Trees and campsites

When I was booking the campsite at the Kentucky Horse Park, I had read reviews from other campers indicating that the sites were not very level, were hard to get into (because they are at a 90 degree angle to the roadway), were narrow and often the ground around the sites would be muddy, and that the power pedestal was at the back of the site and sometimes in the middle of the back of the site so you couldn't back all the way in.

We found that almost all of those things were true when we were there -- except the ground was hard packed and not muddy because there were no recent rains. Our power pedestal was not in the middle of the back of the site, but there was a very large tree with relatively low branches that caused us to be very careful backing in...

The tree at the back of the site 

It has branches coming out very low to the ground...

They have trimmed some of them facing the site, but... it was hard for me to determine how close that branch was going to be to Gracie's roof...

As Carl was backing in (and I was guiding him), I stopped him and climbed up to see how low the branch was -- it looks closer than it actually was (the smaller branches are obviously close, but I wasn't as concerned about them).

The power pedestal at the back corner -- no, we did not hit it, but obviously, other campers have hit it in the past. Almost all of the power pedestals were askew from having been hit.

There was also a tree close to the site on the driver side -- brushing the side of slide out. You can also see that the paved site is only a few inches wider than the rig -- we were pretty well centered in the site, so only 4-6" of space on the pad on both sides. There was really no way that we could get into the site (at a 90 degree angle) without driving partly on the grass -- we were glad that it was not muddy.

In addition, the asphalt was about 2-3" higher than the surrounding ground/grass -- so our lowest step was still a long ways above the ground. We used our extra step, but it was still high. The people next to us in a trailer had about a 2' step up to their lowest trailer step from the ground -- it was quite a climb for them to get to their door!

It was a nice park, but obviously built when campers were smaller and did not appear to have been constructed by someone who knew what would make it nicer as a campground (location of power pedestal and less than a 90 degree angle to the road). But, the trees were pretty (and the shade would be nice if it was particularly warm), and the Kentucky Horse Park and Legacy Trail were right at the campground.