Outwander used USDA Forest Service data to identify year-round campgrounds in national forests in Kentucky.

At least 266 unlawful camping charges have been filed since the new state law went into effect last summer.

Illinois and Kentucky have plenty to offer in terms of outdoor escapes whether it be at the Garden of the Gods or Mammoth Cave National Park.

The Safer Kentucky Act is working exactly as intended. It has connected homeless people to services without burdening them with criminal records.

National Parks in Kentucky include Mammoth Cave National Park which is also a World Heritage Site. This park offers grea ...

House Bill 5 created a new ‘unlawful camping’ camping offense in Kentucky that takes effect in July. Critics said it will criminalize homelessness.

How Kentucky got here The Kentucky General Assembly passed the anti-street camping provision shortly before the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a similar law in Grants Pass, Ore.

Kentucky's legislature passed a ban on street camping, a measure opponents say criminalizes homelessness. The U.S. Supreme Court is considering a case that could affect the fate of such bans.