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Jenny Wiley State Resort Park was founded as Dewey Lake State Park on January 1, 1954, with Dewey Lake near Prestonsburg, Kentucky as its centerpiece. It was renamed in the early 1950s for Virginia "Jenny" Wiley , a pioneer woman who is remembered as a survivor of captivity by Native Americans .
KY 1428 south (Stonewall Road) – Prestonsburg: Northern terminus of KY 1428 155.816: 250.762: KY 1427 west (Abbott Creek Road) Eastern terminus of KY 1427: Prestonsburg: 157.564: 253.575: KY 114 – Prestonsburg, Lexington: Interchange 159.820: 257.205: KY 3384 north (Town Branch Road) Southern terminus of KY 3384: Watergap: 160.356: 258.068
Kentucky Route 80 (KY 80) is a 483.55-mile-long (778.20 km) state highway in the southern part of the U.S. state of Kentucky.The route originates on the state's western border at Columbus in Hickman County and stretches across the southern portion of the state, terminating southeast of Elkhorn City on the Virginia state line.
In Johnson County, the road intersects the southern terminus of KY 2381 before it passes to the northeast of Paintsville-Prestonsburg Combs Field, where it intersects KY 2559. The route heads north into residential areas and curves to the northeast. KY 321 continues north into dense forests, where it makes a turn to the west.
The Bert T. Combs Mountain Parkway, commonly known as the Mountain Parkway, is a freeway in eastern Kentucky.The route runs from Interstate 64 (I-64) just east of Winchester southeast for 75.6 miles (121.7 km) to a junction with U.S. Route 460 (US 460) near Salyersville.
It is within the state's eastern region foothills, about 20 miles (32 km) southeast of Cave Run Lake and Daniel Boone National Forest and the same distance west of the upstream end of Paintsville Lake. U.S. Route 460 passes through the center of West Liberty, leading west 27 miles (43 km) to Frenchburg and southeast 22 miles (35 km) to ...
Dewey Lake, located near Prestonsburg, Kentucky in Floyd County, is part of the integrated flood reduction system operated by the United States Army Corps of Engineers for the entire Ohio River Basin. [3] The 1,100-acre (4 km 2) lake was formed by impounding John's Creek in 1949, and was named for Admiral George Dewey. [4]
Jenny Wiley State Resort Park was established in her honor just northeast of Prestonsburg near highway Route 23. The park is centered around 1,100-acre (4.5 km 2) Dewey Lake, and includes the Jenny Wiley Theatre. [8]