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Little Lick Horse Camp

Drive-up · U.S. Forest Service · KY · 36.96322, -84.39876
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U.S. Forest Service lists this site. On most of their ground you can camp away from developed sites pretty much anywhere — so treat this as a known-good spot, not the only one allowed. The unit sets stay limits and how far off road and water you must be. What changes is conditions — roads, gates, closures, fire rules. Check those with the unit before you commit to the drive.
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USGS topographic map of Little Lick Horse Camp
Aerial — USGS / NAIP
Aerial image of Little Lick Horse Camp
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Weather outlook — at Little Lick Horse Camp
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Live NWS area forecast (~2.5 km grid, not elevation-corrected). Camp sits at 1,126 ft.
Fire & smoke — around Little Lick Horse CampNIFC · 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 Little Lick Horse Camp · Daniel Boone National Forest · KY

15 MI30 MI60 MIYOUR CAMPN ↑Water · 8 miWDump · 30 miDRon's Market · Fuel · 8 miFGrocery · 8 miGWalmart Pharmacy · Pharmacy · 14 miRxLowe's · Hardware · 14 miHMechanic · 13 miMLaundry · 9 miLShowers · Shower · 30 miShAir-up · 48 miABrock Barnes, MD · Urgent care · 14 mi+Sheltowee Trace Outfitters · Outfitter · 11 miOBurnside Post Office · Mail · 11 mi@DON FRANKLIN CL1-PL1-CUST-PK · EV fast charger · 15 miEV
Straight-line miles · bearings approx · roads run longer
Nearest of each
  • FFuel8 mi
  • WWater8 mi
  • GGrocery8 mi
  • LLaundry9 mi
  • @Mail11 mi
  • OOutfitter11 mi
  • MMechanic13 mi
  • +Urgent care14 mi
  • HHardware14 mi
  • RxPharmacy14 mi
  • EVEV fast charger15 mi
  • DDump30 mi
  • ShShower30 mi
  • AAir-up48 mi
≤30 mi30–4545+water

The read: water's a short hop out, fuel & food sit about 8 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 — Little Lick Horse Camp

Access
Drive-up
Land
U.S. Forest Service
Elevation
1,126 ft
State
KY
Coordinates
36.96322, -84.39876
Cost
Free

Nearby & resupply — around Little Lick Horse Camp · Daniel Boone National Forest · KY (OpenStreetMap)

  • Water featureBeaver Creek (river) · nearby
  • Nearest townBauer · ~3.4 mi
  • Drinking waterDrinking water · ~7.7 mi
  • FuelFuel · ~9.9 mi
  • Propane / LPGnone within 31 mi
  • GroceriesStore · ~7.7 mi
  • PharmacyWalmart Pharmacy · ~14.4 mi
  • Hospital / clinicLake Cumberland Regional Hospital · ~14.8 mi
  • HardwareW.D. Bryant · ~17.0 mi

EV charging — from Little Lick Horse Camp · Daniel Boone National Forest · KY — nearest public DC fast & Level 2 (US DOE station data)

Nearby restrooms — around Little Lick Horse Camp · Daniel Boone National Forest · KY — pit toilets, restrooms & rest areas (government data)

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The unit that manages Little Lick Horse Camp

Stay limits, road closures and fire restrictions at Little Lick Horse Camp are set by Daniel Boone National Forest, not by the campsite — check there before you go.

How we know this — Little Lick Horse Camp

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
Free but developed (not dispersed) - review
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 Little Lick Horse Camp

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.

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