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Camp Currie is in western Kentucky, just outside Benton on Beautiful Kentucky Lake. Registration opens in January, and Kentucky students attend for eight weeks every summer (June through August). These camps provide an excellent co-educational opportunity for Kentucky students in grades 4–6 (as of April 1st) and not older than 13. Since 1949, Camp Currie has been creating memories that last a lifetime.
Camp Director Nancy Kiernannancy.kiernan@ky.gov
Registration is $300.00.
Payment must be completed online using a credit card. We do not accept personal checks or money orders. If you do not have a credit card, consider purchasing a prepaid debit card to purchase your child’s camp registration.
Be sure to register for camp as early as possible. Registration fees are accepted as spots are available. Spots are filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Certain weeks may be full well before the registration deadline. If your desired week is full, contact your child’s Conservation Educator.
Each registration fee includes lodging, meals, camper insurance, transportation, and a Youth Sportsman’s License. Camp insurance does not cover pre-existing conditions.
295 Camp Currie Road Benton, KY 42025 270-354-6497
All refund requests must be submitted in writing to the Camp Director.
Full refunds will be issued if requested 30 days prior to the camper’s week. Refunds within 30 days require a doctor’s note.
No refunds for no-shows or early departures.
Each camp operates for nine weeks every summer (June through August). Campers are transported by bus Monday–Friday.
Camp Director
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Conservation Educator
Bryant Carlton is a Conservation Educator IV covering Adair, Barren, Cumberland, Edmonson, Green, Hart, Metcalfe, Monroe & Taylor Counties. Bryant has been working at Camp Currie since the summer of 2005 and was hired on as a full-time educator in 2008. He graduated from Breckinridge County High School in 2002 and earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Murray State University in 2007. Mr. Carlton is a skilled hunter and angler. He is passionate about duck hunting, turkey hunting, bass fishing, always catching bigger fish than DJ, and spending time with his wife Emily and children Evvy and Hud.
Camp Superintendent
Carpenter
Calvin Roberts is a resident of Princeton, KY. Calvin earned both his Bachelor’s and Master’s Degrees in Agriculture from Murray State University. Calvin has been working at Camp Currie since 1992 and was hired full-time in 1997. Calvin enjoys deer and turkey hunting and throwing a white buzz bait on KY Lake.
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