State Parks in Kentucky
The US state of Kentucky has 52 state parks (as of November 2010). The state parks in Kentucky are the Kentucky Department of Parks managed.
history
The Kentucky General Assembly created the State Parks Commission in 1924 to preserve scenic areas and important historical sites. The commission selected seven areas as potential state parks. In 1924, Cumberland State Park, now Pine Mountain State Resort Park, was established. After the Second World War, the parking system was expanded considerably.
organization
Kentucky state parks are administered by the Kentucky Department of Parks . The Department divides the parks into three categories:
- Resort parks with a lodge, restaurant and accommodation for tourists
- Recreational parks often have campsites and serve as recreational areas for hiking, fishing, golfing, or other recreational activities
- Historic Sites preserve historical sites, some of which are centuries old.
There are currently 17 resort parks, more than any other US state, 24 recreational parks and 11 historic sites. There is also the Breaks Interstate Park, which is jointly administered with the state of Virginia .
Alphabetical listing
- Barren River Lake State Resort Park
- Benham-Lynch State Resort Park
- Big Bone Lick State Park
- Blue Licks Battlefield State Park
- Boone Station State Historic Site
- Breaks Interstate Park
- Buckhorn Lake State Resort Park
- Carr Creek State Park
- Carter Caves State Resort Park
- Columbus-Belmont State Park
- Constitution Square State Historic Site
- Cumberland Falls State Resort Park
- Dale Hollow Lake State Park
- Dr. Thomas Walker State Historic Site
- EP “Tom” Sawyer State Park
- Fishtrap Lake State Park
- Fort Boonesborough State Park
- General Burnside State Park
- General Butler State Resort Park
- Grayson Lake State Park
- Greenbo Lake State Resort Park
- Green River Lake State Park
- Jefferson Davis State Historic Site
- Jenny Wiley State Resort Park
- John James Audubon State Park
- Kenlake State Resort Park
- Kentucky Dam Village State Resort Park
- Kincaid Lake State Park
- Kingdom Come State Park
- Lake Barkley State Resort Park
- Lake Cumberland State Resort Park
- Lake Malone State Park
- Levi Jackson Wilderness Road State Park
- Lincoln Homestead State Park
- Mineral Mound State Park
- My Old Kentucky Home State Park
- Natural Bridge State Resort Park
- Nolin Lake State Park
- Old Fort Harrod State Park
- Old Mulkey Meetinghouse State Historic Site
- Paintsville Lake State Park
- Pennyrile Forest State Resort Park
- Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site
- Pine Mountain State Resort Park
- Pine Mountain Trail State Park
- Rough River Dam State Resort Park
- Taylorsville Lake State Park
- Waveland State Historic Site
- White Hall State Historic Site
- Wickliffe Mounds State Historic Site
- William Whitley House State Historic Site
- Yatesville Lake State Park
literature
- John E. Kleber (Ed.): The Kentucky Encyclopedia. University Press of Kentucky, Lexington 1992, ISBN 978-0-8131-1772-0 .
- Susan Reigler: The complete Guide to Kentucky State Parks. University Press of Kentucky, Lexington 2009, ISBN 978-0-8131-9208-6 .