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41 acres in Beargrass Creek State Nature Preserve Mary E. Fritsch Nature Center: Livingston: Rockcastle: 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
Fort Boonesborough State Park: Richmond: 153 acres (0.62 km 2) General Burnside State Park: Pulaski County [3] 430 acres (1.7 km 2) Grayson Lake State Park: Carter County [3] Park: 1,200 acres (4.9 km 2) Lake: 1,512 acres (6.1 km 2) Green River Lake State Park: Taylor County [3] Park: 1,331 acres (5.4 km 2) Lake: 8,200 acres (33 km 2) John ...
Arundinaria gigantea in a canebrake in Kentucky. A canebrake or canebreak is a thicket of any of a variety of Arundinaria grasses: A. gigantea, A. tecta and A. appalachiana. As a bamboo, these giant grasses grow in thickets up to 24 feet (7.3 m) tall. A. gigantea is generally found in stream valleys and ravines throughout the southeastern ...
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.
Pine Mountain is a ridge in the Appalachian Mountains running through Kentucky, Virginia and Tennessee. It extends about 125 miles from near Pioneer, Tennessee, to a location near Elkhorn City, Kentucky. Birch Knob, the highest point, is 3,273 feet (998 m) above sea level and is located on the Kentucky-Virginia border.
Scanning electron micrograph inner surface of pitcher plant Pitcher plants growing in a bog in Pennsylvania. Pitcher plants are carnivorous plants known as pitfall traps—a prey-trapping mechanism featuring a deep cavity filled with digestive liquid. The traps of pitcher plant are considered to be "true" pitcher plants and are formed by ...
Trails: There are 8.5 miles (13.7 km) of hiking trails in the park. The trails follow the Wilderness Road and Boone's Trace. [7] A community pool is located within the park, as are basketball courts, horseshoes pits and volleyball facilities. Picnic tables are scattered throughout the park and there are four picnic shetlers available for large ...
Paint Creek is a 20.1-mile-long (32.3 km) [4] tributary of the Levisa Fork in Johnson County, Kentucky. The stream is formed at the confluence of the Little Paint and Open Fork creeks. It is named for the colorful Adena Indian ideographs that were painted on white birch trees and rocks that once lined the stream. [5]