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Redbird Purchase Unit

Kentucky

Redbird Purchase Unit is a unit of the National Forest System managed by the U.S. Forest Service. Dispersed ca…

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conservation area
Mammoth Cave National Park

Mammoth Cave National Park

Kentucky

Mammoth Cave National Park preserves the world's longest known cave system and part of the Green River valley.…

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National Park

Cumberland Gap National Historical Park

Kentucky

Cumberland Gap was the first great gateway to the west. Come follow the path of the bison, Native American, lo…

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National Historical Park
Natural Bridge State Resort Park

Natural Bridge State Resort Park

Kentucky

Natural Bridge State Resort Park is built around a natural sandstone arch near the Red River Gorge. You can hi…

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State Park

Kingdom Come State Park

Kentucky

Kingdom Come State Park sits on top of Pine Mountain near Cumberland. You can take in views from overlooks, hi…

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State Park
Pine Mountain State Resort Park

Pine Mountain State Resort Park

Kentucky

A mountaintop resort park above Kentucky Ridge State Forest, with rooms, cottages, hiking trails and golf.

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State Park

Carter Caves State Resort Park

Kentucky

Carter Caves State Resort Park has twisting caverns beneath forested hills. You can take cave tours, stay in t…

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State Park
John James Audubon State Park

John James Audubon State Park

Kentucky

Woodlands where naturalist John James Audubon studied birds. Visit the museum on his life and art, walk the bo…

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State Park
Cumberland Falls State Resort Park

Cumberland Falls State Resort Park

Kentucky

A resort park around the wide waterfall known as the Niagara of the South, where a moonbow shows on full-moon …

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State Park

Big Bone Lick State Historic Site

Kentucky

A state historic site known for its active salt springs, 20,000-year-old fossils and a re-created Ice Age mars…

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State Park

Dale Hollow Lake State Park

Kentucky

Dale Hollow Lake State Park is a US Army Corps of Engineers recreation area. The Corps manages 400+ lake and r…

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recreation area
Jenny Wiley State Resort Park

Jenny Wiley State Resort Park

Kentucky

Jenny Wiley State Resort Park is a mountain resort in the Appalachians. It has a lodge, cottages, multi-use tr…

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State Park

Taylorsville Lake — Possum Ridge

Kentucky

Possum Ridge is a US Army Corps of Engineers recreation area within Taylorsville Lake. The Corps manages 400+ …

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recreation area

Camp Nelson National Monument

Kentucky

The US Army established Camp Nelson as a fortified base and supply depot during the Civil War. It became a lar…

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National Monument
E.P. Tom Sawyer State Park

E.P. Tom Sawyer State Park

Kentucky

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State Park
Grayson Lake State Park

Grayson Lake State Park

Kentucky

Grayson Lake State Park has sandstone canyons and gentle slopes. Hiking trails pass ferns, mosses, rhododendro…

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State Park

Green River Lake — Dam Area

Kentucky

Dam Area is a US Army Corps of Engineers recreation area within Green River Lake. The Corps manages 400+ lake …

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recreation area

Wolf Creek Dam - Lake Cumberland — Lake Cumberland State Park

Kentucky

Lake Cumberland State Park is a US Army Corps of Engineers recreation area within Wolf Creek Dam - Lake Cumber…

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recreation area
Blue Licks Battlefield State Resort Park

Blue Licks Battlefield State Resort Park

Kentucky

A historic park at the Blue Licks salt springs, used by Native Americans and pioneers like Daniel Boone. It ha…

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State Park
Columbus-Belmont State Park

Columbus-Belmont State Park

Kentucky

Columbus-Belmont State Park is a Civil War site on a bluff above the Mississippi River. You can walk the earth…

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State Park
Fort Boonesborough State Park

Fort Boonesborough State Park

Kentucky

A reconstructed working fort on the site of Kentucky's second settlement, with cabins, blockhouses and craft d…

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State Park
General Butler State Resort Park

General Butler State Resort Park

Kentucky

General Butler State Resort Park is a hillside resort where the Ohio and Kentucky Rivers meet. It has a lodge,…

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State Park

Grayson Lake — Damsite

Kentucky

Damsite is a US Army Corps of Engineers recreation area within Grayson Lake. The Corps manages 400+ lake and r…

0.3 sq mi1trails1camps
recreation area

Green River Lake State Park

Kentucky

Green River Lake State Park is a US Army Corps of Engineers recreation area. The Corps manages 400+ lake and r…

2 sq mi1trails1camps
recreation area