Day Use Fees
The U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers at Lake Cumberland charges a day use fee at selected areas. The
recreation areas on Lake Cumberland charging these fees are Waitsboro, Fishing
Creek, Cumberland Point, Halcomb’s Landing, Kendall and Fall Creek. These areas
offer some or all of the following: playgrounds, boat launching ramps,
bathrooms, picnic sites and picnic shelters. The day-use fees are $5.00.
America the Beautiful pass
holders can enter these recreation areas for free as long as their pass is
properly displayed in a hang tag.
A paid camping permit
from a Corps operated campground will entitle the holder to use any designated
day use facility without paying the day user fee on the day for which the
camping permit is valid.
Annual Passes
Corps of Engineers Day
Use Annual Passes are available for sale year round at the Lake
Cumberland Resource Manager's Office and at the following campgrounds
during their open season: Waitsboro, Fishing Creek, Cumberland Point and
Kendall Campgrounds. Annual Passes cost $40.00. The Corps of Engineers
both honor and sell the America The Beautiful Pass for access into
day use areas.
The Interagency Annual
Pass is available for $80 and provides entrance to more than 2,000 recreation fee
areas from the date of issue. This pass
is accepted by the Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service, USDA Forest Service, National Park Service, and U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers.
The Senior Pass is
available through the America the Beautiful program for $10 and is valid for lifetime
to U.S. citizens or permanent residents who are 62 or older. It allows entrance to the five federal
agencies recreation areas as well as a half priced site at a U.S. Army Corps of
Engineer campground.
The Access pass
through USGS America the Beautiful program is available free of charge for applicants
who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents of any age that have been
medically determined to have a permanent disability.
Military Annual pass
is offered to current U.S. military members and dependents for free.
Every Kid in a Park
Pass is an annual pass available free of charge with a paper voucher from the
Every Kid in a Park website. Every Kid
in the Park Pass covers entrance fees to recreation areas.
American the Beautiful Senior and Access Passes
For more information
regarding purchase of an America the Beautiful Pass, please visit the USGS Website or contact 1-888-275-8747, press 1.
You can also stop by the
Lake Cumberland Natural Resource Management Office at 855 Boat Dock Road
Somerset, Kentucky or by phone at 1-606-679-6337.