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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]
South Central Kentucky: website, operated by Appalachia-Science in the Public Interest Natural Bridge State Resort Park: Slade: Powell: Central: 2,200 acre forested park and nature preserve with 22 miles of trails, a 60-acre lake, nature center Pine Mountain State Resort Park: Pineville: Bell: Southeast
Dale Hollow Lake State Park: Cumberland County: Park: 3,398 acres (14 km 2) Lake: 27,700 acres (112 km 2) [6] General Butler State Resort Park: Carroll County [3] Park: 809 acres (3.3 km 2) Lake: 30 acres (0.12 km 2) Greenbo Lake State Resort Park: Greenup County: Park: 3,300 acres (13 km 2) Lake: 192 acres (0.78 km 2) Jenny Wiley State Resort ...
Black Mountain Off-Road Adventure Area has been featured on numerous television shows including the Outdoor Channel's Ride To Adventure Extreme [4] and Fisher's ATV World and Spike TV's Trucks! [5] The trail system has been featured in off-road and powersports magazines including ATV Rider, [6] ATV Illustrated [7] and ATV Sport. ATV Illustrated ...
Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area is a United States 171,280-acre national recreation area (69,310 ha) in Kentucky and Tennessee between Lake Barkley and Kentucky Lake. It was designated as a national recreation area in 1963 by President John F. Kennedy and developed using funds appropriated during the Johnson administration .
Buckhorn Lake is an impoundment of the Middle Fork of the Kentucky River. Buckhorn Dam is an earthen dam, 160 feet (49 m) high and 1,020 feet (310 m) in length at its crest, with a maximum capacity of 167,900 acre-feet (207,100,000 m 3) and normal storage of 32,100 acre-feet (39,600,000 m 3). [4] The origin of the lake's name is uncertain. Some ...
The Battle of Blue Licks celebration is held annually in mid-August and features a re-enactment of the Battle of Blue Licks. [6] The Short's Goldenrod Festival—a celebration of one of the rarest plants in Kentucky and the United States—saw its 30th anniversary in 2006. [13] It was held annually in the last week of September until 2008.
The park was opened in 1951 as the companion to the whites-only Kentucky Lake State Park, and it was publicized as "the finest colored vacation site in the South". The park was originally 300 acres, and it included a beach, cottages, boat and fishing docks, a picnic area, a bathhouse, and a 200-seat dining hall.