2 Rivers Campground - Carrollton, Kentucky (March 2020)

This is a new campground that first opened in 2012. We applaud the City of Carrollton for creating this park because more campgrounds are needed to serve the growing number of campers traveling the roads.

Sign at campgrond

Maybe the newness of this campground was the reason our Garmin and Ford Truck GPS systems never heard of it. Both Apple and Google Maps had no trouble getting us there and we learned about this campground from the All-Stays app.

The name of this park is obvious when you arrive there. It is on the banks of the Kentucky River just before it flows into the Ohio River. You can see both rivers from an observation platform that juts out into the Kentucky River.

Kentucky River

There was a paved walkway that led from the campground to a community park. There were signs along that path that the river had recently flooded. We saw no evidence that the campground, which was significantly higher than the walkway had ever flooded. 

The Carrollton-Prestonville Bridge was just outside the campground. It spanned the Kentucky River. This bridge was built in 1952 and was painted blue, University of Kentucky blue to be specific.

Bridge over the Kentucky River looking toward the Ohio River

Under the bridge

As a new campground, there were not any trees mature enough to give shade. Of course, we were more concerned about freezing temperatures that night than shade during our stay. 

Here are some specifics about this campground:

• Our site was a pull-thru. There were a few back-in sites that overlooked the river
• Our site had 20, 30 and 50 amp electrical service 
• Our site had a water connection
• Our site had a sewer connection 
• There a dump station in this park
• Our site had a concrete pad
• Our site was level
• There was a bathhouse in the campground. It was modern, well maintained and clean. It was also heated and that was appreciated because the temperature dipped near freezing that night
• The park provided WiFi service. We were unable to do much with it as it was extremely slow. 
• AT&T provided two bars of 4G voice and data service over our campsite 
• We were able to watch ABC and NBC using Rosie’s TV antenna. We also received digital channels Bounce, Court and Laff 
• The park had a nice playground for children 
• This was a pet friendly park 

We heard a big thunderstorm around midnight. It woke us up, but Rosie, our Airstream trailer, kept warm and dry. We were shocked in the morning to learn of the terrible tornados that hit Nashville that night. The destruction and the growing number of people killed in that storm was hard on us as we pulled Rosie through Nashville about eight hours earlier that day. 

A selfie in the campground

The campground