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Parks 

State and national parks, trails and other outdoor activities.

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  • State Parks
    Our state park system includes 53 state parks and one interstate park with facilities for meetings and conferences, fine accommodations, camping, golf, recreation and sports, education and much more.
    • Kentucky State Parks
      Kentucky is home to some of the most beautiful scenery and most interesting historical sites in the country.
    • Barren River Lake State Resort Park
      Barren River Lake State Resort Park is a water-lover's paradise surrounded by forested, rolling hills.
    • Blue Licks Battlefield State Resort Park
      Blue Licks is most renowned as the site of the last battle of the Revolutionary War in Kentucky.
    • Breaks Interstate Park
      Breaks Interstate Park, on the Kentucky-Virginia border, features the largest canyon east of the Mississippi-5 miles long, 1,600 feet deep and 250 million years old.
    • Buckhorn Lake State Resort Park
      Buckhorn Lake State Resort is nestled among hills that time forgot, only minutes from the Daniel Boone Parkway
    • Carter Caves State Resort Park
      Carter Caves State Resort Park is home to more than 20 caverns -- those explored and those not yet charted -- winding beneath its forested hills.
    • Cumberland Falls State Resort Park
      Cumberland Falls State Resort is located in the Daniel Boone National Forest.The waterfall is known as the "Niagara of the South."
    • Dale Hollow Lake State Resort Park
      Built of wood and stone, the lodge and dining room sit above a 28,000-acre lake and at the edge of 3,400 acres of unspoiled wilderness.
    • General Butler State Resort Park
      Named for William Orlando Butler, a hero of the War of 1812, the Mexican War, the park is spiced with history.
    • Greenbo Lake State Resort Park
      Greenbo Lake State Resort holds the pristine beauty of the Kentucky hills that inspired poet Jesse Stuart, a lifelong resident of the area.
    • Jenny Wiley State Resort Park
      Jenny Wiley State Resort, located deep in the heart of the Appalachians, is accented by scenic 1,100-acre Dewey Lake.
    • Kenlake State Resort Park
      Kenlake State Resort is a polished vacation and business retreat in the heart of one of the nation's finest outdoor recreation areas.
    • Kentucky Dam Village State Resort Park
      With the largest marina in the park system, on the largest lake in the state-Kentucky Lake-Kentucky Dam Village is the perfect haven for water sports enthusiasts.
    • Lake Barkley State Resort Park
      Lake Barkley State Resort rests on the shores of one of the world's largest man-made lakes and provides for an array of outdoor activity.
    • Lake Cumberland State Resort Park
      Lake Cumberland State Resort is one of the finest fishing and pleasure boating areas in the Eastern United States.
    • Natural Bridge State Resort Park
      Natural Bridge State Resort is home to the great natural sandstone arch that stands like a sentinel over this mountain hideaway.
    • Pennyrile Forest State Resort Park
      Pennyrile Forest State Resort is surrounded by perhaps the most beautiful woods in Western Kentucky
    • Pine Mountain State Resort Park
      The first Kentucky State Park, created in 1924, has its lodge and trails embellished by beautiful rockwork crafted by stonemasons of the Civilian Conservation Corps of the 1930s.
    • Rough River Dam State Resort Park
      Rough River Dam State Resort is secluded in beautiful Western Kentucky countryside overlooking a 4,860-acre lake.
  • National Parks
    A list of national parks and sites in Kentucky.
    • Abraham Lincoln Birthplace
      The area was established by Congress on July 17, 1916. An early 19th century Kentucky cabin, symbolic of the one in which Lincoln was born, is preserved in a memorial building at the site of his birth.
    • Big South Fork NRRA
      The area offers a broad range of recreational opportunities including camping, whitewater rafting, hiking, horseback riding, hunting and fishing.
    • Civil War Battles
      Detailed information about Civil War battles in Kentucky.
    • Cumberland Gap
      Cumberland Gap is located where the borders of Tennessee, Kentucky, and Virginia meet.
    • Mammoth Cave
      This is the longest recorded cave system in the world with more than 336 miles explored and mapped.
  • Trails & Hiking
    Experience trails and outdoor activities in Kentucky
    • Interest Finder Hiking
      Kentucky is a wonderful place to spend time with friends and family.
    • Rails to Trails
      KRTC works with local organizations to develop greenways and trails.
    • Salato Wildlife Education Center
      Experience Kentucky's diverse regional ecosystems and the wealth of fish, plants, and animals that make this their home.
    • Tourism Trails
      Kentucky's heritage is a diverse mix of time, place and people. Use the interests found here to explore a favorite topic.