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Handyland

Handyland is tucked away in the rolling hills and valleys of Northern Kentucky. We're conveniently located near the Ark Encounter, the Kentucky Speedway and of course the Bourbon Trail. If you're looking for a perfect getaway...bring your camper / rv or simply a tent and unwind with the surrounding beauty.

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Camp Kokovoko

Kokovoko is a breeding farm which specializes in Swedish Gotland Ponies and Lincoln Longwool sheep, both rare breeds. We're a sustainable family farm, and love the idea of sharing the land with people who aren't as fortunate as we are to live here!Once the land of Daniel Boone, then tobacco and cattle farms, now it's yours to explore and enjoy. Come visit, bring your bicycle and binoculars.Learn more about this land:Season nearly over! Last date 11/10. Pitch your tent and enjoy a campfire on a gorgeous north central Kentucky farm just 5 miles off I-75 halfway between Lexington and Cincinnati.Owner specializes in rare breed ponies and sheep. You're welcome to book a tour! You'll have 150 acres to romp on, explore nature, run the dog, go for a rural bike ride, or just sit back and enjoy the gorgeous sky and relax.Fields and pond, woods, hills and creeks teeming with wildlife are waiting for you to enjoy. You can park your tent wherever you wish.Nearby fishing, antiquing, bourbon trail, wineries, Toyota plant, KY Horse Park, Lexington and Cincinnati -- All within an hour's drive.

The neighboring canine decided to drop in to say hello

The front yard chickens were happy and fluffy

We loved learning about the area from Leslie

View of Big Lake - Perfect for Kayak or Canoe

Lake Farm

The Lake Farm is 44 acres bordered by farmed land and woods.  This farm has been in our family for over 50 years.  Although there is no residence on the property, this farm is filled with family memories.  For generations, family and friends have gathered at the farm to camp; share meals; fish or float on the lakes; play with our dogs; and enjoy the seasons in a secluded outdoor setting.  We have hosted family gatherings for all occasions and seasons including an incredible Winter Camp a few years back with historical tents and recipes.  As our children have grown older, the farm now provides a secluded space for solitude; fishing or floating in the lakes; cooking together; sitting around a table and visiting; reading a book; or taking a nap.  The two lakes on the farm host much wildlife - morning time is often filled with deer stopping by for a drink or a run across the fields and geese families teaching their children - the regiment of landing on lakes or making abrupt turns while floating on lakes.  Sometimes if you watch closely - a beaver can be spotted as he/she is slowly moving a tree branch across the lake or a turtle sunning on a tree stump.  The East Fork Horse and Hiking Trail borders our farm and makes the perfect morning walk.  This farm has been our refuge and blessing for many years.  We have developed 4 camping sites and an additional site -  in case our own family needs what we call farm therapy spot whether it be overnight or simply for an afternoon.  The Lake Farm neighbors East Fork Lake State Park and allows quick access for kayaks and canoes as well a horse and hiking trail.  Additionally, Lake Farm is 30 minutes drive from the Ohio River - where you can access the river at different points.  Please feel free to ask for recommendations on good food and local interest.

This is the view in front of Site #3 Fire Pit

Pictured is our beloved Red Bud Meadow, where we had our first picnic as brand new homesteaders with two small boys, and where over last 35 years so many memories have been created, like the one seen here, a cowboy campout we did for our boys & their friends. 

Camping Along the Old Bison Trail

Peaceful Secluded Campsites are what you want.  Several beautiful settings will be what you get and much much more.

Our campsites lie along the Old Buffalo Trace, the name given by early pioneers to the massive trail left by centuries of migrating bison that traveled right through this property.

Making their way between salt and mineral licks along the Ohio and Kentucky Rivers, these herds were part of the plentiful wild game which was the reason so many local native tribes referred to old "Cain-tuk-ee" as their "Happy Hunting Ground".

Our 7 campsites are constructed on "The Old Coates Homestead" where we make our home in the original 1858 Homestead house which we recently restored and where we make our delicious  gourmet foods.  (learn more here: www.steepleviewfarmstore.com)

We have sites to fit everyone's needs.  Five sites are accessible by vehicle.  Two are "walk in" only.  

The vehicle accessible sites range from sites for one tent, pop up or van campers, to our featured site "Thistledown Gathering Place" which a large group size setting great for scouting trips, church groups, multi-family camping and parties of up to 16 people.

Each site has a fire ring, fire wood is available for purchase,  we offer clean and well maintained portable toilets, municipal drinking water, hiking trails, and lots and lots of wildlife to help you commune with the absolute beauty of this peaceful farm named Steepleview Farm (learn more here: www.steepleviewfarm.com).

But camping isn't the only reason to choose Steepleview Farm.  It becomes base camp for so many people looking to take in the amazing itinerary of activities so close by.  Here are just a few:

The Ark Encounter

The Creation Museum

Historic Old Frankfort (state capitol) with historic home and capitol tours

Historic Madison Indiana, a river captains town of magnificent homes and a quaint little town for strolling, or the Madison Regatta or the BBQ festival

Big Bone Lick State Park, massive prehistoric dinosaur dig

Buffalo Trace Distillery

Neeley Family Distillery

Belterra Casino

Clifty Falls State Park

Old Frankfort Cemetery, burial site of Daniel and Rebecca Boone

and so much more....

And don't forget, the history of this place makes your stay that much more than just a night in a campground.  You will be sleeping among the spirits of history, the native Americans who hunted this land, the earliest pioneers who mapped it for the expansion west, the early 1800's homesteaders who cleared and worked the land with teams of horses, the centuries of tobacco farmers who shipped their goods to market on the many rivers and streams that surround you.

