The Kentucky Wildlands

West

Cranks Creek Public Wildlife Management Area

Drawing the border between Kentucky and Virginia, Stone Mountain is home to Cranks Creek Wildlife Management Area and Stone Mountain Wildlife Management Area and State Natural Area. Mountainous, extremely steep terrain with long, deep hollows, heavily forested, primarily in hardwoods. No camping. Includes the unique wagon road, a hand-built road and tunnel that allowed those […]

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Burnside Marina

Enjoy the best of both worlds at Safe Harbor Burnside. Explore hundreds of peaceful coves, unwind at our waterside cafe, or take in the beauty of Cumberland Falls – all while being only minutes from convenient dining, shopping, festivals, and attractions in the nearby cities of Burnside and Somerset Kentucky.

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Dale Hollow Lake

Located in Clinton and Cumberland counties in Kentucky and Overton and Pickett counties in Tennessee, Dale Hollow is one of Kentucky’s oldest artificial lakes, impounded in 1943 from the Obey River, and one of the earliest lakes built by the Corps of Engineers.  The lake has 27,700-acres of water. Come float the pristine waters and

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Carr Creek State Park

Carr Creek Lake was once home to some of the area’s earliest pioneer settlements as early as the 1770s. Carr Fork, a tributary of the North Fork of the Kentucky River, is located 8.8 miles below Carr Creek Dam, and is thought to have gotten its name from William Carr, a well-known Long Hunter who

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