Description

Trace Branch Campground is open May through September. The Day-use area is open April through October. The Trace Branch Recreation Area, located on Buckhorn Lake, is the center of your outdoor recreation activities in the Cumberland Plateau of "coal-mining" country in southeastern Kentucky. Trace Branch Recreation Area is located approximately 13 miles north of Hyden, KY in Leslie County near the communities of Confluence and Busy. Buckhorn Lake Recreation area offers hunting, fishing, boating, camping, hiking, swimming, and other activities on this flood control project. The Trace Branch Recreation Area is located near other southeastern attractions such as Lilley Cornett Woods, Frontier Nursing, Daniel Boone National Forest, Natural Bridge State Resort Park, and the Red River Gorge Geological Area. Nearby communities include Confluence, Thousandsticks, Busy, Hyden, Grassy, Krypton, Gays Creek, Buckhorn, and Hazard. Trace Branch Recreation Area offers one reservable day-use picnic shelter with electricity & potable water, boat ramp, courtesy boat dock, & flush toilets. Trace Branch Campground is considered "Class A" and contains 14 reservable campsites with electric and water hook-ups. Other amenities include a shower house, playground, horseshoe pits, and a fishing area. A convenience store is located nearby (approx. 3 miles) adjacent to the Confluence Recreation Area. Trace Branch Recreation Area is cooperatively managed by the Leslie County Fiscal Court and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.