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Levi Jackson Wilderness Road Park is a former state park located just south of London, Kentucky in Laurel County. It is now a city park under the auspices of the city of London, KY. The park encompasses 896 acres (363 ha) and includes a section of the Wilderness Road that early settlers used to reach Kentucky.
The Pottsville Escarpment is a resistant sandstone belt of cliffs and steep sided, narrow crested valleys in eastern Kentucky, USA. It features rock shelters , waterfalls , and natural bridges . It is also called the Cumberland Escarpment and forms the western edge of the Cumberland Plateau .
Big Rivers Wildlife Management Area and State Forest [1] [2] Union and Crittenden counties Dewey Lake State Forest: Floyd County: Green River State Forest [1] [3] Henderson County: Kentenia State Forest [1] Harlan County: Kentucky Ridge State Forest [1] Bell County: Knobs State Forest and Wildlife Management Area [1] Bullitt County
The Red River Gorge is a canyon system on the Red River in east-central Kentucky, United States.Geologically it is part of the Pottsville Escarpment.. The gorge lies within the Daniel Boone National Forest and was subsequently designated the Red River Gorge Geological Area, an area of around 29,000 acres (12,000 ha; 120 km 2; 45 sq mi). [1]
Green River State Forest is a 1,092 acres (442 ha) state forest located in Henderson County, Kentucky, United States. The forest is located about 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Henderson , Kentucky. It is managed for research and recreation.
USGS physiographic map of Kentucky showing the location of the Knobs. The Knobs Region or The Knobs is located in the US state of Kentucky. It is a narrow, arc-shaped region consisting of hundreds of isolated hills. The region wraps around the southern and eastern parts of the Bluegrass region in the
Olympia State Forest is a former state forest located in Bath County, Kentucky, United States and covering 780 acres. It was located west of Morehead , Kentucky . The forest has an average elevation of 892 feet (272 m).
The park straddles a tri-state area encompassing land from Kentucky, Tennessee, and Virginia. [ 5 ] : 29 It includes the area of the Wilderness Road running through the passage across the Cumberland Plateau and through the Cumberland Gap , an important geological feature that facilitated travel for American settlers and Native Americans.