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State Parks in Kentucky
State Parks in Kentucky
Wherever you travel in Kentucky, you are never far from one of 52 Kentucky State Parks. Each park has its own unique attributes, from shorelines to majestic mountains, from winding caves to enchanting woodlands.
My Old Kentucky Home State Park: Completed in 1818, the home is furnished with heirlooms and old portraits. It is belived that Stephen Foster wrote "My Old Kentucky Home" here while visiting in 1852. Tours are conducted by guides daily. Located in Bardstown on US 150.
State Resort Parks
Kentucky offers seventeen state resort parks, more than any other state. This wealth of resort parks, each featuring a full-service lodge and dining room, has given rise to our reputation as "the nation's finest state park system."
Barren River Lake
Blue Licks Battlefield
Buckhorm Lake
Carter Caves
Cumberland Falls
Dale Hollow Lake
General Butler
Greenbo Lake
Jenny Wiley
Kenlake
Kentucky Dam Village
Lake Barkley
Lake Cumberland
Natural Bridge
Pennyrile Forest
Pine Mountain
Rought River
Breaks Interstate Park
State Recreation Parks
The Kentucky State Parks operate 24 recreation parks that offer a variety of activities for visitors, whether you have a few hours, a day or a week to spend with us. You can visit these parks and enjoy camping, fishing, golf, boating, hiking, picnicking, tennis, mini-golf, horseback riding, historic sites and much, much more.
Ben Hawes
Big Bone Lick
Carr Creek
Columbus-Belmont
E.P "Tom" Sawyer
Fish Trap Lake
Fort Boonesborough
General Burnside Island
Grayson Lake
Green River Lake
John James Audubon
Kincaid Lake
Kingdom Come
Levi Jackson
Lincoln Homestead
Lake Malone
Mineral Mound
My Old Kentucky Home
Nolin Lake
Old Fort Harrod
Paintsville Lake
Taylorsville Lake
Yatesville Lake
State Historic Sites
Kentucky offers eleven state historic sites, where the unique and colorful history and heritage of our Commonwealth comes alive. You can also visit our many State "Recreation" Parks, many of which have their own history to tell.
Boone Station
Butler-Turpin House
Constitution Square
Dr. Thomas Walker
Fort Boonesborough
Jefferson Davis
Old Fort Harrod
Old Mulkey Meeting House
Perryville Battlefield
Waveland
White Hall
Wickliffe Mounds
William Whitley
Kentucky Dam Village State Resort Park is one of three state resort parks near Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area, a 170,000-acre wooded peninsula bound by Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley. 113 Administration Drive, Gilbertsville, KY 42044-0069, Telephone: 270-362-4271, Toll Free: 800-325-0146
Lake Barkley State Resort Park rests on the shores of one of the world’s largest man-made lakes and provides for an array of outdoor activity. 3500 State Park Road, Cadiz, KY 42211-0790, Telephone: 270-924-1131, Toll Free: 800-325-1708,
Kenlake State Resort Park on the mid-west shore of Kentucky Lake, with the longest shoreline of any man-made lake in the eastern United States, Kenlake is the perfect spot to enjoy the great outdoors. 542 Kenlake Road, Hardin, KY 42048-9737, Telephone: 270-474-2211, Toll Free: 800-325-0143,
Mineral Mound State Park on the shores of Lake Barkley is historically linked to the author F. Scott Fitzgerald. 48 Finch Lane, Eddyville, KY 42038, Telephone: 270-388-3673,
Wickliffe Mounds State Historic Site is an archaeological site of a Native American village of the Mississippian culture. 94 Green Street, Wickliffe, KY 42087, Telephone: 270-335-3681,
Columbus-Belmont State Park, often called the "Gibraltar of the West" by the Confederates, was considered by them the key to their defense of the upper Mississippi River valley. 350 Park Road, Columbus, KY 42032-0009, Telephone: 270-677-2327,
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