About this space
Named for our favorite Smooth Hound Smith song, "Young & Golden" is a 12'x14' safari tent on a wooden platform with a roof. Listen to tree frogs as you drift off to sleep on a queen bed with soft, dreamy linens. The tent features power, lamps, chairs, and a desk inside. Outside, enjoy a private fire pit or sit a spell on a rocking chair on the back deck. Our Community Shelter, with a fridge, sink, and coffee maker, and our Bath House with flush toilets and hot showers are a short walk away.
The space
Young & Golden is secluded, yet close to amenities like the Community Shelter, which provides a a sink, mirror and outdoor shower, as well as useful cooking items: charcoal grill, refrigerator, electric burner, coffee maker, toaster, pots, pans and tongs. We also have a grate system that allows you to cook over the open fire (grates are hanging from a tree near the community fire pit).
Parking is approximately 200 feet from the tent.
The main trail to the lake begins right past the shelter, and there are other trails located throughout the property that take you to a natural spring and along the multiple creeks that flow down into Lake Cumberland.
Guest access
The tent, Community Shelter and surrounding area. Please do not enter the RV campground on the property, which is denoted by signs that says "Residents Only."
Other things to note
OUR LAKE ACCESS
We have one main hiking trail to the lake that starts at the back of the property near the Community Shelter. It will take about 15 minutes to get to the water, where there is a rocky beach to hang out and swim from. Because you are descending (or ascending) a ridge, it is steep in places and may be challenging for small kids and elderly adults.
Things that will make your experience most enjoyable: Water shoes (not flip flops), floats/lifejackets.
PLEASE NOTE: During spring and early summer, the water levels are higher and there may be limited beach area. But, there are other places to access the lake nearby.
NEARBY ACCESS POINTS
[~ 1.5 miles] A public launch at the end of Highway 2393 (go out of the property and turn left. You will see signs for the ramp about a mile down the road. There is a small parking lot and rocky beach, as well as a ramp into the water.
[~ 2 miles] Fall Creek Recreation Area. 874 New Fall Creek Rd. There are picnic tables, a playground and a ramp into the water.
[~ 4 miles] Conley Bottom Marina, 270 Conley Bottom Road. You can rent kayaks, canoes, pontoons and ski boats. There is a store on-site that also sells bait.
[~5 miles] Old Fall Creek (this is the cove in the back of the main Fall Creek Recreation Area, and there is a different road to access it). Take a right out of the property, right onto 1275, right onto Pete Upchurch Rd, right onto Old Fall Creek Rd. Follow it until it dead ends into the water.
[~ 30 miles] Pulaski County Park. The park offers a beachy area and various spots for fishing and paddling around. Also great for picnics!
1200 Highway 3189
Nancy, KY
