Buffalo Trace Park

Address:	1540 US-150, Palmyra, IN 47164, USA
Phone:	+1 812-364-6112
Site:	harrisoncountyparks.com
Rating:	4.5
Working:	Open 24 hours Open 24 hours Open 24 hours Open 24 hours Open 24 hours Open 24 hours Open 24 hours

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Reviews 28

Hommes Desprit

The Buffalo Trace Park and Campground near Palmyra Indiana you beautiful place with a beautiful lake with great potential, but seems to be suffering from perhaps under-management and is a little under maintained. Google Places currently has this location a little confused with the Buffalo Trace Park about 77 miles west. The Buffalo Trace campground I am referring to in this case is a little north of Corydon, IN. The restrooms are okay but in need of updating and a little more maintenance. The Beautiful lake does offer concessions, swimming, canoe rentals and paddle boat rentals . There is a beautiful paid for walking path around the lake and there are several hiking trails through the woods in the area. There is also a very well put together disc golf course on this property. There is talk of new management going into place for the Harrison County group and I hope that it makes a positive influence soon. The picture I have included is reserved parking spots for managers only, closest to the swimming area. This is not consistent with good management practice in my opinion.

Teresa Ait Ha

This is nice park that is very family-oriented and has various things to do like grilling, playgrounds, sports, walking/running on a paved trail, swimming, kayaking, etc. My favorite part is the petting zoo that looks small but has more animals than I expected including calves, ponies, peacocks, pigs and chicks. The petting zoo is only open on the weekends at this time according to the men working with the animals, but they saw my son and I were watching so they let us in and talked about the animals they had and ones who were coming soon. We greatly appreciated that! The only drawbacks I saw to this park were that the beach area looks really small (this being one of the closest places to Louisville to swim in a lake Im sure it gets crowded) and some activities like the petting zoo, beach, and boat rentals should be open daily before Memorial Day because the weather around here gets hot long before that.

Jennifer Hoover

We camped at spot number 14. The lake is beautiful and the park is very nice well-maintained and clean. The bathrooms were typical campground bathrooms. Nothing to write home about. There were a lot of campers and a lot of children on bikes and scooters. I wouldnt describe it as a quiet place to camp, but definitely a great family campground. They dont provide firewood, but they sell it for $5 in change and you get a pretty good amount of it. They do provide kindling. They have vending machines for drinks but nothing for snacks. There is a Dollar General literally next door to the property if you forget anything.

Reva Lopp

This is a beautiful park in a rural setting in southern Indiana. It has a reasonably sized lake. You can rent a paddle boat or a canoe by the half day or full day. There is a swimming area with a beach, but pets are not allowed on the beach. They also have a petting zoo that is free with paid admission to the park. They offer a campground with electric hook ups and also have a few cabins to rent. There are several playgrounds and shelter areas. It is absolutely beautiful in the fall.

Indigo Blue Dragonfly

Would have rated higher but arrived at 3 on a Sunday. Petting zoo was closed when the website says it stays open till 4. You would think the person taking my $6 at the gate would inform me that the petting zoo was closed when I asked her which way to the petting zoo. Lovely setting but I dont think Ill do the drive back

L. Ann Deming

Love Buffalo Trace Park! Its great for a picnic, barbeque, AND has plenty of play areas for the kids!!! Nice paved trails with some hills, but nothing too steep. Not to mention frisbee golf and a animal sanctuary where you can go pet the animals! I forgot they also have camping!

Chris Hiser

Beautiful park! Awesome camp ground but be careful some trees need removed. Some spots and just driving thru certain areas can cause tree damage if your not paying very close attn. Petting zoo is awesome. Fishing wasnt very good.

the rez

Great state park but there is a $5 fee for his any you can go swimming on the beach/lake there is boat rental multiple playgrounds campsites and Grill sites theres even a small petting zoo just dont expect to catch many fish

Jessie Norman

ive lived in palmyra for over 30 yrs and this park used to be beautiful,but now the water is so nasty and stagnant you cant fish it and catch eateble fish only moss because management throws the clipping into the water.

Stacy Fields

Way over priced $6 gate fee $3 beach fee and it was overgrown with sea weed and the beach was nasty with geese poop! Also a $5 launch fee for our pedal boat but we kept getting hung up on weeds. We will never go back!

Vaughn Jantzen

Its one of the nices small town parks I know of an its in a town that I have loved an WILL call home theres grate people an good friends to me its , (HOME) Its all part of country living. (Thank you) PALMYRA

Chris H.

Very nice lake. Plenty of shade, shelters, and picnic areas. They have grills in each area so no need to bring your own. They have a nice walking trail around the lake. They also have camping areas.

Dennis Mitchell

Great place to camp! We finally found a campground that had all the things we were looking for in a campground! We have already reserved for two other camping trips there! Great park staff!

Joshua Robinson

Beautiful, quiet, well-maintained park. Has restroom facilities, cabins, rv hookups, and rentable shelter areas. Well worth the $6 admission for out of state. Veterans can get in for free.

Marie James

This place is breathing full of trees birds all the nature you could ever want its has showers and bathrooms camping and it has power hook up for your camper are RV are your Tent

mike kaelin

Beautiful setting. Bike path goes around the lake. Free petting zoo. Boat and canoe rental, camping, hiking, basketball, baseball and three outdoor playgrounds

Tanya Stegemoller

Nice county park. Fishing, swimming, walking trail and camping. Very nice cabins for rent. Small play ground and ducks to feed will entertain the kids.

Paul Miller

Went for Pal Wow days; the family had tons of fun and I got a feel for the campground. Definitely going to plan some family camping trips here.

Brad Smith

Good place to bring the kids. Price is really good($3 to swim) and the petting zoo is free. The trail around the lake is nice.

Julie P.

Super clean! Very nice, family friendly park. Petting zoo, small lake w/beach, covered picnic areas and beautiful scenery!

Willie Aniton Aaron

After being discriminated against by deams lake we were welcomed by this park and they had better facilities. Id go back!

Diane Brown

Beautiful park, wonderful scenery and lots of things to do.....playgrounds, basketball, tennis, boats, fishing and more.

Chris Downs

Great place for swimming, camping, cookouts and disc golf. My family loved going and look forward to going again.