Tesla Destination · Tesla Destination · J1772, NACS (Tesla) · 4 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 462519 · US DOE Alternative Fuels Data Center
Nearby restrooms — around Green River Park & Arboretum (Thelma Stovall Park) · public land · KY — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)
- Highway rest areaI-65 North Hart County Rest Area · ~3.0 mi SW
- Highway rest areaI-65 South Hart County Rest Area · ~3.0 mi SW
- RestroomBLDG 204 - Restroom Snowball Dining Room · ~12.5 mi SW · NPS
- RestroomBLDG 045 - Mount McKinley Cave Restroom · ~12.6 mi SW · NPS
Coming out here — Green River Park & Arboretum (Thelma Stovall Park) · public land · KY
- Surface water mapped nearby: USGS maps Green River as a perennial river, ~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 0.2% — flat. 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.
- Rail line mapped ~0.7 mi from the pin — the national rail atlas classes it as a main line. That is the FRA/BTS North American Rail Network (data updated Jul 21, 2026), which records that a line is there and what class of track it is. Whether anything runs on it, how often, and at what hour, it does not say, and nobody has checked this one for you.
- Interstate 65 is mapped ~1.5 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.
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Who holds the land at Green River Park & Arboretum (Thelma Stovall Park)
USGS’s Protected Areas Database (PAD-US 4.1, queried 2026-09-23) lists the ground at this pin as Thelma Stovall Park, manager on record: Munfordville (local government). That names who holds the land — it is not a statement that camping is permitted here.
How we know this — Green River Park & Arboretum (Thelma Stovall Park)
Source
municipal park 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
Source: City of Munfordville tourism page (visitmunfordville.com/thelma-stovall-park) + Hart County Tourism (kygetaway.com) confirm primitive camping is ALLOWED, first-come, call City Hall 270-524-5701 to let them know (give vehicle make/model/color/plate); neither states a price. FREE corroborated by The Dyrt community reviews (thedyrt.com/camping/kentucky/green-river-park-arboretum: multiple reviewers call it a 'free spot'/'Surprising free spot', list Drinking Water + tent/RV sites). Coord verified against OSM 'Thelma Stovall Park' way/583391594 (37.267842,-85.887616), Nominatim on the park name, and The Dyrt's posted 37.26707,-85.88811 (all within ~0.1 mi). Read 2026-07-27.
--- NIGHTSHIFT REVIEW 2026-08-21 (fire 1220, leftover backlog) --- HOLDS UP, BUT THE PROCESS CHANGED -- THE PAGE MUST NOT SAY 'first-come'. Re-read the City of Munfordville tourism page (https://visitmunfordville.com/thelma-stovall-park) this fire. Camping is still confirmed by the operator's own site, and the park is still described as offering 'a spot for overnight camping'. But the booking wording is NEW. It now reads verbatim: 'For nature enthusiasts, we offer primitive camping--just call City Hall to reserve your spot amidst the tranquil surroundings.' What we recorded at ingest was first-come-and-notify (call City Hall to tell them, giving vehicle make/model/colour/plate). That is now RESERVE-IN-ADVANCE. Anyone publishing the old wording would send a traveller to an unreserved site. City Hall (270) 524-5701. The page still prints NO price, so the free flag still rests on The Dyrt reviewers calling it a free spot -- unchanged, medium. Coordinate unchanged (OSM way 583391594 'Thelma Stovall Park'). APPROVED with the reservation change carried into the field_note.
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 Park & Arboretum (Thelma Stovall Park)
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 Park & Arboretum (Thelma Stovall Park)
Finding water out here →Fire rules & restrictions →Camping with a dog →Reading your camp page →All field notes →