We work very hard to make this THE best camping destination you will find anywhere.  And, upcoming.........Pioneer Log Cabins.  We have recently acquired a collection of log cabins for a true to life, historic reenactment staycation.  

We are fortunate that one of the cabins was the frontier church known as "Shilo Baptist Church" from 1830-1840.  The pastor of this church baptized Abraham Lincoln's father and is credited with having changed his attitudes toward ending slavery.

Our hiking trails and nature trails bring you lots of knowledge, peace, shade, cool breezes and you can bring your horse (no motorized recreational vehicles) oh and lots of wildlife viewing.

Here are a few of our featured campsites:

 

REDBUD MEADOW: Our first campsite used by hundreds of people over the years.

 A secluded lawn in the midst of redbud trees, easy to drive to and from with a pile of firewood and a metal fire ring.

 The premier site on our property.

 

THE BAPTISMAL POND: As history goes the pond in front of this site was used in the 1800's for baptisms for the church visible from everywhere on the farm, thus our name.

This is a tent site, easy to drive into and out of, fires permitted in season.

THISTLEDOWN GATHERING PLACE: This is a very large meadow, surrounded by trees with the capacity for large groups, many tents and gatherings of lots of people.

Very level, easy in and out with vehicles. Fires permitted in season.

WHITETAIL SANCTUARY: Every night for decades a herd of whitetail deer graze in this pastoral setting.

Drive in and out, fires in season.

Suitable for a family sized tent.

THE PENNINSULA:

 This camping spot is WALK IN ONLY.

You can drive to the trailhead on grass and walk the path to the campsite (about 200 yards).

 One of two remote sites.

It sits in the woods, on the bank of a wet weather creek which flows around two sides of the campsite.

Fires permitted in season.
TOTEM TREES: This site is WALK IN ONLY.

 A short hike down the hill from the grass parking area and you have a small spot for a tent, in the woods, surrounded by trees and a lot of standing dead ash which appear as if you are in the presence of totem poles.

NO OPEN FIRES.  MUST USE BACKPACKER STOVE AND FLAMELESS LIGHTING. 

SPOTTED FAWN HIDEAWAY: This totally secluded walk in campsite is suitable for a small tent only AND PERFECT FOR HAMMOCK CAMPING.

NO FIRES as the site benefits from the shade and protection of overhanging cedar trees and the ground is covered in cedar needles.  NO OPEN FIRES.  MUST USE BACKPACKER STOVE AND FLAMELESS LIGHTING.  

SO WHAT'S OUR STORY?

https://steepleviewfarm.com/our-history

So many great people, so many great stories and so many opportunities to share the blessings of our little piece of heaven with you.

We hope to see you here.

This is an expanded view of the Hipcamp Tent and Popup Camping area with details.

Our nature trail is dotted with informational signs and inspirational quotes.

Mornings and evenings at Steepleview Farm offer magical moments like these.

Away at Green Hill

Hipcamp Best Camping Runner Up 2023 and 2024!

Fall Sweet Fall! Book now and enjoy the privacy, the convenience, and the changing colors of Away at Green Hill. 

Entry point to western Boone County in Northern Kentucky, neighbor to Cincinnati, Indiana and the Ohio River, this 27 acre property marks a geographical change from rolling farmland to steep, forested hillsides. Our end-of-the road, ridgetop property means privacy. Our isolated campsites are surrounded by woods full of turkey, deer, owls, and woodpeckers. Onsite there are wide, easy strolling paths, a growing number of single-track hiking trails, open fields, and forest. And if not booked, a historic log home to explore and do some porch sitting. A great place for solo campers, friends, and families, whether newbies or experienced. Drive-in sites make unloading/loading easy peasey.  

Standard amenities include privacy - we only book two sites at any time, which are far apart from each other and surrounded by woods. Also, an exceptional outhouse, tables, fire rings, lanterns, Welcome kit (paper, fatwood, lighter, candle). And we have onsite firewood that can be purchased during booking or onsite purchase. 

Site 1 - Open Sky can accommodate the solo or the group. And it comes with extra amenities: a hammock, trampoline, badminton (spring, summer, fall). It's also closest to the cabin, strolling trails, firewood shed, and outhouse. 

Site 2 - Gobbler's Knob is a more cozy space - a small rise surrounded by forest. A short walk from the outhouse and firewood shed. It can accommodate pop-ups, small pull-behinds, tents, hammocks. Vehicles can park on site or park at site entrance, just 50'.
 
Site 3 - Henry's Holler. By request only. For 4WD and overlanders only. Read site description in full before requesting. 

The choice is yours. 

Boating, kayaking, biking, hiking, museums or lazing about in a tiny riverfront town are minutes away,  The curvy, scenic roads lead quickly out of the paved civilization of Union, Kentucky to us and onto the Rabbit Hash General Store, the Ohio River, the ferry to Indiana, the historic Dinsmore Homestead and State Nature Preserve, Middle Creek Park, and Big Bone State Park "Home to Modern Vertebrate Paleontology".  Do nothing or do something.

M&M SHOW PLACE & LAKE

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We have chickens, ducks, guinees, a large garden, many flower gardens, flowering plants, trees, and bushes, large mature trees, and a small lake, full of large catfish, bass, bluegill and crappie. A small shelter with a large picnic table and benches around the lake. There are chairs and 2 installed hammocks for your enjoyment. There is also 2 fishing benches, a place for a campfire, a stainless steel propane grill, firewood, and a great place for private walks.

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