Cumberland Falls RV Resort

Cumberland Falls RV Resort in Parkers Lake, Kentucky, provides a gateway camping destination at one of the Appalachian region's most extraordinary natural wonders—Cumberland Falls State Resort Park, home to one of only a handful of moonbows observable anywhere in the world, where the 125-foot-wide curtain of the Cumberland River plunges 68 feet through a sandstone gorge and generates rainbow arcs visible by full moon light in a phenomenon found in only a handful of locations globally. The resort's positioning at the edge of the Daniel Boone National Forest and the Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area in McCreary County places guests at the center of Kentucky's most rugged and scenically dramatic Appalachian highland landscape. The resort's facilities deliver full-service big-rig camping with a comprehensive recreation roster oriented toward the surrounding natural resources: full hookup big-rig-friendly sites, dog park, fishing pier, golf cart rentals, kayak rentals, boat ramp, boating access, pavilion, walking trails, planned activities and programming, showers, bathrooms, laundry, Wi-Fi, firewood, and the casino entertainment nearby collectively serve the diverse guest populations whose McCreary County visits combine whitewater recreation, national forest hiking, and Appalachian heritage exploration with comfortable resort amenities. The stargazing opportunities from the resort's dark-sky McCreary County location add a nighttime recreation dimension that the park's full-moon moonbow viewing excursions anchor. Cumberland Falls' whitewater character defines the recreation identity of the Cumberland River corridor through this section of the Daniel Boone National Forest—above the falls, the river provides float fishing for smallmouth bass and muskie in the clear Appalachian stream environment; below the falls, the Cumberland River Gorge's Class III-V rapids through the sandstone canyon walls attract experienced kayakers and commercial rafting operations that run the gorge section's most technical whitewater in a remote canyon setting accessible primarily by river or the narrow trails along the rim. The surrounding Daniel Boone National Forest's 700,000 acres of eastern Kentucky highland contain hundreds of miles of hiking trails and the Sheltowee Trace National Recreation Trail. The Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area, administered by the National Park Service approximately 20 miles west via KY-90, protects 125,000 acres of Cumberland Plateau terrain cut by the Big South Fork of the Cumberland River and its tributaries in a canyon landscape of sandstone arches, natural bridges, and bluff shelters that rank among the most geologically spectacular scenery in the southern Appalachian region. Horseback riding through the Big South Fork's trail network, the historic Barthell Coal Camp's preserved mining community, and the historic steam-powered Big South Fork Scenic Railway provide activity variety beyond the falls corridor's hiking and paddling resources. Cumberland Falls RV Resort operates year-round in McCreary County's four-season Appalachian climate, with the full-moon periods from May through October creating the moonbow viewing opportunities that draw night photographers and natural wonder enthusiasts from across the region to stand in the falls' mist on the viewing platform while the lunar rainbow arcs across the gorge in one of the most singular natural experiences available anywhere in the eastern United States. The spring wildflower season in April and May—when the surrounding Daniel Boone National Forest's trillium, bloodroot, and Virginia bluebells create the Appalachian spring display—and the fall foliage season in October represent the most colorful seasonal frames for the resort's forested McCreary County setting.