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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 .
Mineral Mound State Park: Eddyville [2] 541 acres (2.2 km 2) My Old Kentucky Home State Park: Bardstown: 285 acres (1.2 km 2) Nolin Lake State Park: Edmonson County: Park: 333 acres (1.3 km 2) Lake: 5,795 acres (23 km 2) [4] Old Fort Harrod State Park: Harrodsburg: 15 acres (0.06 km 2) Paintsville Lake State Park: Johnson County [3] Park: 242 ...
Natural Bridge State Park is a member of the Leave No Trace Center for Outdoor Ethics, and offers guided backpacking trips and natural history educational programs. Annual events open to the public include Herpetology Weekend each May, Natural Arches Weekend each February, and the Kentucky Native Plant Society's Wildflower Weekend each April.
Cumberland Falls was dedicated as a state park at 1:30 p.m. on August 21, 1931. [2] Following a $2 million renovation project in 2006, the park received an upgraded rating from two diamonds to three diamonds from the American Automobile Association (AAA) in 2007. Kentucky Dam Village State Resort Park also received the upgraded rating. The two ...
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Breaks Interstate Park is located about 5 miles (8 km) east of Elkhorn City, Kentucky. The park covers 4,500 acres (1,800 ha). The park's main feature, Breaks Canyon, is five miles long and ranges from 830 to 1,600 feet (250 to 490 m) deep. The canyon was formed by the Russell Fork river through millions of years of erosion. [9]
KY 715 north (Sky Bridge Road) North end of KY 715 overlap: Powell: Slade: 93.704: 150.802: KY 11 south (Natural Bridge Road) to Mountain Parkway – Natural Bridge State Resort Park, Beattyville, Prestonsburg, Lexington: South end of KY 11 concurrency 95.200: 153.210: KY 77 south (Nada Tunnel Road) – Nada Tunnel, Red River Gorge: Northern ...
Buckhorn Lake State Resort Park is a state park located in the northwest corner of Perry County, Kentucky.The park itself encompasses 856 acres (346 ha), while Buckhorn Lake, a mountain reservoir lake which serves as its major feature and which was created by damming the Middle Fork of the Kentucky River, covers approximately 1,230 acres (500 ha). [1]