Cadiz
October 2026
About
Overview
Cadiz Park is located on the beautiful Lake Barkley near the town of Cadiz, Kentucky. The day-use area is a great spot for barbecuing, boating and fishing.
Fun fact: the largest yellow bass caught in Kentucky, weighing in at one pound one ounce, was caught in Lake Barkley.
Recreation
Visitors enjoy boating, fishing, and swimming among many other activities. Bring the family and some food and enjoy a fun-filled day in sun at Cadiz.
Facilities
The picnic shelter is ideal for groups of up to 100 guests. Amenities include a boat ramp, playground, paved parking and grills. Shopping, grocery stores, and gas stations are conveniently close.
Natural Features
Lake Barkley covers 57,900 acres with 1,004 miles of shoreline. Summer water temperatures are a comfortable but refreshing 70 to 80 degrees Fahrenheit.
Nearby Attractions
Visit the Lake Barkley State Resort Park for miles of hiking trails and horseback riding stables.
Amenities
Phone: 270-362-4236
Is CADIZ fully booked?
A campground showing no availability is almost never full for good. People cancel — plans change, weather turns, someone books three weekends and keeps one — and the site goes straight back into the booking system, usually without warning and often at odd hours. The reason sold-out campgrounds feel impossible is not that sites never free up; it is that nobody is watching at the moment they do.
CampHawk watches CADIZ in Grand Rivers, KY for you. We recheck it every 15 seconds, around the clock, and the moment a site opens we send a text, an email and a push notification — and on Recreation.gov we can put the site straight into your cart, so it is held while you get to your phone.
Searching is free and needs no account — the calendar above is live right now. Watching CADIZ for cancellations is the paid part.